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  • #1
  • First Post: Edited Oct 28, 2009 7:02pm Oct 10, 2009 4:56am | Edited Oct 28, 2009 7:02pm
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  • #2
  • Oct 10, 2009 5:22pm Oct 10, 2009 5:22pm
Or if anyone could modify the MA EA that comes default with MT4 to do this, that would even work, I wouldn't suspect it would be too much work.
  • #3
  • Oct 10, 2009 5:52pm Oct 10, 2009 5:52pm
Post it,

I deleted the one on my terminal... i'll modify it for u
  • #4
  • Oct 10, 2009 6:08pm Oct 10, 2009 6:08pm
Quoting Rbi
Post it,

I deleted the one on my terminal... i'll modify it for u
Thanks, there needs to be a "DefaultSL" extern as well, pip based is fine, that gets put in place until the MA is in the profit zone so that no trade is left open without SL.

Pharoah

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  • #5
  • Oct 10, 2009 6:09pm Oct 10, 2009 6:09pm
Young grasshopper, this system will crash in time.
  • #6
  • Oct 10, 2009 6:15pm Oct 10, 2009 6:15pm
Quoting tdion
Young grasshopper, this system will crash in time.
Very possible, not doubting that, just have a theory I want to test via backtesting, looks promising. But only tests will tell.

And I know typical MA cross systems are not long lived at all, but Ichimoku is a MA system that has stood the tests of time, and won.
  • #7
  • Oct 10, 2009 6:16pm Oct 10, 2009 6:16pm
Well, that's the fallacy --- history won't repeat itself.

An EA can do very well for 8 years in a row, and then hit the gutter.

It happened to me, I know.

Unless you know WHY THE PRICE MOVES, you can't do anything but get lucky or unlucky.
  • #8
  • Oct 10, 2009 6:20pm Oct 10, 2009 6:20pm
Quoting tdion
Well, that's the fallacy --- history won't repeat itself.

An EA can do very well for 8 years in a row, and then hit the gutter.

It happened to me, I know.

Unless you know WHY THE PRICE MOVES, you can't do anything but get lucky or unlucky.
I know, but having this EA to work with, will allow me to see those points in which you are speaking of, and figure out ways to avoid it, maybe prevent trading all together in points like that. Who knows. But having this will definitely assist me in my analysis.

I suspect by the end of it, I will most likely end up using the Kumo (Ichimoku Cloud) to help determine standstills in the market. I've also thought about the "open close open close open close open close" as the price moves across the MA and back several times before the price locks outside of the MA, and is why I requested the additional extern for a hardstop, this should help filter out a number of PA moves as it crosses over the MA
  • #9
  • Oct 10, 2009 10:36pm Oct 10, 2009 10:36pm
One more thing RBI, when the trade gets closed due to to "DefaultSL" an order must be opened in the opposing direction after that one closes.

Thanks
  • #10
  • Oct 11, 2009 2:17pm Oct 11, 2009 2:17pm
Quoting tdion
An EA can do very well for 8 years in a row, and then hit the gutter.

It happened to me, I know.
tdion, in your profile you state you have only 3 - 5 years trading experience. Why do you irritate people and waste their time?
Gone to a better place
  • #11
  • Oct 11, 2009 2:21pm Oct 11, 2009 2:21pm
Quoting smikester
tdion, in your profile you state you have only 3 - 5 years trading experience. Why do you irritate people and waste their time?
This may be true, but at the same time, I only have 7 months of experience...

The amount of experience a person has matters very little, how well they learn the material presented is what matters. And it's true that Most MA EA's fail after streaks of success, this is due to ranging conditions that MA's are unable to filter out.
  • #12
  • Oct 11, 2009 2:36pm Oct 11, 2009 2:36pm
This sounds like an easy EA to write from scratch. I'll get to it. Prolly borrow the MM from somewhere else though.
  • #13
  • Oct 11, 2009 2:46pm Oct 11, 2009 2:46pm
Who did I irritate? How did I waste anyone's time? Thanks....

Quoting smikester
tdion, in your profile you state you have only 3 - 5 years trading experience. Why do you irritate people and waste their time?
  • #14
  • Oct 11, 2009 3:00pm Oct 11, 2009 3:00pm
Quoting tdion
Who did I irritate? How did I waste anyone's time? Thanks....
I think it was just a misunderstanding of the point you were making. He may have thought that you were automatically stomping on the MA idea because your experience says so, or might have been a "8 years?? you only have 3-5, how can you know" view that could be taken as a lie, but I'm sure your experience in this 8 years then crash was backtests.
  • #15
  • Oct 11, 2009 3:23pm Oct 11, 2009 3:23pm
Here it is for you. I left out the MM, because I am not very good at coding that yet. Someone else can add it.

Also, it works at the beginning of every bar, not within bars like you ask, if I did that the price can cross the MA many many times in a single bar and you lose lots of money on the spread, not to mention the broker might disable this EA from the server's end for getting orders every tick.
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  • #16
  • Oct 11, 2009 3:48pm Oct 11, 2009 3:48pm
I don't think the one I wrote will work as is, I have been trying to optimize it (on USDJPY) but it apparently has no profitalble parameters. (have only been trying to optimize MA_PERIOD and StopLoss)
  • #17
  • Edited 8:01pm Oct 11, 2009 4:00pm | Edited 8:01pm
I've been trying to optimize on USDJPY 5M with no luck, methinks this will not work as is. (was trying to optimize MA_Period and StopLoss)

edit: Woops repeat post
  • #18
  • Oct 11, 2009 4:14pm Oct 11, 2009 4:14pm
Quoting Pharoah
One more thing RBI, when the trade gets closed due to to "DefaultSL" an order must be opened in the opposing direction after that one closes.

Thanks
will do... Gonna Finish up the holidays and get it done after Monday.
  • #19
  • Oct 11, 2009 4:22pm Oct 11, 2009 4:22pm
Quoting Rbi
will do... Gonna Finish up the holidays and get it done after Monday.
ok thanks good holidays
  • #20
  • Last Post: Oct 22, 2009 11:37pm Oct 22, 2009 11:37pm
Quoting helloguy
Here it is for you. I left out the MM, because I am not very good at coding that yet. Someone else can add it.

Also, it works at the beginning of every bar, not within bars like you ask, if I did that the price can cross the MA many many times in a single bar and you lose lots of money on the spread, not to mention the broker might disable this EA from the server's end for getting orders every tick.
Hi Helloguy, thanks for this EA, I just noticed now that you had posted it, I noticed something when testing the EA tho, I will explain with this image.

In this image, I have circled the area's of interest, I will go through the index so you know exactly what each color represents.

Dark Blue - This is where a long order would be placed
Light Blue - This is where the long order would close
Red - This is where a short order would be placed
Orange - This is where the short order would be closed

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I hope that helps explain what I'm looking for. The equity line on my charts look AMAZING but the actual trades are not closing properly.

Also, the reason I have requested it trade when the price crosses over the MA in real time is because it requires a trailing stop at the beginning of every trade to allow the PA to move away from the MA, then gets adjusted to the MA when the TS crosses it, in order for my tests to be accurate, I need the EA to function in this fashion.
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