Outdated Performance Page (.set) files

[AtariBurger]

There was a thread about this but it was dated last year and it looks to be abandoned. There are many different strategies offered on Galileo FX’s Performance Page. After filtering the choices down to the forex pairs I wanted to try, I downloaded the zip file and loaded settings into the adviser. The name of the file (example: Lunar Stride-USDCHF-M5-mt5) tells you what time period to set the chart for, and all the other parameters like bullish/bearish signals are loaded. I decided to run a simple test with those same numbers and the outlook was not good. My question is, how could a strategy from last year be used with today's market? Wouldn’t some parameters like bullish/bearish signals need to be changed? Maybe by using an optimization? I do not know exactly how the software works, but I am not sure that any of those presets would be worth using today.

 

[MARKC]

There was a thread about this but it was dated last year and it looks to be abandoned. There are many different strategies offered on Galileo FX’s Performance Page. After filtering the choices down to the forex pairs I wanted to try, I downloaded the zip file and loaded settings into the adviser. The name of the file (example: Lunar Stride-USDCHF-M5-mt5) tells you what time period to set the chart for, and all the other parameters like bullish/bearish signals are loaded. I decided to run a simple test with those same numbers and the outlook was not good. My question is, how could a strategy from last year be used with today's market? Wouldn’t some parameters like bullish/bearish signals need to be changed? Maybe by using an optimization? I do not know exactly how the software works, but I am not sure that any of those presets would be worth using today.

That’s a good question. The strategies on the Performance Page are examples of setups that worked well during certain testing periods. They’re meant to be starting points, not permanent settings for all market conditions.

Markets change over time, so a setup that worked well last year may perform differently today. Many users load the preset first, then run additional backtests or make small adjustments to the parameters based on current market conditions and their broker.

A common approach is to test the settings in the Strategy Tester or on a demo account first, then adjust if needed.