Best posts made by XYON126

Hi! As you say, it is not that you are a dinosaur, etc. In my humble opinion as long as you refer to Algorithmic Trading, not doing Back Testing and general optimization and the Specific Pair is not an error, it is even worse is throwing money away, if you have plenty of my advice is to donate it to the poor people and not that you throw it away doing trading and giving it to billionaires, with this I answer the 1st. consultation.
Now I answer the 2nd. And technique, every strategy, whether algorithmic or manual, needs these points that I list below in that order and with rigorous performance and rigidity, otherwise you will lose your money silly at 100%:
1º Develop a strategy and score points to follow one by one without any change when applying it.
2º Carry out a manual Baktesting for a minimum of one to two years.
3º Once the manual Baktesting has been carried out without having changed an apex to your strategy, make an assessment of these points.
3.1 Profit factor minimum 1.5, less bankruptcy accounts.
3.2 Drawdown less than 15%, never exceed 18%.
3.3 Nr. Negative transactions max. 10
3.4 Nr. Positive transactions min. two
3.5 If points 3.3 and 3.4 are not fulfilled, the mathematical expectation is never less than 0.3.
And last
3.6 % Annual profit between 5 -10% minimum.
Once these values have been verified in the Manual Backtesting

4. Apply your strategy for a minimum of one month in the Broker's Demo account where you want to use it in the Real account. Ideally, you should obtain a minimum of 500 operations in a demo account. If they are H4, D1 or higher strategies, you must have a minimum of 50 or 100 in demo.
5. If everything applied obtains the same or better results than previously obtained in the Backtest, only then can you apply it in real account, before it would be a very serious error and a great inprudence on your part.
   Regarding optimization it is not essential but it is highly advisable, since from my algorithmic experience I have more than proven and the great gurus keep it for it, a strategy does not work the same for EURUSD as for GBPJPY, etc. for one it is a loser and the other can give you great benefits, if you optimize it it can serve you with different parameters for almost all pairs, indices, etc. you just have to optimize and adjust for the torque, index, etc. even for the temporality that also affects the same pair, index, etc. to equal importance in all senses that is why optimization is highly advisable if not essential.
   I hope I have helped you and eliminated your doubts and erroneous appreciations that, as you say about a dinosaur, I am a 63-year-old dinosaur. and I know what you say.

Ah! Regarding what @l-andorrà commented about going to MT5 because it is better, I have to contradict @l-andorrà, this is very wrong is how to compare the programming of fxDreema with Mql4, a programmer of Mql4 code will tell you that the visual environment is prettier than that of the MT5 but only that, I've been programming in Mql4 and Mql5 for some time after having done many EAs, s in fxDreema and I left fxDreema for two reasons, the 1st. the same EA in fxDreema had 3000 lines of code against 138 in MQl4 and 780 in MQl5 with this a programmer will tell you and with good reason that the execution responses and rigidity are better with short codes and not with long or extra long codes in addition to more file size more errors you will get and more difficultly you will be able to correct.
and 2nd reason it gave me 50% false entries in fxDreema against the same in Mql4 and this happens the same with Mql4 and Mql5 but in 20%.

Hi @johntyr! I have looked at your code and from my experience I see that you close with the closing block and option BUY or SELL, if in addition to this you differentiate the groups, you may function since the orders will be exclusive, since you do not have your indicator I have not been able to do tests but In the main blocks (57.58.59.60) in the group filter you give it a number identifying them that will also serve as a recurring filter. I hope I have helped you something.

Ah! Important point, although fxDreema has the option of crossing lines from top to bottom and quite the opposite, it is very important to know that since it is based on MQL4 / 5 in MQL4 / 5 there are no crosses, to make or identify a cross what is done is:

1. Identify a line and ask if it is greater or less than the other line (refers to price).
2. idem to the above.
   With this, MQL knows that one line or curve is above the other, now you have to do the same but asking if the upper line or curve is now lower and the opposite with the other. This is what in MQL identifies a cross, as you can see it is a bit chaotic and the problem is when both are in a vertical point, Mql does not recognize them and it is when it gives you a false Yes or No, this must be taken into account. since for your case you should also give width to the crossing area indicating how many candles there must be in one crossing or another.

@od In this EA that is with buttons (you eliminate them and it is a normal EA) open 4 operations 2 SELL and 2 BUY with a difference of distance between them and the BUY and SELL opposite each other in distance. Look at it.

https://fxdreema.com/shared/QPDvYmUTb

@piptheripper It has an overwhelming logic, the strategy tester is not instantaneous, depending on the time you want it to perform the test it may not slow down but take the necessary time that is not the same, example: How long does it take to mentally add 2 + 2 and 256985478 +254123595741? True, it does not take the same time because it is identical to the tester, you need to carry out the testing every day, if for one day you need 1 second for 300 days you will need 300 seconds.