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It's all individual and all IMHO.
"...I need to find the EA variant with the best results..." These results - mean almost nothing for the present and future - they are adjusted for HISTORY - and therefore for the past.
It's all about, in particular my attitude to speed and, even more so, to optimization - I try to bring adjustable EA parameters down to zero. According to my observations - optimization is just a matter of fitting to historical data which has no meaning for the present. Why do I need a toy that trades reasonably well in the past?
For this very reason, all of my Expert Advisors have self-adjustable parameters for the current market situation, and they don't react to history with rigidly written parameters, but to the current events, dynamically changing some of their parameters to fit the present moment... And I NEVER optimize them. It's enough for me to run a month or two of history to find errors and make sure my Expert Advisor logic works correctly and is profitable.
So, don't take my soldier's humour to heart. I apologise, I hope - no offence? :))
Nikolai, thank you. I use standard indicators - MA. The code is more than a thousand lines, who would want to bother with it, I think. The calculation is done once per one tick (I checked it with "alerts").
It is also possible that there are calculations without which you can do without, for example, handling errors and all sorts of abnormal situations is not needed at the development stage, they can be added when the trading algorithm is complete and you can start using the Expert Advisor for real. How many times does the Expert Advisor run through all orders? Are there a lot of iHigest/ilowest loops and functions? A thousand lines, yes, only very few people would understand it, except for a quick look around in case something catches their eye.
All orders are replayed on every tick (because orders are modified when a certain level is reached, and this achievement can only be defined by a tick). I haven't implemented any abnormal situations yet, but error handling does exist. And cycles are counted only at opening of each hour (significant delay is noticeable, when each tick is checked, as described).
there doesn't seem to be anything egregious, something more can be said with the code...
Thanks, Nikolai, that's what I was wondering - would the speed of the tester increase significantly if I changed the processor?
Where can I get M30(or lower) quotes older than 2004 for ANY stocks or indices. NOT in currencies? Thanks