2 or 3 years are way too much in my opinion to optimize stops and targets. I would use a shorter term volatility indicator.
What do you mean exactly by optimization? For example, if you have looked after the perfect set of MA's cross, your system will certainly fail....
Took me 5 years not to break even but to begin make money. I never really lost money during my first years. But to break even during a few...
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