Anyone have a idea how to make this where it will not stop out all the time ?

I learned about Meta and EA about a week ago...and this weekend I coded up some stuff I had written about 10 years ago on some bsd / sun unix boxes in c / sql and perl....

Anyways, I have been able to get it where it will kind of find the bottom...or top as it my be...with in about 50 ticks or the top / bottom...

My problem is, I have not been able to get it where it will be a win...not a 0 or loss...anyways...my last try I took Strddle and Trail and put my logic into it to make it buy or sell....hoping it would solve the problem...but all it dose it what my other code did...but dose a better job...at getting more 0 trades were my code had - trades!

Since alot of people have used Straddle and Trail....I would like to know what kind of setting people use...you can see my setting on here...

Just wondering if anyone has any comments...as what I could do that would make this more of a win than 0 to loss....

The easy answer is to use no stoploss. Then you can't get stopped out. You'll only get a margin call

I am talking about something that is workable...not something that makes it go down more....that is not the objective....the objective is to make things better!!!

You say you are accurate to 50 ticks of the turning point.

What do you mean?

It will generally find the turn point in the market by about 50 ticks...so take the cad in the picture I posted... it found the turn point or what it thinks is the turn point at 1.20675. I drop the 5 so its 1.2067 where its long. The bottom is 1.20565 = 1.2056 were the market move to. So its 11 ticks from the bottom. That is what I mean... the code will generally find the top or bottom with about 50 tick range...so times its 80 ticks some times it 10 ticks...just depends...you know...never know what it will do so you can not code hard things in...

This other guys code has stop move to break even in it....so the code when it moves up a certain amount it moves the stop to break even and then exit the trade because the stop is then hit....so it just enter and then exits with 0 or maybe 1 out of 20 it makes a small win...but then about 1 out of 8 or 9 it takes a loss....because it enter at the wrong place....

What I would like to find is some way to get it break even but also allow for the upside...what I am having a hard time with....

Don't use the BreakEven Feature. I'm generally of the mind of NEVER moving my stop. BE's just get you hit a lot for $0 profit. (or smaller wins) - I just calculate my maximum acceptable loss and roll with it. Now you just have to figure when to cashout when in the profit but thats a whole different problem.

I think you mean pips.

A tick is a price price update from the broker.

As for your system, if you're always within 50 pips of the turning point, why not set the stoploss to 60 pips?

With no break even set...it takes too big of of hits...I haft to have my stops out over 90+ ticks so they will not get hit...with 90+ ticks of movement...even 1:1 would be 90 ticks into the good....from the position...and for sub 15min ( time frame ) looking for better than 90 ticks is kind of out of the question...

So thats why I have the break even set....but I haft to agree with you...break even is where the problem is...just not sure on how to get the entry point....any better....