Aaragorn,

error 131 for some brokers is lot size below 0.1. I think most brokers for standard accounts have minimum of 0.1 lots. You can test by setting AutoLots=false.

Wackena

try not using auto lot. And set a min amount.

real account on mine affects the auto lot function.

also I cann't get sept-dec 05 and 04 to test good with new settings.

big problem is news. But its also an active time with the market. Lots of large moves.
still testing

Dave

yes it is from the demo acct.

well that's just peachy considering that I was running build 195 up until today when I decided to try this live and decided to update to build 197 first.

I am testing this on my live mini acct. When I change maxlots = 10 I don't have the error any more. I think I'm only allowed 10 lots max on this mini account.

Hey Dave...

I just ran this with extended alpari data I have on my live account backtester...

My live account only allows 10 lots max so that is what this is. the numbers aren't as smashing but I can't argue with the direction of that growth. Even thru the date ranges you mention. What are you seeing? I do notice the drawdowns are now in the 70% range but that has to be from the period before Aug. 2004. The slope of that line after Aug. 2004 just doesn't have massive drawdowns in it! Least not as I can see anyway. I guess I could do it again starting at that point and see what the drawdowns are after Aug 2004 to now.

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well I am looking at my actual mini account which only has a little less than $400 in it.

This backtest with maxlots=3 managed to survive the month of august when it started with that amount. However when I did the maxlots=5 it went bankrupt by the time it got to sept of 2004. Based on that I don't think I'm going to allow my live account to trade above maxlots=2 for the time being. Looks like on first glance I can expect an average of 4 trade/day give or take a few.

This is the first EA I will have let touch real money since about last may/june approx.

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What other pairs besides gbpusd have you tried this on and with what results?

Ok Here I am putting what I said back again. I took it out because I did not want to get into an argument.

What makes a BIG difference in Backtests: SWAP is taken from the last signed-in account. Keep in mind that swaps change all the time. This also holds true for some other variables.

Solution: Don't sign in again, once you have your data stablished. This will give you consistent backtest with each other.

To confirm the above: Check the value of swaps by checking the currency's property. Two different places to do it. One is on "strategy builder" and the other from the "Market watch". Normally they are the same, but if you sign-in/out of different brokers then it is different. Make sure it is the same, so to run a backtest, sign-in to another broker with different swaps or just wait a 1 to 5 days and run the backtest again with the new swaps. Yes you will see.

Also Aaragorn: To keep your big data-> From the Menu Tools->Option->Chart and change the "Max Bars in History" to 9999999999 (mean all 9s). Next time you come back it will be 2147483647. It is ok, this is really the max, just easier to put 9s.