Here are my backtest results from the start of September 2009 through the end of February 2013 using IronFX demo data (because they do not have Sunday candles):
109 trades
45 wins
22 breakeven
42 losses
Take profit is always 2 times the stop loss amount
7,074 pips
48R (which means it made a total of 48 times what was risked on each individual trade)
Here are my rules for trading which are slightly different than 60minuteman's:
Look for buys if the candle has closed above the 50 simple moving average and if the 50SMA value is higher than the value 4 candles back.
The signal candle will be a candle that has closed higher than the previous candle's open, and that previous candle must have an open that is equal to or higher than its close.
Another type of signal candle will be one that has the lowest low of the last 3 completed candles and has a close that is in the upper 25% of the candle height. If this candle does not have a close in the upper 25% but the following candle does, then that candle will be the signal candle.
Set a buy order 0.1 pip plus spread above the high of the signal candle.
If the order is not triggered by the end of the day, then cancel the order.
The stoploss will be 0.1 pip below the low of the signal candle.
Move the stop to breakeven after price has advanced the same number of pips that you are risking.
The take profit is always 2 times the amount of the stoploss.
For sells, the rules are the same just vice versa.
I did not use any S/R lines or any discretion because I wanted as little bias in the backtesting as possible.
My main reason in starting this thread is to find someone who might be interested in making an EA of this system for the purpose of backtesting. I don't have a lot of time to backtest since I work a lot and do the backtesting manually. I would like to find out if this system is profitable with other currency pairs. I'll attach my spreadsheet of the results for your information. I'll try to post some pics of examples later.
Thanks.
Here are 2 examples of trades:
The green arrow signifies a signal candle that had the lowest low of the last 3 candles and closed in the upper 25% of the candle height. The red moving average line is the 50SMA which has a higher value than 4 candles back. The green horizontal line is the entry buy which triggered on the candle after the signal candle. The stop was moved to breakeven on the Jan 10 candle after advancing the same number of pips that were risked. The green check mark is the take profit level which is twice as much as the stop loss.
The yellow arrow signifies a signal candle that had a close higher than the open of the previous candle (also the previous candle had a close lower than its open). The red 50SMA is higher than 4 candles back. The yellow horizontal line is the entry buy which triggered on the candle after the signal candle. The yellow x mark is the stop out level.
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