I'm happy to test your EA on my custom backtesting setup. It uses tick data from Dukascopy to give pretty good results (i.e. as close to real life as possible). I'm also in the process of adding Oanda data, so it'll eventually be possible to test on ...

Backtest reliability, unsure

Wise words indeed! With several brokers offering the ability to trade tiny amounts, there aren't really many reasons to completely blow an account. If things aren't working out according to your tests, simply dial down the amount you're trading. ...

Giving up?

I'm no expert, but if you're running a 15 year test, that is inevitably going to include wins and losses... Have you calculated the win/loss percentage of trades over the entire period? Even if the overall test is profitable, it will be made up of ...

Automation and backtesting

Great summary! A great read for aspiring trading programmers (like me

Some thoughts on EAs and automated systems

Triphop, that thread on the strategy of losers is a great read!

Real reason why 99% lose - daytrading