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  • #3,101
  • May 9, 2008 8:05am May 9, 2008 8:05am
Quoting hoss
I opened this last Friday afternoon and closed about 20 minutes ago on FXDD. Does anybody know a quick way to close all open trades at once on MT4? I lost about 30 pips trying to close them all individually.
In closing you turn off the EA first then drag this script to any open chart.
Oh this is a script file that should be copied to /expert/script folder.
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File Type: mq4 Close all.mq4   1 KB | 405 downloads
  • #3,102
  • May 9, 2008 8:16am May 9, 2008 8:16am
Quoting trader101
In closing you turn off the EA first then drag this script to any open chart.
Oh this is a script file that should be copied to /expert/script folder.
Thanks, Trader!
Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.
  • #3,103
  • May 9, 2008 8:40am May 9, 2008 8:40am
Quoting trader101
Wow good results..huh Bro. Yes we have to go live on this oneeeeeeeeee. We have seen the worst i think. DD of -900 pips. Maybe i allocate 2000 for DD and 700 for margin. $4000.00 good to start at a broker with 1:200 leverage. What say you???
I actually think anywhere in the $3000 - $4000 range would be a good start. More is obviously better if you can afford it. As you can see from my test I only put in $2500.00 and it still made enough gains that next week I will have the recommended minimum $3000.00 to trade with .

I will try $3000.00 initial with IBFX mini next week with Delight[3]m and FXDD with Ultimate[3] with the current balance and see how it goes since the EA will expire after next week. Hopefully we will have some good data to make a decision to go live after that.
  • #3,104
  • May 9, 2008 8:57am May 9, 2008 8:57am
I attached 2 statements from IBFx and NF both opened 0n 13 April @ $3000.

I used both Ultimate and Delight like swap them after the 2nd week of testing:

NF now stands @ $2,395.15 profit to date about 79.84% increase
IBfx now stands $2.349.50 profit to date about 78.32%

The way it is going that we could make a 100% increase by next week that would be 1 month after we trade it with Ultimate and Delight.

Supported Calculon suggestions of a 3000 intital deposit.
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File Type: zip IBF-UltimateOverall.zip   17 KB | 464 downloads
File Type: zip NF-UltimateOverall.zip   17 KB | 462 downloads
  • #3,105
  • May 9, 2008 9:26am May 9, 2008 9:26am
This week I started 4 eas on various brokers. All trades on the Ultimate EA
Now I have closed them all, I started with most of the ea's on may 7 due to holidays mentioned in this thread earlier.

time here: gmt+2

NF: started (may 6 at midnight) with 3000, ended with 4.274
Alpari 1 : started (may-5 at midnight) with 3000, ended with 4.077,33
Alpari 2: started (may 6 at midnight) with 3000, ended with 4.359,80
ActiveTrades: started (may 8 at 10 am) with 3000, ended with 4.071

Maybe it is an good idea to start two or three ea's at different times/days to see if this effect continues?
  • #3,106
  • May 9, 2008 10:15am May 9, 2008 10:15am
Quoting WillemM
This week I started 4 eas on various brokers. All trades on the Ultimate EA
Now I have closed them all, I started with most of the ea's on may 7 due to holidays mentioned in this thread earlier.

time here: gmt+2

NF: started (may 6 at midnight) with 3000, ended with 4.274
Alpari 1 : started (may-5 at midnight) with 3000, ended with 4.077,33
Alpari 2: started (may 6 at midnight) with 3000, ended with 4.359,80
ActiveTrades: started (may 8 at 10 am) with 3000, ended with 4.071

Maybe it is an good idea to start two or three ea's at different times/days to see if this effect continues?
Wow .. this is even better results that Hoss... WillemM This is the best results so far... Any body beats thsi up? ....
  • #3,107
  • Edited 10:38am May 9, 2008 10:36am | Edited 10:38am
Quoting trader101
Wow .. this is even better results that Hoss... WillemM This is the best results so far... Any body beats thsi up? ....
Started Sunday with 3799 currently at 4210 and still running. Was down to around 3400 24 hours ago.
  • #3,108
  • Edited 12:14pm May 9, 2008 10:37am | Edited 12:14pm
Unfortunately I stopped my ODL $3000 Ultimate [3] on May 9 at 1250 EST.
I opened it on Monday. Great results for just a few days!

I was trying not to have a good win turn into a loss at the end of the week!
But I missed the Big Moves as a result!

I let the opened trades run their course as you can see from the screen shot of today.

The first Jpg below is Today at 1120 Est.
The second is the account history on May 9 when I stopped the EA.
The third is positions when I stopped the EA on May 9.

For some reason I can not generate a Detailed report. If someone could explain why. I would love to hear it.

Cheers!
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Our IMAGINATION is the true holy grail!
  • #3,109
  • May 9, 2008 10:39am May 9, 2008 10:39am
Anyone using the ultimate ea in live account/
Please share you experience.
  • #3,110
  • May 9, 2008 10:44am May 9, 2008 10:44am
Quoting aelimian
Anyone using the ultimate ea in live account/
Please share you experience.
The public version of the EA will not trade on the live account. I believe trader101 has a version that he uses on a live account but that's not publicly available today. Stay tuned for updates on how to get the commercial version of the EA that will allow you to trade on a live account.
  • #3,111
  • May 9, 2008 10:47am May 9, 2008 10:47am
Hi, as for sure, I attached a screenshot of the statement of one of the platforms I mentioned, to be sure that it is correct. How come no one has reached this results?
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  • #3,112
  • May 9, 2008 11:13am May 9, 2008 11:13am
Quoting WillemM
Hi, as for sure, I attached a screenshot of the statement of one of the platforms I mentioned, to be sure that it is correct. How come no one has reached this results?
The attachment isn't working.
  • #3,113
  • May 9, 2008 11:15am May 9, 2008 11:15am
Quoting calculon
The attachment isn't working.
Bro...
Can you activate you PM function so i could PM you..THanks
  • #3,114
  • May 9, 2008 11:18am May 9, 2008 11:18am
Quoting trader101
Bro...
Can you activate you PM function so i could PM you..THanks
It's on now.
  • #3,115
  • May 9, 2008 11:22am May 9, 2008 11:22am
Quoting Leigh
Unfortunately I stopped my ODL $3000 Ultimate [3] on May 8 at 1250 EST.
I opened it on Monday. Great results for just a few days!

Cheers!
Very confusing, Leigh, you stopped on May8 and open on Monday?
  • #3,116
  • May 9, 2008 12:01pm May 9, 2008 12:01pm
Quoting WillemM
Hi, as for sure, I attached a screenshot of the statement of one of the platforms I mentioned, to be sure that it is correct. How come no one has reached this results?
It has something to do with currency selection, your broker spread and the date and time the EA was opened. Dont you know that if our broker is a high spread broker we could loss about 200 pips in spread on the total trades that we trade compare to a low spread broker???
  • #3,117
  • May 9, 2008 12:08pm May 9, 2008 12:08pm
Quoting trader101
Very confusing, Leigh, you stopped on May8 and open on Monday?
I closed the EA yesterday May 9 at 1250 est. Not May 8.
I have changed the above post.

Sorry for the confusion.

Leigh.
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  • #3,118
  • May 9, 2008 12:44pm May 9, 2008 12:44pm
I've been looking back at some of the posts from the last few months, and am wondering whether the EAs, as good as they are, are any better than human trading.

The manual weekly trades that Trader101, Imbiber, Zeejay, and maybe some others here did, were just as profitable, and never had losses even close to 900 pips, since we would close them once they went 300 pips against us.

I understand that the EAs mean less work in the long run, and can open and close trades when we can't be at the computer, but are they better than a human trader?

Of course, once we get the official live release of the EAs, that might not be an issue anymore.

It would be interesting to do a test at the start of next week, between EAs and humans, and see who will win. If anyone has time to enter weekly trades on Sunday, we will see by next Friday whether they can beat the EAs.
  • #3,119
  • May 9, 2008 1:21pm May 9, 2008 1:21pm
Here was my equity curve for the week.
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  • #3,120
  • May 9, 2008 1:22pm May 9, 2008 1:22pm
Hi,
Here is my performance for the last week.
I found it important (at least for me) to reduce the risk. That's why I traded always 0.3 standard lots on 10.000.


MIG Delight V3:
Started: May 5, 00:00 o’clock with 10,000 €
Stopped: May 9, 15:00 o’clock with 11,514 €
Size traded: 0.3 standard lots
Gain: 1.514 €, 826 pips, 15.14 %
Max DD: 1,227 pips, 21.2 %


Alpari Delight V3:
Started: May 5, 00:00 o’clock with 10,000 €
Stopped: May 9, 15:00 o’clock with 10,903 €
Size traded: 0.3 standard lots
Gain: 903 €, 505 pips, 9.03 %
Max DD: 1,589 pips, 28.0 %

Had no time to analyze why Alpari and MIG are so different. With Ultimate the difference is about the same. Spread shouldn't be the problem since both are similar.

Antomi
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