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How can we know if our EA is banned by the Broker ?

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited 6:55pm May 28, 2009 3:14am | Edited 6:55pm
I have been using a EA on my LIVE Account several months. Doing fine... but, 2 days ago, this EA does not have a single trade at all. I did not changed any settings, wondering what could have gone wrong. There are no error messages in the Experts or Journal Tabs.

How can we know if our EA is banned by the Broker ?

Does Broker (IBFX) has the rights to prevent the client to use EA ?

Can someone advise me? Thanks.



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  • #2
  • Sep 29, 2009 2:36am Sep 29, 2009 2:36am
If the Broker ban your EA it's not a good broker. You can try trade copy tools that copy trades from a platform to another. Ie. you run your EA on a demo server from some broker and copy to IBFX.
  • #3
  • Sep 29, 2009 2:50am Sep 29, 2009 2:50am
Quoting siewhf
I have been using a EA on my LIVE Account several months. Doing fine... but, 2 days ago, this EA does not have a single trade at all. I did not changed any settings, wondering what could have gone wrong. There are no error messages in the Experts or Journal Tabs.
How can we know if our EA is banned by the Broker ?

Does Broker (IBFX) has the rights to prevent the client to use EA ?

Can someone advise me? Thanks
I thought EAs ran from the local machine, not on the b roker's server. If that's the case how would they know what EA you're running. The best thing to do is ask IBFX.
  • #4
  • Sep 29, 2009 4:48am Sep 29, 2009 4:48am
Quoting PeterFM
I thought EAs ran from the local machine, not on the b roker's server. If that's the case how would they know what EA you're running. The best thing to do is ask IBFX.
If they can access our logs, ofcourse they are generated by their server only e.g journal... They can see what indi's and what ea's (by names etc) we are using..! Many indi's , scripts, ea generated
Further.. Many Ea's comment out trades with their names.
Further, Many Ea's have a Typical magic number ( if its a well known commercial ea, they can find out from that too)

Just my 2 cents !
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  • #5
  • Sep 29, 2009 5:08am Sep 29, 2009 5:08am
Quoting forexsaint
If they can access our logs, ofcourse they are generated by their server only e.g journal... They can see what indi's and what ea's (by names etc) we are using..! Many indi's , scripts, ea generated
Further.. Many Ea's comment out trades with their names.
Further, Many Ea's have a Typical magic number ( if its a well known commercial ea, they can find out from that too)

Just my 2 cents !
Yep, should have kept my nose out of areas in which I have no knowledge. I was going by the posts I'd read where EAs entered a trade but the stop was not placed on the b roker's server and only activated when the EA saw the trade going wrong. So, I assumed the b roker was not able to see what the EA was doing.

I'll butt out and go back to doing what I know best, if I can remember.
  • #6
  • Sep 29, 2009 5:39am Sep 29, 2009 5:39am
Quoting PeterFM
I'll butt out and go back to doing what I know best, if I can remember.
You are one of the best PeterFm...! Thats what we shd know... which you know best !
Alas i m yet to reach somewhere to know that and forget these small things

Cheers any way !
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  • #7
  • Last Post: Sep 29, 2009 6:07am Sep 29, 2009 6:07am
Quoting forexsaint
You are one of the best PeterFm...! Thats what we shd know... which you know best !
Alas i m yet to reach somewhere to know that and forget these small things
Cheers any way !
I keep telling my wife that but all she does is laugh. At least someone around here likes me .
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