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Hi Samuel,
In our experience, smaller TP and bigger SL yield better results. But of course, this isn’t always the case, for example when there are big news events, and prices can move against you very quickly with big moves, triggering a large SL.
Thanks,
Ilan
Hi ladytrader,
My apologies – we had an upload issue yesterday, but the EAs have been uploaded this morning.
Ilan
Hi ladytrader,
Good to hear from you again.
- Yes, every EA will have a unique number, so you can start a collection, and add them to your demo accounts, without worrying that the number will be the same.
- Yes, you can use the strategy tester. You’ll see that all of the EAs that I upload, are profitable with a min. trade count of 3, and PF of 1.4 for the last week, and month. Don’t use Every Tick, use only Open Prices when backtesting in MT4, because the way the strategies get generated, is by opening trades at the start of a new candle / bar.
Thanks,
Ilan
Hi Samuel,
With a floating spread, it’s best to set the spread in EA Studio or the Data Script on the chart to the maximum in the floating range. Should a trade execute and be profitable when the spread is lower, the extra points will be extra profit. Simply right click on the asset in the Market Watch window, and select Spread, so you can see what the spread is.
Ilan
Hi Consuela,
Glad to hear you’ve joined our course.
To answer your questions:
- I usually provide the new EAs every Saturday, but sometimes on Sunday. It’ll always be before the start of the week’s market openings.
- As a student, you will always be notified when the new EAs are released, although we don’t send out individual emails.
- I go through the process every week, comparing the week’s and month’s EA performance.
- I label the Zip file as Platform+Week_number+Month+Year.zip, so it is easy to know exactly which set of EAs they are.
Thanks,
Ilan
Hey Simon,
There will, no doubt be big moves this week. I definitely recommend trading cautiously. What I have done is just decrease my lot sizes, and I’ll monitor the markets carefully, and turn off auto trading if necessary.
Ilan
Hi Omosisko,
In order for me to be able to assist you, please answer each of the questions I asked. I need some more information so we can figure it out.
Thanks,
Ilan
Hi Omosisko,
There could be a few reasons for this. Could you answer the following questions please?
- Where is the historical data from (broker) and how many bars do you have?
- What is the Acceptance Criteria you are using?
- Are you running the Generator, or the Reactor with data optimization and robustness testing?
- How long, in minutes, is your Generator running for?
- Are you using In Sample, and Out of Sample, and if you are, what percentage?
- Is your PC / laptop High spec? If possible, please tell me what CPU and how much RAM.
- Please check the date range you are using, by going to ‘Data’, and ‘Data Horizon’ to ensure your start and end dates aren’t selected, or too close together.
Generally, lack of strategies is due to the Acceptance Criteria being to strict, not enough historical data or the Generator not running for long enough.
Once I have received your answers to my questions, I’ll have a better idea of what is causing you to create few strategies.
Thanks,
Ilan
Hi ladytrader,
The quantity and assets change weekly, but generally, it’s the Majors. But it really depends on the performance of the assets in the previous week and month. The goal, is to have have assets that have, not only performed well, but make up a balanced portfolio so we are diversified and manage our risk.
Ilan
Hi Simon,
200ms is actually very fast. On all of my demo and live accounts my ping speed is between 170 and 450ms. So no, it won’t have any significant, if any impact at all.
Cheers,
Ilan
