[Alan Northam]

When looking for a vps how many cores should I get?

[Alan Northam]

Hi Samuel,

My main laptop has 4 cores with 8 logical cores and the screen is set to never turn off.

My second laptop also has 4 cores with 8 logical cores and the screen is set to never turn off.

My second laptop has now been running for 4 hours and has collected 8 strategies.  So when the 10 hour run is complete I should have 20 strategies.

[Alan Northam]

Hi Samuel,

Here is latest test on the same laptop.  I just had one Reactor running.  It does about 1000 generations per minute but collection is terrible.

10 minutes, 11000 strategies, 3 passed validation, 3 passed Normalization, 0 passed Monte Carlo
15 minutes, 17000 strategies, 3 passed validation, 3 passed Normalization, 0 passed Monte Carlo
20 minutes, 22000 strategies, 4 passed validation, 4 passed Normalization, 0 passed Monte Carlo
25 minutes, 27000 strategies, 4 passed validation, 4 passed Normalization, 0 passed Monte Carlo
30 minutes, 32000 strategies, 5 passed validation, 5 passed Normalization, 0 passed Monte Carlo
35 minutes, 36000 strategies, 6 passed validation, 6 passed Normalization, 0 passed Monte Carlo
40 minutes, 4100, strategies, 7 passed validation, 7 passed Normalization, 1 passed Monte Carlo
45 minutes, 46000 strategies, 9 passed validation, 9 passed Normalization, 1 passed Monte Carlo

So number of strategies generated is about 1/2 of what you are getting, however, not nothing is passing Monte Carlo.  So I am not sure we have discovered the problem.

I will set up my other laptop tonight!

[Alan Northam]

Hi Samuel,

After running for 10 hours here is the result of the EA Studio Reactor:

Generator
Generated strategies 55008
Passed validation 11 (0.02 %)

Normalization
Calculated strategies 11 (2075)
Normalized strategies 10 (90.91 %)
Passed validation 11 (100.00 %)

Monte Carlo validation
Calculated strategies 11 (231)
Passed validation 4 (36.36 %)

My thoughts is that there are not enough generated strategies.  I think this may be because I have too many webpages and MT4 accounts running at one time.  Since I have my 10 MT4 accounts running I don’t want to close them for 10 hours to test this theory.  So, I will wait until the weekend when I will cold boot my laptop (i7 processor) and will just open on instance of EA Studio and let it run for 10 hours to see how it works.

I know I can only run EA Studio on one laptop but can it be any laptop?  I have another laptop that I do not use.  I could use it to run this test during the week so I could have results by tomorrow morning.  If I don’t hear from you I will give it a try this evening and I could have results in the morning.

 

[Alan Northam]

Hi Petko,

Are you saying if I run EA Studio on a second copy of Chrome on the same pc?  So open one instance of Chrome for EA Studio and a second instance of Chrome for other work on the same pc would allow EA Studio to run faster?

[Alan Northam]

Hi Samuel,

Just now changed normalizer to 20% OOS.  I will let it run for 10 hours and then report my results.
I do wonder however, if I have several unrelated web pages open in my Chrome browser if they have any affect on the performance of EA Studio.

[Alan Northam]

Hi Samuel,

Thanks for emailing the settings.  I noticed in the post above you suggested I change the normalizer to 20% OOS to match the generator.  However, in the settings you emailed to me you did not make this change.  Which way are you now suggesting?

[Alan Northam]

Well, I broke down and ordered the Optimal Pack.  Waiting for email with Key…

[Alan Northam]

I guess my EA Studio trial is ending today.  If I order the EA Studio Pack now can I upgrade to the Optimal or Mega Pack later?

[Alan Northam]

After 2 hours of running the modified settings for EA Studio has only collected 2 strategies :o(

[Alan Northam]

I uploaded the modified settings file into EA Studio.  After running for 15 minutes EA Studio collected 1 strategy.  This could equate to 4 strategies per hour and 40 strategies after 10 hours.  I will let it run and see what the results are.

I also wonder how the changes to the settings will affect simulated trading…

[Alan Northam]

Email sent!

[Alan Northam]

All I can see in the forum is a way to attach an http link or an image file.  I don’t see where I can attach a file.  Also I don’t know how to get your email address.

[Alan Northam]

I will be very interested in the errors you find and am anxiously awaiting your results!

[Alan Northam]

I ran the Reactor with GBPUSD M15 to verify if the Reactor is working correctly for 2 hours using the settings as per the “Forex Strategy Course + 12 EAs I Trade Live” course the number of Collections is Zero.  I don’t think EA Studio is not working correctly!

I have 1 day left on my 15 day trial and I am not 100% convinced to purchase it.

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