Open Source DLL + EA

I was wondering if anyone here would be interested in co-developing an open source EA and DLL that could be used to protect intellectual property of EA's ...

In the most basic form ot would be simply
1. a client side EA (that looks to an FTP serve for order signals and executes orders)
2. a server side EA that uploads order signals to a FTP site
3. a DLL that allows the client EA to communicate with the FTP site and verifies the credentials.

If its something that gets generally accepted then it would be a great way for coders to protect IP while allowing end users to test systems. Also gives coders a way to maintain systems and allows users to turn systems on or off at their own discression...Given the ease of decompiling an EA I thin htat this would be a usefull tool for everyone.

How would you deal with EAs that need information on a tick-by-tick basis. Your system would have a hard time keeping up with that.

It couldnt. It would have to be a raw buy/sell signal distribution system. - We make EA's that fire off signals to the master - masters zaps the info to the client. client executes the signal - only good for EA's that go for 10+ pips to account for the probable slippage.

I really don't think that there will be any latency issues between the Server >> FTP >> Client ... data, My FTP sites run from SanDiego to NY and back in under ~ 35ms

but you will still have the issue from the client to the broker... Which your not going to get around no matter what you do.

anyone ... I would think that there would be more interest in such a project.

Kurka,
While I agree that its an idea with interest, I personally don't like client/server EAs. You mentioned the reason yourself, the client terminal's connection with the broker, and Fulltime had the secondary reason. If your system has dynamic targets and some happen to be less than 10 then clients may be too late/

i did this, but no1 seemed interested, so i abandoned it

it works ok, theres usually a 10-30 second delay

i coded a sender ea, every tick, it writes any changes to the orders to a cvs file

every 5 minutes it takes a screen shot, uploads that to

i trigger a jscipt from within the ea, the jscript launches a batch file that logs into ftp, uploads file

in the recieving ea, i used http get, it was faster

the setup was good for all trades all pairs, it exited if i exited, updated trail, i even coded in risk i was using, or select your own, used pending orders

the batch file was converted to exe, i could modify a file, and send out updated ea to every1 automatic if i found bugs

but no1 seemed interested

one problem was reading and writing the file at the same time
i figured out a way around that to trade correctly, but there is delay

its no good for short term trades, especially scalping

as i traded, my trades were profitable, the delay was enough that the recieving was not profitable

if your going for 100 pips, semi long trades, itl work

i had alot of ideas for the project, and kinda still do

i wanted to open a site where traders had a profile, and ppl could subscribe to copy there trades

i also thought about it being a tool to tutor ppl with
my next step was to make a version that copied all objects and indicators, that way a mentor could move trendlines n stuff, and youd see them being created and moved on your chart


a 10 second delay is fine for that

I dont understand why there is a 10 second delay. It seems like I can load a csv file to an FTP site almost instantally. simply writing a file to the experts > file folder and running a batch file that automatically loads the contents of that folder to FTP site. ... (it would be great if the mt4 publisher could send more than just statements, hint hint to metaquotes). . . Now you have a csv file that you can read from your client terminal using something like webget which (similar to the news EA's that download from FF cal) adn you rclient terminal can do the work.


Server Generate signal > Load Buy Signal to FTP > Write file to FTP > Client Read CSV from FTP > Do some calculations with info > send orders...