Originally posted by RickM
Hi Sharks
Thanks for the tip, that is what I was thinking but wasn’t sure.
I am testing a model in a very scaled down version on a live chart at present just to see if it works the same as one on demo. There is little money or risked involved but I feel I need to test the waters between live and demo.
I am no where near getting a folio together at this stage but I’m no rush. I don’t want to get burned trading EA’s live before I have a really good understanding of the whole processes.
I have spoken to a few of the guys at Tradeview ( they ring us enough already ) and Matt for one likes the idea of a few strategy’s running on one account to protect drawn down. In his words, the guys on the trading floor do that a lot.
Cheers
No probs.
I got another tip from the tech support guys in case you want to test on a live account but don't actually want to risk any $$$'s (yes sounds strange but apparently you can do it - and apparently there can still be some issues migrating from demo to live account that warrants using this technique) - is instead of triggering an actual order when your EA conditions are met, you can trigger a print instruction to the expert log. I haven't used this approach with my 1st EA but I will reserve it as a tool to use if I see any unexdepected behaviour with the EA and want to troubleshoot in the live account.
Thanks for the tip on how accounts are structured. I think I will have a chat to Tradeview to clear up some questions before the end of the week.
Cheers, Sharks
