Hi guys,

I've got a few questions on backtesting and using the results.

How long is an acceptable backtest, 1 year, 2 years, more?

What's the best way to go about finding the best results? Doing an x year backtest with every tick data, first by balance, and then by profit factor?
Do you then just grab the top results and just use them on a demo for a while, or is there a better way to get the top performing paramaters.

The ea I'm having made for me is a trend following one, just placing orders on ma crosses.

Is it possible for it to not trade when there is low volumes, because that's where I believe it's dying. What do you recommend?

Are there any indicators that you'd recommed to help filter out trades?

Also, what are the popular currencies for trading, raning as well as trending if you know

thanks

steve