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- lyes replied Nov 2, 2009
[quote=7bit;3196728]I think there is a misconception here, i always here "close and open [opposite position]" as if it were two distinct operations. This is not the case, it is done in one operation, just like in MT4: If you are 3 lots long and want ...
- lyes replied Oct 31, 2009
Well, strange, this is not like selling wine or cheese, where this or this country could make the difference on the product, what's the difference between an US customer and an European Customer, money is the same money everywhere and an account is ...
- lyes replied Oct 31, 2009
agreed, however, i am pretty sure in real live practive, closing several order and reopening may lead to more requote (at worse 2) and some price movement in between, we could expect that just 1 order to close and eventually reverse will be more ...
- lyes replied Oct 31, 2009
yes, that was just an image lol
- lyes replied Oct 31, 2009
You are taking the right path, after all, programming an EA is just a way to have "something" (computer) trying to reproduce as close as possible what you are doing manualy, has been proved profitable and you are confident enough to have it ...
- lyes replied Oct 31, 2009
7Bit is right, this is calling synthetizing a position and i am glad MT5 is build that way so we can close and reverse in one order compare to close many open buy and and open sell and get slipped all along the way, i am assuming one order to close ...
- lyes replied Oct 30, 2009
I don't know NJT very much, can't you import historical data from a CVS file ? If you can, you just need export from MT4 from the historical menu and re-import it in NJT, obviously, you won't get tick data thought since MT4 will just provide you ...
- lyes replied Oct 30, 2009
Clever , every US broker should do the same so FIFO will be transparent for traders and not a pain for programmer.
- lyes replied Oct 30, 2009
btw, what is this all NFA FIFO about ? Can someone point out the exact benefit/trouble so such of restriction had to be put in place ? I was under the impression that it is just a matter of synthezing your position gobally at broker server, if you ...
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
Did they mention any reason why ?
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
Thanks for your analyse, and yes they are on a live account, i put a lot of programming effort on the adaptive part and on the static part, so i am very excited to see how this will work during the forward test , specialy in November and December, ...
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
Thanks, just hope i have done the right math and programming so it will last long
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
Probably because the NFA is getting stricter and stricter, people are looking around now...outside US broker, maybe ???
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
RD % is based on the fact that i did withdraw the money , dont look at the %, must look at the DD in $ , i dont use % of the equity but a fixed lot size order so i put enough 5K , to sustend 2x the maximum DD i had in the last 2 years, and everytime ...
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
Here you are for my live statment , as you'll see, i did withdraw 2 times 1000 USD or so that i pointted in red (my flash client does not display the withdraw in the balance curve but just in the displayed data but beside of that it is the same ...
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
Nothing stops you to make your own internal representation of the bar in your EA... you'll just have to recode the indicator you use thought....
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
I have a live account with FxPro, did not know that if you have 25,000 you would have STP.....is that ur personal experience with them ?
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
why would you need comment from "ridiculous" successfull EA ? I am pretty sure you dont need it
- lyes replied Oct 29, 2009
i am quite sure it has been already asked but can we partially close an order using MT4 at MBT ?
- lyes replied Oct 28, 2009
Oops forgot about my EA result, here are the backtest on MT4 up to today and the forward since 150 days on my real live account (5k deposit).