When simulating the performance of a trading strategy using historical data within the Metatrader 4 platform there are many things that you can do which will inevitably end in bad performance and unreliable results. Many of the reasons why people regard backtesting using Metatrader as unpredictable and difficult to reproduce are a consequence of one […]
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October 2010
- Backtesting With the New Alpari Data : Some Findings and Changes
- Solving Backtesting Problems : Finally a True, Absolutely Reliable Data Set for Asirikuy
- Can We Run Reliable, Computationally Cheap System Simulations on Metatrader 4 ? : Using the Control Points Method Accurately
September 2010
- Are You Backtesting Correctly ? : Six Common Technical Mistake That Will Make Your Simulations Useless
- Why are Five Years Statistically Significant for the Evaluation of Trading Systems ?
August 2010
- How To Get Umaki : The Trader Builder
- Getting Years of Manual Forex Trading Experience in Only Weeks : The Umaki Trader Builder EA
- Evaluating Trading Systems : Characteristics and Quality
July 2010
- Trading a Martingale Based on Backtests : A VERY Dangerous Road
- Don’t Fool Yourself : Why Renko/Fixed Range Charts Cannot be Backtested Accurately with MT4 or MT5
- What is Accurate Data ? Talking About Simulations in Forex Trading
June 2010
May 2010
- Making Automated Trading Systems – 6 Tips for Successful System Design
- Proving the Profitability of Scalpers… Not an Easy Thing to Do
April 2010
- Jumping to Conclusions… The Neglect of Statistical Significance
- Unreliability of Backtesting Data… Why you should ONLY use the Alpari Downloaded Mt4 for Backtesting
