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Hello Kim,
Welcome to the forum!
1. Yes, the EAs from FSB Pro are slower on Meta Trader tester than those from EA Studio. This is because the ones from EA Studio are simpler, with smaller code, and they have only the MetaTrader indicators. If you have some custom indicators or Longer TIme Frames it will make the Meta Trader slower. Now, this does not mean that there is a problem with the EAs, but more that the MetaTrader tester cannot handle them quickly.
2. No, you do not need to. Whatever indicators you use, they are inside the code of the Expert. You do not need to place them on Meta Trader.
3. When you have the generator running for a longer time, you will have simply more strategies calculated. The more strategies you have, the more will pass the acceptance criteria that you selected to use. So this will bring you more strategies and you will see the best ones on the top. With FSB Pro we have working minutes too. Go to Generator -> Settings:
I guess everyone uses the MT trader backtester just at the beginning to check if the journal matches and the strategy results are the same. But that is it. Once you see that the backtest with Forex Strategy Builder and EA Studio is accurate, why would you lose time with the slow MetaTrader backteser.
More, the MetaTrader backtester has some ridiculous things such as to give you the ambiguous bars with the TP value. I have been using MT for so many years now, and I do not know why they did not improve it.
Actually Violet is correct, when you get used with the strategy builders you won’t need the backtester at Meta Trader because it is really slow. With the builders, we do it for a moment.
I have never used the Meta Trader backtester. It is so slow that I did not wait to complete even one time. Actually this is how I found Forex Strategy Builder, looking for a better backtester for strategies.
I would like to build strategies that use two symbols at the same time exploring the relative movement. This strategies are known as pair trading and has the property of been market neutral.
I have some sugestions for FBS:
1- I would like to create in FBS strategies that use the relative movement of two currency pairs or more (pair trading).
2- I would like to create in FBS strategies whose entries and exities are performed based on a sequence of logical conditions that succeed each other over time. For example, if the indicator I1 == i1 at a given time t1 and subsequently at a unknown time t2 the indicator I2 == i2, then go long. Classic strategies have this structure, but neither in FBS nor EAS can create this kind of model.
Hello Thyago,
You can send your suggestions straight to the Forex Software LTD. They are the only people that can improve or change something in the software.
Hello Thyago,
can you give some more info about the two currency system? What do you mean by market neutral?
Hey guys, if you use FSB pro optimizing a couple of strategies together, does it get slow?
I optimize 3-4 strategies normally, and I feel like on the 5th it gets really slow.
Yes, it might get slower if you optimize many strategies together. It depends on the step(if it is 1 it will take a longer time) and the number of entry and exit conditions. If you have many, and you optimize with step 1, simply, the optimizer will need to calculate more variations.
Hello all!
I am a huge fan of EA Studio(have been using it for 6 months now) and a few days ago I took FSB Pro.
I see there is a portfolio there, but we can not export Portfolio Expert, right?
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