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I cannot get them to work in MetaTrader Strategy Tester either. The only way I can backtest them is to do it in FSBpro. The MetaTrader Strategy Tester is not the best backtester. The backtester in FSBpro is world class! To test these robots it is recommended to do so in a demo account.
To download the collection of strategies use windows File Explorer and go to: C:\express-generator\collections
Did you get the bots from EAtradingacademy? The reason I ask is EA Studio and FSBpro generate bots that do not have errors in their code. So I would like to know what bot you are referring too!
Balance is still at 10,000 EUR because none of the trades have closed. Also, I notice that some of your portfolio lot sizes are 0.1 and some at 0.01.
Are you giving it sufficient time to complete the backtest. I backtested AUDNZD and it took about 6 minute to complete the backtest. The green bar at the bottom of Strategy Tester went from left side of window to right side of window about four or five times approximately. I didn’t really count them. Backtest was with $10,000 and 1.0 lots in all four positions in the inputs tab. The following is my results:
Hi Richard,
Can you provide detailed info on how you are trying to do the backtest? Can you show screenshot of Strategy Tester that shows your setup? Please provide as much info as you can so I can evaluate the reason you are not able to do a backtest. Also have you optimized the amount of data you broker provides by holding down the HOME key as Petko has shown in the videos?
Alan,
Here are the results when backtesting on a DukasCopy Demo account:
I then backtested each of the 10 GBPUSD strategies:
strategy 00 -5.51 dollars
strategy 01 -17.00 dollars
strategy 02 -1.27 dollars
strategy 03 -9.02 dollars
strategy 04 -7.00 dollars
strategy 05 -7.80 dollars
strategy 06 -5.39 dollars
strategy 07 -0.79 dollars
strategy 08 +9.24 dollars
strategy 09 -5.24 dollarsSo what I might do is to comment out strategy 01.
Hi Sam,
I wouldn’t try to re-optimize a robot that is no longer working. It is better to create a new robot that works under current market conditions. This can be done using EA Studio. Having said that if you are just going to use Petko’s 3 Portfolios and not use EA Studio what you will need to do is just eliminate the EA’s that are not working and wait until next month when Petko uploads the new portfolios then the new portfolios will replace to old ones.
Try demo account with DukasCopy they have the best historical data for backtesting. If it doesn’t work there then let us know.
https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/forex/demo-mt4-account/