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leeb77

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  1. Alten91: If you don't see the value in what I've shared you may have to learn the lessons the hard way from the markets... just appreciate people showing thanks as I do to everyone recpirocally also.

     

    JBest: Thanks for the feedback but if I shared everything at once it wouldn't be digested.

     

    OK guys next - how do you make your strategy last over the long term? Well you could try optimising an EA for situations when a certain criteria is met - eg: filter that previous price bar has to be a certain length, or code in Average True Range for TP and SL levels, I have found that fixed TP and SL don't work over the long term as they don't adapt to market volatility.

     

    The info right there could cost you thousands to learn the hard way, please digest it and give it some consideration.

  2. CiDER - yep many valid points there, I wouldn't go as far to say as automated trading doesn't work but it is so important to get a accurate backtest, what often happens is a backtest looks great - especially in Metatrader, you go live with it and it doesn't work out, if a strategy is succesful manually there is no reason it can't be automated but backtesting is key. I appreciate the problem of converting MQL code, what I suggest is take a simple strategy, eg: Moving Average Cross and backtest on Sierra or MultiCharts or another tick accurate platform, look at the optimal values and use these in MetaTrader with the same basic strategy. Simple systems really are the way to go for long term profits. Price action is key. I use a combination of manual systems and automated trading, I would love to automate my manual system but coding is too complex even with my background in this area.
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