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  • #141
  • Nov 2, 2009 2:58pm Nov 2, 2009 2:58pm
Clearly there is a problem here.

I've been running the EA on and off since it was released, updating it each time there was a new one put on the first post. But neither this EA nor the other I'm testing from another thread have made a single trade, and I'm not sure why. When I saw the gentleman above post about the 5M TF, I decided to load it up to see what it would do...

As you can see from this chart, it should have taken the trade (I believe) at the vertical line on the chart, but nope. And I'm also not getting an alert message as to why the trade was not taken. I've verified that the EA is set up for live trading on both long and short with no confirmation and I'm posting my settings.

GVI=-----General trade inputs-----
TradeLong=1
TradeShort=1
Lot=0.02000000
MinStopLoss=200
TradeComment=AshFX V2
mni=Min 5 digits for magic number
MagicNumber=12345
MaxSpreadAllowed=20
mm=Money management
RobotCalulatesLotSize=0
LotsPerCurrencyUnit=0.02000000
CurrencyUnit=500.00000000
his=----Hedging----
HedgeNotStopLoss=0
StartHedgingAtLossPips=200
HedgingIncrementPips=200
BreakEvenProfitPercent=1.00000000
clf=----Candle length and wick filters----
CandleLengthLookBackBars=100
CandleLengthOverAverage=1000.00000000 (for 5M timeframe only)
AllowableWickPercentage=100.00000000
mi=-----Open trade management inputs-----
slf=----Stop Loss Manipulation----
JSL=Jumping stop loss settings
JumpingStop=0
JumpingStopPips=100
JumpAfterBreakevenOnly=1
pci=Part-close settings
PartCloseEnabled=1
Close_Lots=0.01000000
Preserve_Lots=0.01000000
BreakEvenProfit=100.00000000
AutoCalculatePartClose=1
sr=----Support and resistance----
hl=Horizontal lines
UseHorizontalLineSR=1
SrLineColour=13688896
HlAllowablePipsAway=50
bn=Big numbers
UseBigNumbers=1
BnAllowablePipsAway=100
bab=-----Odds and ends-----
ShowAlerts=1
DisplayGapSize=30
CurrencySymbol=£


Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. -J
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  • #142
  • Nov 2, 2009 3:07pm Nov 2, 2009 3:07pm
Well, for one thing there's no smiley face in the upper right hand corner of your screen shot. That would mean the EA is running and happy. There's only a little "x" there.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
  • #143
  • Nov 2, 2009 3:10pm Nov 2, 2009 3:10pm
Quoting jay320
Clearly there is a problem here.

I've been running the EA on and off since it was released, updating it each time there was a new one put on the first post. But neither this EA nor the other I'm testing from another thread have made a single trade, and I'm not sure why. When I saw the gentleman above post about the 5M TF, I decided to load it up to see what it would do...
MT4 is a sod to learn. See the little cross next to the robot name on the top right of the screen? This means the robot is disabled by the platform.

Whenever you set up a new demo, you need to enable expert advisors by:

 

  1. clicking Tools|Options|Expert advisors
  2. selecting (clicking so a tick mark appears) the four main boxes on the left, then deselecting the four sub-boxes on the right.
  3. hey presto, the little cross next to the robot will be replaced by a smiley face. It is ready for trading.

Good luck. Have fun with the robot. Don't even consider trading it live until you understand how to use it and have traded the underlying system manually on demo. Ignore this advice and you will be sorry.

  • #144
  • Nov 2, 2009 4:37pm Nov 2, 2009 4:37pm
sage advice, for sure..

trying to learn forex, mt4, and metaquotes all at the same time. I won't be using my cash any time soon! But's been fun experimenting with it and testing your EA. Isn't it a good test for a newbie to say.. "hey, that should have been a trade!" i'm proud I could even put two and two together.
  • #145
  • Edited 5:08pm Nov 2, 2009 4:47pm | Edited 5:08pm
Quoting jay320
sage advice, for sure..

trying to learn forex, mt4, and metaquotes all at the same time. I won't be using my cash any time soon! But's been fun experimenting with it and testing your EA. Isn't it a good test for a newbie to say.. "hey, that should have been a trade!" i'm proud I could even put two and two together.
Yep. Sure is. If you can do this, you are already well ahead of where I was when I first discovered you don't need to be Soros to trade forex. I spent my first 12 months saying, "Eh? What?"

  • #146
  • Nov 2, 2009 5:29pm Nov 2, 2009 5:29pm
Hi Steve - FYI: at midnight I got in the popup window these errors: first:

"Partial close of NZDJPY ticket no 72224503 failed with error (129): invalid price"

and after that:


"Partial close of NZDJPY ticket no 73120150"

after that:

"Partial close of NZDJPY ticket no 72224503 failed with error (4108): invalid ticket"

I'm using now the latest version of the EA (10/29).

Current situation:
Really one half of the NZDJPY (entry was 10/28) trade is closed - only 0.01 lot is left now for prolonged trading.

The second trade (Open was 10/29) GBPJPY is unchanged. Trading is going on with original full 0.02 lot.

No new entries have ben triggered.
  • #147
  • Nov 2, 2009 5:54pm Nov 2, 2009 5:54pm
Quoting Mandl2007
Hi Steve - FYI: at midnight I got in the popup window these errors: first:

"Partial close of NZDJPY ticket no 72224503 failed with error (129): invalid price"

and after that:


"Partial close of NZDJPY ticket no 73120150"

after that:

"Partial close of NZDJPY ticket no 72224503 failed with error (4108): invalid ticket"

I'm using now the latest version of the EA (10/29).

Current situation:
Really one half of the NZDJPY (entry was 10/28)...
Thanks. So long as the half-close eventually happened, that is ok. Eventually I will iron our all the wrinkles.

I have experienced something I didn't want. My GJ trade that went so far into dd that it triggered a hedge trade travelled back far enough in the direction of the original trade that half of it was closed out tonight. This is not supposed to happen when there is a hedge in place, so this is a bug that definitely needs squishing.

  • #148
  • Nov 2, 2009 5:54pm Nov 2, 2009 5:54pm
Hi Steve - strange thing - you recommended to use for "CandleLengthOverAverage" the number 1000 to switch it of. I did so in my set file - but regardless of this change I got in the popup window at midnight: ... deleted because of too lenght candle or so .... and - no trade entry !


"AllowableWickPercentage" is 100.0 !
  • #149
  • Nov 2, 2009 6:03pm Nov 2, 2009 6:03pm
hmmm .... a thought only - could it be possible to programm the possibility for triggering an entry manually and by this way using after that the EA for order management following the AshFx exit rules ? So I could avoid the inhibition of entry because of candle lenght - I would follow the AshFx dashboard signals.
  • #150
  • Nov 2, 2009 6:12pm Nov 2, 2009 6:12pm
Quoting Mandl2007
Hi Steve - strange thing - you recommended to use for "CandleLengthOverAverage" the number 1000 to switch it of. I did so in my set file - but regardless of this change I got in the popup window at midnight: ... deleted because of too lenght candle or so .... and - no trade entry !
Leave it with me. Looking at it briefly, the code appears ok but it clearly isn't. I will sort this out as soon as possible.

  • #151
  • Nov 2, 2009 6:17pm Nov 2, 2009 6:17pm
Quoting Mandl2007
hmmm .... a thought only - could it be possible to programm the possibility for triggering an entry manually and by this way using after that the EA for order management following the AshFx exit rules ? So I could avoid the inhibition of entry because of candle lenght - I would follow the AshFx dashboard signals.
No. If you want to trade the system manually then you don't need this robot. Manual trading requires you to attend to matters once a day.

The only reason I am trying to write this blasted robot is that the new candle happens when I should be in bed for 7 months of the year. The other 5, manual trading is a doddle.

Actually, the blasted robot mostly works ok. It is those niggling little details that are causing me to lose the will to live.

Hey ho. I will get there.

Eventually.

Possibly.

  • #152
  • Nov 3, 2009 1:28am Nov 3, 2009 1:28am
Quoting SteveHopwood
No. If you want to trade the system manually then you don't need this robot. Manual trading requires you to attend to matters once a day.

The only reason I am trying to write this blasted robot is that the new candle happens when I should be in bed for 7 months of the year. The other 5, manual trading is a doddle.

Actually, the blasted robot mostly works ok. It is those niggling little details that are causing me to lose the will to live.

Hey ho. I will get there.

Eventually.

Possibly.

steve, take a breath, bud. You've coded a great robot here.
  • #153
  • Nov 4, 2009 3:06am Nov 4, 2009 3:06am
Steve ... you did it again demo testing this along the side with KG v3 and Scooby
  • #154
  • Nov 4, 2009 3:26am Nov 4, 2009 3:26am
Quoting Ervichov
Steve ... you did it again demo testing this along the side with KG v3 and Scooby
Ehup Ervichov. Nice to see you here as well.

Ok guys, I have looked at the code that closes half the trade when in profit at the start of a new candle, and cannot see anything wrong. Fact is, there is something wrong because the robot is not supposed to do this when the trade is hedged; I just cannot see it.

I am not going to worry about it for now. We all know Ash's system does not take many trades, but those it does take are mostly highly accurate and profitable. It could be that the best way forward is to forget about hedging, allow the robot to set a stop loss and just accept the occasional loser.

Right now, I want to concentrate on two projects that do take a lot of trades. The easiest and most straightforward is this one at http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...85#post3199485. This one has the potential to be ridiculously profitable.

That robot is named after scooby-doo, a highly experienced professional trader whose words should be valued for the gold they are worth. It is a spin-off from the thread at http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=152341. Visit this one when you are feeling strong and in the mood for a lot of reading because the robot is untradeable unless users know what they are doing.

So, if any of you haven't visited these threads yet, then you are missing out on great opportunities.

  • #155
  • Nov 4, 2009 3:58am Nov 4, 2009 3:58am
Quoting SteveHopwood
Ehup Ervichov. Nice to see you here as well.

Ok guys, I have looked at the code that closes half the trade when in profit at the start of a new candle, and cannot see anything wrong. Fact is, there is something wrong because the robot is not supposed to do this when the trade is hedged; I just cannot see it.

I am not going to worry about it for now. We all know Ash's system does not take many trades, but those it does take are mostly highly accurate and profitable. It could be that the best way forward is to forget about hedging, allow...
Looking forward to Scooby-Doo development !!!
  • #156
  • Nov 18, 2009 5:40am Nov 18, 2009 5:40am
Can anyone please tell me, should this ea place trades or does it only give signals. What currency pairs does it monior?
  • #157
  • Nov 18, 2009 5:53am Nov 18, 2009 5:53am
Quoting forexchequer
Can anyone please tell me, should this ea place trades or does it only give signals. What currency pairs does it monior?
post #1 ------> user guide.pdf
  • #158
  • Nov 18, 2009 7:17pm Nov 18, 2009 7:17pm
Hai Steve,

I have loaded the ea program but every time there is a message pop out "FFCal Error - Web page download was not complete!" How do I download and ratify this error?

Thanks.
mnoor

Quoting SteveHopwood
Attached is the trading robot for Ash's system.

THIS IS NOT READY FOR LIVE TRADING YET

Just some details need fine-tuning and remaining bugs need unearthing.



Updates:

24th October:
Codedfixes for the bugs uncovered by Pavel. At least, I think I have - the code is pretty straightforward, but we shall see. 'Tis working ok in strategy tester.

Added a couple of new inputs. From the relevant parts of the user guide:
[list][*]MinStopLoss: the smallest stop loss you will accept if you are not using...
  • #159
  • Nov 20, 2009 6:44pm Nov 20, 2009 6:44pm
Quoting mnoor
Hai Steve,

I have loaded the ea program but every time there is a message pop out "FFCal Error - Web page download was not complete!" How do I download and ratify this error?

Thanks.
mnoor
Don't know. The robot does not call the FFCal indi.

  • #160
  • Nov 20, 2009 6:51pm Nov 20, 2009 6:51pm
What I do know is this: I am going live with the robot next week. It just keeps on spotting those successful trades on deom, so it wins promotion to an eglobal cent account.

A robot can only succeed if the strategy it trades works. Nice one, Ash.

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