Is there a way to run EA with computer off?
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can any one help me how can i find a way to run EA even Mt4 is off or my computer
I mean , if there any server so can i upload my EA and run it 24/24 -
use something as VPS service, there are many, I found good stability with contabo - I found it as best stability+power+price (about 15€ monthly +5€ for windows and any customization in power like more RAM, or CPU power, and it can hold >10 metatrader together or many EAs), https://contabo.com/?show=vps (select with SSD, not HDD, because SSD is much faster)
... or find own VPS service (with windows if you are not familiar in linux)there are also another services from amazon, or you can pay for whole dedicated server
but these are not cheap ... -
thanks for your response
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For what it's worth my experience has been to ask the broker where their servers are and find a VPS that uses the same datacenter. I am in Australia but the broker server is in London. The VPS is in the same Equinix datacentre reducing trade latency from circa 400 milliseconds (Australia to London round trip) to less than 5ms. Often it can be <=2 ms.
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@miro1360 and anyone... Hello, just a quick question... Why multiple instances of Mt4?
Maybe silly question
but can't we open 2, 3 instances of same chart, same pair, in case we have several EA's for the pair.
I ask this as best practice. How many EAs on one Mt4, if one per chart/pair.
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@cpxiom said in Is there a way to run EA with computer off?:
@miro1360 and anyone... Hello, just a quick question... Why multiple instances of Mt4?
Maybe silly question but can't we open 2, 3 instances of same chart, same pair, in case we have several EA's for the pair.
I ask this as best practice. How many EAs on one Mt4, if one per chart/pair.
Thank you.I guess it's for testing and documentation purposes. If an account has multiple different strategies running simultaneously, it's sometimes hard to tell which strategy yields the actual profits.
EAs interfering with each other's algorithms is whole another matter.
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@roar Oh, yes, right... I'm also forward testing, and have run into this problem. Thanks...
Didn't know Ea's could interfere...
So far I honed in on one EA that I'm working on... since some months now, but was thinking to diversify, as I saw that a good approach would be to have many EA's to even out the equity curve, with not so perfect EA's, but good.
Although, it's not my style to be at the mercy of some conditions, with curve fitted EA, because in my experience if something can go wrong / differently, usually it does.
Really I am mesmerized how the market can work. Very, very professional. -
@cpxiom The interfering would happen, for example, if EA1 checks some open trade's features and make some decisions based on that. But actually that open trade was made by EA2, which doesn't follow the same rules. This problem can be avoided with group numbers and such, but there is always a possibility for error in some part of code.
I saw that a good approach would be to have many EA's to even out the equity curve, with not so perfect EA's, but good.
Well that's basically the modern portfolio theory
To make it work, different EAs' returns should have negative covariance, so that the bots don't just amplify each other's ups and downs -
@roar Yes, on uncorrelated pairs, and with different strategies, ideas. Well, working on that, long way to go.
It makes sense... still.. condition is to have long run profitable systems, which thing is not easy, but it's fun discovery process. Some things reveal other things, and so on. Sometimes it's like hitting dead ends, then right after that an explosion of possibilities... that get trimmed, and trimmed, then again. But so far, moving through several cycles like that, some gems of understanding still remained. Adding those up at the moment :), or maybe will do separate strategies, will see how it turns out.
