Inside Bar
On Wednesday I ran this through the back test optimizer, and adjusted the settings for EURUSD and AUDUSD. After a few losses, it caught a big move on AUDUSD and ended the week up $362. Last week it lost $289. Balance is $4898.
Pending Reversal Candle
Last week made $185, this week $384. Interestingly, no losses. Balance is $5562, which makes this one of the more successful robots I'm running - so far. I ran this robot through the back test optimizer too, so we'll see how it performs next week. The adjusted settings increased the stop loss, so if it loses, it'll lose big.
Daily Close Breakout
Last week made $243, this week up another $326 with one order open for +$67. This robot is surprising. It did so poorly on the H1 timeframe, but on H4 has had two good weeks. No losses this week either, despite a choppy market. Balance is $4626.
Weekly Breakout 2
Last week I left this robot alone completely, and it made $906 profit. This week it lost badly in the beginning of the week, as the market chopped around. I had almost lost faith in it (again). Then it captured a couple of nice moves, recouping a little, but not enough to make profit. It's down $354, with one order open for +$97. Balance is $5184.
I'm impressed that it does recoup some lost profit when the market decides to make a move.
Open-Close Bot H4
Lastly, my trend detecting benchmark robot. This poor thing hasn't had a winning week in quite a while. When I first started testing it, it did really well, with several straight weeks of profit and was up a few thousand. So I was surprised when it started failing, and for so many weeks in a row. But now, with the exception of 2 good weeks about a month ago, this thing has lost week after week. So it just goes to show that sometimes your positive results are more from luck and timing than because you have a good robot.
This thing needs several H4 candles to go in the same direction, and this hasn't been happening much lately.
Down $184 last week, it loses another $413 this week, balance is $3659. Note it scales it's lot size up and down depending upon the account equity, so to lose more money this week than last is really something, considering it was using smaller lot sizes.
I may run this through the optimizer just for fun next week, but I suspect it's strategy is just doomed.
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So there we have it. A fairly directionless market this last week, yet 3 out of the 5 robots posting gains. I am surprised.
