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  • #61
  • Apr 10, 2020 5:10am Apr 10, 2020 5:10am
Quoting Erebus
{quote} Thanks for that, going to be awesome going forward I set the number of weeks to display to " 0 " but it still has 4 boxes on the chart? Regards PS, forgot to say, also tried 3, 2, and 1 but it is stuck on showing 4 weeks, changed timeframe to refresh, nothing happens
Just a typo on one line... Was working before, so don't know why I even updated that code...

Anyway, fixed now! Thanks

EDIT: the minimum number of weeks is 1, so if you set it to zero, internally it will default to 1.
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  • #62
  • Apr 11, 2020 2:45am Apr 11, 2020 2:45am
this is my result (default setting) last week :
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  • #63
  • Apr 12, 2020 12:22pm Apr 12, 2020 12:22pm
Good evening,
would it be possible to include in the EA the possibility to trade in reverse? I would like to go short if the price exceeds the maximum and long if it exceeds the minimum.
Thanks a lot!
  • #64
  • Apr 12, 2020 1:15pm Apr 12, 2020 1:15pm
Quoting MarcoLivorno
Good evening, would it be possible to include in the EA the possibility to trade in reverse? I would like to go short if the price exceeds the maximum and long if it exceeds the minimum. Thanks a lot!
Maybe I'm lost, but the Maximum and Minimum of what exactly?

Cheers
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  • #65
  • Apr 12, 2020 2:51pm Apr 12, 2020 2:51pm
Quoting Erebus
{quote} Maybe I'm lost, but the Maximum and Minimum of what exactly? Cheers
I believe he means that it should go short when it hits the long entry and long when it hits the short.

Sometimes, strategies work better in EAs when the signals are inverted - bit counter-intuitive, I agree, but I have seen instances of it.

It woudl be a simple addition, so I'll think about it for a future version.
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  • #66
  • Apr 12, 2020 5:31pm Apr 12, 2020 5:31pm
Quoting PaulDV
{quote} I believe he means that it should go short when it hits the long entry and long when it hits the short. Sometimes, strategies work better in EAs when the signals are inverted - bit counter-intuitive, I agree, but I have seen instances of it. It woudl be a simple addition, so I'll think about it for a future version.
Okay, my psychic powers are weak on Monday mornings good luck to him

Paul, what would be involved to have this as an Indicator only?

Guess I could just run with Auto Trading off

Do you MT5 at all?

Thanks, John

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  • #67
  • Apr 13, 2020 1:00am Apr 13, 2020 1:00am
Quoting PaulDV
{quote} I believe he means that it should go short when it hits the long entry and long when it hits the short. Sometimes, strategies work better in EAs when the signals are inverted - bit counter-intuitive, I agree, but I have seen instances of it. It woudl be a simple addition, so I'll think about it for a future version.
Good morning, you understand what I meant. Thank you.
  • #68
  • Apr 13, 2020 3:33am Apr 13, 2020 3:33am
Quoting Erebus
what would be involved to have this as an Indicator only?
That (very nice) EA is based on an indi. Take a look at following thread:
https://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=976730

About the idea, inverting the strategy: it's like a lottery, or you need to make long term statistics for each pair. And hoping that this will continue in the future. I prefer to hedge and go out with break even or small profit.
At the moment I use the indi as levels for a grid/hedge trader EA.
  • #69
  • Apr 13, 2020 4:28am Apr 13, 2020 4:28am
Quoting Erebus
{quote} Okay, my psychic powers are weak on Monday mornings good luck to him Paul, what would be involved to have this as an Indicator only? Guess I could just run with Auto Trading off Do you MT5 at all? Thanks, John
Hi John,

Out of curiosity, I have upped the maximum number of weeks for the drawing of the boxes and guides to 50 and it works pretty well, so may up it further still to, say 200. Using this, as you say, simply turning off auto trading would be one way.

That said, all of the code I've developed is in self-contained routines, so I could just lift it all out and stick it into a separate indicator instead. I'll have a look when I've got a bit more spare time.

I have never used MT5 - how much better than MT4 is it? I am aware that the code in MQL5 is not hugely different to MQL4, but my code would still require some modification to work. If I think it's worth the leap, then I'll have a play and see what I can do.
"Pips are vanity. Profit is sanity."
  • #70
  • Apr 13, 2020 4:39am Apr 13, 2020 4:39am
Hi PaulDV

When backtesting i currently get this error when attempting to use Every Tick.

"2020.04.13 20:54:18.463 2019.01.02 00:00:10 MoTuBo_EA 1.07 USDJPY,M30: array out of range in 'MoTuBo_EA.mq4' (866,31)"
When i use mode = Control Points then the backtest runs and shows results etc.

I am currently using Tick Data Manager and Dukascopy data, also tested it with Alpari data and same error.
Unticked "use Tick data" and it ran in "every tick" mode.

Really strange error and cant figure it out... if its something that makes sense to you and can fix great
anyways i have loaded up the EA for this week and currently running Entry Ratio of 20% and SL Ratio of 55% using TP factor of 2 and BE/TS set at factor of 1.

Also testing it out on XBRUSD and USDSGD which is why i wanted to backtest
  • #71
  • Apr 13, 2020 5:04am Apr 13, 2020 5:04am
Quoting Agfx
Hi PaulDV When backtesting i currently get this error when attempting to use Every Tick. "2020.04.13 20:54:18.463 2019.01.02 00:00:10 MoTuBo_EA 1.07 USDJPY,M30: array out of range in 'MoTuBo_EA.mq4' (866,31)
This happens with my tester when there is no historic data. Either you use a start at a later start point or you force download of historic data. There is an indicator here somewhere in the forum...
  • #72
  • Apr 13, 2020 5:39am Apr 13, 2020 5:39am
Quoting ursinho4711
{quote} This happens with my tester when there is no historic data. Either you use a start at a later start point or you force download of historic data. There is an indicator here somewhere in the forum...
I can replicate this also when using control points as the mode and going beyond the date range. which makes sense.

I figured it out, in version 1.062 using tick data on every tick worked fine, the new addition of up to 4 week historical lines means the EA requires up to 4 weeks historic information from the date you select in the strategy tester.

In my Tick Data settings i found this "Bars before data" set to 100 bars, when 4 weeks worth of data is somewhere around 1300ish bars @ 30m per bar. Set that to 1500. Now working.
  • #73
  • Apr 13, 2020 6:51am Apr 13, 2020 6:51am
Quoting Agfx
Hi PaulDV When backtesting i currently get this error when attempting to use Every Tick. "2020.04.13 20:54:18.463 2019.01.02 00:00:10 MoTuBo_EA 1.07 USDJPY,M30: array out of range in 'MoTuBo_EA.mq4' (866,31)" When i use mode = Control Points then the backtest runs and shows results etc. I am currently using Tick Data Manager and Dukascopy data, also tested it with Alpari data and same error. Unticked "use Tick data" and it ran in "every tick" mode. Really strange error and cant figure it out... if its something that makes sense to you and can fix...
Thanks, yes, I found this too, and have fixed it for the next version.
"Pips are vanity. Profit is sanity."
  • #74
  • Apr 13, 2020 6:31pm Apr 13, 2020 6:31pm
Hi,

what the time frame that you use?
thanks
  • #75
  • Apr 13, 2020 8:47pm Apr 13, 2020 8:47pm
Quoting smecas
Hi, what the time frame that you use? thanks
Monday and Tuesday are Daily for the High and Low

But the rest is only price, same on every time frame

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  • #76
  • Edited 7:50am Apr 14, 2020 6:49am | Edited 7:50am
Hy Paul .... are these stop at be normal? i'm quite confused...
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  • #77
  • Apr 14, 2020 12:40pm Apr 14, 2020 12:40pm
Quoting cescof
Hy Paul .... are these stop at be normal? i'm quite confused... {image} {image}
What are you confused about?
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  • #78
  • Apr 14, 2020 1:16pm Apr 14, 2020 1:16pm
Quoting PaulDV
{quote} Hi John, Out of curiosity, I have upped the maximum number of weeks for the drawing of the boxes and guides to 50 and it works pretty well, so may up it further still to, say 200. Using this, as you say, simply turning off auto trading would be one way. That said, all of the code I've developed is in self-contained routines, so I could just lift it all out and stick it into a separate indicator instead. I'll have a look when I've got a bit more spare time. I have never used MT5 - how much better than MT4 is it? I am aware that the code in...
Paul,

No idea about coding but the impression that I had was that MT5 is way different from MT4, hence coders were averse to learning a new language (or whatever)

The reason that I was avoiding MT5 was the huge library of indicators gathered over the years, and the familiarity of MT4

However, losing everything, and searching for a new method, this Monday Tuesday, which uses only price, was ideal time to swap over to MT5

If you do learn to code MT5, you should register on MQL website and be rewarded for your efforts (trying to avoid that nasty 4 letter word)

Thanks for your help
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  • #79
  • Apr 15, 2020 1:19am Apr 15, 2020 1:19am
@Paul...I got on several pairs "Sell Order Send failed with error #4109"! Any idea?

Thanks, jdva
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  • #80
  • Apr 15, 2020 1:38am Apr 15, 2020 1:38am
@Paul...I'm currently trading manually the London BO on daily basis and M15 tf successfully. Do you think it is possible to adjust your EA accordingly to allow using it every day?


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Thanks, jdva
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