Southern Cross Trader

Thanks atraderfx for the recommendation.

AUDNZD looking interesting - however also watch that there is AUD news tonight!..

atraderfx,
Having same problem of platform freezing.
I intend getting a new laptop
Would this Dell with Intel core i7-8750h, 16gb of RAM and 126gb(SSD)+1TB 5400RPM(SATA) HDD storage work properly and be okay?
Not a computer geek only got this in Amazon
Sorry GW for post this here instead of pm, but might assist others

Thanks, I'm interested too - same problem.

To prevent computer from freeze, you can try to reduce the max bar in history to 10000 or 5000. this may help.

That's a good machine, I also have a 17" i7 2015 laptop and runs the dashboard just fine and a second screen and another 2xMT4 apps (3 running at once) - the Fan runs alot as it it is running a bit hot, although, it's about 1/4 of the power of these new Dell machines with 8th Gen i7.

Hello Every one,

I felt compelled to write this post when I saw number of traders are considering purchasing expensive computers thinking that this will provide a more pleasant and smooth experience with MT4.

I started this discussion when I mentioned the continuous freeze/slowing when I install heavy-loaded dashboards.

Before any one jumps into an expensive purchase, please consider the following notes (They are not recommendations).

1- I once read that MT4 as a software is not designed to make use of all the cores of the processor. It is a limiting function of MT4. (I am not a technical guy and pls check the validity of this statement). This means that no matter how many cores your processor have, it will not make this big boost you might be expecting. You may need to google this.

2-I have tried in the past many dashboards. Some work (slowly) and get better if not too many charts are opened at the same time. So with those I put them in separate profiles. Other dashboards are immediately freezing the CPU and those I have deleted.

3-It appeared to me that the whole matter relies on the dashboard programming itself. Some times, simple tricks are to be done by programmers to make dashboards more user friendly. It does require effort though and some of those dashboards creators are merely traders as you and me. They are experienced in programming but not to the extreme level of expertise to neatly work on small bugs with such heavy dashboards. I bow for those traders/programmers who opened our eyes to hundreds of potentials with their dashboards and got nothing in return.

4-Two years ago, I bought an expensive CPU (before I bought my surface pro 3) and was working with some dashboards and couldn't but hitting the roof for the slow performance with MT4 dashboards on day one. I sold it at half the price after couple of months and bought Surface Pro 3. Same issue persisted and now the screen is blurring all the time. My wife has also bought a MCBook Air (Which I am using now) and the performance has improved (this is because Apple insists on third party providers to meet certain standards). However, not all dashboards will work. Problem still persists.

5-In conclusion: Read my notes and do your search before spending your hard earned money on expensive PCs unless you need them for something else as well. It is not all the time your PC as it might be a bug in any dashboard you install.

Now, I have downloaded the JC HSV MST from the folder in the first thread. I noticed some indicators would work and others would simply freeze you MT4. It appears to me that not all the indicators are needed. So I advise a collaborative work among all of traders to report which indis work. I also noticed that some indis need fonts that are missing on MCbook Air which affects the display. This is not an issue and can be fixed by installing them.

I also hail the creator/s of this dashboard for the tremendous effort they have done for us. From my previous reading to many dashboards threads on FF, I understand how time consuming and tiring to program dashboards. They take continuous sleepless hours for months.

Thanks and have a great day.

Hi mtharwat,

Good job on making an important clarification about the hardware. How's that Surface Pro 3 for MT4 in general and for Southern Cross in particular? Looking for a tab/laptop for my trading on the go.

Regards,

Took a stab!

The poison in your ears.

Grow wildly profitable, stop listening to the poison in your ears, success is here for you to take but you must grab the opportunity with both hands and run with it, you must get to know its very heartbeat and trust again where you have been burnt before with poor quality systems and teaching, success will not carry you and nor does it walk beside the lazy, GW

Great that should have ended in profits.
Seems my Keltner settings are different, I use 50, 3.75 and 50, 5.75 or do you use different Keltners on the H1, what would that be?

Hi Intrepid,
I took 40 pips.
Kellner is 2.75 and 3.75 on all charts

Thanks, I have adjusted accordingly, I wonder are my Ibuk and Nihilist trend values in sych with yours?

Hello

Regarding MT4, I am not happy with my Surface Pro 3. It is (i5 4GB RAM).
I am much happier with MacBook Air although I can't use the Market tab. Another trader has suggested Parallels for Windows Installation and installing MT4 (Windows Version). You can do that if you have purchased some indicators form the Market. Other than that, MT4 on MAC is perfect without any complaint or mal performance.

Regarding Southern Cross, nothing more that what I have previously mentioned. Some Indis work and others freeze. I have not yet fully tested all the indis to judge. Some indicators we may not need. If others report which specific indis we need, will be great.
The freezing also happened on my MacBook Air MT4. So I doubt it is the operating system.

NB: I have before read that some indicators conflict with different versions of windows. I read this here on FF from some well known coders in answering traders' questions on different forums. This might be another factor.

But....Let others who have successfully installed Southern Cross to give advise.

Enjoy your weekend
Regards

the nihilist dashboard is the slow down culprit , but the system and dash need it so.. even with a decent machine (hex core i5, 16g ram, gtx 1060) it was slowing things down..

I use my pc with 2 screens for work, and have the screen space available to have mt4 running too, but decided rather than mt4 with the dash hogging resources I set up mt4 on a windows VPS ..

It’s only $18 a month (I could have probably gotten away with $10-$12 but went for 4gb ram) and runs the dash 24/7. I set up mobile push alerts and mt4 app on my phone pings evey time the filters line up.. then i can fire up family template on my office pc .. or just use remote desktop to the VPS.

Nice Thread. Subscribed.

Hi GW,
At present do you trade with this system & earning 1000 pips monthly trading with GN only? If yes, do you trade after London Open (first 2-3 hours because after that market becomes dull)? Do you trade during UK news?
Thank you for your feedback.
salimc

Hi salimc,
Read first post on page one, all the best, GW

It is critical for us to understand our weapons and our prey, to know when to strike in the market, and remain calm and patient until our setups arrive. As traders, we have to know what our trading edge looks like and where to look for it, and then control ourselves enough to not overtrade before it arrives, then with decerning management exit with maximum profit from the safest zone that our system gives, if you understand this and master it you have all that this system has to give and the success that comes with it, GW