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  • #461
  • Aug 3, 2018 3:52am Aug 3, 2018 3:52am
hi sir alan i downloaded version 4 and put it on chart and clicked live trading but it didnt do anything when news came up,what might be the problem?
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  • #462
  • Aug 5, 2018 12:19pm Aug 5, 2018 12:19pm
Quoting Pippopotamus
Fellow traders, the 4 chart set-up I posted earlier (#454) is to be disregarded. The EA settings are incorrect. Shown here is my current set-up. But for having USD news traded on Usd/Cad chart, rather than Usd/Jpy, it is what Alan suggested in post #449. {image}
Traders, I no longer have USD news traded on a Usd/Cad chart. I now have USD news traded on a Usd/Jpy chart as shown in post #449.
Vincit qui se vincit.
  • #463
  • Aug 5, 2018 6:04pm Aug 5, 2018 6:04pm
Version 10.05 Released

06 August 2018
Version 10.05 Modified by Alan Prothero
Fixed Bug with AutoCurrency

Fixed an issue where once the EA had come across a News Event where Symbol_XXX=None, it would switch off AllowBuys and AllowSells and never turn them back on again. This bug only affected you if using AutoCurrency.
  • #464
  • Aug 9, 2018 7:00am Aug 9, 2018 7:00am
Hi Alan,

Delighted to have come across this thread and yourself and hope to join the Amazing EA customer community shortly. As a relatively new Forex trader I have been researching news events for some months and have had a simple news straddling EA developed which proved highly profitable on my Demo accounts until I decided to go live! Probably due to all the factors discussed earlier in this thread what I thought was a great little investment has now become a disappointment with slippage and intervention getting in the way of decent profits. Therefore a few questions for you before I purchase the product:

-The trading account demonstrating the fantastic success of Amazing EA seems to be a Demo; would you be able to comment on the latest successes % p/l achieved on live accounts using the EA?

-Assuming there are quite a few parameters to be set for the EA how or where will I be able to get an explanation of the settings or best configuration in relation to a news item or currency pair?

-I am now using Australian brokers including Halifax and ICMarkets who are supposed to be true ECN providers however noticed your broker is Pepperstone; would you have any recommendations or suggestions for best possible outcomes?

-In order to leverage your great expertise and also help my learning curve do you or could you provide a service for the best setups or automation to follow your live trades with controlled risk to get things going with the EA?

Thanks and very much appreciated
Ben
  • #465
  • Aug 9, 2018 9:45am Aug 9, 2018 9:45am
Quoting fairtraderuk
Hi Alan, Delighted to have come across this thread and yourself and hope to join the Amazing EA customer community shortly. As a relatively new Forex trader I have been researching news events for some months and have had a simple news straddling EA developed which proved highly profitable on my Demo accounts until I decided to go live! Probably due to all the factors discussed earlier in this thread what I thought was a great little investment has now become a disappointment with slippage and intervention getting in the way of decent profits. Therefore...
Hi Alan just a further rookie question -:

-Could this EA support the opening of both Buy & Sell positions at certain minutes/seconds before news and close one of the positions once the specific trade has hit a certain money loss but allowing the reverse trade to continue? Having faced slippage, manipulation and market lockout both manually and through existing EA I am coming to the conclusion that perhaps being in the trade and taking a limited loss could increase the probability of profits(?)

Welcome your thoughts, thanks again
Ben
  • #466
  • Aug 9, 2018 10:21am Aug 9, 2018 10:21am
Quoting 216181263
hi sir alan i downloaded version 4 and put it on chart and clicked live trading but it didnt do anything when news came up,what might be the problem? {image}
Hey There,
Have you noticed that the AutoTrading Button is not GREEN and that you have a SAD face in the TOP Right Hand Corner.

You need to press on this button to activate the EA

Cheers
Greg
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  • #467
  • Aug 10, 2018 9:56pm Aug 10, 2018 9:56pm
Quoting crootster
{quote} Hey There, Have you noticed that the AutoTrading Button is not GREEN and that you have a SAD face in the TOP Right Hand Corner. You need to press on this button to activate the EA Cheers Greg {image}
Hey Greg

Sorry mate but please don't help him - he has dug up an old version of the programme which no longer works anyway.

Alan
  • #468
  • Aug 13, 2018 7:16am Aug 13, 2018 7:16am
Version 10.06 Released

13 August 2018
Version 10.06 Modified by Alan Prothero
Removed Trial Restriction of Max 1 Lot

I now use the Trial to setup the 30 Day Guarantee, so I removed the Max 1 Lot Restriction
  • #469
  • Aug 13, 2018 10:10am Aug 13, 2018 10:10am
Quoting Alan111S
{quote} Hey Greg Sorry mate but please don't help him - he has dug up an old version of the programme which no longer works anyway. Alan
Thanks for letting me know Alan....
  • #470
  • Aug 14, 2018 10:49pm Aug 14, 2018 10:49pm
I've updated the AmazingEA MT4 Profile with 2 changes -

1) I've increased the Pointsaway to 50 - I think this setting will cover the majority of Brokers. In some cases, trades were triggering early.
2) I changed UseBrokerTime from false to true as I found that some user's PC clocks are not accurate and gives them bad results.

Otherwise the files are the same so if you have changed these settings already, don't worry about redownloading. Or if you have customized your version, feel free to change yourself.

Alan
  • #471
  • Aug 22, 2018 8:18am Aug 22, 2018 8:18am
Version 10.07 Released

21 August 2018
Version 10.07 Modified by Alan Prothero
Changed Default for TrailAnyway to true
Changed Default for UseBrokerTime to true
Fixed Small Bug in MT5 Magic Number
Changed When AutoTradeNews=false, AutoCurrency is not used

In the MT4 version, there was a bug introduced in 10.04 which caused the EA to keep opening trades, but it only happened if AutoTradeNews was off and AutoCurrency was on.

In the MT5 version, there was a bug with a similar effect but that had been there for about a year and was caused by the EA not setting the Magic Number properly. So I guess nobody is using MT5 then !

If you have a version with AutoCurrency ( 10.04 or higher ), I will be sending you an update over the next couple of days. If you ever trade manually using the EA, send me a message and I will prioritize you to get your update first.

Alan
  • #472
  • Aug 27, 2018 7:48am Aug 27, 2018 7:48am
Version 10.08 Released

27 August 2018
Version 10.08 Modified by Alan Prothero
Version Number and License Data is now written to the Logfiles
  • #473
  • Oct 4, 2018 6:43am Oct 4, 2018 6:43am
Version 10.09 Released

01 October 2018
Version 10.09 Modified by Alan Prothero
Fixed Issue where Orders not always cancelled
  • #474
  • Oct 4, 2018 9:01am Oct 4, 2018 9:01am
Version 10.10 Released

04 October 2018
Version 10.10 Modified by Alan Prothero
Default AutoCurrency to False

I decided to do this to make it easier for clients where the Symbol has a Prefix / Postfix, as they would either have to switch off AutoCurrency or fix the Symbols, which was not very convenient.

If you want to use AutoCurrency, make sure the Currency symbols are correct and then change AutoCurrency to true.
  • #475
  • Oct 10, 2018 12:26am Oct 10, 2018 12:26am
Version 10.11 Released

09 October 2018
Version 10.11 Modified by Alan Prothero
Bugfixes in MT5 Version

I found some bugs in the MT5 version to do with selecting Positions to work with - it probably has no effect as my Testing had not revealed any problems. But I fixed them to be sure and I've issued a new Version number for the MT4 version as well, even though the MT4 version is the same as 10.10

Therefore, you won't need to upgrade if you only use MT4.
  • #476
  • Oct 10, 2018 1:03am Oct 10, 2018 1:03am
CloseTradeBoxes 1.05 Released


09 October 2018
Version 1.05 Modified by Alan Prothero
Create MT5 Version

I created an MT5 version, and fixed one small bug in the MT4 version, where it closed Sells at the Bid Price not the Ask.
  • #477
  • Mar 26, 2019 5:57am Mar 26, 2019 5:57am
Standby for a Technical Release.

Just realised I'd been sitting on a technical update for like 6 months. I'll release it tomorrow, but don't worry - it doesn't have any new functionality so if you are an existing user and everything's working then you won't need to get it.

Anybody out there still interested in News Trading?
  • #478
  • Apr 4, 2019 12:51pm Apr 4, 2019 12:51pm
Quoting Alan111S
Standby for a Technical Release. Just realised I'd been sitting on a technical update for like 6 months. I'll release it tomorrow, but don't worry - it doesn't have any new functionality so if you are an existing user and everything's working then you won't need to get it. Anybody out there still interested in News Trading?
Yes Alan, but slippage is the huge problem here...
You wont make a profit with slippage

Any way out about this I send you I follow you on twitter please accept
If you don't control your emotion it will control you.
  • #479
  • Apr 5, 2019 11:02am Apr 5, 2019 11:02am
Hi Alan,

Still doing news trading and made some profit in feb and march, but this week it is not that good. Too spiky at times. Still trying to get the thing "right". I also tried to follow you on twitter wating you to accept. Thanks.
  • #480
  • Apr 7, 2019 2:46am Apr 7, 2019 2:46am
Quoting Alan111S
Standby for a Technical Release. Just realised I'd been sitting on a technical update for like 6 months. I'll release it tomorrow, but don't worry - it doesn't have any new functionality so if you are an existing user and everything's working then you won't need to get it. Anybody out there still interested in News Trading?
I just installed your ea to my demo account to see how it will go
I will let you know
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