The BAT Method - The EA

The EA place a GBPUSD sell order but don't have stoploss,it is right?

2007.02.21 17:33:27 BAT EA V 1.3 GBPUSD,H1: modify #6892053 sell 0.10 GBPUSD at 1.9518 sl: 0.0000 tp: 0.0000 ok
2007.02.21 17:33:23 BAT EA V 1.3 GBPUSD,H1: open #6892070 sell limit 0.20 GBPUSD at 1.9548 sl: 1.9576 tp: 1.9518 ok
2007.02.21 17:33:23 BAT EA V 1.3 GBPUSD,H1: attempted OP_SELLLIMIT 0.20000000 lots @1.95476640 sl:1.95760000 tp:1.95180000
2007.02.21 17:33:23 BAT EA V 1.3 GBPUSD,H1: open #6892059 sell limit 0.10 GBPUSD at 1.9536 sl: 1.9576 tp: 1.9518 ok
2007.02.21 17:33:20 BAT EA V 1.3 GBPUSD,H1: attempted OP_SELLLIMIT 0.10000000 lots @1.95363360 sl:1.95760000 tp:1.95180000
2007.02.21 17:33:20 BAT EA V 1.3 GBPUSD,H1: open #6892053 sell 0.10 GBPUSD at 1.9518 sl: 1.9576 ok
2007.02.21 17:33:16 BAT EA V 1.3 GBPUSD,H1: attempted OP_SELL 0.10000000 lots @1.95180000 sl:1.95760000 tp:0.00000000
2007.02.21 17:33:16 BAT EA V 1.3 GBPUSD,H1: BAT ATR: SHORT [email protected] SL:1.95660000

Fukinagashi,

In the main thread there has been discussion about adding the spread to the buy orders to avoid being triggered too early. Today, GBPJPY BAT line at 236.85 was triggered when high (bid) was 236.80. Can the EA be updated to do this?

Also, I have noticed that pending orders are left in the market even when they are outside the BAT line. There is a danger these could be triggered by a spike. I think it would be better to delete orders (if appropriate) when the BAT lines are adjusted.

Thanks

Fukinagashi,
I noticed today that the EA v1.3 did not cancel pending orders (at 62% & 38% retrace) when price passed the 161% extension (GBPUSD chart 28/2).

Although it is quite a simple strategy, I suspect it is very tricky to program it.

"See chart 3…it shows that price just continues to go north. Once price hits the 161.8 level then you can cancel your pending orders."

hi,

next week I am going live with BAT EA (GBPUSD, EURAUD, GBPJPY). Is anyone else live with BAT-EA already?

be careful, gbpjpy is not good with bat strategy. try usd jpy or cadjpy for very good trades

well...don perry, why is Team Aphid trading GBPJPY with BAT then?

hi fukinagashi,


today I realized that some positions don't have a S/L. How can that be? In my account about one third of the positions are without S/L.
BTW, it's crazy....more than 1400 pips on one GBPJPY position which is without S/L too .

Grrrrrr, I just wrote a lengthy explanation about, why I am so rarely present, which bugs were fixed and everything and then decides my Internet Explorer to forget the POST submission .

Ok, since I have not much time. Here is the Version 1.5 (expiry 01.05.2007) which should address most of the recent issues (bugs). Please test it. If it does now what it is supposed to do (reference the original BAT document), we can move on to the next generation, where we will distance ourselves from the canon and develop our own trading tactics within the BAT method.

Give me your feedback, please

dude, this is SOO GREAT! I thought you wouldn't be available for any further development
Please have a look @ your PMs, fukinagashi.

You're a legend!

Just loaded for some forward testing on GBPUSD

That's because jpy was trending.
Bat is great for trending market, but when the market is ranging, then you have a problem.
gbpusd can be very profitable when you narrow the ATRPeriod and Factor.
There will be more lossing trades than profitables ones, but when you catch a profitable trade, it's going to be a huge profit!
I had problems with EA v.1, so I quit after a few days of testing.
Looking forward to test 1.5

Hi humax,

not trying to counter you, but the great thing about BAT is actually that it is supposed to do well in a trending and ranging market.

Check the canonical rules:
Trending: Enter 1 trade and stay on it until we hit TS
Ranging: Enter 2-3 trades and even if first trade never gets out of the water the trades 2 and 3 are going to gain the pips.

Obviously no system can only win. Especially with a fronttest you must be really patient before judging the results!!!

BAT EA V1.5 only open trade2 and trade3,didn't open trade1.
I changed ATR factor to 4.4,but the EA still open trade according to 4.0.

2007.03.08 13:07:47 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: BAT ATR: LONG [email protected] SL:222.82000000
2007.03.08 13:06:39 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: BAT ATR: LONG [email protected] SL:222.82000000
2007.03.08 13:06:33 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: BAT ATR: LONG [email protected] SL:222.82000000
2007.03.08 13:06:33 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: open #26984461 buy limit 0.20 GBPJPYm at 223.8900 sl: 222.7200 tp: 225.6200 ok
2007.03.08 13:06:32 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: attempted OP_BUYLIMIT 0.20000000 lots @223.88960000 sl:222.72000000 tp:225.62000000
2007.03.08 13:06:32 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: open #26984451 buy limit 0.10 GBPJPYm at 224.5500 sl: 222.7200 tp: 225.6200 ok
2007.03.08 13:06:30 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: attempted OP_BUYLIMIT 0.10000000 lots @224.55040000 sl:222.72000000 tp:225.62000000
2007.03.08 13:06:18 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: BAT ATR: LONG [email protected] SL:222.82000000
2007.03.08 13:06:12 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: BAT ATR: LONG [email protected] SL:222.82000000
2007.03.08 13:06:12 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: close #26813977 sell 0.20 GBPJPYm at 225.3000 sl: 226.3100 tp: 223.8400 at price 225.6600
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: attempted close of #26813977 price:225.66000000 lots:0.20000000 slippage:5
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: last error: 130:invalid stops
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: failed modification: 26813977 @225.30000000 [email protected] [email protected]
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: failed to execute modify after 0 retries
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: non-retryable error: 130:invalid stops
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: attempted modify of #26813977 price:225.30000000 sl:225.60000000 tp:223.84000000
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: Change Order: 26813977
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: last error: 130:invalid stops
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: failed modification: 26813977 @225.30000000 [email protected] [email protected]
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: failed to execute modify after 1 retries
2007.03.08 13:06:09 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: non-retryable error: 130:invalid stops
2007.03.08 13:03:54 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: retryable error (1/10): 128:trade timeout
2007.03.08 13:03:54 stdlib GBPJPYm,H1: loaded successfully
2007.03.08 13:02:33 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: attempted modify of #26813977 price:225.30000000 sl:225.60000000 tp:223.84000000
2007.03.08 13:02:33 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: Change Order: 26813977
2007.03.07 23:00:05 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: modify #26813834 sell 0.10 GBPJPYm at 223.8400 sl: 225.6000 tp: 0.0000 ok
2007.03.07 23:00:04 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: attempted modify of #26813834 price:223.84000000 sl:225.60000000 tp:0.00000000
2007.03.07 23:00:04 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: Change Order: 26813834
2007.03.07 23:00:04 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: modify #26813949 sell 0.10 GBPJPYm at 224.7500 sl: 225.6000 tp: 223.8400 ok
2007.03.07 23:00:01 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: attempted modify of #26813949 price:224.75000000 sl:225.60000000 tp:223.84000000
2007.03.07 23:00:01 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: Change Order: 26813949
2007.03.07 21:00:05 BAT EA V 1.5 GBPJPYm,H1: modify #26813834 sell 0.10 GBPJPYm at 223.8400 sl: 225.6300 tp: 0.0000 ok

Happened to me too. I fixed that already a few hours ago, but needed to test the new version before I would publish it. Thank you nonetheless for noticing and documenting that!

The bug was caused by a racing conditiion with the timeout variable. It seems fixed now.

(Since the expiry is now visible in the comment a quick reminder: Why the expiry? I want to know if the community activly uses the EA and I want people to use the newest possible versions. The expiry will be extended timely as long as there is sufficient interest of the communtiy. Please trust me in this: If I base an EA on someone else's method, then I am honorable enough to not make money on that.)

Fixed

alright, fukinagashi, thank you very much for your efforts. And also thanks for your explanation on the expiry, I was wondering, too.
BTW, are you trading your EA? with trading, I mean live.
From now on I can support you and the community by sharing my live trading results. My broker is MIG, traded pairs are GBPJPY, GBPUSD, EURAUD as TA's recommendation. I am really curious if this EA work live as good as on demo.

thanks fukinagashi for v1.5, now it even runs on my mini account!

I started trading it about 2+ weeks ago. For the time being only GBPJPY and 0.1 lots as standard lot.

I am about 1 TUSD in positive but it is unfortunatly no real BAT trade. :

My broker needed to freeze the accounts because the have an audit from the swiss banking commission. (Yeah that sounds fishy, but I trust them). So basically the trade was entered short just before the big fall of 1000+ pips. I could advise them to close the position a few days ago, but that was obviosuly not really a BAT trade, you see. This could have been as well in the wrong direction.

But otherwise I trust this method with real money (small amounts nevertheless :-) )

I as well run a forward demo test. Please do not mix that up with my real results. I tream of having gained 13 TUSD with that method as much as I dream of having 100 TUSD which I could put down to trade .

Anyway, the test is real and looks very nice. If you look exactly you find a little pollution arround the 1st of march where I lost some few hundred $ to a oscillation bug. Trust me that bug was fixed less then half an hour later.

Still nice the results, eh?

hi,
Do I need to attach the BAT indicator to the chart for the EA to work? If so where can I download the latest BAT indicator?
Thanks a lot,

Kingmaker