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  • #521
  • Feb 15, 2009 8:07pm Feb 15, 2009 8:07pm
Quoting Pavatar
Hey llambert3 -

I just tried this little mod - it works for me in the tester by adding the filter type in the comments written to the journal - you might see if it works for you .

In the 'VersatileOrderTaker' function at the very bottom of the function, make these changes:

// Send Order

string filtercomment =commentString() + (pos1+pos2+pos3+pos4+pos5+pos6+pos7);

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),oType,lotMaker(),entryPrice,slippage,Stopvalue,TPvalue,filtercomment,simpleMagicGenerator(),0,c_color);
if (ticket>0)
{if...

Thanks Gary.. I also made the change in red above. I think that should work too.
  • #522
  • Feb 15, 2009 8:08pm Feb 15, 2009 8:08pm
Quoting hsa013
hi all,

I thought I could share this simple but useful tool. It's a little clock sitting in the corner, showing current spread, local and broker times and main timezones. it helps decide what to put into EA for GMT offset.

Gary,
i'll be testing v2.3 on an FXDD and Alpari UK (5digits, adjusted SL eg. 35pips->350pips) accounts simultaneously.
I hope it'll do well tomorrow!

hsa
Thanks hsa
  • #523
  • Feb 15, 2009 8:11pm Feb 15, 2009 8:11pm
llambert3 -

Yes, I like that. Recheck your earlier post, I added an example. We have this habit of posting at the same time!

Gary

Quoting llambert3
Thanks Gary.. I also made the change in red above. I think that should work too.
  • #524
  • Feb 15, 2009 8:13pm Feb 15, 2009 8:13pm
Quoting Pavatar
llambert3 -

Yes, I like that. Recheck your earlier post, I added an example. We have this habit of posting at the same time!

Gary
cool.. I see you are already on 2.4??? lol
  • #525
  • Feb 15, 2009 8:14pm Feb 15, 2009 8:14pm
If you right-click down where the orders are and choose "comments" then this is where I was talking about it showing the filters, etc.. then it will be in account history too.
  • #526
  • Feb 15, 2009 8:30pm Feb 15, 2009 8:30pm
When at first (second, third, fourth....) you don't succeed, try, try again! Or something like that.

Hey, I'm retired and love frustrating myself to no end. I'm a retired scientist and wrote my first program in 1966. I've learned (and forgot!) more 'languages' than I care to think about.........but....... this little ea, which should be very straight forward, is beginning to make me wonder if my brain cells are dying off at warp speed!

Your rapidly aging forex buddy - Gary (version 61.7)

Quoting llambert3
cool.. I see you are already on 2.4??? lol
  • #527
  • Feb 15, 2009 8:34pm Feb 15, 2009 8:34pm
Quoting Pavatar
When at first (second, third, fourth....) you don't succeed, try, try again! Or something like that.

Hey, I'm retired and love frustrating myself to no end. I'm a retired scientist and wrote my first program in 1966. I've learned (and forgot!) more 'languages' than I care to think about.........but....... this little ea, which should be very straight forward, is beginning to make me wonder if my brain cells are dying off at warp speed!

Your rapidly aging forex buddy - Gary (version 61.7)
well buddy Gary, not trying to make you feel old, but I wasn't born until 1974
  • #528
  • Feb 15, 2009 8:41pm Feb 15, 2009 8:41pm
Well, it didn't work!

Gary

Quoting llambert3
well buddy Gary, not trying to make you feel old, but I wasn't born until 1974
  • #529
  • Feb 16, 2009 9:02am Feb 16, 2009 9:02am
Well I had put 2.3 on at work last night to trade only the first filter and not one trade.. zilch, nada.. Doesn't sound right cause at home there were tons with all 3 set to true. ???
  • #530
  • Feb 16, 2009 9:11am Feb 16, 2009 9:11am
Hi All -

Just a reminder, per rule 3 of Damon's system (see post #1):

"Do not trade the London session during a London Bank Holiday and do not trade the US session during a US bank holiday. "

Today is a US bank holiday but I'm trading to test the ea. I'll post some comments later. Hope Damon is back soon!

Gary
  • #531
  • Feb 16, 2009 9:18am Feb 16, 2009 9:18am
Hey llambert3 -

Sounds a bit strange so I tested using only the first filter on strategy tester and it worked fine. So, as a forward test, I just opened a new chart (EURUSD, M30) and set it up to test 2.3 with only the first filter - will report back on results.

Gary

Quoting llambert3
Well I had put 2.3 on at work last night to trade only the first filter and not one trade.. zilch, nada.. Doesn't sound right cause at home there were tons with all 3 set to true. ???
  • #532
  • Feb 16, 2009 9:53am Feb 16, 2009 9:53am
well 2.3 does not run through the strategy tester here at work either.
  • #533
  • Feb 16, 2009 10:58am Feb 16, 2009 10:58am
llambert3 -

FYI - The little experiment of forward testing a single filter trade worked out fine on this end. The ea took the first trade signal (long) when the filter was also indicating long. Trade occurred on EURUSD, M30 at 1533 GMT and is currently still open.

It might be worth checking to see if your metatrader is build 220.

Gary

Quoting Pavatar
Hey llambert3 -

Sounds a bit strange so I tested using only the first filter on strategy tester and it worked fine. So, as a forward test, I just opened a new chart (EURUSD, M30) and set it up to test 2.3 with only the first filter - will report back on results.

Gary
  • #534
  • Feb 16, 2009 12:05pm Feb 16, 2009 12:05pm
Hi Gary,

Just an FYI. I had the EA open 2 trades on the USD/JPY at 11:30 CST (trading options used: 2, 3). However, when they were both in profit at the end of the candle, only one of the orders closed. The other one is still open.

Mary
  • #535
  • Feb 16, 2009 12:35pm Feb 16, 2009 12:35pm
Quoting Pavatar
llambert3 -

FYI - The little experiment of forward testing a single filter trade worked out fine on this end. The ea took the first trade signal (long) when the filter was also indicating long. Trade occurred on EURUSD, M30 at 1533 GMT and is currently still open.

It might be worth checking to see if your metatrader is build 220.

Gary
Well I have FXDD demo at home and work, both build 220. 2.3 ran at home with all three set to true.. nothing ran at work. Neither at home nor at work will the strategy tester run on 2.3 on FXDD. Both at home and at work 2.1 will run. I thought the 2.3 showed no trades at work in the tester but it locked up just as it did/does at home. So I take it the problem is FXDD. Maybe some coding change you did just won't work right with fxdd I don't know, well at least for the first filter only anyway.
  • #536
  • Feb 16, 2009 12:49pm Feb 16, 2009 12:49pm
Just a follow up from my last post: The second order closed, still in profit, at the close of the second candle.

Mary
  • #537
  • Feb 16, 2009 1:19pm Feb 16, 2009 1:19pm
Quoting marisialb
Just a follow up from my last post: The second order closed, still in profit, at the close of the second candle.

Mary
You are right. It still isn't closing them in profit correctly.
  • #538
  • Feb 16, 2009 1:25pm Feb 16, 2009 1:25pm
Now it just opened another order, GBPUSD, after hours. Also, on the screen it says trading option used: _23___, but it only opened 1 order instead of 2.

Mary
  • #539
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:07pm Feb 16, 2009 3:07pm
The screen didn't say "outside trading window" until 21:00 GMT.
  • #540
  • Feb 16, 2009 3:11pm Feb 16, 2009 3:11pm
Hi Mary

Thanks for the feedback. I noticed the same thing today. Sometimes it closes 2 or more trades taken at the same time and some times it closes the first one but not the other trades taken at the same time. Not sure why - have to look at the loop used to close the trades. Its the inconsistency (= works sometimes and not others) that has been me puzzled at the moment. For the trades I've checked so far, I've seen an improvement in when the trades are closing in version 2.3. I have lots of other trades to check. If you notice any other oddities, please post.

Thanks - Gary

Quoting marisialb
Hi Gary,

Just an FYI. I had the EA open 2 trades on the USD/JPY at 11:30 CST (trading options used: 2, 3). However, when they were both in profit at the end of the candle, only one of the orders closed. The other one is still open.

Mary
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