Optimizing the trading system parameters: EUR/USD revisited

Source: www.forexautomaton.com

After important changes to the trading system optimization methodology, I am revisiting EUR/USD on the day scale. The USD/CAD and USD/CHF reports indicated that our range of trade entry parameter might not include the optimum, consequently the range is extended. As a result, much better performance figures are seen. But caution is needed when comparing even the "minimum-bias" results with those of earlier reports, since the parameter ranges are now different.


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