TLM bot not working/backtesting in year 2024?

blue_nile

Hello!

I recently downloaded the TLM bot demo, and I'm very happy that in theory it doesn't need to be optimized, because... It basically takes DAYS. :D

But for some reason, backtesting it works good enough in months for year 2023 BUT it does nothing for 2024.

Is it some kind of bug? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for your time.

Blue

EDIT: actually, not optimized it only finds ONE trade in December 2023 :-\

Mike

The vendor will reply to this post and help you soon.

blue_nile

Ok thanks 😊

It's just that your bots are all great but there are 2 or 3 that stand out above the rest, and I just wanted to check that TLM for Gold was one of them. 😉

modernandishanjay

Hi blue nile,
I am very glad that you are using the trial version of our cBot
Pay attention to the following:
1- The cBot (Last Move) is made only for the XAUUSD currency pair.
2- In some cases, the cBot needs time to identify its main trading structure. If you took your backtest from the beginning of 2024, it is better to test from three months before to now so that the cBot has enough time to create its trading structure.
Structures are usually between major swings of higher timeframes.
I retested with this method and it was backtested and by the way it got a deal for us on live two days ago.

With respect

blue_nile

Eh, I see what you mean... But there's something strange for sure.

Right now I have XAUUSD 1h, I optimized (fast method, m1 bars from server) for the period 01/11/2023 -> 07/02/2024 and it actually finds good settings with INSANE profit. 😉

But then I say, "Ok, let's backtest these parameters for January but with REAL, tick data", and it goes banana: it only finds couple of trades and it goes negative.

So, in the end: yes, now I understand that I need to optimize using a wider range, but still... I can't do that with tick data or, for some reason, all my CPUs go 100% (even with a limit) and it takes a VERY a long time.
Result: can't use it in a real scenario. 🫤

Sebastian

Tick data contains the spread, just optimise with an average spread for the symbol and then run a backest with 1-min bar data, in my opinion get a faster PC to run optimisation, it does take a long time, this is part of the process.

blue_nile

Tick data contains spread AND it's "tick" data: that is, it happens every time something happens for that ticker, and that's quite often. Some addons (and TLM is one of them) implement their business logic inside the OnTick event, so optimising with tick data makes a HUGE difference and you can see very different profits during real runs. But ok, I'll try again later today with a bigger fixed spread.

Also, no, my PC is fast enough, trust me. 😅 It's something specific to this bot. 😅

Thanks for your time guys.

modernandishanjay

Yes, the execution code of this robot is written in OnTick, so it is better to use TickBar mode in backtests.
Also, be careful that your optimization may work well in a certain period of time, but not in 2024. The default settings of the robot in 2024 have many good trades.

In the second picture, you can see my live transactions by this robot.

blue_nile

Interesting... Thanks man!

jadmiraal

I downloaded the latest version (2.0.04) from Clickalgo but it's still giving the same error as before (discussed on Telegram). It keeps on being stuck at the first 9 passes. Can you help?