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  • #1,121
  • Oct 2, 2006 4:03pm Oct 2, 2006 4:03pm
I was wondering about this today.

My demo account is set up for USD/CAD, EUR/USD, USD/CHF, and EUR/CHF and it opend 6 trades today. 1 closed already (hit it's target profit) and the other 5 are open. The demo has been running for the last 2 weeks using version 1.0a

My live account trades USD/CAD, EUR/USD, and USD/CHF and did not initiate any trades at all. I started running this yesterday, about an hour after markets opened.

Not sure what to think about this
  • #1,122
  • Oct 2, 2006 4:32pm Oct 2, 2006 4:32pm
Greetings fellow FB'ers. I'm running my usual gamit of FB Demos this week. So far 63H04 has closed 10 trades, w/two big loosers on the UsdChf and EurUsd, with balance now sitting just above break even, with float of -43 pips on the four pairs i'm trading.

63G-TS2 has opened 7 trades and closed one of them in profit when SL was hit for +13 pips on UsdCad. The other 6 in float are at -150ish pips. Not a good start of the week for my bird ,-(

Though one of my other EAs did score. A Buy on GbpUsd at 1.8720 and closed in profit at 1.8866 at 1.6 standard (demo) lots... To bad it can't be like that all the time!

~Thom
  • #1,123
  • Oct 2, 2006 6:03pm Oct 2, 2006 6:03pm
Quoting Piece Of The Pie
Edit, sorry it was USD/CAD not GBP/USD
Why did you close the trade?

Just because it is going the wrong way now does not mean it will be next week. Or tomorrow. We will never know how well an EA performs unless we let it perform.

Just a thought.
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  • #1,124
  • Oct 2, 2006 6:06pm Oct 2, 2006 6:06pm
Quoting accrete
Greetings fellow FB'ers. I'm running my usual gamit of FB Demos this week. So far 63H04 has closed 10 trades, w/two big loosers on the UsdChf and EurUsd, with balance now sitting just above break even, with float of -43 pips on the four pairs i'm trading.

63G-TS2 has opened 7 trades and closed one of them in profit when SL was hit for +13 pips on UsdCad. The other 6 in float are at -150ish pips. Not a good start of the week for my bird ,-(

Though one of my other EAs did score. A Buy on GbpUsd at 1.8720 and closed in profit at 1.8866 at 1.6 standard (demo) lots... To bad it can't be like that all the time!

~Thom
I'm puzzled. Your FB H04 had two trades of -300 pips today? Or were they old trades from a week or two ago? Hmmmm.
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  • #1,125
  • Oct 2, 2006 8:56pm Oct 2, 2006 8:56pm
Quoting MoneyMa$ter
Maybe it's just my setup but neither FB (63h or TS) has initiated a trade this week. What about you?
I had 5 trades open today on the USD/CAD. 3 long and 2 short. 3 trades hit their limit. As of this writing, one trade is slightly positive and the other is at about -35 pips. The EUR/USD did not initiate any trades but 2 closed at their limit, but I have 2 or 3 long trades out there right now, with some close by, so the pip step function didn't kick in. In total, my account closed 5 trades today. Since 8/16 my account has averaged approximately 2.5 closed trades per day...
  • #1,126
  • Oct 2, 2006 9:46pm Oct 2, 2006 9:46pm
Thanks for the responses everyone; I'll review my code but nothing opened Sunday or Monday.

I had one trade open from Friday which was operating at a loss. Left it open over the weekend "just to see what would happen". Turned into a profit Monday. But not another darn trade opened. I'm trading [demo] all the $ pairs on TS and all else on 63H, but not a single trade opened. Must be something in the code, a tweak generating an inconsistent internal logic.

But the last time I thought I was wrong, I was mistaken....
  • #1,127
  • Oct 2, 2006 11:58pm Oct 2, 2006 11:58pm
Have been demo trading sucessfully on IBFX using 5k play money with FB 1.0a on three currency pairs, which are EUR/USD, USD/CHF & USD/CAD.

What setting changes do I need to do if my capital balance is....

$300

or

$500

And can I trade the above three currency pairs with a low amount at the same time?
  • #1,128
  • Oct 3, 2006 12:02am Oct 3, 2006 12:02am
Quoting traderone
I'm puzzled. Your FB H04 had two trades of -300 pips today? Or were they old trades from a week or two ago? Hmmmm.
New trades, initiated on 10-02. Buy of UsdChf in at 1.2499 S/L hit at 1.2457 for a loss, and a sell on EurUsd at 1.2689 and S/L hit at 1.2731. I am just running the defaults, but next week i'll switch over to the 30-300-30 to see if that makes a difference? Most of you running the 333 setup?
  • #1,129
  • Oct 3, 2006 12:45am Oct 3, 2006 12:45am
I'm afraid I wouldn't touch any Firebird at a 42 SL. I've changed my H04 to 300 for sure and am running on M5. I just haven't had any luck at all with less than 200 stop losses. You know, firebird trades against the so called trend, and I think for that reason needs a little room sometimes to work.
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  • #1,130
  • Oct 3, 2006 3:27am Oct 3, 2006 3:27am
Quick question. For some reason, my live account is now giving me the Excessive Loss alert pop up. I remember that there was a line you had to cancel out, but when I did a search of the forum, I can't find how to fix this. Does anyone remember off the top of their heads, before I go slogging through a few thousand posts?

Also, why would I be getting this alert only on one pair, and only my live account. My demo is with the same company (FXDD) and both are running at the same time.

Just wondering your thoughts before I call FXDD and ask them some questions.
  • #1,131
  • Oct 3, 2006 4:09am Oct 3, 2006 4:09am
Hi folks,

Here's my latest live statement, representing 2 months trading. Firebird still performing well. i have changed my lot size occassionally to reflect my account balance. i like to keep the risk at 3% per trade or 1:1 leverage - ie. for a $1000 balance my lot size is $1000 or 0.10 mini lots. i am currently running at 0.15 mini lots or $1,500 lots.

Settings: on 1min 30-300-30

trading with 63G began on the 8th of August. Apart from a few manual closes i let it run on its own 24/7. All my manual closes would have been profits if I had kept them open.

Wiz.
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  • #1,132
  • Oct 3, 2006 4:28am Oct 3, 2006 4:28am
I'd post my live results if someone could tell me how to remove my account number from the statement?
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  • #1,133
  • Oct 3, 2006 6:16am Oct 3, 2006 6:16am
Quoting cgldsmth
I'd post my live results if someone could tell me how to remove my account number from the statement?
Just open it in wordpad and edit out the account number from the text and title. Just use replace to replace the number with something else.

Otherwise you can use a HTML editor.

Wiz.
  • #1,134
  • Oct 3, 2006 6:42am Oct 3, 2006 6:42am
thanks WOZ, I've learnt something today!
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  • #1,135
  • Oct 3, 2006 11:03am Oct 3, 2006 11:03am
Quoting cgldsmth
thanks WOZ, I've learnt something today!
Something wrong... when I open your account it is blank
  • #1,136
  • Oct 3, 2006 11:17am Oct 3, 2006 11:17am
cgldsmth,

I think you edited out some required html coding in the report file. maybe you should just replace your name and account numbers with 'xxx' and leave everything else in . That way it will be properly formated to be displayed.

Rusty
  • #1,137
  • Oct 3, 2006 11:21am Oct 3, 2006 11:21am
Fellow trades,

I have been scouring this forum to get the original Firebird trading methodology documentation, but to no avail. Could someone point me to the Firebird info. I already have the EA an such.

Thanks in advance,

Bill
  • #1,138
  • Oct 3, 2006 11:43am Oct 3, 2006 11:43am
bill, here is the copy that I found. I think it's the only one out there.

Quoting billparoli
Fellow trades,

I have been scouring this forum to get the original Firebird trading methodology documentation, but to no avail. Could someone point me to the Firebird info. I already have the EA an such.

Thanks in advance,

Bill
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  • #1,139
  • Oct 3, 2006 11:45am Oct 3, 2006 11:45am
Does anyone know if there is an easy way to get the report function for MT4 to provide the report in pips vice dollars? Thanks.


Alan
  • #1,140
  • Oct 3, 2006 11:50am Oct 3, 2006 11:50am
Quoting AlanD
Does anyone know if there is an easy way to get the report function for MT4 to provide the report in pips vice dollars? Thanks.


Alan

Alan,

Right click in the trading window. You'll find the "Profits" options.

Bill
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