theforexedge wrote: I'm going to start some forward & back testing for Bulls & Bears..

Can you tell me what input variables can be adjusted? Day Range, Bulls Period, EMA Settings etc!!

JP

theforexedge wrote:Banzak

Thank you for the suggestions...

I've run a back test using 99% Tick Data on both the EURUSD Strategies and get good results using Strategy 2, but the Drawdown was 34%, so any suggestions?

Strategy 1 has a big stop loss in December...I will run the test again, as I didnt save the report.

Next i will start some forward testing, based on your suggestions, but I'm finding the testing is very slow..so it might take a few days to complete.

JP

theforexedge wrote:Banzak...

I will back test the GBPUSD strategy overnight, and then will run a forward test over this weekend to see if we can reduce the drawdown.

It's a shame that Empty4 Crap Tester only utilises 1 CPU Core...!

Anyway I hope I can help as much as I can with the testing..

JP

banzak wrote:DESCRIPTION OF THE SETTINGS:
---------------- Common Settings ----------------
EANumber = 1 // Nr. for EA
TradePrefix="Bears'n'Bulls-#" // Comment-Prefix for Trades
AllowTrade=true // Trading allowed?
CanPrint=false // Print Debug-Messages?
CriminalIsECN=true // Criminal is 5-digits
------------------- Basket ----------------
Basket = false // enable Basket?
BasketMaxTrades = 5 // max. Trades in the Basket
BasketLotFaktor = 1.5 // Lotfactor for the next Trades
-------------- Close-Conditions ----------------
BasketMinProfit = 1.00 // min. Profit in Currency to Close the Basket
BasketCloseAllWithProfit = false // Close Basket only if all Trades are profitable?
EntryDelayAfterClose = 5 // Entrydelay in minutes for the next Baskettrade
-------------- Open-Conditions ----------------
BasketOpenTradeOnProfit = true // only open trades on profit
BasketHedge = false // open hedge-trade
BasketMinMargin = 500 // min. Margin of the account to open any Trades
BasketTimeBetweenOrders = 5 // Delay in minutes between each Basket
-------------- Emergency-Close ----------------
EMCloseBasket = false // Emergency-Close of the Basket?
BasketCloseLevel = 75 // Percentage of DD when the Basket will be closed

---------------- Settings ----------------
------------------- DayRange-Limiter ----------------
UseDayRangeLimiter = false // limit DayRange for trading
CandlesUsedForRange = 50 // candles used to calculate the dayrange
PercentageForRange = 80 // percentage when no trading is allowed
------------------- NFP-Lock ----------------
CheckNFP = false // Check for NFP-Day?
NFP_TimeToStop = 12 // Time to stop on this day in Hours
-------------------Risk and Moneymanagement----------------
MoneyManagement = true // Use Money-Management?
EQClusterLevel = 50.0 // Percentage of equity used for calc
Risk = 2 // Risk-Level
Lots=0.1 // Lotsize if MM=false
MaxLots=7 // max. Lotsize
Slippage=1
-------------------Definition of ExtraLots----------------
ExtraLots=1 // Factor for the Lotsize of the Extra-Trade
-------------------Timingsection----------------
MondayOpenTime="00:00"
FridayCloseTime="20:00"
// Format for Time1-Time5 must be e.g. 08:00 22:00, when you want to trade every day from 8-22.
// when you want to exclude 9:00 on every day it must be for
// Time1: 08:00 8:45 Time2-Time5:09:15 22:00
StartStop_Time1="00:00 23:59"
StartStop_Time2="00:00 23:59"
StartStop_Time3="00:00 23:59"
StartStop_Time4="00:00 23:59"
StartStop_Time5="00:00 23:59"
Exclude_day1="2009.09.04 15:00 18:00" // Here you can exclude special days
Exclude_day2="2009.09.04 15:00 18:00"
Exclude_day3="2009.09.04 15:00 18:00"
Exclude_day4="2009.09.04 15:00 18:00"
Exclude_day5="2009.09.04 15:00 18:00"
NotifyDateFormat="Just to notify: YYYY.MM.DD"

---------------- Indicators ----------------
==========Bears/Bulls-Settings===========
UseBearsBulls = false // Use Indicator
Bears_Period = 5 // Period2Use
Bulls_Period = 5 // Period2Use
===============EMA-Settings==============
UseEMA = false // use EMA
EMA_Short = 5 // period for 1st ema
EMA_Long = 20 // period for 2nd ema
EMA_MinPipsDiff = 1 // min Pips in H1 for signal
EMA_MaxPipsDiff = 3 // max Pips in H1 for signal

Wiggy1965 wrote: Banzak,

Are these your recommended setting, as they dont seem to be the same settings that are in the two set files you provided on post 1....

http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 706#p36706

Also, I beleive i have the EA running now, however i see "Server-Time" and "Local-Time" don't appear to be correct....Are these meant to represent the actual tiems of server and local, or are they some kind of time variation indication....a little confusing...

I'm getting the following:-
Server-Time: 00:00:02
Local-Time: 00.00.11

Regards
Wiggy

Wiggy1965 wrote:OK, I have the EA running on Pound and Euro, should it have traded today....? as i have no trades...?

I have the BnB EMA_v02 indicator running on a 1H Euro charge and it does have a down arrow at 12:00 (GMT +2) is this a trade indication that the EA should have picked up on...?

Just to be clear, i have the EA running on both a 15M Pound and Euro charts, no other indicators, apart from a Exposure indicator...I then have just a standalone chart described above with the BnB_EMA_v02 indi and a Bears and Bulls indicator, just to try and understand what the trade setup looks like...

Does the above seem or, what am i missing...?
Oh, i have attached the SET file....
My broker (Crim) is FXTG and i have a 10k demo ECN account...
Thanks again Banzak...
Regards
Wiggy