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  • #61
  • Dec 14, 2009 2:28pm Dec 14, 2009 2:28pm
Quoting MurphyMan
Did anyone get a trade in the Orig. last night? That would be Sunday evening, Dec 12.

I did not.
No I didnt on my IBFX demo. I ended up forcing a basket with the immediate sell button. Got the invalid stops on GBPJPY for my troubles.

Later I noticed that the EURJPY trade had gone through & now in DD. ha.

Rode it back into green & added stop loss at BE. Shut off the ea to update it to v1.8 & shifted the TP target, eventually got there.
14Dec 01:00 gmt sell 129.750 closed 02:53 129.520 23pips.
Couldnt have squeezed much more out without letting it go all the way back to BE & taking the next ride down (& using my bestest hindsight indy).

Also added some more print() lines in the trade area of the ea for more fault finding. Will have to clean out some of the earlier print lines so I can read my expert tab better.

cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
  • #62
  • Dec 14, 2009 3:07pm Dec 14, 2009 3:07pm
Alright my turn for a stupid question, its on start times but not because I can't do basic math.

I Live in Newfoundland which is -3:30 GMT. I know the Tokyo market opens at 8:30 my local time, as this is not particularly difficult to figure out. Hence I should have the robot start looking for trades at 6:30

My question is do I, or rather how do I, enter for the Half hour discrepancy. It should be 18:30 to start monitoring from what I can tell.

But I've only seen people talking about full hour increments , ie. 6, 12 , 22 to be enter as the input to start monitoring

I haven't seen anyone saying they enter 1830, or 1230 or anything of that sort. So when I entered 1830 it still comes up as outside trading hours. Should it be 18.5 or something? or should I just leave it as 18?

Or maybe I'm just missing something that's blatantly obvious to everyone else.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated
  • #63
  • Dec 14, 2009 8:03pm Dec 14, 2009 8:03pm
It picked up a trade tonight in FXDD demo. 1.2% profit.

Not bad.

Murph.

Quoting MurphyMan
Did anyone get a trade in the Orig. last night? That would be Sunday evening, Dec 12.

I did not.
  • #64
  • Dec 15, 2009 4:37am Dec 15, 2009 4:37am
[quote=scalpz

Also added some more print() lines in the trade area of the ea for more fault finding. Will have to clean out some of the earlier print lines so I can read my expert tab better.

cheers scalpz [/quote]

Scalpz,

can you suggest an alteration to the code so that it gives an alert when a trade is entered, similar to when the upl is hit.

Please tell me where to insert it in the code, I am no programmer.

Ikdenk
  • #65
  • Dec 15, 2009 5:56am Dec 15, 2009 5:56am
Quoting ikdenk
Scalpz,

can you suggest an alteration to the code so that it gives an alert when a trade is entered, similar to when the upl is hit.

Please tell me where to insert it in the code, I am no programmer.

Ikdenk
Well, assumming v1.8, my shot would be to change a piece in 3 places.
Searching for "else return(true);" without the quotes.
at the 1st find (after the 2 areas with ticket=ordersend etc)
change "else return(true);" into

else {
Alert(symbol, " trade for ", Lot, " lots at ", TradePrice);
return(true);
}

at 2nd find (after the hedge buy code bits)
change "else return(true);" into

else {
Alert(symbol, " hedge buy trade");
return(true);
}

at 3rd find (after the hedge sell code)
change "else return(true);" into

else {
Alert(symbol, " hedge sell trade");
return(true);
}

best of luck

cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
  • #66
  • Dec 15, 2009 4:55pm Dec 15, 2009 4:55pm
Quoting scalpz
Well, assumming v1.8, my shot would be to change a piece in 3 places.
best of luck

cheers scalpz

Thanks Scalpz, much appreciated. I'll see how I get on.

This must be useful for other people too running this EA on demo and trying to match the trades on their live account. However I have noticed big differences in the price quotes between IBFX demo and live - many pips difference.
  • #67
  • Dec 15, 2009 5:01pm Dec 15, 2009 5:01pm
Quoting ikdenk
Thanks Scalpz, much appreciated. I'll see how I get on.

This must be useful for other people too running this EA on demo and trying to match the trades on their live account. However I have noticed big differences in the price quotes between IBFX demo and live - many pips difference.
What about putting on a smaller mini account & then set to 0.01 lots with RobotCalculatesLotSize=false

cheers scalpz
Target 2 : Stoploss in the green
  • #68
  • Dec 17, 2009 5:15pm Dec 17, 2009 5:15pm
Hello, im new in this world and i wanna say thanks for you guys (scooby and steven) for the big help with the JPY currency and on BOJ working methods and congratz you for the very solid programs your buylding ( im trying to cath you guys im in page 59 of the topic, trying to read all to understand very whell all that is sayd.)
Whell if you dont mind im going to say the steps i´ve done so you can tell me is correct or not.
1- Im from Portugal so GMT is +0 22 / 6
2- i dragged Ffcalscoobs to GBPJPY M15 chart
3- i dragged RS_GROUP_JPY_strenght_index to GBPJPY M15 chart
4- i dragged reconnecteA to another chard
5- i dragged EA scooby_doo_BOJ_basket robot original v2 to GBPJPY M15 chart and turn EA´s on and the smiley face apears.
6- i go EA propretis on chart and where is "EURJPY,GBPJPY" i put "EURJPY,GBPJPY,AUDJPY,CHFJPY,USDJPY " and in magic number i put "6543210"
When im out the trading hours it say something like:
"Selling hours ar 22. Trade monitoring start 30 min later"
"Buying hours ar 6. Trade monitoring start 30 min later"
When i enter in the trading hours it says something like:
" waiting for candles to form"
So is this the right stepp? is just wait now or im doing something wrong?
Thx for loosing your time reading this post .. "Rum for ALL...."
BTW working on demo acc atm.
  • #69
  • Dec 17, 2009 5:17pm Dec 17, 2009 5:17pm
My bad when i put my previous post in the scooby main thread steve, but i fixed my error there is my doubt if you can help me i would be most greatfull. Thz
  • #70
  • Jan 3, 2010 11:51am Jan 3, 2010 11:51am
I have been playing with other EAs for a year or so and thought I have answers to all problems that keep popping up along the way.

However, I am just at a loss of what I am doing wrong with this EA (ver 2.1): I backtested it for the entire year 2009 and got only one single trade on all the demo accounts I was testing (IBFX, FXDD, FXCM, MBT). I am well aware of the 4/5 digit issue and made the appropriate adjustments. Other than some non-critical (??) errors ("unmatched data error"), I don't see anything else that could possibly be wrong.

What am I missing here? Does anyone have a similar problem? Feedback would be most appreciated!

Thanks,

Daniel
  • #71
  • Jan 3, 2010 11:56am Jan 3, 2010 11:56am
Quoting xicecube
I have been playing with other EAs for a year or so and thought I have answers to all problems that keep popping up along the way.

However, I am just at a loss of what I am doing wrong with this EA (ver 2.1): I backtested it for the entire year 2009 and got only one single trade on all the demo accounts I was testing (IBFX, FXDD, FXCM, MBT). I am well aware of the 4/5 digit issue and made the appropriate adjustments. Other than some non-critical (??) errors ("unmatched data error"), I don't see anything else that could possibly be wrong.

What...
It is a multi-pair, multi-timeframe robot; these do not backtest successfully. Basically, Strategy Tester is rubbish.

It is only possible to test the scoobs trading robots by forward-testing on demo.

  • #72
  • Jan 3, 2010 12:06pm Jan 3, 2010 12:06pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
It is a multi-pair, multi-timeframe robot; these do not backtest successfully. Basically, Strategy Tester is rubbish.

It is only possible to test the scoobs trading robots by forward-testing on demo.

Thanks Steve, appreciate your quick reply. I should have thought of that; alas, age is taking its toll.....
  • #73
  • Jan 3, 2010 4:42pm Jan 3, 2010 4:42pm
Happy New Year folks!

What is the date we should enter for the next BOJ public holiday?

While we're at it, I'm showing for NoTradeUntil as 2009.11.23 22:00 Is this correct?

I image there is a link somewhere, so I don't have to ask.

Please excuse my English, as I live in southern Illinois.

Murph
  • #74
  • Jan 3, 2010 5:33pm Jan 3, 2010 5:33pm
Here they are: http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/list/holi/holi.htm

I kept getting the error about the holiday, but then I shut down MT4 and restarted and all was well.

Sorry for the bother.



Quoting MurphyMan
Happy New Year folks!

What is the date we should enter for the next BOJ public holiday?

While we're at it, I'm showing for NoTradeUntil as 2009.11.23 22:00 Is this correct?

I image there is a link somewhere, so I don't have to ask.

Please excuse my English, as I live in southern Illinois.

Murph
  • #75
  • Jan 5, 2010 7:50pm Jan 5, 2010 7:50pm
I have been trying to run 2.1 on 4 different brokers. The only one where I get trades is IBFX but I just cannot figure out the settings that are required to run the EA on MB Trading, FXDD and FXCM. I have turned on and off the "criminals" option as well as "hedging", to no avail. Any insight from any of you guys who are running it on either of the three brokers?

Thanks!
  • #76
  • Jan 6, 2010 3:23am Jan 6, 2010 3:23am
Hi,

I have downloaded the original robot and placed it on an Alpari UK demo on my VPS which is in the EST Zone.

I am using the following settings but the robot has had no trades all week - can someone put me out of my misery please?

NB I have downloaded all of the indi's and am running the EA on GBPJPY m15.

Thanks in advance!

Settings:

GVI=-----General trade inputs-----
PairsToTrade=GBPJPY,EURJPY
SellHourStarts=17
BuyHourStarts=1
BaseLot=0.10000000
RobotCalculatesLotSize=1
TpMultiplicationFactor=200
BasketStopLossPercentage=8.00000000
EmergencyStopLoss=6000
EmergencyTakeProfit=2000
MaxSpreadAllowed=100
MagicNumber=654321
OnlyTradingThisSystem=1
TradeComment=Original Basket trade
CriminalIsECN=1
TradeSundayCandle=0
stu=-----Stop trading-----
StopTrading=0
st=Use format dd.mm.yyyy h:mm
NoTradeUntil=1259013600
rsg=----RS Group JPY Strength Index V1.2----
LowerTfOverBought=90.00000000
HigherTfOverBought=80.00000000
LowerTfOverSold=10.00000000
HigherTfOverSold=20.00000000
news=-----News filter-----
UseNewsFilter=1
MinsBeforeNews=60
MinsAfterNews=30
news1=3=High; 2=Medium; 1=Low
NewsImpact=3
new=----Next JPY Public Holiday----
newi=Use format dd.mm.yyyy h:mm
NextPublicHoliday=1263229200
isi=----Immediate basket features----
ShowImmediateBuyBasket=1
ShowImmediateSellBasket=1
ShowImmediateCloseBasket=1
LabelColour=65535
hed=----Hedging----
AllowHedging=1
MaxHedgeTradesAllowed=5
HedgeAtLossPercent=5.00000000
PercentageToHedge=10.00000000
TrailingStopPips=1000
oae=----Odds and ends----
DisplayGapSize=30
  • #77
  • Edited 12:52am Jan 7, 2010 12:48am | Edited 12:52am
Your next JPY public holiday is all screwed up. As is NoTradeUntil.
  • #78
  • Jan 7, 2010 1:53am Jan 7, 2010 1:53am
Hah! Forget what I said - just ran ver 2.2 and it works like a charm with all 4 brokers. You guys rock!

Just a silly question: Why does the EA still trade on FXCM (Criminals set to true) but not on FXDD, MBT and IBFX?

Thanks!

Quoting xicecube
I have been trying to run 2.1 on 4 different brokers. The only one where I get trades is IBFX but I just cannot figure out the settings that are required to run the EA on MB Trading, FXDD and FXCM. I have turned on and off the "criminals" option as well as "hedging", to no avail. Any insight from any of you guys who are running it on either of the three brokers?

Thanks!
  • #79
  • Jan 7, 2010 2:55am Jan 7, 2010 2:55am
Quoting ikdenk
Your next JPY public holiday is all screwed up. As is NoTradeUntil.
Yes it's weird - the strange thing is the the dates look correct on the EA inputs.

I notice there is a new version though so will try that out & report back if it still doesn't work...
  • #80
  • Jan 12, 2010 3:03pm Jan 12, 2010 3:03pm
Hi, first off - thanks for a brilliant EA to all the people who contributed.

I get an error on startup of MT4 "DLL call is not allowed. Indicator cannot run. Enable DLL in MT4"

"Allow DLL call" is enabled on my EA, the indicator, and in the options menu.

Any idea what this might be?

Im running V2.2 on Alpari-US

Thanks
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