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  • #21
  • Oct 8, 2006 10:13am Oct 8, 2006 10:13am
If anyone is forward testing Phoenix for the next week, will you please post your statements on a daily basis and don't forget the broker you're using for your demo. I want to compare your trades against mine.

If someone is testing on a live micro-account then I'm very interested in the results. So it's micro-account and not mini-account.
  • #22
  • Oct 8, 2006 11:44am Oct 8, 2006 11:44am
Quoting Hendrick
If anyone is forward testing Phoenix for the next week, will you please post your statements on a daily basis and don't forget the broker you're using for your demo. I want to compare your trades against mine.

If someone is testing on a live micro-account then I'm very interested in the results. So it's micro-account and not mini-account.
Hendrick,
On forward demo tests that have been running a week or two - do you want us to immediately implement new settings when you post them in the thread? or Do you want us to keep the old settings for comparison against the new settings others are using?

Nice new thread, good first post.

Are they going to post your interview under the news tab on the Trading Championship web site?
  • #23
  • Oct 8, 2006 11:50am Oct 8, 2006 11:50am
Hendrick:

I'm on it. Congrats on the AutoTrade Championship!!! My guns are loaded so it's off to battle once again....
  • #24
  • Oct 8, 2006 11:55am Oct 8, 2006 11:55am
Quoting Palmer
Hendrick:

I'm on it. Congrats on the AutoTrade Championship!!! My guns are loaded so it's off to battle once again....
Plamer!

It's you, me, the strawberries and the Contest!!

Take care mate!
  • #25
  • Oct 8, 2006 1:10pm Oct 8, 2006 1:10pm
Quoting Hendrick
I’m one of these guys that believes that everything in this world is subject to some kind of natural law. The effects of these laws are known as patterns or cycles that seems to repeat themselves over and over again. Some of these patterns or cycles are well known: seasonal changes, day and night, the cycle of live and death, phases of the moon and so on. If you have knowledge of these patterns then you are able to predict the future. We all agree that after a summer there will be a winter. Is Forex subject to these laws too? Yes, I believe it is. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o></o>
I've been trading for 12 years and only 4 years ago did I finally realize this. Good to see that someone else out there believes the same thing ;-)

Good luck to you in your venture!
Kal
  • #26
  • Oct 8, 2006 2:57pm Oct 8, 2006 2:57pm
Concerning that PM about the TS set to 5, make that 20..
  • #27
  • Oct 8, 2006 4:46pm Oct 8, 2006 4:46pm
Sharing my experience.

Core 2 Duo beats X2, X2 beats P4. Very obvious!

But! Single or duo core doesn't matter to backtesting because MT4 is not optimized for using multiple cores.
So it doesn't matter if you are using a AMD X-2 or a single core running AMD64 running the same speed. (2.4Ghz for example. you won't really notice.)
The tast will be shared by both cpu's both running little above 50%, depends on how many aplications you're running at the same time.
The more you're running, the bigger the difference between them.
Best is when you have 2 MT4 platforms running and both are running backtest.
Then you will notice the difference between single and dual core.
  • #28
  • Oct 8, 2006 5:53pm Oct 8, 2006 5:53pm
Hendrix, could u help me in that whats the time frame that phoenix will start trading after its turned on.. My broker is CFG and the firebird EA's seems to trade just fine. I have 10k in a live acct and I loaded up Phoenix v4-2 last week and it never made a trade. So, I have just loaded up v4-2-01 today. What steps do I need to do to make it happen..Appriciate any help u can give.....TX Kevin



Quoting Hendrick
If anyone is forward testing Phoenix for the next week, will you please post your statements on a daily basis and don't forget the broker you're using for your demo. I want to compare your trades against mine.

If someone is testing on a live micro-account then I'm very interested in the results. So it's micro-account and not mini-account.
  • #29
  • Oct 8, 2006 6:11pm Oct 8, 2006 6:11pm
This is what I've done:

Stick the EA in the Metatrader 4\experts directory + restart Metatrader. Load up 15 min charts for the pairs you wanna run the EA on. Drag and drop the EA from the Navigator window onto each chart. Confirm the EA params. Now you should see the EA name and a smiley face in the top right of the chart.

I've got it running on USDJPY, EURJPY, GBPJPY, EURUSD, USDCHF and USDCAD and so far its opened 2 trades (usdjpy sell @ 118.96, gbpjpy buy @ 222.41).

Hope this helps.

Quoting alsup1955
Hendrix, could u help me in that whats the time frame that phoenix will start trading after its turned on.. My broker is CFG and the firebird EA's seems to trade just fine. I have 10k in a live acct and I loaded up Phoenix v4-2 last week and it never made a trade. So, I have just loaded up v4-2-01 today. What steps do I need to do to make it happen..Appriciate any help u can give.....TX Kevin
  • #30
  • Oct 8, 2006 7:02pm Oct 8, 2006 7:02pm
Hendrick,

Today I tried to use Phoenix v4.2 on USDJPYm IBFX Mini Live Account and it would not place an order. I also tried to backtest in the Mini Account and still would not place order. If I have UseSignal2 and UseSignal3 = false, then it will place order, but results not so good. I thought it might be a digit problem with jpy currency, but the EA will not place order on GBPUSD or other currencies.

On standard North Finance backtest and forward test Demo, it runs just fine. Also, back testing on standard IBFX and FXDD Demo worked OK.

I don't know why this is so on the IBFX Mini Account, yet. I will try to determine the problem and report.

Any ideas?

Wackena
  • #31
  • Oct 8, 2006 7:08pm Oct 8, 2006 7:08pm
Yeah I have done just that, but it will not take a trade...I'm completely lost. I have the smiley face, but still no trades taken. Weird the firebird will take trades...I have no idea what to do with Phoenix..................



Quoting Mun
This is what I've done:

Stick the EA in the Metatrader 4\experts directory + restart Metatrader. Load up 15 min charts for the pairs you wanna run the EA on. Drag and drop the EA from the Navigator window onto each chart. Confirm the EA params. Now you should see the EA name and a smiley face in the top right of the chart.

I've got it running on USDJPY, EURJPY, GBPJPY, EURUSD, USDCHF and USDCAD and so far its opened 2 trades (usdjpy sell @ 118.96, gbpjpy buy @ 222.41).

Hope this helps.
  • #32
  • Edited 8:12pm Oct 8, 2006 7:57pm | Edited 8:12pm
Quoting wackena
Hendrick,

Today I tried to use Phoenix v4.2 on USDJPYm IBFX Mini Live Account and it would not place an order. I also tried to backtest in the Mini Account and still would not place order. If I have UseSignal2 and UseSignal3 = false, then it will place order, but results not so good. I thought it might be a digit problem with jpy currency, but the EA will not place order on GBPUSD or other currencies.

On standard North Finance backtest and forward test Demo, it runs just fine. Also, back testing on standard IBFX and FXDD Demo worked OK.

I don't know why this is so on the IBFX Mini Account, yet. I will try to determine the problem and report.

Any ideas?

Wackena
I found the reason. In my IBFX Mini account the charts have a "m" added to each currency pair. Example: USDJPYm. I added a "m" to the USDJPY symbol in the PrefSettings and it now places orders.

So everyone be aware that Phoenix v4.2 will not work "As Is" on a IBFX mini account that has a "m" suffix to each chart currency pair.

It's a simple fix and Hendrick will advise how to modify EA.

Wackena
  • #33
  • Oct 8, 2006 7:57pm Oct 8, 2006 7:57pm
come on guys, please give me some Ideas on how to get this Phoenix working to take trades.....................................................
  • #34
  • Oct 8, 2006 8:03pm Oct 8, 2006 8:03pm
Have you tried what wackena said? Try running a dummy EA and see what the Symbol() function is giving you. If it is something like USDJPYm then modify the EA and put "m" at the end of all the symbols hardcoded in the mq4 file.

Eg. change:
if(Symbol() == "USDJPY")
to:
if(Symbol() == "USDJPYm")

Quoting alsup1955
come on guys, please give me some Ideas on how to get this Phoenix working to take trades.....................................................
  • #35
  • Oct 8, 2006 8:11pm Oct 8, 2006 8:11pm
Awesome, Can,t wait for this fix..Want real bad to get this working right. Please advise for the fix....TX Kevin



Quoting wackena
I found the reason. In my IBFX Mini account the charts have a "m" added to each currency pair. Example: USDJPYm. I added a "m" to the USDJPY symbol in the PrefSettings and it now places orders.

So everyone be aware that Phoenix v4.2 will not work "As Is" in a mini account that has a "m" suffix to each chart currency pair.

It's a simple fix and Hendrick will advise how to modify EA.

Wackena
  • #36
  • Oct 8, 2006 8:15pm Oct 8, 2006 8:15pm
Thats weird , whats the m have to do with it anyway.........



Quoting Mun
Have you tried what wackena said? Try running a dummy EA and see what the Symbol() function is giving you. If it is something like USDJPYm then modify the EA and put "m" at the end of all the symbols hardcoded in the mq4 file.

Eg. change:
if(Symbol() == "USDJPY")
to:
if(Symbol() == "USDJPYm")
  • #37
  • Oct 8, 2006 8:24pm Oct 8, 2006 8:24pm
Quoting alsup1955
Thats weird , whats the m have to do with it anyway.........
For some reason, a good one I'm sure or maybe a bad one, this broker and maybe others decided they needed a "m" suffix to currency pairs to identify this as a Mini Account.

Wackena
  • #38
  • Oct 8, 2006 8:57pm Oct 8, 2006 8:57pm
If that was the case, why does the firebird take trades..Its a mini account.. Doesn't make sence



Quoting wackena
For some reason, a good one I'm sure or maybe a bad one, this broker and maybe others decided they needed a "m" suffix to currency pairs to identify this as a Mini Account.

Wackena
  • #39
  • Oct 8, 2006 9:04pm Oct 8, 2006 9:04pm
Quoting alsup1955
If that was the case, why does the firebird take trades..Its a mini account.. Doesn't make sence
FB doesn't have "if Symbol()=USDJPY" and = other pairs as part of PrefSettings in its code and Phoenix v4.2 does.

Wackena
  • #40
  • Oct 8, 2006 10:05pm Oct 8, 2006 10:05pm
well, I put m after the currency pairs in both the demo and the live acct and the demo has taken two trades, but no trades on the live as of yet..Will wait and see. Tx for your help...................



Quoting wackena
FB doesn't have "if Symbol()=USDJPY" and = other pairs as part of PrefSettings in its code and Phoenix v4.2 does.

Wackena
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