as is typical of this backtester today it's decided to throw entirely different results than it's ever done before using the same EA over the same date range. The same settings which have generated 3.96 million on this now don't even break even in the first 30 trades.
This is the first 30 trades of the test that made 3.96 million..
PHP Code:
# Time Type Order Lots Price S / L T / P Profit Balance
1 2005.09.09 17:25 buy 1 0.41 1.8413 1.8400 0.0000
2 2005.09.09 17:26 modify 1 0.41 1.8413 1.8404 0.0000
3 2005.09.09 17:26 s/l 1 0.41 1.840414 1.8404 0.0000 -36.32 463.68
4 2005.09.09 18:04 buy 2 0.38 1.8389 1.8376 0.0000
5 2005.09.09 18:11 close 2 0.38 1.8394 1.8376 0.0000 19.00 482.68
6 2005.09.09 18:13 buy 3 0.39 1.8391 1.8378 0.0000
7 2005.09.09 18:15 close 3 0.39 1.8394 1.8378 0.0000 11.70 494.38
8 2005.09.09 18:18 buy 4 0.40 1.8394 1.8381 0.0000
9 2005.09.09 18:21 close 4 0.40 1.8397 1.8381 0.0000 12.00 506.38
10 2005.09.09 19:41 buy 5 0.41 1.8394 1.8381 0.0000
11 2005.09.09 20:20 close 5 0.41 1.8396 1.8381 0.0000 8.20 514.58
12 2005.09.09 21:21 buy 6 0.42 1.8392 1.8379 0.0000
13 2005.09.09 21:45 close 6 0.42 1.8395 1.8379 0.0000 12.60 527.18
14 2005.09.09 22:59 buy 7 0.43 1.8393 1.8380 0.0000
15 2005.09.12 00:01 close 7 0.43 1.8413 1.8380 0.0000 84.50 611.68
16 2005.09.12 00:22 buy 8 0.50 1.8415 1.8402 0.0000
17 2005.09.12 01:23 close 8 0.50 1.8418 1.8402 0.0000 15.00 626.68
18 2005.09.12 02:20 sell 9 0.51 1.8419 1.8432 0.0000
19 2005.09.12 02:24 close 9 0.51 1.8414 1.8432 0.0000 25.51 652.19
20 2005.09.12 03:02 sell 10 0.53 1.8405 1.8418 0.0000
21 2005.09.12 04:12 close 10 0.53 1.8401 1.8418 0.0000 21.20 673.39
22 2005.09.12 04:13 sell 11 0.55 1.8396 1.8409 0.0000
23 2005.09.12 04:14 close 11 0.55 1.8392 1.8409 0.0000 22.00 695.39
24 2005.09.12 04:17 sell 12 0.57 1.8378 1.8391 0.0000
25 2005.09.12 04:22 close 12 0.57 1.8375 1.8391 0.0000 17.10 712.49
26 2005.09.12 04:23 sell 13 0.58 1.8369 1.8382 0.0000
27 2005.09.12 04:27 close 13 0.58 1.8367 1.8382 0.0000 11.60 724.09
28 2005.09.12 04:31 sell 14 0.59 1.8363 1.8376 0.0000
29 2005.09.12 04:40 close 14 0.59 1.8360 1.8376 0.0000 17.70 741.79
30 2005.09.12 05:10 sell 15 0.61 1.8342 1.8355 0.0000
31 2005.09.12 05:30 s/l 15 0.61 1.8355 1.8355 0.0000 -79.30 662.49
32 2005.09.12 06:11 sell 16 0.54 1.8355 1.8368 0.0000
33 2005.09.12 06:18 close 16 0.54 1.8350 1.8368 0.0000 27.00 689.49
34 2005.09.12 08:42 sell 17 0.56 1.8327 1.8340 0.0000
35 2005.09.12 08:42 close 17 0.56 1.8323 1.8340 0.0000 22.40 711.89
36 2005.09.12 08:42 sell 18 0.58 1.8325 1.8338 0.0000
37 2005.09.12 08:45 close 18 0.58 1.8322 1.8338 0.0000 17.40 729.29
38 2005.09.12 09:02 sell 19 0.60 1.8297 1.8310 0.0000
39 2005.09.12 09:04 modify 19 0.60 1.8297 1.8297 0.0000
40 2005.09.12 09:04 close 19 0.60 1.8289 1.8297 0.0000 48.01 777.30
41 2005.09.12 09:30 sell 20 0.64 1.8275 1.8288 0.0000
42 2005.09.12 09:38 close 20 0.64 1.8270 1.8288 0.0000 32.01 809.31
43 2005.09.12 09:43 sell 21 0.66 1.8272 1.8285 0.0000
44 2005.09.12 09:45 close 21 0.66 1.8268 1.8285 0.0000 26.40 835.71
45 2005.09.12 10:08 sell 22 0.69 1.8274 1.8287 0.0000
46 2005.09.12 10:09 close 22 0.69 1.8270 1.8287 0.0000 27.60 863.31
47 2005.09.12 13:43 sell 23 0.71 1.8272 1.8285 0.0000
48 2005.09.12 13:53 close 23 0.71 1.8270 1.8285 0.0000 14.20 877.51
49 2005.09.12 14:17 sell 24 0.72 1.8259 1.8272 0.0000
50 2005.09.12 14:25 close 24 0.72 1.8256 1.8272 0.0000 21.62 899.13
51 2005.09.12 14:35 sell 25 0.74 1.8253 1.8266 0.0000
52 2005.09.12 14:37 modify 25 0.74 1.8253 1.8253 0.0000
53 2005.09.12 14:37 close 25 0.74 1.8247 1.8253 0.0000 44.41 943.54
54 2005.09.12 15:09 sell 26 0.78 1.8237 1.8250 0.0000
55 2005.09.12 15:44 close 26 0.78 1.8234 1.8250 0.0000 23.40 966.94
56 2005.09.12 15:46 sell 27 0.80 1.8230 1.8243 0.0000
57 2005.09.12 15:46 close 27 0.80 1.8226 1.8243 0.0000 32.01 998.95
58 2005.09.12 15:47 sell 28 0.82 1.8234 1.8247 0.0000
59 2005.09.12 15:54 s/l 28 0.82 1.8247 1.8247 0.0000 -106.60 892.35
60 2005.09.12 16:36 sell 29 0.73 1.8232 1.8245 0.0000
61 2005.09.12 16:37 close 29 0.73 1.8228 1.8245 0.0000 29.22 921.57
62 2005.09.12 17:00 sell 30 0.76 1.8226 1.8239 0.0000
63 2005.09.12 17:09 s/l 30 0.76 1.8239 1.8239 0.0000 -98.80 822.77
this is the first 30 trades of the same code running with the same settings today....
PHP Code:
Time Type Order Lots Price S / L T / P Profit Balance
1 2005.09.09 17:25 buy 1 0.41 1.8417 1.8402 0.0000
2 2005.09.09 17:25 modify 1 0.41 1.8417 1.8404 0.0000
3 2005.09.09 17:25 modify 1 0.41 1.8417 1.8405 0.0000
4 2005.09.09 17:25 modify 1 0.41 1.8417 1.8406 0.0000
5 2005.09.09 17:25 modify 1 0.41 1.8417 1.8408 0.0000
6 2005.09.09 17:25 modify 1 0.41 1.8417 1.8412 0.0000
7 2005.09.09 17:25 s/l 1 0.41 1.841236 1.8412 0.0000 -19.04 480.96
8 2005.09.09 17:25 buy 2 0.39 1.8415 1.8400 0.0000
9 2005.09.09 17:53 s/l 2 0.39 1.8400 1.8400 0.0000 -58.50 422.46
10 2005.09.09 18:18 buy 3 0.34 1.8396 1.8381 0.0000
11 2005.09.09 18:29 s/l 3 0.34 1.8381 1.8381 0.0000 -51.00 371.46
12 2005.09.09 22:48 buy 4 0.30 1.8394 1.8379 0.0000
13 2005.09.12 00:00 close 4 0.30 1.8413 1.8379 0.0000 55.95 427.41
14 2005.09.12 02:24 sell 5 0.35 1.8416 1.8431 0.0000
15 2005.09.12 02:27 close 5 0.35 1.8409 1.8431 0.0000 24.50 451.91
16 2005.09.12 02:46 sell 6 0.37 1.8405 1.8420 0.0000
17 2005.09.12 04:12 close 6 0.37 1.8399 1.8420 0.0000 22.20 474.11
18 2005.09.12 04:34 sell 7 0.39 1.8365 1.8380 0.0000
19 2005.09.12 04:46 close 7 0.39 1.8360 1.8380 0.0000 19.50 493.61
20 2005.09.12 04:53 sell 8 0.40 1.8352 1.8367 0.0000
21 2005.09.12 05:00 modify 8 0.40 1.8352 1.8352 0.0000
22 2005.09.12 05:00 close 8 0.40 1.8346 1.8352 0.0000 24.00 517.61
23 2005.09.12 05:18 sell 9 0.42 1.8346 1.8361 0.0000
24 2005.09.12 05:37 s/l 9 0.42 1.8361 1.8361 0.0000 -63.00 454.61
25 2005.09.12 06:27 sell 10 0.37 1.8352 1.8367 0.0000
26 2005.09.12 07:24 close 10 0.37 1.8346 1.8367 0.0000 22.20 476.81
27 2005.09.12 08:03 sell 11 0.39 1.8352 1.8367 0.0000
28 2005.09.12 08:10 close 11 0.39 1.8346 1.8367 0.0000 23.40 500.21
29 2005.09.12 08:42 sell 12 0.41 1.8327 1.8342 0.0000
30 2005.09.12 08:47 modify 12 0.41 1.8327 1.8327 0.0000
31 2005.09.12 08:47 close 12 0.41 1.8320 1.8327 0.0000 28.70 528.91
32 2005.09.12 08:59 sell 13 0.43 1.8317 1.8332 0.0000
33 2005.09.12 09:01 close 13 0.43 1.8312 1.8332 0.0000 21.50 550.41
34 2005.09.12 09:05 sell 14 0.45 1.8291 1.8306 0.0000
35 2005.09.12 09:11 close 14 0.45 1.8283 1.8306 0.0000 36.00 586.41
36 2005.09.12 09:26 sell 15 0.48 1.8287 1.8302 0.0000
37 2005.09.12 09:27 close 15 0.48 1.8282 1.8302 0.0000 24.00 610.41
38 2005.09.12 09:28 sell 16 0.50 1.8277 1.8292 0.0000
39 2005.09.12 09:39 modify 16 0.50 1.8277 1.8276 0.0000
40 2005.09.12 09:39 close 16 0.50 1.8270 1.8276 0.0000 35.00 645.41
41 2005.09.12 09:40 sell 17 0.53 1.8266 1.8281 0.0000
42 2005.09.12 09:46 s/l 17 0.53 1.8281 1.8281 0.0000 -79.50 565.91
43 2005.09.12 09:58 sell 18 0.46 1.8268 1.8283 0.0000
44 2005.09.12 10:30 close 18 0.46 1.8262 1.8283 0.0000 27.60 593.51
45 2005.09.12 12:30 sell 19 0.49 1.8295 1.8310 0.0000
46 2005.09.12 12:32 close 19 0.49 1.8289 1.8310 0.0000 29.40 622.91
47 2005.09.12 12:50 sell 20 0.51 1.8270 1.8285 0.0000
48 2005.09.12 14:14 close 20 0.51 1.8264 1.8285 0.0000 30.60 653.51
49 2005.09.12 14:28 sell 21 0.54 1.8251 1.8266 0.0000
50 2005.09.12 14:45 modify 21 0.54 1.8251 1.8249 0.0000
51 2005.09.12 14:45 close 21 0.54 1.8243 1.8249 0.0000 43.20 696.71
52 2005.09.12 14:54 sell 22 0.57 1.8233 1.8248 0.0000
53 2005.09.12 15:31 s/l 22 0.57 1.8248 1.8248 0.0000 -85.50 611.21
54 2005.09.12 15:47 sell 23 0.50 1.8234 1.8249 0.0000
55 2005.09.12 15:54 s/l 23 0.50 1.8249 1.8249 0.0000 -75.00 536.21
56 2005.09.12 16:36 sell 24 0.44 1.8232 1.8247 0.0000
57 2005.09.12 16:37 close 24 0.44 1.8228 1.8247 0.0000 17.60 553.81
58 2005.09.12 16:40 sell 25 0.46 1.8226 1.8241 0.0000
59 2005.09.12 16:44 modify 25 0.46 1.8226 1.8225 0.0000
60 2005.09.12 16:44 close 25 0.46 1.8219 1.8225 0.0000 32.20 586.01
61 2005.09.12 16:46 sell 26 0.48 1.8217 1.8232 0.0000
62 2005.09.12 16:52 s/l 26 0.48 1.8232 1.8232 0.0000 -72.00 514.01
63 2005.09.12 17:00 sell 27 0.42 1.8228 1.8243 0.0000
64 2005.09.12 17:09 s/l 27 0.42 1.8243 1.8243 0.0000 -63.00 451.01
65 2005.09.12 17:34 sell 28 0.37 1.8232 1.8247 0.0000
66 2005.09.12 17:43 s/l 28 0.37 1.8247 1.8247 0.0000 -55.50 395.51
67 2005.09.12 18:25 sell 29 0.33 1.8214 1.8229 0.0000
68 2005.09.12 18:26 close 29 0.33 1.8209 1.8229 0.0000 16.50 412.01
69 2005.09.12 22:08 sell 30 0.34 1.8194 1.8209 0.0000
70 2005.09.13 00:54 s/l 30 0.34 1.8209 1.8209 0.0000 -50.27 361.74
the people at the bugtracker would have me believe that this is due to new quotes and using the refresh option.... oy..they deny that the backtester is unstable in it's data processing.
suffice it to say that this makes nowhere near even breaking even as it continues to test.