settings for a live $1000 account

[arto74]

Has anyone come up with some good backtesting results with a live $1000 account? I have a live $500 account with backtesting results to be 43 drawdown %. It might be high, but this is the percentage I'm willing to accept. I've been backtesting for a couple of days, but can't find any settings for my backtest that will yield anything less than a 58% drawdown percentage on a $1000 account. I would really appreciate to learn your decent settings and backtest results for a $1000 account. thanks

[Earl]

Has anyone come up with some good backtesting results with a live $1000 account? I have a live $500 account with backtesting results to be 43 drawdown %. It might be high, but this is the percentage I'm willing to accept. I've been backtesting for a couple of days, but can't find any settings for my backtest that will yield anything less than a 58% drawdown percentage on a $1000 account. I would really appreciate to learn your decent settings and backtest results for a $1000 account. thanks
post your settings and your backtest results..

so we can see how to help you

[arto74]

hey earl, i was wondering if i had the same settings on a $1000 account as i have on my $500 account, won't it be the same success? All I want to do is have the same type of settings but increase my lot amount for more profit. I'm very happy with my $500 account settings.
EURUSD,M5 inputs: Lots=0.03; LotsRiskReductor=1; MaxOrders=3; MaxLots=100; StopTime=1; aaa=20; bbb=8; TakeProfit=200; StopLoss=0; TrailingStop=0; UseMAControl=1; PeriodMA=21; PriceMA_0_6=0; TypeMA_0_3=0; SpanGator=0.9; SlipPage=30; OrderMagic=231313; SafetyGapDemarker=0.2; SafetyGapWPR=0; StartWorkTimeHour=0; StartWorkTimeMin=0; EndWorkTimeHour=0; EndWorkTimeMin=0;
these are my $500 account settings.
when i did the back test before i inplimented the settings, i had drawdown of 43%, now when i redid the backtest with the same settings it was at 50%(?).
now i tried with just increasing my lot amount to .10 instead of .03 with a $1000 acocunt, and this is what i got
Bars in test 28031
Ticks modelled 2086923
Modelling quality 90.00%
Mismatched charts errors 0
Initial deposit 1000.00
Total net profit 7875.30
Gross profit 11545.80
Gross loss -3670.50
Profit factor 3.15
Expected payoff 13.06
Absolute drawdown 257.10
Maximal drawdown 2919.30 (58.28%)
Relative drawdown 58.28% (2919.30)
Total trades 603
Short positions (won %) 564 (96.81%)
Long positions (won %) 39 (100.00%)
Profit trades (% of total) 585 (97.01%)
Loss trades (% of total) 18 (2.99%)
Largest
profit trade 20.50
loss trade -428.90
Average
profit trade 19.74
loss trade -203.92
Maximum
consecutive wins (profit in money) 215 (4259.50)
consecutive losses (loss in money) 3 (-1282.10)
Maximal
consecutive profit (count of wins) 4259.50 (215)
consecutive loss (count of losses) -1282.10 (3)
Average
consecutive wins 98
consecutive losses 3
i mean, yah this is great, but i'm looking for a little less drawdown while using lot.10
btw this last backtest was the best i could come up with. I'll keep backtesting until i find something with a little less drawdown (35-45% is my magic number)

[arto74]

did a backtest on .03 lot but increased my max trades to 10, giving me once again 58% drawdown %. than i increased my lot to .05 and max trades 5 and it gave me 56% DD, than i did .03 w max orders 5 gave me 48% DD, then did .1 with 1 max order, got 41% DD (which is good but the net profit is hardly bigger than my live $500 account settings with double the amount of deposit), than did .10 with 2 max orders, got 53% DD. I guess i could use some of these setttings, but i just can't find a good balance with the $1000 with good net profit and decent DD%. I'll just keep backtesting. thanks

[Earl]

hey earl, i was wondering if i had the same settings on a $1000 account as i have on my $500 account, won't it be the same success? All I want to do is have the same type of settings but increase my lot amount for more profit. I'm very happy with my $500 account settings.
EURUSD,M5 inputs: Lots=0.03; LotsRiskReductor=1; MaxOrders=3; MaxLots=100; StopTime=1; aaa=20; bbb=8; TakeProfit=200; StopLoss=0; TrailingStop=0; UseMAControl=1; PeriodMA=21; PriceMA_0_6=0; TypeMA_0_3=0; SpanGator=0.9; SlipPage=30; OrderMagic=231313; SafetyGapDemarker=0.2; SafetyGapWPR=0; StartWorkTimeHour=0; StartWorkTimeMin=0; EndWorkTimeHour=0; EndWorkTimeMin=0;
these are my $500 account settings.
when i did the back test before i inplimented the settings, i had drawdown of 43%, now when i redid the backtest with the same settings it was at 50%(?).
now i tried with just increasing my lot amount to .10 instead of .03 with a $1000 acocunt, and this is what i got
Bars in test 28031
Ticks modelled 2086923
Modelling quality 90.00%
Mismatched charts errors 0
Initial deposit 1000.00
Total net profit 7875.30
Gross profit 11545.80
Gross loss -3670.50
Profit factor 3.15
Expected payoff 13.06
Absolute drawdown 257.10
Maximal drawdown 2919.30 (58.28%)
Relative drawdown 58.28% (2919.30)
Total trades 603
Short positions (won %) 564 (96.81%)
Long positions (won %) 39 (100.00%)
Profit trades (% of total) 585 (97.01%)
Loss trades (% of total) 18 (2.99%)
Largest
profit trade 20.50
loss trade -428.90
Average
profit trade 19.74
loss trade -203.92
Maximum
consecutive wins (profit in money) 215 (4259.50)
consecutive losses (loss in money) 3 (-1282.10)
Maximal
consecutive profit (count of wins) 4259.50 (215)
consecutive loss (count of losses) -1282.10 (3)
Average
consecutive wins 98
consecutive losses 3
i mean, yah this is great, but i'm looking for a little less drawdown while using lot.10
btw this last backtest was the best i could come up with. I'll keep backtesting until i find something with a little less drawdown (35-45% is my magic number)you should autolot better results...plus max lot should be 1 until you reach a balance of 10k

I would go with 2 trades at a time
with a stop time of 10

I would got with a MA of 100 or 75 trust me

backtest and post results please

[arto74]

i did a backtest on what you suggested, these are the results
Bars in test 28031
Ticks modelled 2086923
Modelling quality 90.00%
Mismatched charts errors 0
Initial deposit 1000.00
Total net profit 453.80
Gross profit 620.94
Gross loss -167.14
Profit factor 3.72
Expected payoff 1.77
Absolute drawdown 10.90
Maximal drawdown 334.40 (21.16%)
Relative drawdown 21.16% (334.40)
Total trades 256
Short positions (won %) 228 (98.68%)
Long positions (won %) 28 (96.43%)
Profit trades (% of total) 252 (98.44%)
Loss trades (% of total) 4 (1.56%)
Largest
profit trade 4.36
loss trade -81.64
Average
profit trade 2.46
loss trade -41.78
Maximum
consecutive wins (profit in money) 141 (275.74)
consecutive losses (loss in money) 2 (-149.48)
Maximal
consecutive profit (count of wins) 329.40 (103)
consecutive loss (count of losses) -149.48 (2)
Average
consecutive wins 84
consecutive losses 1

what significance does backtest net profit have on your live settings? Will it trade the same amount?

[arto74]

Bars in test 28031
Ticks modelled 2086923
Modelling quality 90.00%
Mismatched charts errors 0
Initial deposit 1000.00
Total net profit 718.37
Gross profit 1025.22
Gross loss -306.85
Profit factor 3.34
Expected payoff 1.93
Absolute drawdown 22.90
Maximal drawdown 668.80 (34.39%)
Relative drawdown 34.39% (668.80)
Total trades 372
Short positions (won %) 330 (98.79%)
Long positions (won %) 42 (95.24%)
Profit trades (% of total) 366 (98.39%)
Loss trades (% of total) 6 (1.61%)
Largest
profit trade 6.18
loss trade -101.73
Average
profit trade 2.80
loss trade -51.14
Maximum
consecutive wins (profit in money) 202 (394.84)
consecutive losses (loss in money) 3 (-272.53)
Maximal
consecutive profit (count of wins) 606.58 (152)
consecutive loss (count of losses) -272.53 (3)
Average
consecutive wins 122
consecutive losses 2

lots 0
LRR 1
MX Order 3
MX lots 1
Stop time 5
aaa 20
bbb8
T/P 200
Periiod MA 100
backtest 07/27/08-12/07/08

[arto74]

i did a little better with these settings
lots 0 LRR 1 MX Order 2 MXlots 1 Stop time 1 aaa 20 bbb 8 T/P 200 Period MA 21 rest default
Bars in test 28031
Ticks modelled 2086923
Modelling quality 90.00%
Mismatched charts errors 0
Initial deposit 1000.00
Total net profit 497.92
Gross profit 661.60
Gross loss -163.68
Profit factor 4.04
Expected payoff 1.89
Absolute drawdown 17.44
Maximal drawdown 381.60 (22.91%)
Relative drawdown 22.91% (381.60)
Total trades 263
Short positions (won %) 252 (98.41%)
Long positions (won %) 11 (100.00%)
Profit trades (% of total) 259 (98.48%)
Loss trades (% of total) 4 (1.52%)
Largest
profit trade 4.00
loss trade -81.84
Average
profit trade 2.55
loss trade -40.92
Maximum
consecutive wins (profit in money) 141 (274.20)
consecutive losses (loss in money) 2 (-163.48)
Maximal
consecutive profit (count of wins) 387.40 (118)
consecutive loss (count of losses) -163.48 (2)
Average
consecutive wins 130
consecutive losses 2

what do you think?

[arto74]

hey earl you suggest an MA 100-75, but i did some backtesting on MA21 stop time 1 that got me decent net profit and lower drawdown, what do you think of that






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[arto74]

hey earl, i applied the settings with good drawdown, but the pilot doesn't make any trades whatsoever. Everything is on, working, but pilot does nothing with these settings, what gives?