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  • #201
  • Apr 8, 2021 4:42am Apr 8, 2021 4:42am
Quoting MaPi
{quote} Hi, is the smiley on upper right corner happy or sad?
its smily face, now i added original after resetting all parameters, now its working on demo.


As i backtest it on last year data, eurusd pair, with 1000 balance and initial lot 0.01, account become zero, and also about one month showing no any trades. is there any good setting, to earn 10% in month with account blown protection. of above mentioned account balance. without any manual inturption ?


thanks for response dear.
  • #202
  • Apr 8, 2021 6:09am Apr 8, 2021 6:09am
Quoting IrtzaShafiq
and also about one month showing no any trades
Typical grid trader behaviour. It likes to push, widen the grid and then oscillating inbetween doing nothing. You can try to adjust some TP/SL manually to get it back. Or just close all and start from zero.
  • #203
  • Apr 8, 2021 12:38pm Apr 8, 2021 12:38pm
What I noticed ? It's good to play by reversing the signals. The robot loses a lot after about 3-4 hours after opening London. At the beginning, he only earns money in the first hour. Then it's not colorful anymore. I have been on the stock exchange for over 10 years. So I lost a little and made money.
Robot never ends the day with a profit.
  • #204
  • Apr 8, 2021 3:45pm Apr 8, 2021 3:45pm
I am worried about the drawdown that occurs during long-term operation on a yearly basis.
The results of the backtests don't seem to solve it until the funds run out.
To see the opinion that I can make the most money in a few hours after entry, I will try to close all positions in time or close all positions at the timing of daily update.

Also, I'm thinking of using a nano / micro account to secure the amount of funds.
There seems to be an error in the price range calculation when it works.
Isn't it the same phenomenon?
  • #205
  • Apr 8, 2021 4:31pm Apr 8, 2021 4:31pm
I am thinking if it is possible we can develop a script that based on ATR or similar indicators to give a better suggestion of grid_size setup for a specific currency pair?
  • #206
  • Apr 8, 2021 4:53pm Apr 8, 2021 4:53pm
Quoting fxtrue
The original code is written in pre-"build 600" style which allows a number of coding issues to go unchecked, so attempting to compile in "strict" mode resulted in 130 warnings and several errors. In addition, NormalizeDouble() was being used where DoubleToString() was required, and vise versa. There were also bugs in the array access code and variable scoping issues which required fixing. The attached version compiles without error and a EURUSD back-test from 01/01/2020-24/03/2021 matched exactly with the back-test of the original code, so it seems...
New build EA was using void OnTick() instead of int start(), I upload v2.2 as a minor change version. Hope we can improve this EA together. Thank you.
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File Type: mq4 Ikarus_2.2.mq4   236 KB | 772 downloads
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  • #207
  • Apr 8, 2021 6:38pm Apr 8, 2021 6:38pm
Quoting fx1079
{quote} New build EA was using void OnTick() instead of int start(), I upload v2.2 as a minor change version. Hope we can improve this EA together. Thank you. {file}
Thank fx1079

Excuse me for ignorance, but in practice what changes?

I ask because I'm testing US30 on VPS

grateful for the attention
  • #208
  • Apr 8, 2021 7:12pm Apr 8, 2021 7:12pm
Quoting forex1x8
{quote} Thank fx1079 Excuse me for ignorance, but in practice what changes? I ask because I'm testing US30 on VPS grateful for the attention
US30, now 33600 ??
i think it deserves special attention nowadays! for TP of at least 4000 pips??
each day 10%,,,, https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/1371538
  • #209
  • Apr 8, 2021 8:43pm Apr 8, 2021 8:43pm
Quoting Macd-rsi
{quote} US30, now 33600 ?? i think it deserves special attention nowadays! for TP of at least 4000 pips??
Preparing

The sharks are holding on.

2000 pips will fall
  • #210
  • Edited 9:47pm Apr 8, 2021 9:08pm | Edited 9:47pm
Quoting forex1x8
{quote} Thank fx1079 Excuse me for ignorance, but in practice what changes? I ask because I'm testing US30 on VPS grateful for the attention
Actually no change for core of the EA from v2.1, I only change the function int start() to procedure void OnTick(). If you do compile v2.0/v2.1 code yourself and attach it on mt4 chart, then you'll be realize the mt4 refuse to load the EA because of the EA have to use void OnTick() procedure to start not int start() function. I hope this make you clear.
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  • #211
  • Apr 8, 2021 10:38pm Apr 8, 2021 10:38pm
Test result from 01-january 21 to april 21, please suggest any parameter changes to reduce drawdawn.
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  • #212
  • Apr 9, 2021 12:21am Apr 9, 2021 12:21am
Quoting narukami
The first account disappeared immediately. It seems that it is necessary to prepare a large amount of funds, widen the entry interval, or increase the number of entries. With the current settings, the start and end entries are only about 60 pips apart. Is there a guideline for the amount of funds when starting 0.01 lots?
i am s=using cent account ,its safer for this kind of trading,i use standard account only for manual trades,marti and grids and all funky stuff should be done on cent account unless you have 10,000us dollar account.
  • #213
  • Edited 12:47pm Apr 9, 2021 3:35am | Edited 12:47pm
Hey friends,

I hope you are doing fine. As promised, I will give you my ideas for the improvements of the EA. I told you I am trading on a beta with the possibility of opening buy/sell cycles with indicators. This version seems to me much more stable and safer than letting the EA open ongoing cycles once they have been closed.
So, for the first new version I would update the EA with you together to the version I am using on my account plus some features which I expect to be a great help in trading the grid.

I will update post 1 with Icarus 2.2 which was cleaned up by fxtrue and fx1079 (thanks again for your work), I only will change back the name of the settings to the original ones I referred in post 1 so there will be no confusion. So, all improvement should be done with Ikarus2.2 as source.

Let me start with an overview on possible changes, I will post them again one by one with more details so everybody can quote the relevant writing when needed.

 

  1. First order of a cycle can be triggered by Bollinger Bands, Stochastic and/or RSI
  2. Manual mode where all orders can be opened via hot buttons.
  3. Additional Function Grid Size can be calculated by ATR.
  4. Unbalanced mode can be combined with indicator cycle start.


We do have some request on trading with and against the trend and operating times for the EA, CoG and Daily target, but personal I think we can discuss those later after we made the first improvements.

MQL4 CODERS, WE NEED YOU NOW!

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  • #214
  • Apr 9, 2021 3:36am Apr 9, 2021 3:36am
Indicator Mode

Please bring Bollinger Bands, Stochastic and RSI into the EA so the first order of a cycle can be triggered by them, the rest of the cycle’s orders should be handled like in the original version. For this feature we need some new settings in the EA:

 

  1. Use_Indicators: false / true
  2. Invert_Indicators: false / true (so e.g. with "false" it will be triggered when outside BB, with "true" it needs to be inside BBS)
  3. Use_BB: false / true
  4. BB_Period:
  5. BB_Deviation:
  6. BB_Shift:
  7. BB_Mode: 0 = bid/ask 1: High/Low (what is crossing BB)
  8. Use_Stoch: false / true
  9. Stoch_K:
  10. Stoch_D:
  11. Stoch_Slowing
  12. Stoch_Shift
  13. Stoch_Lower:
  14. Stoch_Upper:
  15. Use_RSI: false / true
  16. RSI_Period:
  17. RSI_Shift:
  18. RSI_Lower:
  19. RSI_Upper:

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  • #215
  • Apr 9, 2021 3:36am Apr 9, 2021 3:36am
Manual mode via the hot buttons

Entering "0" on Max_Position should activate yellow alert and the hot buttons without opening any position by the EA (at the moment this setting deactivates Max_Positions).
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  • #216
  • Apr 9, 2021 3:37am Apr 9, 2021 3:37am
Grid_Size will be calculated by ATR:

Therefore, we need 3 new settings:

 

  1. Use_ATR: false / true (true deactivates setting grid_size)
  2. ATR_Period:
  3. ATR_Multiplier:


ATR calculation should be the same for one ongoing buy or sell cycle and only be recalculated when a new cycle is opened, so we can exclude grid size is getting smaller in the same cycle, when ATR is getting smaller. Entering a value different the "0" in grid_size should work like in the original code.

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  • #217
  • Apr 9, 2021 3:38am Apr 9, 2021 3:38am
Unbalance_Control

In my beta version unbalanced mode is deactivating indicator use, so the EA will ongoing open new cycles. It would be very nice if a coder could take care of this mode will work with cycles triggered by indicators.
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  • #218
  • Apr 9, 2021 3:42am Apr 9, 2021 3:42am
Quoting ursinho4711
{quote} Well said! I use a very similiar own EA in combination with a dashboard. Semi-automatic eveything. Using a global variable (in MT4 it is difficult to control other EAs by an EA) to allow/forbid trading. Adjust the grids manually depending on the changing situation (Fibo lines). Green pips and stay healthy!
Hi and thanks for your input.
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  • #219
  • Apr 9, 2021 3:45am Apr 9, 2021 3:45am
Quoting narukami
I am worried about the drawdown that occurs during long-term operation on a yearly basis. The results of the backtests don't seem to solve it until the funds run out. To see the opinion that I can make the most money in a few hours after entry, I will try to close all positions in time or close all positions at the timing of daily update. Also, I'm thinking of using a nano / micro account to secure the amount of funds. There seems to be an error in the price range calculation when it works. Isn't it the same phenomenon?
Hi, please explain in detail, what kind of error in the price calculation you are referring to? Cheer
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  • #220
  • Apr 9, 2021 3:47am Apr 9, 2021 3:47am
Quoting IrtzaShafiq
Test result from 01-january 21 to april 21, please suggest any parameter changes to reduce drawdawn. {image}
Hi, lowering the min_volume from 0.2 to 0.1 should help

Please understand my goal is not to spend times on settings of the old version, but to improve the version first. When this is done we can discuss settings off course...Cheers
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