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  • #581
  • Nov 5, 2009 7:00pm Nov 5, 2009 7:00pm
Quoting vinesh
Not as much selling as yesterday.BOJ is quiet today it seems, and that is scary!
Nonfarm Payrolls tomorrow, most pairs will probably just consolidate until then.
  • #582
  • Nov 5, 2009 7:00pm Nov 5, 2009 7:00pm
Thank you Steve for the massive contribution of hours in programming this robot for the benefit of the community.

And massive thanks to Scooby for sharing his vast knowledge so that many others may learn.
  • #583
  • Nov 5, 2009 7:02pm Nov 5, 2009 7:02pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Based on this, V1.5 is to be found in post 1 - details in updates as usual.

That is me done for the week, probably. I have a busy day tomorrow of rehearsals for concerts and teaching, so there will not be any coding done.

Over the weekend, I will look at ways to automate spotting the appropriate time for the robot to start monitoring for trades. Any suggestions in this area are most welcome.

Good luck in the morning. This week has been a blast. Have a great weekend everyone.

Scott, many thanks for all your help.

scooby-doo, what can I say?...
Thanks to you Steve, Scooby and Scott. Your contribution is priceless.

Have nice weekend.

Cheers
  • #584
  • Nov 5, 2009 7:10pm Nov 5, 2009 7:10pm
Quoting sahars
Thanks to you Steve, Scooby and Scott. Your contribution is priceless.

Have nice weekend.

Cheers
Amen to that.
  • #585
  • Nov 5, 2009 7:12pm Nov 5, 2009 7:12pm
Quoting Delage
Five minutes ago at 7:50 EST, the EA returned to "Outside trading hours". Is this correct? Also, the EA did not take a trade this evening, when looking at the EA properties , I see that the lot size is set to .01 lot. My broker, PFG, does not have the small a lot size. Am I correct in assuming that it did not trade because the lot size was too small? Thanks, Delage
Load up the latest version and double check your times.
  • #586
  • Nov 5, 2009 7:12pm Nov 5, 2009 7:12pm
We might all need to get together and get a bulk truckload order of scooby snacks soon. Ship em on over the scoob
  • #587
  • Nov 5, 2009 7:22pm Nov 5, 2009 7:22pm
Fxshadow, Thanks for the reply. I'll do that, with the experience gained this evening, I'll examine the #1 post and see if the indis are in their proper places. Delage
  • #588
  • Nov 5, 2009 7:22pm Nov 5, 2009 7:22pm
There is only so much you can expect from an automated system.

I use semi-automated systems on a daily basis which basically give trade signals, its up to me to agree or disagree with these signals and act accordingly with TP and SL based on market conditions if i choose to accept them. Thats what I am paid for as apposed to a totally automated system.

Ofcourse you can build lots of things into a Robot etc but you cannot (at the moment) build in proper market analysis.

How would a Robot or automated system know there had been an Earthquake in Tokyo etc.

This system works but you have to be realistic about %ROI.

It will easily make > 10% per week, with virtually no risk and no market analysis.

Use this system to build up your account balances, in a year you will then be able to use much higher lot sizes.

Remember, any profit, however small, is good.
  • #589
  • Nov 5, 2009 8:13pm Nov 5, 2009 8:13pm
Hello ScoobyDoo,

Interesting. Support and Resistance would be good in this type of trading. Our man Steve has coded almost anything you can think of in some of his previous robots though so if you were able to describe exit criteria with S&R I am willing to wager Steve could work his wonderful magic and code it. This is an interesting S&R tool for anyone to play with as well. http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=204276

Regards,
Jeff

Quoting scooby-doo
I would go for a (higher lot size) x 200 to close the basket out. I do understand that everyone want lots of pips. But the idea is to open/close the basket asap without going into DD or having baskets opened for hours, days or even weeks. I understand this means increasing AccountBalance.

Anyway, play around with TP etc.

Its different for me because I can gauge how far to take your TP based on support/resistence levels etc. Which i am not sure we could build into this EA.

My original thoughts were to give you a system with 99.99% win...
  • #590
  • Nov 5, 2009 8:46pm Nov 5, 2009 8:46pm
[quote=scooby-doo;3212448]There is only so much you can expect from an automated system.

I use semi-automated systems on a daily basis which basically give trade signals, its up to me to agree or disagree with these signals and act accordingly with TP and SL based on market conditions if i choose to accept them. Thats what I am paid for as apposed to a totally automated system.
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Ask :

Hi

How can we set Scooby Doo EA for semi-automated systems :

---- for give Daily trade Signals manually , but TP & SL automated ?

Thanks

Cheers,
  • #591
  • Nov 5, 2009 8:59pm Nov 5, 2009 8:59pm
[quote=ad2008;3212521]
Quoting scooby-doo
There is only so much you can expect from an automated system.

I use semi-automated systems on a daily basis which basically give trade signals, its up to me to agree or disagree with these signals and act accordingly with TP and SL based on market conditions if i choose to accept them. Thats what I am paid for as apposed to a totally automated system.
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Ask :

Hi

How can we set Scooby Doo EA for semi-automated systems :

---- for give Daily trade Signals manually , but TP & SL automated ?

Thanks

Cheers,
You could put a check in the box for ask manual confirmation on the common tab of the EA.
  • #592
  • Nov 5, 2009 10:30pm Nov 5, 2009 10:30pm
[quote=fxshadow;3212541]
Quoting ad2008

You could put a check in the box for ask manual confirmation on the common tab of the EA.
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Thanks
  • #593
  • Nov 5, 2009 10:59pm Nov 5, 2009 10:59pm
I have seen people having problems setting the time correctly.
Maybe this could be automated so the ea autoconfigures the correct times. I have been looking at this and have not found an easy way to determine the gmt offset the broker is working with, but I also have never written code for metatrader so I am probably not aware of all it's functions.
What I have seen is that it is possible to import windows dll files, so maybe importing kernell32.dll can solve the problem.

In kernell32.dll there are several functions to poll the system about time:
GetLocalTime
GetTimeZoneInformation
GetSystemTime ==> Responds with the system time expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Quick edit: I have just found this usage example at metatrader forums.
  • #594
  • Nov 6, 2009 12:30am Nov 6, 2009 12:30am
just got a buy basket on FXDD
  • #595
  • Nov 6, 2009 12:39am Nov 6, 2009 12:39am
Quoting fxshadow
just got a buy basket on FXDD
The robot pick up a buy..at the moment not looking good..currently down -1030..this was a bad entry not sure why it took these trade..any suggestion?.
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  • #596
  • Nov 6, 2009 12:51am Nov 6, 2009 12:51am
I can see now that the emergency SL and TP only apply to the chart you have the EA on. In this case G/Y.
  • #597
  • Nov 6, 2009 12:53am Nov 6, 2009 12:53am
My 15 minute KG indicator dipped below 90 for a second then the robot to the trade. The indicator then popped back up over 90, kinda like it repainted.
  • #598
  • Nov 6, 2009 12:56am Nov 6, 2009 12:56am
I'm still in the trade sitting at -128$. Take profit multiplier @250 for 25$ profit.
  • #599
  • Nov 6, 2009 12:59am Nov 6, 2009 12:59am
Quoting fxshadow
My 15 minute KG indicator dipped below 90 for a second then the robot to the trade. The indicator then popped back up over 90, kinda like it repainted.
No indicator can repaint on the current uncompleted bar, because the bar is by definition not finished. It did dip down and then in the same current bar popped back up. If it were me, I would place a trade at the close of the previous bar, or the open of the current bar when the close of the previous bar indicator has gone above and then closed under 90, if you want to be sure of it staying under the 90.
  • #600
  • Nov 6, 2009 1:00am Nov 6, 2009 1:00am
Quoting smjones
No indicator can repaint on the current uncompleted bar, because the bar is by definition not finished. It did dip down and then in the same current bar popped back up. If it were me, I would place a trade at the close of the previous bar if you want to be sure of it staying under the 90.
Is the EA coded to wait for the close of the Bar?
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