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  • #41
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:10pm Sep 20, 2008 8:10pm
Quoting smjones
My recommend is only on DEMO The testing won't hurt anything.
Ditto
  • #42
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:11pm Sep 20, 2008 8:11pm
Hello everyone,

Let me save everyone some time on this ea. This ea has been tested in another private forum. It has been back tested and forward tested. Best results were a little better than break even. Now that does not mean it can not be a consistent profitable ea but from what I know it would be better if people moved on to another ea.

Regards,
Jeff

Quoting smjones
Hey Tdion, you know this EA if you think about it.
  • #43
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:12pm Sep 20, 2008 8:12pm
Quoting smjones
This Ea is a bit sloppy and It was thinking this is a hold over of an idea the author may have had, but you are right it is just declared and nothing more than that.

Here is another part that bothers me.

double free;
if (AccountFreeMargin() < free * 1500.0) return(0);

In this case free will always be 0, so what is the point of the code.
It's still placing trades, so I think there's more.

I also ran a backtest on this EA and it looks like it's ignoring this line:

Inserted Code
if ((TimeHour(TimeCurrent()) <= Start ) && (TimeHour(TimeCurrent()) >= End)) return(0);

what exactly is Return(0) supposed to do?
  • #44
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:13pm Sep 20, 2008 8:13pm
Quoting Ronald Raygun
It's still placing trades, so I think there's more.

I also ran a backtest on this EA and it looks like it's ignoring this line:

Inserted Code
if ((TimeHour(TimeCurrent()) <= Start ) && (TimeHour(TimeCurrent()) >= End)) return(0);

what exactly is Return(0) supposed to do?
return(0) halts the program
  • #45
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:14pm Sep 20, 2008 8:14pm
Quoting azjeff
Hello everyone,

Let me save everyone some time on this ea. This ea has been tested in another private forum. It has been back tested and forward tested. Best results were a little better than break even. Now that does not mean it can not be a consistent profitable ea but from what I know it would be better if people moved on to another ea.

Regards,
Jeff
Yes I remember this EA from TSD but, gambler180 is using it in a entirely different way, so who knows...
  • #46
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:15pm Sep 20, 2008 8:15pm
Quoting smjones
return(0) halts the program
I feel silly, I know why the time function won't work: It's impossible for the time to both be less than start and greater than end =D, so that's why the return(0) there isn't being triggered.
  • #47
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:17pm Sep 20, 2008 8:17pm
My point was that the account margin is always above 0 so the line is not needed. It will place trades whether the code is there or not.
  • #48
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:18pm Sep 20, 2008 8:18pm
Quoting smjones
Hey Tdion, you know this EA if you think about it.
I guess you were also looking at another forum.
  • #49
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:20pm Sep 20, 2008 8:20pm
Quoting nvwine
I guess you were also looking at another forum.
Oh my the cat is out of the bag. LOL. Yeah I have heard of them...
  • #50
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:23pm Sep 20, 2008 8:23pm
I really liked Scotty as an Admin but now that the bridles are off...
I am thrilled to read his posts as a Member.

To the uninitiated:
Listen to (Wicked Trader) SMJones...
I think he could probably teach 80% of the Posting Membership @ FF.
  • #51
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:27pm Sep 20, 2008 8:27pm
Quoting Bemac
I really liked Scotty as an Admin but now that the bridles are off...
I am thrilled to read his posts as a Member.

To the uninitiated:
Listen to (Wicked Trader) SMJones...
I think he could probably teach 80% of the Posting Membership @ FF.
I can tell you right now, I would not want to trade against you. LOL I would not stand a chance.
  • #52
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:35pm Sep 20, 2008 8:35pm
Ok, I think I completely reverse-engineered the system:

If the RSI is above 70: Sell
If the RSI is below 30: Buy

There should only be alternating buy/sell/buy trades. The exceptions are:

If the RSI goes from above 70 to below 60 and back above 70, a 2nd consecutive sell trade is placed.

If the RSI goes from below 30 to above 40 and back below 30, a 2nd consecutive buy trade is placed.

That's it, the rest is lot sizing, takeprofits, and stoplosses.
  • #53
  • Sep 20, 2008 8:46pm Sep 20, 2008 8:46pm
Ron,
In the United States it is Saturday night. What is a young guy like you doing on the forum? You should be out womanizing. For that matter what about the rest of us.
  • #54
  • Edited 9:09pm Sep 20, 2008 8:51pm | Edited 9:09pm
Quoting nvwine
Ron,
In the United States it is Saturday night. What is a young guy like you doing on the forum? You should be out womanizing. For that matter what about the rest of us.
Well nvwine, I am...to an extent. My gal-pals (not girlfriends, just friends that are girls) are at other colleges: Smith, Wellesley, Duke, Princeton, etc. I'm not shuttling over there every weekend, so we all have webcams set up and we can chat and joke with each other as if we were physically together. I also happen to have 4 screens (It was a huge PITA to set up in my dorm room), so 1 monitor for them, 1 monitor for FF, and the other two for trading. I'm really multitasking.

Tomorrow afternoon, I'll be out cavorting with a few other girls I know here on campus for dance practice (I dance ballroom and latin).

Don't you worry, the weekend is young =D
  • #55
  • Sep 20, 2008 9:14pm Sep 20, 2008 9:14pm
Good to hear that Ron. I'll quit worrying about you.

Now back to the EA. Using the MT4 Tester, Has anyone gotten good results like those shown running the EA from the start of 2007 to last week? I get great results from 2003 - 2006, then it starts a decline in 2007. It may just be my settings.
  • #56
  • Sep 20, 2008 9:28pm Sep 20, 2008 9:28pm
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Ditto
Thank you.

Dan
  • #57
  • Sep 20, 2008 9:36pm Sep 20, 2008 9:36pm
Hi Gambler

As I indicated earlier I will be happy to forward test this EA. It would be very helpful if you would give me an idea of the parameters you would like me to start with. For instance the TimeFrame, and SL and TP's etc. While you may have not 'backtested' the best scenerios, it may save me months of forward testing if I have I idea where to start. I can also try to select the best inputs to use from my past experience, however, I find that with EA's there is often inputs created by the programmer that may not be intuitive to the user, so if you can save me any time there it would be appreciated.

p.s. I have not looked at the available inputs yet and they may be more intuitive then I anticipate.

Dan
  • #58
  • Sep 20, 2008 9:40pm Sep 20, 2008 9:40pm
andante9,

Look at post #18 for settings.
  • #59
  • Edited 11:36pm Sep 20, 2008 11:14pm | Edited 11:36pm
Apparently the MQ is 90%..... Do you have M1 data back to 2000 for EURGBP? If so, I'd like a copy please....

Thx.

PS) I wrote almost an identical RSI EA that can be optimized (discussed in the "MA Optimization EA (very cool)" thread) ... If I find time, I will test for optimal RSI settings on this pair.
  • #60
  • Sep 21, 2008 2:02am Sep 21, 2008 2:02am
So why don't we asign a specific EA setting to every one of us?
If everyone is running on the same settings there is no point in letting 10-15 people forward test this EA.
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