as I say and repeat for several months, we do not test an EA based on volatility on a demo account because you do not have the real time of execution, you do not have the slippage and spread n ' is not the same, you can take 1 year to observe good results in demo and burn your account in 1 week, the end result is that you will have lost more than a year ... Open a hundred account, deposit 1 euros to have 100 of capital and do your tests you will see the big difference between the real and the demo on a volatility strategy ...Before any comments in that direction - the test was on a demo account at ICMarkets.
Why?
Two reasons:
- nobody shall run any EA on live account without proper forward testing on a demo account
- why ICMarkets? ICMarkets demo and live account are almost same in terms of timing/spread/performance/etc. Other brokers differ in that respect.
What I forgot to mention is that due to high number of trades with high lots, on a live account, I would get, in addition to the profits, commission rebate.
In case anyone is interested, check
https://www.cashbackforex.com/de#aid_300168
I have my own negotiated rebate, and get back 37.51% of each commission. If you are interested, you can contact me.
But it's off topic.
For the EA: I think as a next step I am considering running this EA now on a live account, but with less aggressive settings and starting with a lower balance and lot size.
if there are any questions, I am happy to answer (there might be potentially some delay, since I will go on business travel in the next days).
happy trading
Positive/constructive comments usually do not start with "as I say and repeat for several months", but I will try to ignore it...as I say and repeat for several months, we do not test an EA based on volatility on a demo account because you do not have the real time of execution, you do not have the slippage and spread n ' is not the same, you can take 1 year to observe good results in demo and burn your account in 1 week, the end result is that you will have lost more than a year ... Open a hundred account, deposit 1 euros to have 100 of capital and do your tests you will see the big difference between the real and the demo on a volatility strategy ...