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  • #1,861
  • Aug 24, 2009 11:56am Aug 24, 2009 11:56am
Quoting markpips
Thanks for your settings. I will try it as market reopens.
But I'm afraid 5 pips tp. against 100 pips sl. is not a good profit/loss ratio. Just one loss will wipe away 20 winner trades.
I will try it and see how it goes.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi
Sample of trades today.....These 3 x trades gave 5 pips each then I disabled the EA. I used UC to keep it apart from my other trades. Not sure whether I will continue with this usage of the EA, as it all depends on an accurate, subjective assessment of ranging vs trending markets - it can change so fast! Very good return if you get it right, bad if you get it wrong!

Cheers

Andy
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  • #1,862
  • Aug 26, 2009 8:15pm Aug 26, 2009 8:15pm
Quoting Actionpl
Thanks to report this, it is very strange, i will investigate what happened by trying to simulate your operation. I will let you know.
Normally there is a function in the EA that prevent to open a trade when a trade was just closed. It should wait for a minimum of 10 min before it initiate a new trade on version 1.5c.

I will let you know

Actionpl
Hi, the only think i can see that can cause this kind of behavior is the following.
When you have trace a new Main trendline, you must have put it to close from the Price Action. So As long as you did not release left button on the mouse, the EA was not able to reset the description if it was hit. So it repeat itself. When you trace a trend line close to price action, do it fast and don't put it too close of PA.
I will continue to monitor the EA, let me know if this happen while you did not touch the trend line, let me know.

Best of luck
ActionPl
  • #1,863
  • Aug 27, 2009 2:35am Aug 27, 2009 2:35am
Quoting Actionpl
Hi, the only think i can see that can cause this kind of behavior is the following.
When you have trace a new Main trendline, you must have put it to close from the Price Action. So As long as you did not release left button on the mouse, the EA was not able to reset the description if it was hit. So it repeat itself. When you trace a trend line close to price action, do it fast and don't put it too close of PA.
[color=blue]I will continue to monitor the EA, let me know if this happen while you did not touch...
Hi ActionPl,

Thanks for your efforts! It is very strange, and very worrying. Could the above also happen when the "TrailingStopFlag" = False (in the original problem I used = True). I normally use = False, so if it only possble with the trailing stop facility, then for sure I will never use the trailing stop with this EA again!

Best wishes
Andy
  • #1,864
  • Aug 27, 2009 10:03am Aug 27, 2009 10:03am
For some reason my trailing stop function stopped working on 1.5c and 1.5d

Anybody have any ideas?

My settings are:
Trailingstopflag: True
Trailingstopdynamic: True
Trailingstopmargin: 25
Trailingstop: 25
Tstrigger: 25

Thanks in advance
  • #1,865
  • Aug 28, 2009 1:41pm Aug 28, 2009 1:41pm
This is strange, the firebird ea's used to work fine for me and ever since I downloaded 1.5d I am experiencing problems.

The hidden take profit and trailing stop are not working in 1.5d.
here are is the set
TP: 100
SL:150
TS flag_True
TS Dynamic_True
TS:25
TSTrigger:25
HiddenTP:50

Neither the Trailing stop or the hidden TP are working.

Could it be that I am running MT4 off of a USB flash drive so I can take it with me from work to home every day. I dont think this would have anything to do with it.
  • #1,866
  • Aug 31, 2009 11:33am Aug 31, 2009 11:33am
Quoting bauerjj10
This is strange, the firebird ea's used to work fine for me and ever since I downloaded 1.5d I am experiencing problems.

The hidden take profit and trailing stop are not working in 1.5d.
here are is the set
TP: 100
SL:150
TS flag_True
TS Dynamic_True
TS:25
TSTrigger:25
HiddenTP:50

Neither the Trailing stop or the hidden TP are working.

Could it be that I am running MT4 off of a USB flash drive so I can take it with me from work to home every day. I dont think this would have anything to do with it.
I will do some simulation using your setup to see what is wrong.

Thanks for your patience.

Actionpl
  • #1,867
  • Aug 31, 2009 11:51am Aug 31, 2009 11:51am
Quoting Actionpl
I will do some simulation using your setup to see what is wrong.

Thanks for your patience.

Actionpl

Thanks Action,
One other strange thing I have noticed is that it will randomly close orders that are not close to the SL. It seems that the AUD/USD hit its hidden TP at 50 pips.
go to my statement and look at dates from 8/21 to present. I have been using 1.5d since those dates.
You will see today 8/31 on Gdp/USD there are a few closed trades at -4 pips all in a row.

http://bauerjj10.mt4live.com/
  • #1,868
  • Sep 3, 2009 8:33am Sep 3, 2009 8:33am
Actionpl...

Can you please send me a private message on how to contact you (apparently you don't have private messages turned on) as I have some code additions/changes/cleanups I want to discuss with you on your latest version of Firebird.

Thanks.
"I don't want to take over the world, just my own little part of it."
  • #1,869
  • Sep 3, 2009 11:54am Sep 3, 2009 11:54am
Just waiting for everthing to turn blue before taking my firebird on the road for a long drive.

What version of firebird are you all using? I'm a little scared to ask, so I'm currently using the one from post #1.
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  • #1,870
  • Sep 7, 2009 4:12pm Sep 7, 2009 4:12pm
Would it be possible to modify the EMA indicator which only alerts when a new arrow was drawn?
  • #1,871
  • Sep 21, 2009 6:49pm Sep 21, 2009 6:49pm
What happened to everone? Still waiting for the 1.5d fix. I.m currently using 1.5c and it seems to be working fine.
  • #1,872
  • Sep 22, 2009 3:05am Sep 22, 2009 3:05am
Quoting Inquisitor
What happened to everone? Still waiting for the 1.5d fix. I.m currently using 1.5c and it seems to be working fine.
Thanks Inquisitor, for posting.
I'm still very much arround because I know that this ea can be made pafect if v.1.5d fix is out.
Mainwhile can you share your settings on version 1.5c with a chat on how you draw your lines ?
Most of times my trendline are hit, disabling the ea.
Regards,
markpips.
  • #1,873
  • Sep 22, 2009 8:11pm Sep 22, 2009 8:11pm
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Originally Posted by markpips http://cdn.forexfactory.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif
...can you share your settings on version 1.5c with a chat on how you draw your lines...

Hi markpips,
I had the same problem, so I'm trying the following to correct the situation:
I generally use the Demark trend (daily) for entry. I use default settings except for the usdjpy or eurjpy DivergenceLimit which needs to be increased (default is .002). I didn't know what to use, so I kept increasing until the error disappeared. I settled on .01. After entry I move the trend line down/up to about the SL and this gives the PA room for retracements. I also use the Sonic Channel to confirm the trend. I am comfortable with a 2 to 3 o'clock up channel angle for a buy or 4 to 5 o'clock down channel angle for a sell. Same for the trend lines. Also I try not to enter a buy near the top of a channel or a sell near the bottom of a channel. Don't forget to use money management to determine your lot size. I risk 1 to 1.5 percent so that my loss isn't too great when a trade goes the wrong way. Once a trailing stop is established, I just let it go. Good luck.
  • #1,874
  • Sep 23, 2009 2:22pm Sep 23, 2009 2:22pm
Hi I agree with you that there is no time to trade all day in Forex and the EA works great. I work with Forexmegatrion and I love it, because he trades 24/5 and without any emotions, so I am making profits. Good luck in all your tadings.
  • #1,875
  • Sep 25, 2009 8:25pm Sep 25, 2009 8:25pm
Thanks Inquisitor,
I have attach demark indicator to my chat. It looks great, I will see how it goes next week when the maret reopens.
Regards, markpips.
  • #1,876
  • Sep 26, 2009 6:42pm Sep 26, 2009 6:42pm
Hi guys,
After a few months away I come back and try to use the new EA but I completely forgot how to write " Main_UpTrend....."and the other inscriptions on the trendlines I have to draw!!!! Can someone remind me how to do it???Thanks a lot
  • #1,877
  • Sep 27, 2009 11:26pm Sep 27, 2009 11:26pm
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Originally Posted by alain1 http://cdn.forexfactory.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif
... I completely forgot how to write " Main_UpTrend....."and the other inscriptions on the trendlines I have to draw...

Hi alain1,
After establishing your trend line, double click on it so that the three boxes appear on you trend line. Next right click on the trend line and select trendline properties on the drop down. Write Main_UpTrend_Alert_, etc. on the description line. Be careful to pay atention to the caps. In order to view what you wrote you have to select any blank area of the chart and right click. Select properties on the dropdown. Select the Common Tab and check the bottom box "Show object descriptions". Trendline inscriptions should now appear. Discussions about this start on page 107 or 108. I'm having problems with 1.5d so I'm still using 1.5c. Good luck.
  • #1,878
  • Sep 28, 2009 7:37am Sep 28, 2009 7:37am
Thanks a lot, Inquisitor
  • #1,879
  • Oct 13, 2009 2:17pm Oct 13, 2009 2:17pm
i'm using the firebird ea from the first post and it's been on for the last week without opening a single trade

Am I doing something wrong?
  • #1,880
  • Nov 19, 2009 2:04pm Nov 19, 2009 2:04pm
I am backtesting 5 digit version posted in post#1. These work well with "short only" on down trend areas. But picking "long only" in up trend gives me order send error 4111.

I tried both "long and short " on a wide area of both trends up and down. It seems to only pick up short orders. Feels like longs trades are turned off or something. Settings are all default no changes. Can somebody tell me what I am doing wrong?
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