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  • #581
  • Apr 26, 2018 4:02am Apr 26, 2018 4:02am
I also got a lot of wrong buy orders now, and that has something to do with the program restart.
Let's see what I can do better.
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  • #582
  • Apr 26, 2018 4:12am Apr 26, 2018 4:12am
thanks a lot swingman for being so invested in this project, it must be really time and energy consuming, i think i speak for everyone here, you have all our respect and support!!!
if you need anything just ask and we ll be more than happy to help you!
  • #583
  • Apr 26, 2018 4:35am Apr 26, 2018 4:35am
Quoting spreadbet
...it must be really time and energy consuming,
it's true...

...if you need anything just ask
the best help is to post documented bugs (description, screen shots)...
.
  • #584
  • Apr 26, 2018 5:27am Apr 26, 2018 5:27am
hi Swingman,
after closing the basket the EA opened 48 BUY orders. I believe it is not normal.
Thank you
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  • #585
  • Apr 26, 2018 5:32am Apr 26, 2018 5:32am
OK swingman, maybe we can centralize all the bugs in one post, if Philip is OK with the idea we can PM him all the bugs and he posts here, it should be easier for you so you don t have to read a ton of posts
  • #586
  • Apr 26, 2018 5:47am Apr 26, 2018 5:47am
Quoting hanover
but somehow I don't think it's supposed to be doing this.
@Philip Lee, and anybody else who's interested........

Just a quick update: since my previous post (quoted above), I've downloaded version 3.3 of the EA from post #544. I've only being running it for a few hours but it has already placed two sets of profitable trades, and the error that I reported (orders being rapidly and repeatedly placed that the same price level) has not occurred. Below is a screenshot of the closed orders that have been placed by version 3.3.

I will continue to monitor the EA and keep you informed.
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  • #587
  • Apr 26, 2018 6:00am Apr 26, 2018 6:00am
Hi Hh88,

No, that is no solution at all. If you understood the logic of the EA, it will never get into more than 1 deadlock at a time. Again if you have read through the thread and truly understood the logic behind this EA, you would realise that the EA will ALWAYS get you out of the deadlock given enough room to do it - which I will repeat here again is $1,000 per 0.01 lot traded. We need to improve on this as $1,000 per 0.01 lot traded is too restrictive. I am thinking more for the newbie who relies 100% on the EA to trade for them - for me personally, I would never allow the EA to open more than 10 trades - I would immediately interfere and trade the cycle out manually and restart a fresh cycle immediately without wasting any valuable time.

I believe my suggestion above should further drastically reduce the deadlock situation. Let's just give our support to Swingman to code it in his own time and pace without burdening him with all sorts of meaningless add ons which is totally useless and irrelevant at this moment in time. We can add these on at a much later date after the core strategy had been optimised.

Thank you for your suggestion anyway Hh88.

Cheers.
  • #588
  • Apr 26, 2018 6:06am Apr 26, 2018 6:06am
Hello guys,

Me too i got the rapid fire bug !
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  • #589
  • Apr 26, 2018 6:16am Apr 26, 2018 6:16am
Quoting SwingMan
{quote} .
Yes Swingman, I fully understand that it takes a lot of motivation and is very time consuming to code the EA - that's why I get very worried when people are bombarding you with all sorts of unnecessary requests and add ons (at least not at this moment in time). Swingman, I hope you can stay focus on resolving the deadlock situations before we move on to add in those extra features. We must concentrate on ironing out all the bugs and come out with suggestions to reduce the deadlock situations. Swingman, just IGNORE all those unnecessary request and don't even bother replying to them. I am sure I say this on behalf of everyone here - we truly appreciate your efforts here and we sincerely hope that you will continue to journey with us all the way to the end of this thread where we sincerely hope to get a perfected EA trading profitably in practically risk-free Hybrid mode.

Cheers swingman & keep up the good work!!!
  • #590
  • Apr 26, 2018 6:37am Apr 26, 2018 6:37am
Quoting hanover
@Philip Lee, and anybody else who's interested........ Just a quick update: since my previous post (quoted above), I've downloaded version 3.3 of the EA from post #544. I've only being running it for a few hours but it has already placed two sets of profitable trades, and the error that I reported (orders being rapidly and repeatedly placed that the same price level) has not occurred. Below is a screenshot of the closed orders that have been placed by version 3.3. I will continue to monitor the EA and keep you informed.
Oops, I spoke too soon, the "rapid and repeating order generation" bug has just occurred again, creating 16 new buy orders within a few seconds at the same price level, before I disabled the EA. See screenshot:
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  • #591
  • Apr 26, 2018 7:15am Apr 26, 2018 7:15am
Quoting hanover
...Oops, I spoke too soon, the "rapid and repeating order generation" bug has just occurred again, creating 16 new buy orders within a few seconds at the same price level, before I disabled the EA.
Please check today's log-file in the journal at the hour where the many orders were fired.

I also experienced that today with live prices.
Then came the message that the margin is no longer sufficient.
For me a program restart was registered.

As a first measure, I will save the pending and restart values as global variables, and also look for a program error
  • #592
  • Apr 26, 2018 9:48am Apr 26, 2018 9:48am
Hi all,

I have been running the latest version and the accompanying set file and I would like to report some observations.

1. I did not encounter the rapid new orders today (although I experienced it with the older version). Will continue to monitor this as other people are still reporting this bug.
2. For the bar range filter, I believe the value should be stated in points instead of pips. I came to this conclusion from the info panel. When I indicated 10pips in the inputs, the info panel shows the bar range in points compared to the input value (in pips). This results in wrong filter. When I changed the inputs to points, the info panel shows it correctly.

Suggestion:
1. Someone did mention this previously. Using TP value as dollars somehow doesn't make sense when the account starts to grow. Using 5lots to make $50 compared to using 1lot to make $50. Maybe setting TP as a percentage of the account would make more sense for account growth.
2. I was wondering if we can help to debug the EA with source code. Many heads will be able to make it better in a shorter time, instead of relying solely on SwingMan.
  • #593
  • Apr 26, 2018 10:49am Apr 26, 2018 10:49am
Quoting fanatics
Hi all, I have been running the latest version and the accompanying set file and I would like to report some observations. 1. I did not encounter the rapid new orders today (although I experienced it with the older version). Will continue to monitor this as other people are still reporting this bug. 2. For the bar range filter, I believe the value should be stated in points instead of pips. I came to this conclusion from the info panel. When I indicated 10pips in the inputs, the info panel shows the bar range in points compared to the input value...
2. (Bar Range Filter)
You're probably right, I'll test today.

Suggestion 1.
Presumably you're right, Philip will confirm that later.
You can also use a formula to calculate the distances of the entrys with the ATR of the time frame, and also the lots.

Suggestion 2.
If many heads and hands will be programming, for the first one it's hard to find in the codes of others the changes.
(I also make sometimes mistakes in the transition from one version to the other.)
Because you mention that for the second time, I can send you per email the source code (no problem). But, I can not see in forum a post with files from you ("recommendation letter..."), to know how much experience you have as coder. Actually, it is always difficult to get into the logic of another programmer.
  • #594
  • Apr 26, 2018 10:59am Apr 26, 2018 10:59am
i hope the forum owners make some smileys on each post so i can react easily with this one " " on hundreds of posts maybe thousands not sure

greetings and salutations keep smiling...
  • #595
  • Apr 26, 2018 12:25pm Apr 26, 2018 12:25pm
Quoting SwingMan
{quote} Please check today's log-file in the journal at the hour where the many orders were fired. I also experienced that today with live prices. Then came the message that the margin is no longer sufficient. For me a program restart was registered. As a first measure, I will save the pending and restart values as global variables, and also look for a program error
perhaps, assigned magic number to each individual order, and recheck it existence, before opening new order.
"rapid and repeating order generation" is bugs when you don't count existing order.
  • #596
  • Apr 26, 2018 3:06pm Apr 26, 2018 3:06pm
Quoting Hairi
{quote} perhaps, assigned magic number to each individual order, and recheck it existence, before opening new order. "rapid and repeating order generation" is bugs when you don't count existing order.
This will have an effect on the hybrid take profit, individual magic numbers will single out the pair, if in basket mode all pairs will contribute to hybrid take profit, D
EDIT
Oops sorry didn't digest you full idea, good call though, but I see rapid orders will still be allocated a number, I don't think it's a duplicate, it could be down to excess/delayed/feed/ tick data telling the EA to open a position, if we do not see it collectively at one time it could be the feed data, just guessing,D
I don't need to be good at the game, only good enough to beat my opponent,
  • #597
  • Apr 26, 2018 3:52pm Apr 26, 2018 3:52pm
I'm finding the only way to participate with the EA in it's present form is to turn the hybrid take profit to a very low level, today, again, many positions open but this is the trait of the EA, constantly switching between positions to protect the breakout for profit, it can be done though, D
I don't need to be good at the game, only good enough to beat my opponent,
  • #598
  • Apr 26, 2018 4:28pm Apr 26, 2018 4:28pm
New Version smForexRM EA_v4.0

I think I have found a possible cause for the many simultaneous orders ...

The orders were sent to the calculated levels according to Philip's first program files.
(Here can be the error because the ticks can very quickly overcome the limits)

But, you can set native pending orders, and then there is a secure order sending.
Now I have market orders built in, maybe later such pending orders.

Please test this version. Be sure to tell if the simultaneus orders are still being sent.
Tomorrow I have a little more time and will do a lot more.

Here is a .set file which I use on M5.
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  • #599
  • Apr 26, 2018 5:30pm Apr 26, 2018 5:30pm
Quoting manuel
For resolving the deadlock incidence why not reducing the TP dramatically? So every cycle will close faster, hence there will be more cycles daily.
This is the problem manuel, I have repeatedly mentioned the take profit, too many trying the fast track method and not reading posts, the hybrid take profit is in MONEY value, not pips,or points, unless you have a lot of money, setting a high take profit will hold many trades open and will keep opening to cover each move until break out either way, anyhow, taking a step back for the mo, Swingman and Phillip Lee are bringing this home for all to share, feel a "eureka" moment around the corner, then the fun starts, D
I don't need to be good at the game, only good enough to beat my opponent,
  • #600
  • Apr 26, 2018 5:47pm Apr 26, 2018 5:47pm
Quoting detector
{quote} This is the problem manuel, I have repeatedly mentioned the take profit, too many trying the fast track method and not reading posts, the hybrid take profit is in MONEY value, not pips,or points, unless you have a lot of money, setting a high take profit will hold many trades open and will keep opening to cover each move until break out either way, anyhow, taking a step back for the mo, Swingman and Phillip Lee are bringing this home for all to share, feel a "eureka" moment around the corner, then the fun starts, D
Now in simple words, please.
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