When it trys to place an order and I getting this error.
It will not open a trade.
NZDUSD 0 order send failed with error(131): invalid trade volume
It will not open a trade.
NZDUSD 0 order send failed with error(131): invalid trade volume
Gary
AshFX system, V2: Steve Hopwood's trading robot
- #103
- May 29, 2009 3:05am May 29, 2009 3:05am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
I woke this morning to find the robot had placed gu trades then closed them in quick succession many times, draining the account of several hundred pips. I have no idea why this should happen and have removed the robot from my live account until I do.
I woke this morning to find the robot had placed gu trades then closed them in quick succession many times, draining the account of several hundred pips. I have no idea why this should happen and have removed the robot from my live account until I do.
Strangely enough, I did not have any trade at all on all 19 pair ibfx with 4H TF v1.8. I placed it since yesterday which is 24 hours ago. I don't see any error and everything looks normal with ffcal working dll. Anyone has trade placed?
- #108
- Jun 2, 2009 4:15am Jun 2, 2009 4:15am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Steve,
My request to you is to put in Money Management module so that it'll trade according to balance left. Right now it trades fixed lots only.
Vinesh
This is only a function that calculates the lot size based on the account equity, risk percentage, minimum lot accepted by the broker and your account leverage. The function is one I picked up recently.
It seems to me that a true money-management function would calculate the lot size based on the risk percent and the stop loss. If any of you coders here have a function that does this and is willing to share, I would be most grateful.
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The Magic Number auto-generation thingy caused some confusion because I put the instructions about it in the wrong place in the document. I have replaced them; all should be clear now if people read them.
- #109
- Jun 2, 2009 7:07am Jun 2, 2009 7:07am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Hi Steve,
If I read the AshFx system instruction correctly, we would have exited a trade if Psar flip or AO change color. We may be able to apply this principle to GV:
1. The first option is to make it expire as soon as Psar flipped the opposite direction, or
2. The second option is to make it expire after 7 to 8 bars which very often Psar may be in the process of flipping already, or
3. The combination of the two above.
However, if we selected 64ema for example, then I think we may not need to make it expire until unless 64ema flips....
- #110
- Jun 3, 2009 9:52am Jun 3, 2009 9:52am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
After a couple of days without any impending trades showing up, I thought there might be something wrong, so I put the robot onto some 1 minute charts. After several blank hours, I knew there was something wrong.
Embarrassment prevents me from detailing what went wrong.
Just accept that, if you want any trades then you need V2.1
The good news is that I figured out a way to make the money management thingy more representative of an actual percentage-of-equity thingy. Details in the update section and user guide.
Embarrassment prevents me from detailing what went wrong.
Just accept that, if you want any trades then you need V2.1The good news is that I figured out a way to make the money management thingy more representative of an actual percentage-of-equity thingy. Details in the update section and user guide.
After a couple of days without any impending trades showing up, I thought there might be something wrong, so I put the robot onto some 1 minute charts. After several blank hours, I knew there was something wrong.
Embarrassment prevents me from detailing what went wrong.
The good news is that I figured out a way to make the money management thingy more representative of an actual percentage-of-equity thingy. Details in the update section and user guide.
Ty
Vinesh
- #112
- Jun 3, 2009 10:19am Jun 3, 2009 10:19am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Beautiful Steve! I always was scared of trading x% / trade. That is NOT MM.
Ty
Vinesh
So, should I remove the non-stoploss auto lot size functionality, replacing it with a "can't do this without a stop loss" message? What do you thnk?
As you quite rightly say.
So, should I remove the non-stoploss auto lot size functionality, replacing it with a "can't do this without a stop loss" message? What do you thnk?
Vinesh
But 1st let us try out whether it is required or not. Or can you put auto SL function to make it totally automatic? Calculate the stoploss by itself?
Yes I think so.
Vinesh
But 1st let us try out whether it is required or not. Or can you put auto SL function to make it totally automatic? Calculate the stoploss by itself?
I forgot it is there already.
I have loaded 2.1 but there is no legend showing on the chart like previous versions. Is that normal?
Vinesh
- #115
- Jun 3, 2009 11:20am Jun 3, 2009 11:20am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Steve,
I forgot it is there already.
I have loaded 2.1 but there is no legend showing on the chart like previous versions. Is that normal?
Vinesh
No. The on-screen feedback should be showing. It does not show until the first tick after load-up and the markets can be quiet about this time. The legend should appear soon.
What do I do? I'm running EA on 2 different computers too.
Vinesh
V1.9 is showing the feedback.
- #118
- Jun 3, 2009 1:35pm Jun 3, 2009 1:35pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
No Steve, no luck on 2 different broker platforms as well as TF.
What do I do? I'm running EA on 2 different computers too.
Vinesh
V1.9 is showing the feedback.
Try deleting the EA, rebooting, re-downloading and restarting the platform. That is what I do when I am stuck.
You are actually connected to the net, aren't you?
