hmmmm  you want answers but I am not too sure of the question.

My approach is to accumulate 100 strategies in the collection and then use the variables on the collection screen to start weeding out the poor performers so as to bring the aggregate up to what I want.

I keep running the reactor until I get a portfolio the I like the looks of.

I have no idea what other people use, this is an approach that I have used for a long time and I notice that one of the online courses has a variation.

This automated trading takes a ton of research and experience, you may be rushing things.

You can read the thread by Hannahis to get an idea as to how much she has invested to get to where she is today. There are some good ideas in there.

Hello Blaiserboy,

thank you for your answer!!

Yes i'm doing the same i'm adding 20 to 40 new ea's every week and remove all EA's at the end of the
week which had reached the MAX DD which was given with that strategy during the backtesting.
The best ones i will put in time on a live account.

But i was wondering if something in the settings i used in Expert Advisor Studio be4 i push on the start
button to generate new strategies can be improved.

Hope anyone has an idea for improvements in my settings.

Thank you!

Hello Minch,

Ok thanks for your response. Well yes seems things are indeed not so simple. Finding a way to generate EA's which
aren't over optimized. Anyway now i generate EA's and put the best from the list on a demo. then i remove the ones
who reached the statistical highest DD . In a few weeks i will select the top 5 or 10 EA's to put on another demo and if that goes well will put these on a small live account.
Anwyay like Blaiser said i'm reading the post from Hannahis which is a lot of text but i'm learning a lof from her.
https://forexsb.com/forum/topic/6824/hannahs-tradeportfolio-management-tips/

Like you said would be nice to have a roadmap to follow (which settings are best to start building a basis) but indeed no one would give his or her strategy away so actually i think this would be something Popov could provide (the roadmap)

Thanks for everyone!

Hi Jo2,

I've posted my reply here https://forexsb.com/forum/post/60678/#p60678

No worries. I think the important thing is to find your own way with the approach, although getting feedback on this is also very important, until you feel comfortable. I played around with the software for a very long time before I started to put demo trades on and when I was happy with how the modules interacted and what settings I could hope to attain, I am now starting to systematise my approach and record the outcomes so I can better focus in on what Im looking to achieve. In some respects, I have felt like I am blindfolded in a darkened room. One of my early assumptions was that you could just set up the software and come back the next week and be a demo millionaire was crushed early, it will definitely take some work, and although I feel I am making some progress, when I get some advice some the more experienced users on the forum, I really appreciate it (even though it sometimes means I have been taking the wrong approach).

I took a look at the post about TP and SL and was wondering whether you leave the SL/TP on auto or whether you are actively managing your position sizing? If I want to risk no more than 2% of my balance on a single trade, for example, I will set the stop loss maximum to the 2% value. Then when I have 50 strategies, I check the individual portfolios and make a note of the stop loss - there I will see exactly how much in total I am risking in the open positions. Another approach I take, which may not be for everyone, is that I prefer to keep my individual trade sizes very low and to have more strategies waiting to be activated on the sidelines. Even though it might not be possible to have all strategies activated as the same time, as the account grows, there will be more margin created and the account will start to take a higher number of trades as we go along. I felt forced to do this since I dont see a way to create strategies which trade a % or ATR. In any case, using a fixed SL/TP gives you way more control over your risk approach, although its a bit more manual work.