1. You use minimum lot size (0.01) on every trade?
2. How many total EAs are you trading in demo and/or live accounts?
3. How many currency pairs do you trade? Do you have a staple pair (EURUSD?)? Do you trade in commodities or any other vehicle?
4. What is the Maximum Total Drawdown you have experienced in absolute dollars?

ThanX!
John

There is still difficulties with using small lots but over many strategies, damage can be controlled.

I trade very small lots, the smallest the broker allows, and in that way I avoid the risks of large drawdowns

So you have found that by trading micro lots that you can generally avoid large draw downs over your entire portfolio?

I used to use a 2:1 ratio(Approximately) and try to get nice looking equity curves... and then I realized that there were much larger profits if I gambled a bit.

I do not recommend what I use.... there are better ways...

I trade very small lots, the smallest the broker allows, and in that way I avoid the risks of large drawdowns. One day I will get hammered....

Before I went on my holiday, I would watch the charts closely and hedge the losers, I got caught a few times doing that.

The best way, I think, is the conservative way, use reasonable stops and profits, and minimum position size and many different strategies.

With EA Studio, I am experimenting with several things, as it appears to offer a different kind of trading, I am still learning how to use it.

But 1.000 TP

Pips or Points?

Okay,
i have for M15 and H1 this Time most

SL max 40 Pips
TP max 80 Pips

That is why i ask for you, what you use in higher Timeframes, what are yours Experince

I like tight stops 70 or 90 on both and take profit up to 1000 (4hr and daily). (sorry I did not notice your post)

Now that is a nice looking portfolio. In theory....lol

Needless to say, the 'weed pile' is huge every day. hahaha

That reminds me, I have to weed my flower garden today. lol

LOL. Yes I can see how EA studio would really stream line everything.

Keep it simple right.

I just work with the major Forex Pairs.

Yes, testing and fine tuning.

I think that the testing and fine tuning is where I spend most of my time now, trying to weed out the poorer performers.

Before EA Studio, I think I wasted a lot of time trying to create perfect startegies before testing them. Now I have lowered my standards and test a lot more new ones and then weed them out.

Needless to say, the 'weed pile' is huge every day. hahaha

That reminds me, I have to weed my flower garden today. lol

they are slow to trade... so I make many of them

Yeah that's one way around that issue.

How do you go about diversification? Of course we have CFD's and commodities, then we can add Binary options to the mix.

I am currently thinking about trying 1 pair 3-5 strategies on 1 time frame as one portfolio, then making another portfolio the same but with another instrument. Just a different approach as opposed to mixing within 1 portfolio. I think the biggest challenge will be keeping the drawdown to an amount I am comfortable with. Lots of testing and fine tuning.

And with FOREXSB PRO and the other software on offer it can be easily achieved.

SL max 40 Pips
TP max 80 Pips

That is why i ask for you, what you use in higher Timeframes, what are yours Experince