Challenge automated trading using MT4!! Let's get started! EA Life | Episode 16: How to optimize an EA [Masamasa Kakizawa]
Masano Kaki-zawa Profile
Masano Kaki-zawa. Since 2009, he has been developing automated trading systems for FX, providing many systems such as EasySniper and MultiAgent to brokers and users. At Invast Securities’ automated trading service “Sistore 24,” the provided strategy MultiAgent achieved an overwhelming performance and evaluation in the 2016 Annual Awards. Also, at Himawari Securities’ automated trading service “Eco Trade,” the provided strategy “Moderate Venus” maintained the top number of users for more than a year from 2013 to 2014. The number of users has surpassed 700. Currently, he offers Dream Agent FX, an evolution of MultiAgent.
In this series, we focus on FX automated trading systems, specifically EA that run on MetaTrader 4 (MT4), and have Masanobu Kakizawa, a full-time trader, navigate the knowledge and know-how needed to operate them. If you’re considering using an EA, or you’re already using one, please refer to this.
*This article is a reprint/re-edition of an article from FX Kouraku.com, September 2019 issue. Please note that the market information written in the text may differ from the current market.
A Convenient Method to Consolidate Backtest Settings
Hello everyone. In the last four installments, we have looked at how to conduct backtesting and how to evaluate the results. For backtesting, it is assumed that the parameter settings are fixed, but it’s difficult to search for the best trading results by changing parameters one by one, isn’t it?
That’s where the optimization feature built into MT4’s Strategy Tester shines. By using this feature and specifying “the parameter items whose settings you want to change,” “the range of settings,” and “the step size for changes,” you can run backtests for all combinations at once and display the results. Now, let’s first look at how to configure optimization.
