A good one! You just have to start with $1,000. For me, I have to start with $100!addtoitfx wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 6:57 am ANYTHING? NOT ONE LOOP OF FEEDBACK?
HERES ANOTHER ONE THAT TRADES TL BREAKS AND HAS AUTO ADAPTIVE PARAMS I ADDED THE SET FILE TOO. FEEDBACK WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED PLEASE
Re: Need help testing a profitable strategy
12Yes, ofc i know:)addtoitfx wrote: Sun Nov 09, 2025 12:47 pm THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TEST PARAM RANGES IN MT5 STRAT TESTER? USE THAT TO FIND OPTIMIZED CONFIG FOR A SPECIFIC SYMBOL/TF. THIS IS NOT FOR RETAIL TRADERS SO NO BELLS AND CHART VISUALS. FINISHING DEV STAGE
Will try to find better setup
Re: Need help testing a profitable strategy
13you can start with 100k in the mt5 strat tester? start with whatever amount you wantNik123 wrote: Sun Nov 09, 2025 5:23 pm A good one! You just have to start with $1,000. For me, I have to start with $100!
Re: Need help testing a profitable strategy
14Hi addtoitfx,
To start I am no expert in testing, writing code or EA's and I only have intermediate knowledge around testing strategies in MT4/MT5.
I am 100% sure there are numerous people on here who are much better poised and more technically sound with better skill sets than me to test your EA more efficiently.
However I thought I would use this as a perfect opportunity to try and learn and help develop my testing skills and give you my feedback on what you kindly provided.
In terms of matching your results of 30k return in 5 months with 3% drawdown I have not been able to get close to that in terms or risk. However using the date range of this year to date so 11 months using a starting balance of 100k I have been able to produce a net profit of 301,377 using higher risk but with a high drawdown.
Summary
EA used - Bradys 4th Quarter Comeback - with the accompanying SET file as default.
Date Range 01.01.25 - 11.11.25
Symbol used XAUUSD - obvious choice for me I mainly only trade gold so I am biased on using this symbol
Parameters: I used the HTF structure Filter with HTF method set as BOS/CHoCH - optimal choice for an SMC supply and demand strategy
I then varied the Trading Time (1m/3m/5m) across various HTF Structure (5m/10m/15m/30m/60m)
Everything else was left as per the SET file
These tests were then run on the emphasis of finding the greatest net profit I did not take drawdown or anything else into consideration
Other than Trading Time of 3m and HTF of 60 the best result came from TT = 5m and HTF of 30m as you set within the SET file,
So then what I did (using same parameters as above) was use all HTF Methods (swing, ZigZag,Leg, BOS/CHoCH, Trailing) across all various Trendline methods.
There were 2 that stood out for greatest return which were HTF Method = BOS/CHoCH & TrendLine Method = DTTV2 and HTF Method = Leg and Trendline Method = DTTV1
My bias is BOS/CHoCH so decided that this would be the method I would investigate further and tried various parameters and from my perspective the following provided the best results:
TrendlineMethod =2
HTFDetectionMethod=3
RiskPercent =1
TradesPerDirection=5
Everything else as per SET File
I attach the results for you to view and don't get me wrong the drawdown is high, but I do tend to trade aggressively and take bigger risks. Plus GOLD is hitting ATH after ATH on a long term upward trend so its easy to get good results with most EAs on this symbol at the moment!
Now this may help you or may not and I am sure there are others who can provide better feedback, but regardless I actually enjoyed doing this and it was a good learning curve. I intend to undertake further testing using the Param ranges over the weekend so hope to provide some more comprehensive feedback.
I think that is in the spirit of Forex Station and what it represents i.e. people helping each other, learning and trying to become better traders/coders and develop their understanding.
So even if this does not help you the way you wanted I want to say thank you for providing something that actually gave me enthusiasm to use the Strategy Tester correctly and help develop my knowledge and skillset testing strategies!
To start I am no expert in testing, writing code or EA's and I only have intermediate knowledge around testing strategies in MT4/MT5.
I am 100% sure there are numerous people on here who are much better poised and more technically sound with better skill sets than me to test your EA more efficiently.
However I thought I would use this as a perfect opportunity to try and learn and help develop my testing skills and give you my feedback on what you kindly provided.
In terms of matching your results of 30k return in 5 months with 3% drawdown I have not been able to get close to that in terms or risk. However using the date range of this year to date so 11 months using a starting balance of 100k I have been able to produce a net profit of 301,377 using higher risk but with a high drawdown.
Summary
EA used - Bradys 4th Quarter Comeback - with the accompanying SET file as default.
Date Range 01.01.25 - 11.11.25
Symbol used XAUUSD - obvious choice for me I mainly only trade gold so I am biased on using this symbol
Parameters: I used the HTF structure Filter with HTF method set as BOS/CHoCH - optimal choice for an SMC supply and demand strategy
I then varied the Trading Time (1m/3m/5m) across various HTF Structure (5m/10m/15m/30m/60m)
Everything else was left as per the SET file
These tests were then run on the emphasis of finding the greatest net profit I did not take drawdown or anything else into consideration
Other than Trading Time of 3m and HTF of 60 the best result came from TT = 5m and HTF of 30m as you set within the SET file,
So then what I did (using same parameters as above) was use all HTF Methods (swing, ZigZag,Leg, BOS/CHoCH, Trailing) across all various Trendline methods.
There were 2 that stood out for greatest return which were HTF Method = BOS/CHoCH & TrendLine Method = DTTV2 and HTF Method = Leg and Trendline Method = DTTV1
My bias is BOS/CHoCH so decided that this would be the method I would investigate further and tried various parameters and from my perspective the following provided the best results:
TrendlineMethod =2
HTFDetectionMethod=3
RiskPercent =1
TradesPerDirection=5
Everything else as per SET File
I attach the results for you to view and don't get me wrong the drawdown is high, but I do tend to trade aggressively and take bigger risks. Plus GOLD is hitting ATH after ATH on a long term upward trend so its easy to get good results with most EAs on this symbol at the moment!
Now this may help you or may not and I am sure there are others who can provide better feedback, but regardless I actually enjoyed doing this and it was a good learning curve. I intend to undertake further testing using the Param ranges over the weekend so hope to provide some more comprehensive feedback.
I think that is in the spirit of Forex Station and what it represents i.e. people helping each other, learning and trying to become better traders/coders and develop their understanding.
So even if this does not help you the way you wanted I want to say thank you for providing something that actually gave me enthusiasm to use the Strategy Tester correctly and help develop my knowledge and skillset testing strategies!
