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  • #6,361
  • Edited 3:49pm Aug 30, 2019 3:35pm | Edited 3:49pm
Quoting Blackeagle
Please see attached USDCAD chart. The bar with dot and arrow is 17:00 bar. Just after that bar closed, continuous trading started. After 7th trade, I disabled the EA. I am using the latest version. I have been trading live all three time frames on the same account since Monday and I had this problem a couple of hours ago. This happened on H1 time frame. There was no signal on H4 or D1 for the same currency. I am trading max 2 lots, and trade size is 0.01. I don't think it is a broker issue. I believe it is a serious issue. It was opening and closing...

Been a lurker and appreciate the endless efforts R4M put into the EA. I loaded the latest BDX EA on MT4 demo yesterday, I ran exactly the same issue with 1H XAUUSD. It happened starting at 5:00 PM broker time - IC Market Demo 2. Kept opening and closing orders every second until after running out of $2K margin in a matter of minutes. Like a time bomb but only happens with icmarket? It is EA related as ICMarket sent a warning rmail and disabled the account due to hyper-active 8 minutes later.


See screenshots below.
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  • #6,362
  • Aug 30, 2019 3:45pm Aug 30, 2019 3:45pm
Quoting Blackeagle
Please see attached USDCAD chart. The bar with dot and arrow is 17:00 bar. Just after that bar closed, continuous trading started. After 7th trade, I disabled the EA. I am using the latest version. I have been trading live all three time frames on the same account since Monday and I had this problem a couple of hours ago. This happened on H1 time frame. There was no signal on H4 or D1 for the same currency. I am trading max 2 lots, and trade size is 0.01. I don't think it is a broker issue. I believe it is a serious issue. It was opening and closing...
I had this problem yesterday on the all pairs EA, 1 Hour EURCAD on demo, it went into continuous trading. I stopped the auto trading button and then removed/reinstalled the EA. That cleared it and it never re-appeared. It has now been running perfectly for over 24 hours.
regards,
Peter
Just trying to put a kiss on the cheek of success
  • #6,363
  • Aug 30, 2019 3:59pm Aug 30, 2019 3:59pm
Quoting pet3250
{quote} I had this problem yesterday on the all pairs EA, 1 Hour EURCAD on demo, it went into continuous trading. I stopped the auto trading button and then removed/reinstalled the EA. That cleared it and it never re-appeared. It has now been running perfectly for over 24 hours. regards, Peter
It is small problem. Need to enable notifications to phone about position opening, then we could early stop EA.
  • #6,364
  • Aug 30, 2019 4:17pm Aug 30, 2019 4:17pm
I had the same problem. First time it's happened to me and I've used them all since the first BD EA. I'm using the latest version of the AllPairsEA (19242) on an AxiTrader demo acct. w/default settings. My other demo acct., with Blueberry Markets, is fine.

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  • #6,365
  • Aug 30, 2019 4:23pm Aug 30, 2019 4:23pm
Quoting gem.stocks
{quote} Been a lurker and appreciate the endless efforts R4M put into the EA. I loaded the latest BDX EA on MT4 demo yesterday, I ran exactly the same issue with 1H XAUUSD. It happened starting at 5:00 PM broker time - IC Market Demo 2. Kept opening and closing orders every second until after running out of $2K margin in a matter of minutes. Like a time bomb but only happens with icmarket? It is EA related as ICMarket sent a warning rmail and disabled the account due to hyper-active 8 minutes later. See screenshots below. {image} {image}
@gem.stocks -- a question -- which EA were you running? I see multiple trades per second. The AllPairsEA uses a timer and it checks 2 pairs every 2 seconds. For example, if you were trading 15 pairs then I would expect 30 seconds between trades. The single-trading EA uses ticks which could arrive more frequently.
  • #6,366
  • Aug 30, 2019 4:29pm Aug 30, 2019 4:29pm
R4M,

I 'm not sure this has any relevancy, but EVERY example that is experiencing this has all sell orders.

-Almo
  • #6,367
  • Aug 30, 2019 4:30pm Aug 30, 2019 4:30pm
Quoting pantera1
I had the same problem. First time it's happened to me and I've used them all since the first BD EA. I'm using the latest version of the AllPairsEA (19242) on an AxiTrader demo acct. w/default settings. My other demo acct., with Blueberry Markets, is fine. {image}
@pantera1 -- could you attach a screen shot of GBPUSD-H1 that includes the bars around 2019.08.30 18:18. On my chart I don't see a spike.

Since your two demo accounts give different results, it would be very interesting to compare them. So, could you upload screen shots from both.

Is more than one EA running on the account or just AllParisEA?
  • #6,368
  • Aug 30, 2019 4:30pm Aug 30, 2019 4:30pm
Quoting robots4me
{quote} @gem.stocks -- a question -- which EA were you running? I see multiple trades per second. The AllPairsEA uses a timer and it checks 2 pairs every 2 seconds. For example, if you were trading 15 pairs then I would expect 30 seconds between trades. The single-trading EA uses ticks which could arrive more frequently.
Thanks for the quick reply R4M! It's single trading EA added to XAUUSD 1H chart.
  • #6,369
  • Aug 30, 2019 4:55pm Aug 30, 2019 4:55pm
Quoting almo
R4M, I 'm not sure this has any relevancy, but EVERY example that is experiencing this has all sell orders. -Almo
@almo -- @Blackeagle's is a BUY -- so I don't think it is associated with a particular direction.
  • #6,370
  • Aug 30, 2019 5:12pm Aug 30, 2019 5:12pm
Quoting robots4me
To all... I just received a message that continuous trading may still be a problem. So, until further notice, please use Demo.
Hi R4M

I have not updated to the latest version yet, been a busy day.

Just to chip in. I have not experienced this issue as raised by others. For the past couple of days I have been trading the AllPairs BDX EA ver2.0 19237 on 3 charts, 3 time frames H1, H4, D1 simultaneously with no issues, only profits daily. My preferred settings include limiting the OpenMaxTrades to just 4. Could that be the reason I have not experienced this issue?

Anyways, I will wait for next update

Thanks ever so much for your patience and kindness.

Much Success To You!
  • #6,371
  • Aug 30, 2019 5:16pm Aug 30, 2019 5:16pm
My observation as I am always here in this thread, from what I read is that this continuous opening-closing of trades started on version ...37 and not on v..33 and 30. Maybe sir R4M can start there.

Thank you R4M and bd for your continuous development of this winning strategy! We really appreciate what you have done.
  • #6,372
  • Aug 30, 2019 5:37pm Aug 30, 2019 5:37pm
I have to put in here as well. I was running version 37 and now 42 and have never experienced such behavior, and I'm running both demo and live on IC Markets.
  • #6,373
  • Aug 30, 2019 6:30pm Aug 30, 2019 6:30pm
R4M,

Both charts (BB on the left, Axi on the right) look the same to me. No spikes. Yes, I'm only running the AllPairsEA on each MT4; nothing more. I was using Renko charts on my Axi MT4 but decided the EA works so well as is, the Renko route wasn't worth the added complication. As much as I like Renko charts, they just don't work very well on MT4. In fact, my Axi MT4 was crashing yesterday, which is what moved me to give-up on Renko. Perhaps that has something to do with today's issue. I'll delete and re-install my Axi demo account and let you know if I have a repeat of today's problem, next week.
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  • #6,374
  • Aug 30, 2019 7:42pm Aug 30, 2019 7:42pm
Quoting MSuccess
{quote} Hi R4M I have not updated to the latest version yet, been a busy day. Just to chip in. I have not experienced this issue as raised by others. For the past couple of days I have been trading the AllPairs BDX EA ver2.0 19237 on 3 charts, 3 time frames H1, H4, D1 simultaneously with no issues, only profits daily. My preferred settings include limiting the OpenMaxTrades to just 4. Could that be the reason I have not experienced this issue? Anyways, I will wait for next update Thanks ever so much for your patience and kindness. Much Success To...
No. My open max trades on H1 was 2.

Regards,
Blackeagle
  • #6,375
  • Aug 30, 2019 7:45pm Aug 30, 2019 7:45pm
Quoting majamivice
I have to put in here as well. I was running version 37 and now 42 and have never experienced such behavior, and I'm running both demo and live on IC Markets.
I've run 37 since Monday live on Oanda and had no problem, I had this problem yesterday after upgrading to 42.

Regards,
Blackeagle
  • #6,376
  • Aug 31, 2019 1:22am Aug 31, 2019 1:22am
Hi R4M,

I've noticed that over the past week I had 3 times that many trades got opened continuously. I will give you all the information that I can in hope of providing some help.

First instance: Last Friday (23rd) FOREX,com AllParisEA v33 USDCAD
2nd time: Wed (28th) CMC Markets AllParisEA v37 USDCHF
3rd time: Today (30th) FOREX,com AllParisEA v37 USDCAD

Remember from my earlier post that FOREX,com server time is 3 hours later than most other brokers.

Note that I only had the AllPairsEA running on one timeframe for both brokers. Only one other chart was open with the pips/profit summary indicator.

Here is my .set file for the last two instances. I'm not exactly sure what I had loaded for the first occurrence. I have at least 2 to pick from back then so won't include either.

Input_Section_1=>>>>>>>>>> Centered TMA Settings <<<<<<<<<<

TMATimeFrame=0
BSHP_PercentADR=50
NumberOfDaysToAverage=20
MinPercentAdrCup=10
BDX_EntryType=101
BDX_ExitType=101
Expert_Section_2=>>>>>>>>>> Trade Settings <<<<<<<<<<
LotSize=0.02
MaxOpenTrades=5
MaxSpreadPoints=40
Expert_Section_3=>>>>>>>>>> StopLoss & TakeProfit <<<<<<<<<<
StopLossFractionADR=1.8
TakeProfitFractionADR=0.4
Indi_Section_4=>>>>>>>>>> FIFO Setting <<<<<<<<<<
UseFIFOCloseOrders=false
Expert_Section_5=>>>>>>>>>> Magic Number <<<<<<<<<<
MagicNumberGroupID=4444
Indi_Section_6=>>>>>>>>>> Pairs Settings <<<<<<<<<<
UseMarketWatch=true
PairsToTrade=AUDJPY,AUDNZD,AUDUSD,EURAUD,EURCAD,EURGBP,EURJPY,EURNZD,EURUSD,GBPCAD,GBPCHF,GBPJPY,GBPNZD,GBPUSD,NZDUSD,USDCAD,USDCHF,USDJPY

I've included images of some of the trade history (just the start of them and what would fit on 1 screen) and then the two H1 charts with just the regular indicator loaded.

Good luck in figuring this out and thank-you.
Robin
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  • #6,377
  • Aug 31, 2019 4:28am Aug 31, 2019 4:28am
@robots4me,ive been doing some manual back test on H1 ADR 50 and notice that wouldn't it be better if TP was the ClOSE of the candle going through midline rather than price touching the midline? we are missing some big candle by only taking the touch of the midline :-]

btw best system ive ever come across on FF, may good fortune forever be with Robots4me and bishopdotun
  • #6,378
  • Aug 31, 2019 4:45am Aug 31, 2019 4:45am
I don't know if I'm allowed to post this. R4M if you wish I will delete this post. Here is an EA which I found freely here on FF some time ago where you can set max account loss and if you want it will close all EA's or completely MT4 terminal after loss. I post this because of this issue with opening so many trades which some of the users report, as a security measure to prevent blowing account. Allow DLL import in Common settings.

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  • #6,379
  • Aug 31, 2019 4:57am Aug 31, 2019 4:57am
Quoting majamivice
Here is an EA
Hi
this is the type of security: "don’t lose your shirt".
Always useful
Santé
  • #6,380
  • Aug 31, 2019 5:08am Aug 31, 2019 5:08am
@Robots4me
I am sure you have figured this out by now, but if it is still helpful, I ran some stress tests in strategy tester, multiple pairs, different brokers. Test conditions were using very low timeframes and very narrow bands as this allowed tick based testing within a reasonable timeframe. The mechanics of the trade signals wouldn't differ from H/L timeframes or bandwidth. This forced the problem to appear in strategy tester if the bar engulfes both band and the LWMA centered line. Seems to appear on all pairs tested. In the new version, the problem seem have shifted to the following bar. If you haven't already, this may be a handy stress test of the mechanics of the trade processing.
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