Hi All, and especially to the ones downloading the EA and Indi attachments, a special note here to try and avoid the mistakes i have done and as gamma gallus had noted earlier to try and get some sort of template for the testing..
It appears that some of the EA's i changed with the AllAverages (AA) option changed, were all set to the method of '12' , i would really appreciate it if anyone would be willing to run some tests on the AA EA's with a few small changes, and then let us know here how the results look, lets say by the end of next week. i find weekly results are sufficient, but tend to get very confused with the many charts and settings i'm trying to run simultaneously. i just dont have enough computers, time and demo accounts to run all the tests. Then, over the week end we can review results and make new settings for the week to come, and so on.
I found method 6,8,9,10,11,12,and especially 13 very interesting and they show great promise for this EA. Unfortunately, i hard coded some of the EA settings in the EA's for AA and these would need to be changed to suit what style you would like to test. Your own experience would be greatly appreciated and feel free to make as many adjustments as you like, just keep note so we can all follow along and not retest whats already been tested. if it's not working, we move on to a new set until we find winning set files, per currency and TF's.
Also, the MA shift i changed to '1' aswell as the candle shift option, should also go back to '0'. so just for AA, choose the ea you want to use, OPEN it in meta editor first , either by double-clicking on it, or right clicking on it and 'open with' meta editor.
then mosey on down to the AA settings , choose the TF, '1440' or less if you prefer, '0',50,0,13,0.
Method '13' is my baby at the moment and still got a long way to go to test the rest and possibly a few months to get through all of this, but i'm very very confident we will get to a working result. Please dont test on method '13' , i'll report the result sat the end of the week. Please pm me or post here if you are not understanding this or would like to test some of the settings, and this way i wont test what you are doing and vice versa.
Eval has a great system for an EA in my opinion, and the fact that it does not rely on a single signal, in theory, makes it the perfect system for an EA. i know Steve does'nt like too many thingies on a chart, but if all the signals point in the same direction, great, much better than trying with only one in my opinion.
the Cycle identifier along with 3 other indis's , combined with any of Steves add-ons, like hanover, rsi trending, slowkey method, and the biggest for me is the AA. problem here is, another indi into the charts and there are so many options for the AA alone.
it is very important to have the same settings on the EA as well as the indis on your charts because this will give you a visual idea of what the EA is 'seeing', to make it's calls on the buy or sell module.
remember, settings can be easily set up with a static market over the week-ends, and this is what i have been doing all this time. the proof and real testing starts on monday morning when you see how the EA performs. Its important to keep track of what EA has what settings and to keep them in-line with the indis for that visual confirmation.
start by choosing what indi' settings you want the EA to run, confirm the settings appear logical and match the market movement on any time frame or currency you prefer, over the week-end in static mode. A word of advice here. Stick to a particular TF and make sure you dont change from it as i have noticed in my experiences that every currency and every time frame require a different 'optimal' setting.
i think this is why slowkey and i had bad results all along. it's hard to get to an accurate set of results, everything seems to be very delicate, all the thingies and even the criminals vary even if you have identical settings on two different crims, results are not the same, not even close, so my suggestion is to pick a TF you like and stick to it. Dont forget to include which crim u are using in your results.
problem is, EURUSD settings and USDCHF settings do not work the same , even on the same TF. Play around with the indi's in the static screen over the week-end and you'll see what i mean. slowkey, ,, WHERE ARE YOU??
then, once you get the settings that look right in static mode, we'll apply to an EA with the same settings adjusted. This means that each chart will be running a different setting EA and must be closely monitored.
The last thing we do when all the indis and EA are set up, is fill in the comments tab with the particlular settings made for this EA and chart
we need to make note of all the settings on each indi and if we are using AA or anything else, and note it all down. i'd like to keep track of who's doing what and combine a weekly report. i think this way, we'll all be able to see each one's results and Eval, i'm sure will keep tabs on the results and throw his experienced input when he feels necessary.
then we need to choose which EA from the list you want to run. It does'nt matter really, even if you load the latest one, cos we going to adjust all the settings to match each chart and each currency pair we want to trade to the indis. so my EA's in the attachment are really for people who dont want to, or cant do these changes.
Jboy was thinking where Eval is, but i can assure you he has his hands full with his own responsibilities and is keeping up when he has time. he'll jump in when he sees progress and interest from people with his comments and suggestions. the basics we know from post 1 and we need to keep as much to that as possible.
as for the changed EA's for the buy and sell, i am still working on the modules, it doesn't seem that difficult, but i keep getting compiling errors. will ask for help when i tried a little more by myself.
you will see when testing on the static markets, how sensitive they can be, so when you run them on monday morning, you need to watch that they dont get in too late or too early with their positions. then adjust both indis and EA settings as you go along. by friday, you're going to want to give up, but when you search through your results or 'history' tab, something will catch your eye. search by comment and you will easily see which ones were successfull and which ones were running losses all the time. then we know what to get rid of or where to spend some time on.
also, very important is to write down and post your results in your own words. Its hard for us to figure out what you were thinking, so we can also get an idea of where to test and how to move forward. Also, dont jump in and change right away, monday mornings can be very slow, so give the settings a day or two to work through and get some results. if no results for a particular chart, then we know the EA together with the indi settings are no good, and then we look to see why . Best way to learn when you get one that doesn't want to make trades. You'll learn much quicker this way. dont forget to write down all info to all charts, criminal, TF indi settings, it's a lot but beleive me you'll end up testing the same settings that did'nt work a few weeks agao. i've done that until i started keeping track of all tests properly.
sorry for the massive post,  wanted to get in as much a possible as the EA's might seem confusing with all the indis. they must be checked that they match each other, otherwise you see a chart showing a buy signal and wont know why the EA is not responding. Post, i'll be happy to help along and just remember, i'm no expert, but will try my best.
regards
cuzgeorge |
come-on Steve, blow me away with an answer. yes or no, or do i just go to bed now!? 
