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Analysing trades: Importance of using enough data

August 30, 2017, 02:02:59 PM by donnaforex
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Often times, we end up starting an EA at a 'bad' time and experience an immediate drawdown or a run of disappointing trades, maybe even 10 losing trades in a row. An inexperienced trader might conclude that this EA doesn't work or they have set it up wrong and simply move on to the next one. This scenario keeps repeating and suddenly you find yourself thinking you are cursed and this trading game just isn't for you.

The problem we have here is that the data you are looking at is not representative.

Statistically, the more trades we have to look at the more re...

Short Update

June 07, 2017, 04:42:24 PM by donnaforex
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... so you know i haven't gone to sleep

I have recently added FXMower and EZE079 to our live tests. Both EA's trade on EURUSD (but have no connection to each other!).

FXMower
A high risk/ high return EA which does have progressive lot sizing in it. Only had a few trades so far but it appears to trade based on fading strong market movements. I like that it uses a trailing SL for it's profit points but this one is definitely high risk.
FXMower w ...

EAController Test Stopped

May 07, 2017, 10:22:09 AM by donnaforex
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I have decided to stop testing EA controller. I have spent a LOT of time on trying to get this one set up and working properly and it just isn't working for me. Not in terms of results, i'm talking here about basic set up and running. I did manage to get it work on a separate account for managing other EA's, but i couldn't get it set up correctly for using the provided EA's that come bundled with the controller and therefore my test is of no use.

For starters, i only got one pair out of four working (or which i thought was working); and then i recently find out that the controller ...