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- DaveL replied Jul 11, 2008
Try this ... sm1=iStochastic(NULL,0,StochK,StochD,StochSlowing,StochMethod,StochPrice,MODE_MAIN,i); sm2=iStochastic(NULL,0,StochK,StochD,StochSlowing,StochMethod,StochPrice,MODE_MAIN,i+1); ...
Tricky Stochastic
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
That's fine. I respect your belief. If your belief supports your trading success, more power to you. I started to write more to offer "evidence." But in the end, I decided that enough was stated already. Best,
Oanda Stop Hunting?
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
Yes, in my case, all 5 of my restored trades were well in profit. If memory serves, after the trades were restored, each one eventually TP'd with more than 250+ pips in profit.
Oanda Stop Hunting?
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
Ultimately, the only reason why any indicator signal (divergence or otherwise) or chart pattern or price action (pick your poison) would "work" is because prices happen to be at a level where there's an imbalance between buyers & sellers at that ...
Do you believe in divergence?
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
MetaQuotes leases their platform to brokers. So, MetaQuotes is getting paid by the brokers who offer MT4 to their clients. Of course, these brokers are getting paid by their clients (via the spread), so ultimately, it is the trader who pays for the ...
Paying for use?
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
I've always try to convince my clients to drop the conspiracy theories: Brokers/dealers don't stop hunt!! People who think they do simply don't understand how the system works. First of all, brokers/dealers hedge their net exposure as a whole, and ...
Oanda Stop Hunting?
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
I've coded "invisible" SL & TP's for clients who wanted them, and as others have written here, they're straightforward to code, yes. However, I've always tried to convince my clients to drop the conspiracy theories: Brokers/dealers don't stop hunt!! ...
Argument for never using SL in orderprocessing in EA...and proposing an alternative
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
Yes, cross pairs (e.g. GPB/JPY, etc) are traded directly, but because banks and institutions are always trying to get the best price on large orders, they may split an order for a cross between its constituent majors. Here's the idea: Imagine you're ...
What moves GBP/JPY, EUR/JPY, etc.???
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
I once knew a very sincere & dilligent trader who had a very similar mantra: 4 pips per day. In fact, he used a spreadsheet to calculate that as long as he could achieve 4 pips a day, as his balance grew, he could turn $200 into a million in just a ...
5 pips a day
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
Just a bit of friendly advice: perhaps this is part of the cause of your failures. The more time & effort you spend trading, the less successful you will be. Believe me, I personally know many traders who continuously lose tons of $, but who spend ...
Mentoring?
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
Not sure if it's what you want, but here's an MTF Stoch ...
Anyone have a MTF stoch. that does this?
- DaveL replied Jul 10, 2008
What you're describing is exactly the MACD, isn't it? Just use the desired settings, and it will show the difference between the two MAs (fast MA minus slow MA equals MACD main line) and the MA of the difference (MACD signal line).
Help in programming an indicator
- DaveL replied Jul 5, 2008
MT4 does not keep tick data, so it's unable to determine the "true" median price of a bar for its calculations. However, you can straightforwardly set up a tick-collection system and start building your own tick library, which you can use to ...
Median of a Price Series
- DaveL replied Jul 4, 2008
I've received a few messages on all of my IBFX platforms regarding the July 4 hours. If you're not receiving messages, call IBFX tech support and ask what's up.
IBFX Holiday Hours- July 4
- DaveL replied Jul 4, 2008
This is an interesting analogy, because who is winning in the long run in roulette, the gamblers (as a whole) or the casinos (as a whole)? Answer: the casinos, of course, otherwise, they wouldn't offer roulette. But ... the key phrase is "in the ...
Is there really a strategy to profit constantly?
- DaveL replied Jul 4, 2008
This might help: MTF Zig-Zag You can add your own wave-numbers based upon your own interpretations.
Elliott Wave Counter?
- DaveL replied Jul 3, 2008
But ... that's what the Strategy Tester does. After a run, you can bring up a chart to see exactly the entry & exit points (and SL adjustements, etc.) If that's not what you want, I guess I don't understand what you're looking for.
MT4 Debugger?
- DaveL replied Jul 3, 2008
Here you go. I included the parameters GreenLimit and RedLimit to allow you to define your threshholds. Histograms for RSI values which are between GreenLimit and RedLimit will be colored blue.
request: RSI histogram
- DaveL replied Jul 3, 2008
You can use the built-in Strategy Tester for debugging (and strategy refinement) purposes. It's accuracy is within 5-10% of live trading in my experience, more accurate for longer-timeframes, less accurate for scalping-type methods, since ticks are ...
MT4 Debugger?
- DaveL replied Jul 2, 2008
A semaphore routine needs global variable setup, so there's some prep work involved when adding it to an EA. But you can achieve the same thing by using the trading priviledge functions. For example, instead of just using OrderSend(...), do this ...
Manage Take Profit EA