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  1. Yep, history center is providing a general MetaQuotes data for download, not broker's data.

     

    Scrolling back a live/demo chart is ok if you want to make very short backtests only, because it won't load more than 2 months of data in M1, 5 months of M5, around 7 months of M15, around 2 years of M30/H1, around 10 years of H4 and about all the history for D1 and above. But these are broker's data, indeed.

     

    By scrolling back you'll get the .hst file for the timeframe you're scrolling only, not all the timeframes' data. So, you have to switch timeframes manually and do the scrolling back from latest bar to oldest it's allowing. I've used to disable AutoScroll to avoid getting back to the latest bar every time when a tick is coming in. Also, you can scroll back faster if you're zooming out the chart completely. Then you just have to keep pressing PgUp or Home until it won't load more data. If you're ready, close chart and start over with the next timeframe you want. I suggest close (exit) MetaTrader after you finished your scrolling back session, since .hst files will be completely written to disk at exit only.

     

    Again, you can't backtest your favourite M1 scalper with these data as it is comprising a very short time period only. It might be adequate for 1-2 years of H1 backtests and completely ok for H4 and up.

     

    Btw. if you want real backtests on real tickdata, still Dukascopy is the way to go. You can download some of the broker's data this way above, but I doubt it will contain all the spikes and other nasty surprises they did to their data while you've tried to trade them. :)

  2. You are fooling people just to earn... rotten in HELL.... devil bless you eternally...

     

     

    OMG... another preacher =))

    Greed is very dangerous, my friend. It is poisoning your life to such level where you won't recognize so simple and harmless things like an april joke.

     

    It seems this thread reached its goal: we've just found April's fool... ;)

     

    (I know... I know: I'll rot in hell, too... :-ss)

  3. Ok, I found something.

    I place it on EURUSD, M5, SL 500, TP 500, Trailing 5, Maxtrades 1, MM true, Risk 5%, Micro true, UseHourTrade false (it trades all day).

    SL 500 seems too big, but it's not a hard SL, the EA handles rough situations internally.

    Here is what I've got:

     

    Test results on EU, M5, 01.01 to 08.18 2010.:
    
    http://www.mediafire.com/?0c2sah89pkaqw78 

     

    Just for your info: there is a huge hole in the Metaquotes EURUSD history data. From 05.08.2010 to 07.07.2010 all the data is simply missing... (Those with Alpari UK etc. MetaTraders are all downloading history data from Metaquotes, not from Alpari.)

     

    Edit: This backtest above was created while I was logged in to a demo account. Since Alpari uses the Pro servers' data for demo purposes, therefore it shows much better spreads than the ones are coming from the old Classic or Micro servers. For example it shows 0.6 pips instead of 1.6 pips on EU. Now I have made another backtest while I was logged in to my live Classic account. The results are a bit worse (DD 25% instead of 21%) because the backtester gets the worse spreads of the Classic account.

  4. "Old tick" is a server side problem, not an EA failure. It means that your MT got an old price. Usually slow or crowded servers are throwing this error message. Simply wait or re-login onto an other server.

     

    BTW the 500 TP on EURUSD is really huge. Maybe good for the daily or the weekly chart. But it's definitely wrong for the 5 pips trailing stop.

    Are these default settings intentionally wrong? Is there a supplemental documentation missing?

  5. I have got an email from "John Wilson" who used this EA on different charts with different settings and claims over 97% winning (is this a magic number or what? Everyone comes with this 97% :D ). John will give these settings as a bonus if we buy the robot from his link.

    Does anybody has this bonus settings?

  6. It can be used on any timeframe, the manual shows two settings: one for M15 and another for M1.

    If MM = false then it uses the lotsize you have defined in the Lots -parameter.

    If MM = true then it calculates the appropriate lotsize depending on the setting AccountIsMicro. This way it won't use the value of the Lots -parameter.

    So, if you want to go with a fixed 0.01 lotsize all the time, then set MM to false and set Lots to 0.01 .

  7. Sure it is possible to make an SL/TP adjusting EA for even multiple opened orders. I wonder why didn't others already make it? Or use the already available ones.

    Of course, if there's a multi-pips movement within a tick or two then this EA could not save you, either. Simply don't trade at the obviously manipulated times like the news, swap time etc. when spreads are widening and/or stops/orders are not guaranteed. An EA can be programmed for this, no problem.

  8. Re: (REQ) No Loss Robot

     

    Fake testimonials:

    "Scott Fernandez, Nevada, USA", his photo is from http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3191335-serious.php

    "Robert Grace, New York, USA" is also from http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-6512471-friendly-man-with-arms-crossed.php

    "Abdulaziz Surjadi, Jakarta, India" is from here: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-5544409-casual-indian-office-worker.php

     

    Any other questions? :D

  9. Re: How can I make an EA invisble from the broker ???

     

    Maybe a little bulky "solution", but what if our EA would just watching for the signal and if it comes, then would "ask" a .dll to call Windows' keybd_event() function to simulate a "manual" sending of an order?

     

    Like: [F9][TAB][0][.][2][5][TAB][1][.][4][9][5][3][TAB][1][.][5][0][5][0][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][sPACE][ALT+F4]

     

    would send an instant BUY order with 0.25 lots, SL: 1.4953, TP: 1.5050, no comment, on the current pair.

     

    Hmmm? :)

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