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  • #1,241
  • Jan 13, 2008 8:01pm Jan 13, 2008 8:01pm
To members of Trend Follower 5 Minute System:

I was wondering if anybody has the same problem… I missed several good valid signals just because the sound alert from Paul’s EA only gives out ONE BEEP which I couldn’t hear if I happen to be in another room whether I’m in the office or at home.

Can somebody re-program the sound alert from Paul’s EA so when the alert gives out the sound, the sound would CONTINUE TO BEEP until I click OK or until I close the alert box?

It would be best if there is an option in the SoundON alert to keep it at one beep or to have it keep beeping….

Please help….Greatly, greatly appreciated if somebody can help me with this matter.

Thank u very much….
  • #1,242
  • Jan 14, 2008 1:40am Jan 14, 2008 1:40am
Quoting daytona
To members of Trend Follower 5 Minute System:

I was wondering if anybody has the same problem… I missed several good valid signals just because the sound alert from Paul’s EA only gives out ONE BEEP which I couldn’t hear if I happen to be in another room whether I’m in the office or at home.

Can somebody re-program the sound alert from Paul’s EA so when the alert gives out the sound, the sound would CONTINUE TO BEEP until I click OK or until I close the alert box?

It would be best if there is an option in the SoundON alert to keep it at one beep or to have it keep beeping….

Please help….Greatly, greatly appreciated if somebody can help me with this matter.

Thank u very much….
Or maybe somebody can teach me how to change the sound of the alert (EA) to a different sound???

Thank u....
  • #1,243
  • Jan 14, 2008 4:43am Jan 14, 2008 4:43am
I've given up on the one-off sounds produced by alerts 'cos I quite often miss them. Instead, I write something to a text file in MT, and I've written a small VB app that pops a message up whenever something new is written to the text file.

The pop up message comes over the top of all other windows so you definitely won't miss it. That's the main reason I made this, so that I could run MT minimized, no sounds, but still be alerted when something happens. OK, so somebody is probably going to point out a 3 step procedure with which I could achieve the same results with MT as it stands or a post where this has already been done, but I like these occasional challenges to break the monotony of every day work here in the office!

Where you have the alert in the code, I replace it with

FileHandle = FileOpen(Symbol()+".txt",FILE_BIN|FILE_WRITE);
if (FileHandle>0)
{
FileWrite(FileHandle,"New Signal!");
FileFlush(FileHandle);
FileClose(FileHandle);
}

You just have to add the declaration
int FileHandle;
at the start of the function it is in for it to work.

Then start the .exe in the attached zip file, click on the textbox and point it to the \experts\files folder wherever your MT is installed. e.g. on mine it is pointing to
C:\SSProgram Files\FXDD - MetaTrader 4\experts\files

Make sure the Path.ini file is in the same directory as the .exe so that you only ever have to do this once.

Finally, click on the 'Watch Directory' button and wait for the messages to appear! One small bug is that it displays a pop up message twice whenever a signal is generated. If any body wants the source I'll give it to them if they reckon they can sort it out.

BB
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  • #1,244
  • Jan 14, 2008 7:38am Jan 14, 2008 7:38am
Quoting daytona
Or maybe somebody can teach me how to change the sound of the alert (EA) to a different sound???

Thank u....
hey,,, just replace alert.wav with any sound alert u want in wav format

u can find alert.wav at : Metatrader4/sounds/alert

and then replace it with the alert sound u want ..

for example this one :-

http://www.4shared.com/file/34796991...ified=b9918a73
  • #1,245
  • Edited 9:42am Jan 14, 2008 9:30am | Edited 9:42am
the stop l. was hit with two trades

eur/chf and eur/usd

i hate monday.

was it a valid signal mr the wicker ?
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  • #1,246
  • Jan 14, 2008 10:00am Jan 14, 2008 10:00am
Quoting eng_forex171
the stop l. was hit with two trades

eur/chf and eur/usd

i hate monday.

was it a valid signal mr the wicker ?
I didn't take the eur/usd because the macd was not positive.
  • #1,247
  • Jan 14, 2008 10:41am Jan 14, 2008 10:41am
Dear eng_forex, taking this trade above the daily R3 could b dangerous. The trade might go up still. Stop loss shouldn't b that tighter. There was some nice signal earlier where the guppy were compressed.
  • #1,248
  • Jan 14, 2008 1:57pm Jan 14, 2008 1:57pm
Quoting timex83
Dear eng_forex, taking this trade above the daily R3 could b dangerous. The trade might go up still. Stop loss shouldn't b that tighter. There was some nice signal earlier where the guppy were compressed.
I agree with timex83.

It's not really a good idea to enter a trade when the price has already moved so much. Just look at what the average daily range is and then decide if there is room left for the price to go up/down.
  • #1,249
  • Jan 14, 2008 3:01pm Jan 14, 2008 3:01pm
Look at this beautiful GBP JPY setup. It made 170 pips. GY makes only 1 or 2 good setups weekly, but when they occure they almost always move more than 100 pips.
Is there anybody else trading GY?
pixsy
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  • #1,250
  • Jan 15, 2008 1:38am Jan 15, 2008 1:38am
Thank u BontBoy and eng_forex for your advice and help. I really appreciated..
  • #1,251
  • Jan 16, 2008 12:30am Jan 16, 2008 12:30am
Hey,

I've been trying and trying... I got the entire system up and loading however I can't get the SignalTrendFollower+Snapshot to load.

Maybe I'm putting the file in the wrong place or I just dont know how to load it lol.

Can someone please help so I can load up Signal Trend Follower + Snapshot mq4

thanks !

so far my chart looks like this
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  • #1,252
  • Jan 16, 2008 1:04am Jan 16, 2008 1:04am
Quoting navin44
Hey,

I've been trying and trying... I got the entire system up and loading however I can't get the SignalTrendFollower+Snapshot to load.

Maybe I'm putting the file in the wrong place or I just dont know how to load it lol.

Can someone please help so I can load up Signal Trend Follower + Snapshot mq4

thanks !

so far my chart looks like this
1. Put the file in the expert folder
2. Load the Metatrader system
3. Click on Navigator, then click on Expert Advisors
4. Then click right on SignalTrendFollower, then click on attached to a chart..
5. Click on Expert Advisors on TOP..

Or you can read Page 29 or before that to understand somemore...
  • #1,253
  • Jan 16, 2008 6:43am Jan 16, 2008 6:43am
I would like get some opionions on where to set take profit levels.

I know it says to close half the position at the first pivot point and let the other half run until the slope direction changes colour.

Often, I find myself in the situation where I have entered a trade and cannot be in front of the computer. The entry signals are great because you hear the sound or get an email, get back in front of the screen, and set up your entry.

But what are some suggestions for setting up the take profits if you know you may not be in front of the computer to exit?

It would great to hear from all who are having success.

Jeremy
  • #1,254
  • Jan 16, 2008 6:46am Jan 16, 2008 6:46am
Quoting FxFocus
I love this system but I don't like watching the screen for hours on end waiting for a signal so I tried to get round this by using Paul Murfin's EA to indirectly send a text message to my mobile whenever a signal occurs. This is fine as far as it goes but invariably the alert comes too late or does not give me enough time to make a cool judgment.

Before Christmas I was thinking wouldn't it be nice if I could get the alert earlier so I'd have time to decide whether to take the signal where to place the stop, TP and how many units I need.

Well cutting a long story short I pretty much massacred Pauls's EA as I don't have any experience of programming MQL4 but after a lot of trial and error I got something that seems to work, at least good enough for me.

I didn't have time to try it out before Christmas but have been using it to good effect this week and so thought maybe others might like to try it. Please understand this is not an automated system, it simply alerts you when all the criteria are close to a signal so you have time to be ready if and when the signal is confirmed.

Normally you will get a yellow alert before the signal is confirmed and a red alert when all criteria are met. One big difference is this EA does not wait for the end of a bar so even after a red alert its possible to find the signal not confirmed at the end of the bar. So it's up to you whether you want to wait for the end of bar or go with what might be only a transient signal.
How is this going? Anyone using it?
  • #1,255
  • Jan 16, 2008 7:11am Jan 16, 2008 7:11am
Quoting jer966
I would like get some opionions on where to set take profit levels.

I know it says to close half the position at the first pivot point and let the other half run until the slope direction changes colour.

Often, I find myself in the situation where I have entered a trade and cannot be in front of the computer. The entry signals are great because you hear the sound or get an email, get back in front of the screen, and set up your entry.

But what are some suggestions for setting up the take profits if you know you may not be in front of the computer to exit?

It would great to hear from all who are having success.

Jeremy
If you cannot be in front of the computer then you will need to set the TP based upon either Pivot Points or FIBs or Dynamic S/R to see where you should set it. Though its not exact science, it will help...
  • #1,256
  • Jan 16, 2008 8:20am Jan 16, 2008 8:20am
Quoting daytona
1. Put the file in the expert folder
2. Load the Metatrader system
3. Click on Navigator, then click on Expert Advisors
4. Then click right on SignalTrendFollower, then click on attached to a chart..
5. Click on Expert Advisors on TOP..

Or you can read Page 29 or before that to understand somemore...
You're the best !! thank you - I got it to work.
  • #1,257
  • Jan 16, 2008 8:48am Jan 16, 2008 8:48am
Thanks to the Wicker.

A wonderful setup on the usdjpy chart. The trend on the 1 and 4 hour chart showed a beautiful downward movement. There was no reason to ignore this trade, a 40 pip reward.
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  • #1,258
  • Jan 16, 2008 1:43pm Jan 16, 2008 1:43pm
hey mr the wicker ..


what are pairs u r trading ?
  • #1,259
  • Jan 17, 2008 2:04am Jan 17, 2008 2:04am
EURJPY short: Entry =157.01; SL =157.31; TP = 156.65

Another "The Wicker" trade setup on the eurjpy chart, though short-lived. I exited just few pips from the point a retracement occured, few pips from the daily S1. The trade was good for 38 pips. It's nice to have the rainbow in the sky.
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  • #1,260
  • Jan 17, 2008 8:22am Jan 17, 2008 8:22am
38 pips is nice!
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