Disliked{quote} i could not agree more with your reasoning = with a dd based system one has to keep in mind there must be a somewhat reasonable worst case scenario. that being said the eq loss also cant be set to low. there is a statistical optimum and my gutt feeling agrees that 25% must be about right. also your setting = trading around the clock might be beneficial. my initial thought was as per original rules might be best. but if i understrand mers correctly he trades only one sequence. that will keep profits low. so that being said i have seen gu...Ignored
That being said, while backtesting is a great tool, it doesn't provide a true picture of live day to day trading conditions. What I mean is I wouldn't trade this knowing there is a rate decision coming up or any other major market moving conditions. The backtest just goes and encompasses every rate decision, every nfp, every Greek bailout. Going forward, we choose when to play and when not to play. The ea is just there to make our lives easier, we still make the decisions though.