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(binned per thread starter’s request) MM (Money Maker) Detective
- #5,464
- Edited 7:43am Aug 1, 2019 7:32am | Edited 7:43am
- Joined Jun 2012 | Status: Trader | 1,281 Posts
Bug on Dashboard.... The Buy & Sell button is not working.
Indicator is working nicely on my manual trading, however I'd like to have a sound alert on the DashboardEA...because I don't want to beat George regarding screen times, hence I could trading and do other things like reading newspaper or helping my wife on household simultaneously...
Also I hope R4M will get ready the software soon and then moves on to the cosmetics like allowing to choose my favourite candle colours black on yellow because I don't clearly recognize the wicks on the current dark bear candles...my eyes would surely say thanks to him
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I never lose - either I win or I learn...
- #5,465
- Aug 1, 2019 8:18am Aug 1, 2019 8:18am
- Joined Oct 2017 | Status: Trader | 12,472 Posts
{quote} Paris boy answered my question. Go to his thread.
in short "the Herd" go where the (Centered) Moving Averages go !
because Centered Moving Averages are "filters" showing us (unexisting and useless) Trends
and the Crowd follows the Trend, that is basic psychology (lesson 1) !
and shorter trends can not deviate very long from the direction showed by longer trends , that is the "big stick effect" (basic psychology lesson 2)
- #5,467
- Aug 1, 2019 5:22pm Aug 1, 2019 5:22pm
- Joined Dec 2017 | Status: Trader | 4,378 Posts
I've just now updated the software for the BD strategy...
R4M-BD-ADR.ex4 -- this is the indicator work horse. The EA's get their signals from the indicator.
R4M-BD-ADR-DashboardEA.ex4 -- dashboard EA for manual trading
R4M-BD-ADR-EA.ex4 -- single pair, auto-trading EA
R4M-ADR-AllPairs.ex4 -- multi-pair, auto-trading EA
I've uploaded new versions of the BD software -- one indicator and 3 Expert Advisors. This is now version "1.00.19213". The software can be downloaded from the other thread -- "Custom Indicators for TMA-ADR Reversal Trading and BBMA" (https://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=920925). All indicators are bundled in a single *.zip file. Indicators must be installed under MT4's 'Indicators' folder and EAs must be installed under the 'Experts' folder. To avoid version skews, please make sure that all indicators and EAs come from the same *.zip file.
Changes:
* This version fixes a bug in the DashboardEA that caused the BUY | SELL | CLOSE buttons not to work.
* The AllPairsEA and DashboardEA have a setting that controls which pairs are used. The default had been to use "Market Watch" and I changed that to
instead use the list of pairs (which is populated by 17 pairs) and which, of course, can be modified by you.
I think those were the only bugs that I could reproduce and fix since the last release.
Performance Issues:
The AllPairsEA and DashboardEA may be prone to be CPU-hogs because they perform computations for multiple pairs. If I'm trading 28 pairs then that would roughly be equivalent to having 28 charts open. The MT4 architecture allows a programmer to handle events either when a new tick arrives (via the OnTick API) or when a timer triggers (via the OnTimer API).
The R4M-BD-ADR indicator uses OnTick, whereas the AllPairsEA and DashboardEA use OnTimer (where the timer interval is 2 seconds). The granularity of how often events are handled probably doesn't have much effect on trading results, but it can certainly affect how MT4 performs.
In the case of the indicator that uses OnTick, arrival of ticks is non-deterministic -- that is, there could be many ticks arriving per second or perhaps only one per hour. It depends on the current chart's symbol. For example, EURUSD is the most commonly traded symbol and there will be lots of ticks. USDSGD is less commonly traded, so there will be fewer ticks.
When you attach the BD indicator or one of the EAs to a chart you will see a line at the bottom that looks like this:
[452] OnCalculate: Elapsed MSecs: 547
That's a "diagnostic" -- it reports how many milliseconds it took to process the last event. In the case of the indicator that is how long it took to update the chart. In the case of the Dashboard and AllPairs EAs that is how long it took to perform the computation for N pairs (where N is currently 2).
In my hands the indicator takes less than 1 mSec to update the chart, whereas the EAs will take longer -- but should be < 2000 mSec.
In you experience a performance issue please make a note of the "Elapsed MSecs" when you post about the problem. This gives me a clue as to whether the event processing is taking too long.
Also, if you are using the Dashboard or AllPairs EA then I would suggest cutting-back on the number of pairs. I was trading 28 but more recently decreased that to 17.
R4M-BD-ADR.ex4 -- this is the indicator work horse. The EA's get their signals from the indicator.
R4M-BD-ADR-DashboardEA.ex4 -- dashboard EA for manual trading
R4M-BD-ADR-EA.ex4 -- single pair, auto-trading EA
R4M-ADR-AllPairs.ex4 -- multi-pair, auto-trading EA
I've uploaded new versions of the BD software -- one indicator and 3 Expert Advisors. This is now version "1.00.19213". The software can be downloaded from the other thread -- "Custom Indicators for TMA-ADR Reversal Trading and BBMA" (https://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=920925). All indicators are bundled in a single *.zip file. Indicators must be installed under MT4's 'Indicators' folder and EAs must be installed under the 'Experts' folder. To avoid version skews, please make sure that all indicators and EAs come from the same *.zip file.
Changes:
* This version fixes a bug in the DashboardEA that caused the BUY | SELL | CLOSE buttons not to work.
* The AllPairsEA and DashboardEA have a setting that controls which pairs are used. The default had been to use "Market Watch" and I changed that to
instead use the list of pairs (which is populated by 17 pairs) and which, of course, can be modified by you.
I think those were the only bugs that I could reproduce and fix since the last release.
Performance Issues:
The AllPairsEA and DashboardEA may be prone to be CPU-hogs because they perform computations for multiple pairs. If I'm trading 28 pairs then that would roughly be equivalent to having 28 charts open. The MT4 architecture allows a programmer to handle events either when a new tick arrives (via the OnTick API) or when a timer triggers (via the OnTimer API).
The R4M-BD-ADR indicator uses OnTick, whereas the AllPairsEA and DashboardEA use OnTimer (where the timer interval is 2 seconds). The granularity of how often events are handled probably doesn't have much effect on trading results, but it can certainly affect how MT4 performs.
In the case of the indicator that uses OnTick, arrival of ticks is non-deterministic -- that is, there could be many ticks arriving per second or perhaps only one per hour. It depends on the current chart's symbol. For example, EURUSD is the most commonly traded symbol and there will be lots of ticks. USDSGD is less commonly traded, so there will be fewer ticks.
When you attach the BD indicator or one of the EAs to a chart you will see a line at the bottom that looks like this:
[452] OnCalculate: Elapsed MSecs: 547
That's a "diagnostic" -- it reports how many milliseconds it took to process the last event. In the case of the indicator that is how long it took to update the chart. In the case of the Dashboard and AllPairs EAs that is how long it took to perform the computation for N pairs (where N is currently 2).
In my hands the indicator takes less than 1 mSec to update the chart, whereas the EAs will take longer -- but should be < 2000 mSec.
In you experience a performance issue please make a note of the "Elapsed MSecs" when you post about the problem. This gives me a clue as to whether the event processing is taking too long.
Also, if you are using the Dashboard or AllPairs EA then I would suggest cutting-back on the number of pairs. I was trading 28 but more recently decreased that to 17.
Going forward... At this point I am only concerned with testing and fixing version 1 of the BD Strategy -- which includes the indicator and 3 EAs. I want to get these 100% correct so people can have confidence using them. If you find bugs then please, by all means, let me know. Also, your feedback concerning trading performance -- both good and bad -- are appreciated. It was my error to engage in discussions about LTF and money management. Now is neither the time or place. Not to discourage anyone, these discussions belong in @bishopdotun's thread...
I have personally been experiencing issues whereby the Dashboard EA is jittery, take between 20 - 30 Secs to load symbols and sometimes only loads part of the full list. (See attached screenshot). I will test the latest version and report back to you if I still experience the same issue.
Thanks always for your great contribution.
Stay cool 
- #5,476
- Aug 2, 2019 3:44am Aug 2, 2019 3:44am
- Joined Dec 2017 | Status: Trader | 4,378 Posts
Hello R4M. Found a possible bug in the system. Runing some backtests I noticed there's a problem with the exit statagy, concerning midpoint and opposite producing the exact same results. Wish I got this to you earlier b4 your last release but was running the same tests on your previous builds, to pinpoint when the problem started to occur. Got to 19207 with it still existing, but sleep got to me, now work and sending through mobile. Thought you needed to hear ASAP. Now I havn't ran any live tests yet, so Ì'm not sure if it plays out in live or not...
The screen shots below show that the different types of exits give different results. The settings have not been optimized, so don't read too much into the statistics. The point I wanted to make is they are different.
Oh, yes, I almost forgot. When testing Exits it is important to set the TP very high so that only Exits cause trades to close and not the TP.
Exit when price crosses midline:
Exit when price crosses opposite band:
Exit when price closes above / below midline:
