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  • #121
  • Oct 1, 2018 11:16pm Oct 1, 2018 11:16pm
Quoting alt11
Hi D.S. Noob question, sorry: I'm not looking for an EA that will open trades for me, but I want an alert system to filter out signals and receive email alerts (based on the TDI and price action). Would having a coder develop such an alert system be cheaper than a full-on EA? I'm trying to get an idea of how much it would cost to have a developer make this alert system for me. How do you think I should go about it? Thanks in advance for your advice
It seems the variables and function names are not defined

most probably you are generating for MT4 and testing on MT5 or vice versa.
  • #122
  • Oct 2, 2018 7:47pm Oct 2, 2018 7:47pm
D.s that's exactly what happened, I only figured it out a day or two before you posted this. Thank you for getting back to me! It seems the MT4 website sneakily gets you to download MT5 even when you specifically click on the MT4 download...
  • #123
  • Oct 5, 2018 2:52am Oct 5, 2018 2:52am
good day DS

I have a indicator and the rules , one indicator and one sma ,,,, I was wondering if you can make the EA for me , im tired of trading with this strategy manually
  • #124
  • Oct 5, 2018 6:51am Oct 5, 2018 6:51am
Quoting sihlecjj
good day DS I have a indicator and the rules , one indicator and one sma ,,,, I was wondering if you can make the EA for me , i am tired of trading with this strategy manually
I am sorry. I cant. I have stopped coding a long time ago. Now i don't feel like touching any more coding platform. Please continue trading manually and make use of other websites who provide coders or freelancing is also good in our scenario. Just hire someone outside your country.
  • #125
  • Oct 24, 2018 9:02pm Oct 24, 2018 9:02pm
There are many combination which can me made with indicators that generally people never think about, like applying a MA inside a stochastic. This combination looks odd but is very effective.
Here in this video you will find few of those combinations which can be easily converted into your desired automation tools

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  • #126
  • Oct 25, 2018 9:18pm Oct 25, 2018 9:18pm
EA building tip 1

While building any EA which will take trades for you, always use magic number. And make sure that you can set the magic number in your EA initial settings.
This helps the Ea to identify only those trades which it should work with, without affecting the trades which you took manually.

Details study material about building and incorporating is mentioned at the first page.
  • #127
  • Oct 26, 2018 8:54am Oct 26, 2018 8:54am
Thanks for sharing this, I learnt how to build EA from the FreshForex webinars. I believe EAs are the best for traders especially if you're an emotion trader.
  • #128
  • Oct 27, 2018 1:56am Oct 27, 2018 1:56am
Dear Thread Starter,

I've been a trader for 10 years. And your post have greatly inspired me!

I have also purchased the EAbuilder.

Unfortunately they do not have a contact email.

I'm facing some issues with the stop loss. I've set it to

Stop Loss - Order Open Price
- ATR
*(Variable)

But when i look back at the back test. Most of the trades are opened without a SL.

Will need your advice on this ! Thanks!
  • #129
  • Oct 27, 2018 2:54am Oct 27, 2018 2:54am
Quoting Prisha
Thanks for sharing this, I learnt how to build EA from the FreshForex webinars. I believe EAs are the best for traders especially if you're an emotion trader.
You are absolutely right. If emotions comes in your way, having an EA helps a lot.
I am also thinking about making step by step EA creating video series. I will update them soon.
  • #130
  • Oct 28, 2018 10:41pm Oct 28, 2018 10:41pm
Quoting doyz89
Dear Thread Starter, I've been a trader for 10 years. And your post have greatly inspired me! I have also purchased the EAbuilder. Unfortunately they do not have a contact email. I'm facing some issues with the stop loss. I've set it to Stop Loss - Order Open Price - ATR *(Variable) But when i look back at the back test. Most of the trades are opened without a SL. Will need your advice on this ! Thanks!
After you generate the code, just go through the code manually and search for the word "OrderSend". This function is responsible for taking the trade. Inside orderSend(), the sixth parameter is the stoploss value. Each parameter is comma separated. So just see if the sixth place is left blank or any variable is set to it.
If it is left blank then you are not giving the stop loss condition before opening the trade.
But if you are changing stoploss multiple times during the trade, then you have to check the word "OrderModify" and check the 3rd parameter there which control the stoploss value.

I hope you could identify the issue with it.
If not then,I am currently in the process of creating some videos where i will discuss these types of issue. So just wait for few days.
  • #131
  • Nov 1, 2018 11:00pm Nov 1, 2018 11:00pm
Quoting D.s
{quote} After you generate the code, just go through the code manually and search for the word "OrderSend". This function is responsible for taking the trade. Inside orderSend(), the sixth parameter is the stoploss value. Each parameter is comma separated. So just see if the sixth place is left blank or any variable is set to it. If it is left blank then you are not giving the stop loss condition before opening the trade. But if you are changing stoploss multiple times during the trade, then you have to check the word "OrderModify" and check the...
Thanks A lot D.s

Managed to solved the stop loss issue. Apparently i just need to put a figure thats definitely larger than the min. requirement by the broker.

Hope to see your videos Soon.!

Backtesting vs Live.

Will you be able to shed some light on the differences & pit falls that we might face.

Thanks!
  • #132
  • Nov 2, 2018 7:29am Nov 2, 2018 7:29am
Quoting doyz89
{quote} Thanks A lot D.s Managed to solved the stop loss issue. Apparently i just need to put a figure thats definitely larger than the min. requirement by the broker. Hope to see your videos Soon.! Backtesting vs Live. Will you be able to shed some light on the differences & pit falls that we might face. Thanks!
Thats Great. You figured out the issue and fixed it.

I have just completed the first video. I might upload it in next 24 hours. And will remember your problem. In the next videos I will definitely cover about the difference between back testing and live testing.
  • #133
  • Nov 2, 2018 8:58am Nov 2, 2018 8:58am
First Intro and overall video on EA creation
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  • #134
  • Nov 15, 2018 6:04am Nov 15, 2018 6:04am
Are you still active on this thread, I'm looking to create a simple EA to generate profits when i'm not online.. Can we get to discuss about it? +97430281546(whatsapp)
  • #135
  • Nov 15, 2018 8:43am Nov 15, 2018 8:43am
Hello guys,
hard to go over all of the content in this thread, but D.s, you said it by yourself - Forex Strategy Builder Pro.

I have placed it on our website of the Academy after 1 year of testing the software. It generates strategies, and exports them as EAs for MT4 and MT5. Not need to make it more complicated.

Cheers
  • #136
  • Edited Nov 16, 2018 5:07am Nov 15, 2018 11:15pm | Edited Nov 16, 2018 5:07am
Quoting vinubinto
Are you still active on this thread, I'm looking to create a simple EA to generate profits when i'm not online.. Can we get to discuss about it? +97430281546(whatsapp)
I am not completely active. whenever I have some spare time, i give it to this thread.
And if you want me to write complete code for you, then I will decline.
  • #137
  • Nov 15, 2018 11:17pm Nov 15, 2018 11:17pm
next video in the series. sorry for the long pause. I will try to make the next video more faster.

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  • #138
  • Nov 16, 2018 12:01am Nov 16, 2018 12:01am
Nice videos here! I am new to building EAs but started using also FSB Pro and I am happy with it.
  • #139
  • Nov 22, 2018 5:17am Nov 22, 2018 5:17am
Thank you for creating this thread D.s

I was just about to start building my own EA using EA Builder and stumbled upon this thread, hopefully if I have any questions on EA Builder or EA code I can ask you, as I'm a complete newbie at coding.

Many thanks
  • #140
  • Mar 18, 2019 8:01am Mar 18, 2019 8:01am
Hi D.s,

was thinking create own system. It actually should be very useful, because don't want to sit in front of computer all day staring to monitor and trading anymore but the system can't go around release fresh news. Thinking that it could don't trade before few hours and after few hours release news but if already in the market some trade it should dynamically recognise don't trade and even after news or something like that, like finger print or what so ever without SL. Maybe, it is already some engine that special create for news trading or not? have something similar?
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