Ok guys anyone able to point me in the right direction or assist in reversing the way an EA places its trades.
E.g. instead of the usual buy trade it does the opposite and vice versa
Sounds crazy I know.
I have zero programming skills so its completely alien to me. Basically the ea works well but spends a lot of time in the negative waiting for trades to come into profits. If it worked backwards it would be straight in profits about 90% of the time. Either way I want to see how it does. All help appreciated.
Been tried many times, including myself many years ago. Doesn’t work because the spread is the main reason that a random trading system loses in the long run. All indicator based mechanical systems are no better than a random system.
Think of it this way. How difficult would it be to come up with a system that is hugely unprofitable? In fact its just as difficult as coming up with one that is hugely profitable.
[QUOTE=“CodeMeister;545779”]Been tried many times, including myself many years ago. Doesn’t work because the spread is the main reason that a random trading system loses in the long run. All indicator based mechanical systems are no better than a random system.
Think of it this way. How difficult would it be to come up with a system that is hugely unprofitable? In fact its just as difficult as coming up with one that is hugely profitable.[/QUOTE]
Yep… Took me a year and a half of extensive
[QUOTE=“CodeMeister;545779”]Been tried many times, including myself many years ago. Doesn’t work because the spread is the main reason that a random trading system loses in the long run. All indicator based mechanical systems are no better than a random system. Think of it this way. How difficult would it be to come up with a system that is hugely unprofitable? In fact its just as difficult as coming up with one that is hugely profitable.[/QUOTE]
It usually goes into the negative much greater than the spread. The ea is profitable but spends far too long in the negative. If it was reversed and the tp was kept small. It would rack up profits very quickly. How do I go about doing it so I can test and if it’s crap I can just forget about it.
I suppose you are like me and must have first hand proof and not someone’s word. But unless you have the source code and some coding basics, it can’t be done. I doubt you will find a coder who is willing to waste his time on this effort either.
[QUOTE=“CodeMeister;545785”] I suppose you are like me and must have first hand proof and not someone’s word. But unless you have the source code and some coding basics, it can’t be done. I doubt you will find a coder who is willing to waste his time on this effort either.[/QUOTE]
Yeah your right until I see for myself I will keep dreaming. I’m away from my laptop now till Sunday. If you think you could help I’ll send it over to you.