DislikedClick the big Expert Advisor button up the top to change the x to smiley face. If you end up with a sad face, also right click the chart, select expert advisors - properties (or select the chart & press F7). Then under common tab, click allow live trading.
From the F7, under the inputs tab is where you change the ea values. Sometimes with this ea it doesnt do as expected, seems due to global variables. They are under Tools - Global variables (or F3 from the chart). Deleting the variables is a bit of a guessing game, but give it a go if you need...Ignored
scooby-doo BOJ JPY pairs trading robots - ask your basic questions here
- #24
- Edited 4:44pm Nov 24, 2009 4:17pm | Edited 4:44pm
Thanks for your help. If you can find how to temporarily disable the vista security settings, I would very much appreciate it, still haven't been able to update to 225 because of this problem.
Just went back through my posts, cause I remembered I had worked this out before way back. The setting is User Account Control.
in Control Panel - User Accounts
"Turn User Account Control on or off" - bottom of my list in the white area
click continue for permission
Untick UAC box & click OK
oh yea close all your other stuff before you start this as it will want to restart your computer.
Got to post this now so mine can restart.
May have to find & run the liveupdate.exe sort of file in the platform folder if the build doesnt update by itself when restarting MT4.
cheers scalpz
Edit: my IBFX didnt update. Looks as though there is a different path used once the UAC is off & restart done. Looks like charts & settings done previously have been lost. But they come back when UAC is reset back on, another restart & open MT4. Then looks good again apart from not up to build 225.
My Liveupdate.exe doesnt seem to do anything when UAC is off.
Will have a look through the virtual folders vista sets up for MT4.
cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
- #25
- Edited Nov 25, 2009 12:11am Nov 24, 2009 11:57pm | Edited Nov 25, 2009 12:11am
Thanks for your help. If you can find how to temporarily disable the vista security settings, I would very much appreciate it, still haven't been able to update to 225 because of this problem.
I eventually did the live chat thing with the IBFX.com people. She said right click the desk top icon & run as administrator. Didnt know if needed UAC on or off, as she wasnt windows certified.
I gave it a go with my UAC left in the default on position & had to log into my live account & it ran the update. Program did a platform restart & shows ok. I restarted as demo account & all is good. So simple really if you know.
Cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
- #27
- Nov 25, 2009 4:17am Nov 25, 2009 4:17am
Can I just ask a 'stupid' time question?
I am in New Zealand, we have daylight saving time, 4 hours ahead of Tokyo, 13 hours ahead of London and GMT.
The instructions say: IN YOUR LOCAL TIME: start at Tokyo time minus two hours. Tokyo open is at 8 am, being noon in NZ. So robot start time is 10 am. Start monitoring 30 minutes later at 10.30 am, which is 9.30 pm GMT (13 hours difference).
The problem now of course is that the BOJ Trading Method document required reading says Monitor for SELL XXXJPY from 10.30pm GMT.....!
I never thought...
I was going to be rude & accuse you of being a jaffa. But thought I better not, incase I have this time thing wrong too so I recon its city of sails.I have Tokyo "forex" open as 9am 00:00 GMT.
EA doesnt need to accont for daylight saving, thats the point of using your local time in the settings.
I have selling hour starts 11:00 & buying hour starts 19:00, based on NZ absolutely positively time, or is now meant to be wild at heart time. Cant keep up with these overpaid add agencies & their slogans.
Whats with England on your profile?
cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
I have Tokyo "forex" open as 9am 00:00 GMT.
EA doesnt need to accont for daylight saving, thats the point of using your local time in the settings.
I have selling hour starts 11:00 & buying hour starts 19:00, based on NZ absolutely positively time, or is now meant to be wild at heart time. Cant keep up with these overpaid add agencies & their slogans.
Whats with England on your profile?...
- #29
- Nov 25, 2009 5:57pm Nov 25, 2009 5:57pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Just stopped by to see how things are going. Great to see you guys helping one another out. Cheers to all of you.
- #32
- Dec 1, 2009 8:10pm Dec 1, 2009 8:10pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
I don't use IBFX and I don't know if the EA still needs the special indicator for IBFX, but I have the indicator so you can try it.
I believe you will not be able to use the hedge feature at IBFX so turn hedging off. Scooby thinks hedging is essential, I believe, so maybe test on a different broker.
Jack
The robot now has the indi code encapsulated within itself, so it doesn't matter which version of the indi you have on screen; your on-screen display is purely for visual confirmation of what the robot is doing.
- #34
- Dec 3, 2009 4:15am Dec 3, 2009 4:15am
Hi Scalpz or anyone else helpful,
did you see my posts on the 'real' thread? #3706 and #3731?
Maybe we can compare setlists?
There must be something wrong with the spread settings, I am using IBFX - 4 digit broker, no hedging, big spread (maybe that's the problem?) - poor me!
My IBFX is 5 digits. It is run through their demo server#1. It was meant to be mini, but I must have stuffed something while setting it up.
It is definitely a std account so I always change the settings to 0.01 but I still have the ea calc the lots so it shouldnt matter what I put in.
Set files are hard to get out so here is a copy of the ea external definitions I change before I put the ea into my MT4 platform folders.
See the // scalpz lines.
extern string GVI="-----General trade inputs-----";
extern string PairsToTrade="GBPJPY,EURJPY,USDJPY"; // scalpz
extern int SellHourStarts=11; // was 22 scalpz
extern int BuyHourStarts=19; // was 6 scalpz
extern double BaseLot = 0.01; // was 0.1 scalpz
extern bool RobotCalculatesLotSize=true;
extern int TpMultiplicationFactor=200;
extern double BasketStopLossPercentage=10;
extern int EmergencyStopLoss=6000;
extern int EmergencyTakeProfit=2000;
extern int MaxSpreadAllowed=100;
extern int MagicNumber=131300; // scalpz
extern bool OnlyTradingThisSystem=false; // scalpz
extern string TradeComment="v1.3 Basket trade"; // scalpz
extern bool CriminalIsECN=false;
extern bool TradeSundayCandle=true;
extern string stu="-----Stop trading-----";
extern bool StopTrading=false;
extern string st="Use format yyyy.mm.dd h:mm"; // scalpz
extern datetime NoTradeUntil = D'2009.11.23 11:00'; // scalpz
extern string rsg="----RS Group JPY Strength Index V1.2----";
extern double LowerTfOverBought=90;
extern double HigherTfOverBought=80;
extern double LowerTfOverSold=10;
extern double HigherTfOverSold=20;
extern string news="-----News filter-----";
extern bool UseNewsFilter=true;
extern int MinsBeforeNews=60;
extern int MinsAfterNews=30;
extern string news1="3=High; 2=Medium; 1=Low";
extern int NewsImpact=3;
extern string new="----Next JPY Public Holiday----";
extern string newi="Use format yyyy.mm.dd h:mm"; // scalpz
extern datetime NextPublicHoliday = D'2009.12.23 11:00'; // scalpz
extern string isi="----Immediate basket features----";
extern bool ShowImmediateBuyBasket=true;
extern bool ShowImmediateSellBasket=true;
extern bool ShowImmediateCloseBasket=true;
extern color LabelColour=Yellow;
extern string hed="----Hedging----";
extern bool AllowHedging=false; // scalpz
extern int MaxHedgeTradesAllowed=1;
extern double HedgeAtLossPercent=5;
extern int TrailingStopPips=1000;
extern string oae="----Odds and ends----";
extern int DisplayGapSize=30;
Oh - I have been playing with the 3 pairs
not just reducing to the 2.My magic number just reminds me thats it from v1.3
Also posted what I reckon may be the problem with the morning sell trade errors. The lines I add or edit have // scalpz on the ends.
RefreshRates();
double TradePrice; // scalpz
double Stop; // scalpz
double Take; // scalpz
// Buy trade
if (type == 0)
{
TradePrice=ask; // scalpz
Stop = NormalizeDouble(ask - sl,digits); // scalpz
Take = NormalizeDouble(ask + tp,digits); // scalpz
}//if (type == 0)
// Sell trade
if (type == 1)
{
TradePrice=bid;
Stop = NormalizeDouble(bid + sl,digits);
Take = NormalizeDouble(bid - tp,digits);
}//if (type == 1)
Will go reread your posts.
cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
- #35
- Dec 3, 2009 4:56am Dec 3, 2009 4:56am
To ensure you have the latest ea, download again to a folder outside your MT4 platform folders.
Do some of the changes like the previous post.
Save as a slightly different named ea.
In your MT4 platform, remove the old ea from the chart.
In Tools menu, delete the global variables.
Close your MT4 platform.
Copy the new ea to your MT4 platform folders.
Restart your MT4.
Add the new ea to your GBPJPY 15M chart.
Remember to select allow DLL imports - thats the bit I keep forgetting.
When I am trying to test bits, I sometimes subtract or add a couple of hours to the SellHourStarts or BuyHourStarts to force the ea into the monitoring mode. Just remember to change them back when done.
Also delete global variables like tradingdone etc.
Cheers scalpz
Do some of the changes like the previous post.
Save as a slightly different named ea.
In your MT4 platform, remove the old ea from the chart.
In Tools menu, delete the global variables.
Close your MT4 platform.
Copy the new ea to your MT4 platform folders.
Restart your MT4.
Add the new ea to your GBPJPY 15M chart.
Remember to select allow DLL imports - thats the bit I keep forgetting.
When I am trying to test bits, I sometimes subtract or add a couple of hours to the SellHourStarts or BuyHourStarts to force the ea into the monitoring mode. Just remember to change them back when done.
Also delete global variables like tradingdone etc.
Cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
- #37
- Dec 3, 2009 5:24pm Dec 3, 2009 5:24pm
This is very useful indeed, thanks very much for your trouble in annotating your setfile and particularly the reminders like enabling DLL imports.
As you are on IBFX, have you noticed their big swaps: -$4.36 on 0.1 lot. I think it is time to change horses!
Also, what does upl stand for, please?
Again, thanks for your help.
Something like User Profit Limit or maybe Upper Profit Line or a mix.
Never really got a straight answer when I asked in the main thread. Just read post 1 type of replies.
-$4.36 swap sounds as though you have a standard account. There is also sometime about "witching hour", if I recall right it is 3rd Weds of month & is triple the normal swap rate. Will probably be at all borkers.
Spotted it somewhere on the IBFX site ages ago. Or I might have got it from their live help people.
I know the no hedging is a downer at IBFX.
cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
- #38
- Dec 3, 2009 5:54pm Dec 3, 2009 5:54pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
This is very useful indeed, thanks very much for your trouble in annotating your setfile and particularly the reminders like enabling DLL imports.
As you are on IBFX, have you noticed their big swaps: -$4.36 on 0.1 lot. I think it is time to change horses!
Also, what does upl stand for, please?
Again, thanks for your help.
- #40
- Dec 5, 2009 2:03pm Dec 5, 2009 2:03pm
Does anybody know the version number for the last of the single trade original (proper) ea's. I'm after the ea that trades only a sell for the morning pre open and only a buy for the afternoon pre-close of the Japan market.
cheers scalpz
cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green