Originally Posted by daraknor

Wackena,

Thank you for the great data. When you say "code change" do you mean that the signal_count=2 was tick based or bar based? Interesting we had 2 consecutive losses several times at the charts I glanced over, but no more than that. I will sit down and study them at length soon. I think optimizing for minimal consecutive losses is more important than optimizing for less drawdown. It doesn't necessarily mean that you get more money in backtest, but it may mean we have higher accuracy with prediction. In the next experimental release I plan to offer "Set SL X pip profit at Y pip profit". I would set it to 0 or 1 normally; 1 because a breakeven trade counts as a loss for statistics. More of my personal code merged into Phoenix...

Originally Posted by daraknor

It sounds like 30 minutes just might be too long to wait on entry. We aren't even sure it is the same signal, it could be a completely different signal. Ideas?

One idea is to cut the time limit down to 1 minute (time value of 60) and 5 minutes (300) instead of 15 (900). Another option is to try large values (50, 100, 200, 400) for tick based calculations. I think that would require Build 200 with the best tick estimation :/ Do you mind testing some more or all of these settings? I appreciate your reports a lot, and I think this signal_count is our best candidate for making Phoenix more reliable on processing data.

I'm playing hokey and doing Phoenix stuff while code for cash runs through tests.

Originally Posted by Wackena

Attached are backtest results on North Finance MT4 Strategy Tester. Tick data was downloaded using new download feature in the History Center on Build 200. When trying to download tick data on IBFX, there were data gaps and data stopped at 09/29/2006.

I tested each Mode in Phoenix 5.6.04 as downloaded and with Daraknor suggested code changed + Count_Signal=2. http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...&postcount=901

You can see settings at top of each report.

Date range - 5/1/2006 to 11/17/2006
Deposit - $5,000, Risk 0.1

As downloaded
P5.6.04-Mode1 - Profit 13,997.71 - MD 29.51% - short 64(75%) - long 57(82.6%)
P5.6.04-Mode2 - Profit 47,186.22 - MD 30.22% - short 105(73.08%) - long 103(75.93%)
P5.6.04-Mode3 - Profit 613.16 - MD 41.28% - short 216(60.19%) - long 192(63/54%)

With code change and Signal_Count=2
P5.6.04-Mode1-2 - Profit 2,316.31- MD 42.43% - short 32(53.13%) - long 29(62.07%)
P5.6.04-Mode2-2 - Profit 1,184.47- MD 67.72% - short 84(50%) - long 83(65.06%)
P5.6.04-Mode3-2 - Profit 2,834.33 - MD 26.14% - short 117(46.15%) - long 120(52.50%)

If settings are not correct for comparative testing, please advise.

I'm curious as to how much difference in results between broker MT4 platforms and new build 200 tick data compared to alpari data.

Wackena

Originally Posted by frantacech

Please, can you attach this updated version EA?

Originally Posted by daraknor

Apparently some new "best" settings from Artemos on ForexFactory forums.

Originally Posted by wilson1668

Hi,
I performed the backtest on the original settings and Artemos' setting.
From 01May~24Nov, FXDD's history centre data.
Risk 0.05, initial deposit 10,000.

Regards