Steve,
testing now.
Eddie
testing now.
Eddie
Relative Strength Basket Trading System
- #2,363
- Jan 1, 2009 12:51pm Jan 1, 2009 12:51pm
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I thought of yet another fix for the ea placing basket trades apparently at random. I am not certain this is needed, so I won't post V9a unless necessary; please post here if you get unwanted baskets placed, and I will post it straight away.
Hehe. The code resembles a bowl of spaghetti more than it does coherent code. No half-way decent coder is ever getting a glance at it.
Hehe. The code resembles a bowl of spaghetti more than it does coherent code. No half-way decent coder is ever getting a glance at it.
- #2,364
- Jan 1, 2009 1:00pm Jan 1, 2009 1:00pm
- | Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 1,143 Posts
Hehe. The code resembles a bowl of spaghetti more than it does coherent code. No half-way decent coder is ever getting a glance at it.
I guess as we get more experienced in this coding stuff it will become more organized and we can concentrate more on cleaning the code instead of fixing/patching the bugs Anyway, Happy New Year to all and hope to have a great 2009
24 hours in a day – 24 bottles of beer in a case – Coincidence? I think not
I thought of yet another fix for the ea placing basket trades apparently at random. I am not certain this is needed, so I won't post V9a unless necessary; please post here if you get unwanted baskets placed, and I will post it straight away.
Hehe. The code resembles a bowl of spaghetti more than it does coherent code. No half-way decent coder is ever getting a glance at it.
- #2,366
- Jan 1, 2009 6:22pm Jan 1, 2009 6:22pm
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- #2,367
- Jan 1, 2009 6:26pm Jan 1, 2009 6:26pm
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Hehe, that is the same way I feel about my coding
Anyway, Happy New Year to all and hope to have a great 2009
Regards,
KG
- #2,368
- Jan 1, 2009 6:28pm Jan 1, 2009 6:28pm
- Joined Aug 2007 | Status: I'm a Lemurians | 1,432 Posts
LOL - Alpari is closed......
Tomorrow is another day.....
Eddie
KG
- #2,369
- Jan 1, 2009 6:37pm Jan 1, 2009 6:37pm
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Hehehehehehe i thought both of you get a new challenge in coding here...
Regards,
KG
Then again, give me a firing brain cell and I would probably be lethal.
Hey ho.
- #2,371
- Jan 1, 2009 6:46pm Jan 1, 2009 6:46pm
I thought about possible reasons for the ea closing a basket and immediately re-opening, so I looked through the code again and spotted a few more opportunities to cancel the trades pending variables. If this does not solve the problem, then I am taking up golf instead of programming.
If you downloaded V9 from the previous page, then simply re-download it again here.
- #2,373
- Jan 1, 2009 6:54pm Jan 1, 2009 6:54pm
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Hi Steve,
I tried accessing the V9 zip but keep on getting a message of unknown format or damaged file. I've tried both winzip and winrar but no luck - had no probs with your other zips. Could you pls try again - or even just the ea ex file? Has anybody else had this prob? I'm itching to start testing!!
Cheers
- #2,375
- Jan 1, 2009 7:11pm Jan 1, 2009 7:11pm
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Here is another thought for you guys.
When does a basket cease being a basket and just become a loose affiliation of single trades?
Here is why I ask this question.
Here with IBFX I have 7 GBP and AUD pairs available. Live, I have yet to see the ea take a GBP with more than 4 of the pairs traded. On demo, I have a 'basket' of 2 AUD trades open.
Some of the potential trades will have been scuppered by connectivity problems. Most will have been scuppered by spread that the ea was told to avoid. Anybody not understanding this should download matrixebiz's Multipaor spread monitor and watch it for a few minutes to see how some pairs are near impossible to trade.
Is it worth thinking about adding a further trade filter, that will abort the basket trade if more than x% of the basket is unavailable through silly spreads?
Your thoughts, guys.
When does a basket cease being a basket and just become a loose affiliation of single trades?
Here is why I ask this question.
Here with IBFX I have 7 GBP and AUD pairs available. Live, I have yet to see the ea take a GBP with more than 4 of the pairs traded. On demo, I have a 'basket' of 2 AUD trades open.
Some of the potential trades will have been scuppered by connectivity problems. Most will have been scuppered by spread that the ea was told to avoid. Anybody not understanding this should download matrixebiz's Multipaor spread monitor and watch it for a few minutes to see how some pairs are near impossible to trade.
Is it worth thinking about adding a further trade filter, that will abort the basket trade if more than x% of the basket is unavailable through silly spreads?
Your thoughts, guys.
- #2,376
- Jan 1, 2009 7:13pm Jan 1, 2009 7:13pm
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- #2,378
- Edited 5:23am Jan 2, 2009 3:59am | Edited 5:23am
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I swear this blasted code rewrites itself in the dead on night. I just sat and watched it send both a Strong and a Weak EUR basket at the same time. As soond as I closed the Strong basket, the wretched ea replaced it.
A quick glance at the code showed that I had the instructions to open a Strong basket in the Weak code, and vice-versa. I thought I had corrected that. Hey ho.
So, sorry guys, but you must replace V9 with V9a if you want to trade the EUR trigger.
The good news is the jumping stop routine works correctly. It supervised a EUR basket to a js of $2 in $1 increments and has just set a breakeven on a couple of other baskets.
I went to the instructions doc to add a note about criminal IBFX spreads and happened to notice a potentially costly error in the lot sizes section - printed here with the corrections highlighted in blue. The original stated 0.1 lots; this will wipe out any account in no time.
Lot sizes
A quick glance at the code showed that I had the instructions to open a Strong basket in the Weak code, and vice-versa. I thought I had corrected that. Hey ho.
So, sorry guys, but you must replace V9 with V9a if you want to trade the EUR trigger.
The good news is the jumping stop routine works correctly. It supervised a EUR basket to a js of $2 in $1 increments and has just set a breakeven on a couple of other baskets.
I went to the instructions doc to add a note about criminal IBFX spreads and happened to notice a potentially costly error in the lot sizes section - printed here with the corrections highlighted in blue. The original stated 0.1 lots; this will wipe out any account in no time.
Lot sizes
- IBFX mini account holders, where I pip = approx 1 cent: 0.01 lots per $100 seems safe.
- Other mini accounts where I pip = approx 10 cents: 0.01 lots per $1000 seems safe.
- #2,380
- Jan 2, 2009 5:00am Jan 2, 2009 5:00am
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No idea Eddie. You will have to experiment and find out.