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  • #141
  • Feb 3, 2009 2:31am Feb 3, 2009 2:31am
Quoting madscalp
Has anybody a BUY open with the Forexflash autotrend version ?
I've attached this EA with the 12 major pairs and I've 9 open trades .....ALL SELL !!!!!
Inputting Direction=0 , all backtests with this EA and anybody pair give me SELL and never BUY .
Bug or have I missed anything ?
I added two more pairs, since I was seeing positive float on the first two.
I have three closed trades, all shorts, for a total of 214 pips.

I have seven open trades, six short and one long, with a neg float
of -$45.

It *does* appear that this EA favors short trades.

Rob
  • #142
  • Feb 3, 2009 2:41am Feb 3, 2009 2:41am
hi guys

this arrow repaint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • #143
  • Feb 3, 2009 2:51am Feb 3, 2009 2:51am
This might be a dumb question. How do you set original EA posted by Samuraipower to trade long or short only? I do not see any settings to do that. I didn't see any1 asking this questions so i know i must be missing somehting lol
  • #144
  • Feb 3, 2009 2:52am Feb 3, 2009 2:52am
Quoting ChicagoRob
I added two more pairs, since I was seeing positive float on the first two.
I have three closed trades, all shorts, for a total of 214 pips.

I have seven open trades, six short and one long, with a neg float
of -$45.

It *does* appear that this EA favors short trades.

Rob
Hi Rob
So you have a long trade .
Please what pair ?
Curiously all my backtests with this EA and several pairs for 6 months have never shown BUY trades !!!!!!
Curiously also the backtests with direction=1 are providing only SELL trades !!!!
And you ?
  • #145
  • Feb 3, 2009 3:03am Feb 3, 2009 3:03am
Quoting madscalp
Hi Rob
So you have a long trade .
Please what pair ?
Curiously all my backtests with this EA and several pairs for 6 months have never shown BUY trades !!!!!!
Curiously also the backtests with direction=1 are providing only SELL trades !!!!
And you ?
Maybe the EA looks at 200 ema on daily chart instead of 5M? Not sure which pairs you back tested but certain pairs were in stron downtrend since august or so and probably didn't go over 200 ema on daily chart very often if at all. I dunno, just guessing.
  • #146
  • Feb 3, 2009 3:09am Feb 3, 2009 3:09am
Quoting madscalp
Hi Rob
So you have a long trade .
Please what pair ?
Curiously all my backtests with this EA and several pairs for 6 months have never shown BUY trades !!!!!!
Curiously also the backtests with direction=1 are providing only SELL trades !!!!
And you ?
Hi madscalp
I'm not really following this thread and I'm not sure if you've already tried this but it might help. If you press "Expert properties" in the bottom right in the picture and the press the tab "Testing" in the box, and then choose from the list whatever direction on the trades you like. Hope this helps.
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  • #147
  • Feb 3, 2009 3:10am Feb 3, 2009 3:10am
Quoting wwp726
hi guys

this arrow repaint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes it repaints, don't make judgment just based on arrows, they are there just to give you little forward insight.


Zomg, attache EA on chart, left click on it, and click where you see ''common'', there you can change. Long only for buy trades, or Short Only for sell trades.
  • #148
  • Feb 3, 2009 3:21am Feb 3, 2009 3:21am
Quoting gasgas

Zomg, attache EA on chart, left click on it, and click where you see ''common'', there you can change. Long only for buy trades, or Short Only for sell trades.
OMG i feel like such a dumb a$$ now lol. I used MT4 for numerouns EAs and never payed attention to that featrure. THanks.
  • #149
  • Feb 3, 2009 3:35am Feb 3, 2009 3:35am
No problem,

I also didn't think about that, to drive EA only short or long. Samurai show us that.
Thanks Samurai dude, hope you catching lot of pips.
  • #150
  • Feb 3, 2009 3:39am Feb 3, 2009 3:39am
Quoting NowAndLater
Hi madscalp
I'm not really following this thread and I'm not sure if you've already tried this but it might help. If you press "Expert properties" in the bottom right in the picture and the press the tab "Testing" in the box, and then choose from the list whatever direction on the trades you like. Hope this helps.
Hi NowAndLater
Of course, I know this option but it uses for the first basic EA provided by Samourai.
The Forexflash EA is normally autotrend i.e it is trading according to the 200 EMA.
So this EA have to take BUY or SHORT according to this EMA.
I have tried several backtests and several pairs with direction = 0 , 1 , 2 , 11 or 22 and every time the orders are SELL !
In my opinion it seems to take SHORT only.
You can check.
  • #151
  • Edited 5:13am Feb 3, 2009 4:31am | Edited 5:13am
Quoting madscalp
Has anybody a BUY open with the Forexflash autotrend version ?
I've attached this EA with the 12 major pairs and I've 9 open trades .....ALL SELL !!!!!
Inputting Direction=0 , all backtests with this EA and anybody pair give me SELL and never BUY .
Bug or have I missed anything ?

I know why.

Let me show U some example with FOREXflash daily autotrend EA.

First of course u set Long and Short on the EA since this is an autotrend EA right? and u set 200 EMA as a cut off for the EA to reverse the direction.
Like FOREXflash said, the EA won't open SELL if the price ABOVE the EMA, and the EA won't open BUY if the price BELOW the EMA.

Now look at the daily chart pic below with 5 month history.

The the price is BELOW the EMA for the last 5 month, it means it wont buy if the price always BELOW the EMA even if there is an up trend in the daily candle.

See the numbers I pointed in the pic

Number 1 : up move for 1247 pips
Number 2 : up move for 1029 pips
Number 3 : up move for 1028 pips

if U dont do anything of course u are gonna blow your account. Adjust the EMA value on the EA to maximize how the EA to recognize the trend then the EA will open the buy position.
The rules is the same on the 5M Autotrend EA

Regards,
Samurai Power
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  • #152
  • Feb 3, 2009 5:03am Feb 3, 2009 5:03am
Quoting SamuraiPower
I know why.

Let me show U some example with FOREXflash daily autotrend EA.

First of course u set Long and Short on the EA since this is an autotrend EA right? and u set 200 EMA as a cut off for the EA to reverse the direction.
Like FOREXflash said, the EA won't open SELL if the price ABOVE the EMA, and the price won't open BUY if the price BELOW the EMA.

Now look at the daily chart pic below with 5 month history.

The the price is BELOW the EMA for the last 5 month, it means it wont buy if the price always BELOW the EMA even if there is...
Thanks for explanation.
But EA with direction=1 (only BUY ) is opening only SELL trades!
There is a problem in the EA code.
Regards.
  • #153
  • Feb 3, 2009 5:12am Feb 3, 2009 5:12am
Hi FOREXFlash,


I think using only EMA for the EA to recognizing the trend changing is not enough, it'll be too late to spot the trend changing even though the EA will notice it in the end.

For example see the daily chart pic below.

Let say I use the daily autotrend EA, and I set the EMA value to 8. See each number and the line I pointed for the specified date.

Number 1.
The price is below the EMA and surely the EA won't open Buy and it will continue to open sell, and its obviously up move for hundreeds of pips that day. it means the EA trade against the trend and leaving several position with 300 SL each.

its happens to number, 2,3,4,5 and 6 also

So based on that could u change EMA as a basic tools for the EA to recognize the trend changing with Haiken Ashi and Crossing of two EMA (Arrow indicator) as I pointed in the first post.

Summary of exit strategy
I spotted the trend reversal on the daily chart with Heiken Ashi and crossing of 2 EMA's (Arrow indicator), plus daily candle pattern as an early warning (I added fibs level now). If trend reversal is spotted, I close all open position and open another position to the opposite direction according to the trend.
Can U translate my theory of this exit strategy into code programing on the EA?

Or perhaps u already did it? if yes can u share with us? Thank u so much.

Kindly Regards,
Samurai Power
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  • #154
  • Feb 3, 2009 5:22am Feb 3, 2009 5:22am
Quoting madscalp
Thanks for explanation.
But EA with direction=1 (only BUY ) is opening only SELL trades!
There is a problem in the EA code.
Regards.
Absolutely zero knowledge about programing, but according to my test it doesnt effect anything.


Regards,
Samurai Power
  • #155
  • Feb 3, 2009 5:30am Feb 3, 2009 5:30am
Quoting SamuraiPower
I know why.

Let me show U some example with FOREXflash daily autotrend EA.

First of course u set Long and Short on the EA since this is an autotrend EA right? and u set 200 EMA as a cut off for the EA to reverse the direction.
Like FOREXflash said, the EA won't open SELL if the price ABOVE the EMA, and the EA won't open BUY if the price BELOW the EMA.

Now look at the daily chart pic below with 5 month history.

The the price is BELOW the EMA for the last 5 month, it means it wont buy if the price always BELOW the EMA even if there is an...
I posted earlier that this might be why but I also thought that the EA that has M5 in the name was using 200 EMA on 5 min chart and not daily. I think thats the one they are using. I might be wrong.
  • #156
  • Feb 3, 2009 5:38am Feb 3, 2009 5:38am
Quoting SamuraiPower
Hi FOREXFlash,


Summary of exit strategy
I spotted the trend reversal on the daily chart with Heiken Ashi and crossing of 2 EMA's (Arrow indicator), plus daily candle pattern as an early warning (I added fibs level now). If trend reversal is spotted, I close all open position and open another position to the opposite direction according to the trend.
Can U translate my theory of this exit strategy into code programing on the EA?

Or perhaps u already did it? if yes can u share with us? Thank u so much.

Kindly Regards,
Samurai Power

...or maybe U can make this EA to trade on a clear trending only? so that I dont have to be worry letting this EA "ON" all the time. My appreciate is all yours.

Regards,
Samurai Power
  • #157
  • Feb 3, 2009 5:44am Feb 3, 2009 5:44am
Im gettig message spam thats eating up memory. doesn't look like that is working as should. Attaching SS. This is the original EA from 1st post
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  • #158
  • Feb 3, 2009 9:10am Feb 3, 2009 9:10am
any news?

it seems some currencies are going long as predicted by SamuraiPower
  • #159
  • Feb 3, 2009 9:24am Feb 3, 2009 9:24am
Quoting iopoipoi
any news?

it seems some currencies are going long as predicted by SamuraiPower
Got 100pips on short on GU today, manage to got out before the market moves up, I dont have feeling to trade today, wait till a good daily clear trends coming.


Regards,
Samurai Power
  • #160
  • Feb 3, 2009 10:23am Feb 3, 2009 10:23am
My backtests with direction=1 also are providing only SELL trades even bars are over 200 EMA on daily chart. Madscalp is right this EA have to take BUY or SHORT according to this EMA and not to "BUY and SELL Expert properties". I think we have to ask FOREXflash to check the code.


Quoting madscalp
Hi NowAndLater
Of course, I know this option but it uses for the first basic EA provided by Samourai.
The Forexflash EA is normally autotrend i.e it is trading according to the 200 EMA.
So this EA have to take BUY or SHORT according to this EMA.
I have tried several backtests and several pairs with direction = 0 , 1 , 2 , 11 or 22 and every time the orders are SELL !
In my opinion it seems to take SHORT only.
You can check.
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