The data from May to July is not missing. That is a personal computer error that has happened to me many times on different time periods during backtesting and downloading data. Generally it comes back after a weekend, but occaisionaly I've had to reload a new platform. This is why I only backtest on my demo accounts and dont mess with the live accounts.
I minute data is fine for most purposes. Its not perfect, but it gives you a fairly accurate idea. All we really want to do is see the differences between optimizations. And yes, anytime we're trying to capture 10-15 pips profit out of the nighttime range, a 0.5-2 pip difference in the spread is incredible. However between my demo testing on FXCM 2.5 pip spread, FXDD 2 pip spread, and ATC 0.8 pip spread with a 0.8 pip commision, I dont see that much difference on a day to day basis. On backtests it does show a difference, and overall I prefer FXDD of these three because the spread is very consistant, on FXCM and ATC the spread varries and changes a lot, which can cause entry and exit problems that wont show up in backtesting. and I dont like ATC's commision structure when half of our trades close at breakeven (+1 pip). If it was still available in the US I would consider FxPro for the best spreads.
Ivan, perhaps it depends on what broker and time period your doing your testing on. Please test thoroughly and make your own decisions. And yes, I had, Aggressive mode TRUE, NFA mode TRUE, Recovery mode FALSE. This prevented it from opening multiple orders simultaneously, or doubling position size, and allowed me to run a maximum position size all the time. If you run Aggressive ON, NFA False, Recovery True, you need to run a much smaller position size to prevent a margin call. Remember this means the system can both double the position size and open 2 orders simultaneously, thereby quadrupling your risk. These Martingale style strategies can work fine, untill the one time they dont and they wipe out your entire account.
This new platform is something created by the FAP-T team (if I'm correct), intending to compete with MT4 and host Forex Bulletproof, their new EA designed to be ultra safe, and conservative. There were a few Beta testers there who impressed me, but this is all marketing copy, and these people were bribed, hired, persuaded to do this testing because of their prominent names in the Forex industry. Unfortunately we're already stating to see all the usual affiliate hacks promoting this system. Is it really as good as they say? Or is it just more marketing and sales hype, at a likely higher price without the easy refund? I would wait at least a year on both their platform and their EA, and let some other suckers do the testing. Just consider the sources this information comes from, the style and effort put into the marketing scheme, the intense build up that is coming, the number of affiliate hacks already piling on to this sales and marketing pitch. The whole thing is too well polished, coming from the biggest and most successful Forex marketers, telling people exactly what they want to hear right now. Its all just a little too perfect, it reeks of it.
