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  • #2,541
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:27pm Nov 17, 2009 6:27pm
Quoting e-piphany
I think he means criminal in the wider sense ie all retail brokers, the choice is whether it is a ECN criminal or a bucket shop criminal.
Yep. The only people who don't regard forex brokers as criminals are the ones who have not been trading for long.

Treat a broker/criminal like you would treat a pile of poo or a man armed with a knife and sporting scars over both eyes. They are evil bastards whose one aim in life is to separate you from your cash.

  • #2,542
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:29pm Nov 17, 2009 6:29pm
Steve, when you've got a spare minute (if you ever do ) any chance you could give a refresher regarding the auto base lot size calculation, and the lot size calculations for the basket pairs, and how this relates to the account type and account balance.
I was surprised to read Scoobys recent comments that the requirement to run these EA's is a Standard account with a minimum of 2500 units of currency.
I don't recall reading this anywhere else on the thread before now, and was under the impression that the EA could be used on a mini account with e.g. minimum lot size capability of 1,000 and a smaller balance.
Thanks.
  • #2,543
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:33pm Nov 17, 2009 6:33pm
Quoting Jezza
Steve, when you've got a spare minute (if you ever do ) any chance you could give a refresher regarding the auto base lot size calculation, and the lot size calculations for the basket pairs, and how this relates to the account type and account balance.
I was surprised to read Scoobys recent comments that the requirement to run these EA's is a Standard account with a minimum of 2500 units of currency.
I don't recall reading this anywhere else on the thread before now, and was under the impression that the EA could be used on a mini account with...
Jezza,
It is just a suggestion from Scooby, as the DD (which hopefully you never endure) are terrible when a basket goes wrong. And if you think any robot or trader doesn't get a bad trade then.........
When you trade basket DD is highly magnified.
  • #2,544
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:36pm Nov 17, 2009 6:36pm
Quoting vinesh
Jezza,
It is just a suggestion from Scooby, as the DD (which hopefully you never endure) are terrible when a basket goes wrong.
For the basket to function correctly you need to have 2 decimal places for calculating the lot sizes properly, so 0.10, 0.14, 0.19, 0.23 etc.
  • #2,545
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:37pm Nov 17, 2009 6:37pm
In and out on both EA's for profit.

looking good thus far
  • #2,546
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:39pm Nov 17, 2009 6:39pm
Quoting Jezza
I don't recall reading this anywhere else on the thread before now, and was under the impression that the EA could be used on a mini account with e.g. minimum lot size capability of 1,000 and a smaller balance.
Thanks.
I am. Doesn't mean I should, but that is where I am. Scoobs has more money than the rest of us and is used to thinking on a different plane.

So far, this simply means I have made less money than if I had a few $50,000 accounts lying around trading my robots.

Quite a lot less money, actually. One day....................

In the meantime, here I am coding robots and soaking up anything anybody has to offer. I have this one (the 'proper' one) and the KG Range robot making actual cash. Not much, but keeping on compounding not much leads to lots and lots.

I hope.

Then there is the AshFX V2 robot, which is doing surprisingly well on demo despite my benign neglect. A couple more in the background are looking quite promising.

Those Sell baskets should be looking good right now.

  • #2,547
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:40pm Nov 17, 2009 6:40pm
Quoting scottik187
In and out on both EA's for profit.

looking good thus far
Excellent.

  • #2,548
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:41pm Nov 17, 2009 6:41pm
Got a basket and closed at 750 multiplier. All within 10 minutes.
  • #2,549
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:43pm Nov 17, 2009 6:43pm
Quoting SteveHopwood

Those Sell baskets should be looking good right now.
TP hit
consistency wins
  • #2,550
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:43pm Nov 17, 2009 6:43pm
Tonight Alpari US and IBFX demos both said "Trading suspended because of news item." Did those whose demos opened sell baskets have the news filter off? Had the same thing happen last night.
  • #2,551
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:47pm Nov 17, 2009 6:47pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
I am. Doesn't mean I should, but that is where I am. Scoobs has more money than the rest of us and is used to thinking on a different plane.

So far, this simply means I have made less money than if I had a few $50,000 accounts lying around trading my robots.

Quite a lot less money, actually. One day....................

In the meantime, here I am coding robots and soaking up anything anybody has to offer. I have this one (the 'proper' one) and the KG Range robot making actual cash. Not much, but keeping on compounding not much leads to lots and...
Well, Im in the same place as you! As most probably are. Thanks for the info.
By the way, does everyone else have their News Filter turned off? On the 24hr EA I've got trading suspended and the proper EA has shut down until the Tokyo close.
  • #2,552
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:48pm Nov 17, 2009 6:48pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
I keep on forgetting the ecn thingy. If yours is an ECN criminal, remember to turn CriminalIsECN to true.

Sing out if this doesn't solve the problem because it would represent a bug. 'twould be nice if you could confirm that yours is an ECN crim and you just forgot the setting.

Hi Steve
Thanks for your reply. I know coding is sometimes a pain . I myself used to be a programmer but I decided to quit my job a month ago . About the 130 error, I also encountered it. It seems the EA tried to open trades on different pairs every tick and the alerts woke me up. ( I stayed up to 4am but just finished first 40 pages )
I'm using it on my demo account on IAMFX and I set CriminalsECN parameter to false and turn off news filter. So what's your suggestion to fix such that 130 error?

Thanks for your great jobs.

Regards
Keith
  • #2,553
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:49pm Nov 17, 2009 6:49pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
I am. Doesn't mean I should, but that is where I am. Scoobs has more money than the rest of us and is used to thinking on a different plane.

So far, this simply means I have made less money than if I had a few $50,000 accounts lying around trading my robots.

Quite a lot less money, actually. One day....................

In the meantime, here I am coding robots and soaking up anything anybody has to offer. I have this one (the 'proper' one) and the KG Range robot making actual cash. Not much, but keeping on compounding not much leads to lots...
Steve

It has nothing todo with the fact that I have more money to use. Last week the Bank of Taiwan tried to devalue the Yen using $800 Million dollars in 40 minutes, if you had been trading this system with anything less than 2500 then your SL's would have been hit ASAP.

I leave it upto you guys how you play this out. But occassionaly the death trade will come if you dont have enough margin.

Scoobs.
  • #2,554
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:50pm Nov 17, 2009 6:50pm
Yep I've turned my news filter off after reading the earlier posts -
  • #2,555
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:53pm Nov 17, 2009 6:53pm
I turned both news filters off, one on V2.5, other V2.6 and didn't get trade, also could not use the "Immediate sell basket". Why is that?
  • #2,556
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:56pm Nov 17, 2009 6:56pm
Quoting Jezza
Well, Im in the same place as you! As most probably are. Thanks for the info.
By the way, does everyone else have their News Filter turned off? On the 24hr EA I've got trading suspended and the proper EA has shut down until the Tokyo close.
I am sure there is a need to be able to differentiate between different levels of news releases.

When I first found Forex, NFP was a thing of terror and awe. Nearly 3 years down the line, it hardly seems to move the markets at all these days. Ok, a bit of a flummux at the actual release, but this settles down pretty quickly.

The whole point of trading a basket is to iron out the wrinkles in individual trades, to allow the whole to overcome wayward behaviour by some of its parts.

So, whether a minor news release should stop the sending of an entire basket of trades is open to question from my point of view. I think it should not. It seems to me that this is especially true if BOJ decides to intervene; the effect of your average minor news release is surely going to be blown out of the water by BOJ.

We shall see as time passes.

  • #2,557
  • Nov 17, 2009 6:58pm Nov 17, 2009 6:58pm
Steve are you looking at adding a "stop trading" function for fridays?

OT. Would anyone know if its possible to highlight posts made here for future reference. I've seen several that, while they dont apply now, might in the future.

TKs.
  • #2,558
  • Nov 17, 2009 7:05pm Nov 17, 2009 7:05pm
Quoting sundog
Steve are you looking at adding a "stop trading" function for fridays?
You are talking about the 24H version? Yes. Also code to stop trading during the 'dead hours' of the evening here in the UK, from about 18.00-22.00. None of this is necessary for the 'proper' version.

  • #2,559
  • Nov 17, 2009 7:14pm Nov 17, 2009 7:14pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
I am sure there is a need to be able to differentiate between different levels of news releases.

When I first found Forex, NFP was a thing of terror and awe. Nearly 3 years down the line, it hardly seems to move the markets at all these days. Ok, a bit of a flummux at the actual release, but this settles down pretty quickly.

The whole point of trading a basket is to iron out the wrinkles in individual trades, to allow the whole to overcome wayward behaviour by some of its parts.

So, whether a minor news release should stop the sending of...
Steve,
I suggest you add the functionality to let the user select the news level. I believe you have this in your other earlier robots (ash et all). The most I ever select if the choice is there is high impact and medium impact. Your selflessness is greatly appreciated.
  • #2,560
  • Nov 17, 2009 7:16pm Nov 17, 2009 7:16pm
Quoting watube
Steve,
I suggest you add the functionality to let the user select the news level. I believe you have this in your other earlier robots (ash et all). The most I ever select if the choice is there is high impact and medium impact. Your selflessness is greatly appreciated.
'Tis on my to-do list.

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