Forex
Google
New signals service!

Go Back   Forex Trading > Downloads > Expert Advisors - Metatrader 4


Register in Forex TSD!
Trading Systems Leaders in this forum (automated trading systems) are winning more than 3000 pips in a month (30000$ investing one lot every time).
Click here to register and get more information

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
 
Old 10-13-2006, 01:27 PM
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1
ccronje is on a distinguished road
Incorrect profit calculation in EA

Hi All,

I hope I'm not asking something that has been discussed many times before..
Can anyone tell me why the strategy tester would calculate the profits incorrectly as in the attached report ? For example:

Trade1
Sell at 1.8687
Stoploss at 1.8745

This should show a loss of -58, but the startegy tester shows -40.60

Where on earth does it get the -40.60 from ?

The profit is basically wrong for every trade.

Any ideas will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Chris
Attached Files
File Type: htm StrategyTester.htm (22.0 KB, 17 views)
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
 
Old 10-13-2006, 03:30 PM
Eaglehawk's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 141
Eaglehawk is on a distinguished road
the strategy tester does have many limitations, one problem that has aroused before was getting different results from the same ea with the same settings over the same period of time. another one happened live, between a demo and a live account. as i've heard, the same strategy that was forward testing in both the demo and live, made money in the demo, and lost money in the live, no one's still quite answered this problem with interbankfx.


for the involvment with the tester, a friend of mine was using it on a strategy he had developed over a month on. he first ran through the tester and it gave him over four million dollars with 98% modeling quality! the next day, he wanted to save the results, so he re-opened the tester and it made him go bankrupt with 98% modeling quality, and the same settings as before, the same dates, it was the same in every aspect.


to get to the point, i wouldn't expect COMPLETELY accurate results from the tester. the best way to backtest a strategy, and most accurate, is to do your backtesting manually.
__________________
"One's ability to accomplish his or her goals is limited only by the ingenuity of how one uses what he or she already knows."- Eaglehawk
REMEMBER,
"Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience." –Benjamin Franklin

____________________________________

Have a simple ea you just can't figure out how to code??? Odds are you can make it here. Just remember to push complete when you're done, NOT SAVE!!!

http://sufx.core.t3-ism.net/ExpertAdvisorBuilder
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
 

Bookmarks
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Problem with Fractalindikator it drwas incorrect signals echnaton Metatrader 4 0 05-19-2007 02:36 PM
calculation question? antone Setup Questions 2 03-12-2007 01:19 AM
Indicator calculation? cja Setup Questions 5 02-12-2007 09:51 AM
Time zone incorrect robp General Discussion 1 06-02-2006 01:20 AM
script for pips calculation Beluck Tools and utilities 1 01-27-2006 05:40 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:36 PM.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.