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  • #61
  • Dec 21, 2009 3:10am Dec 21, 2009 3:10am
I get a zero divide error upon loading the ea on eur/usd 4h chart.
  • #62
  • Dec 21, 2009 4:49am Dec 21, 2009 4:49am
RR there's something I'd like to ask. Does the EA use hidden SL & TP? I ask this because I see no SL & TP after the trades trigger (even though I have my SL & TP set in the EA properties). Here's a screenshot of one trade it took for instance. I have the bot on VPS while I'm monitoring from desktop so don't worry if the usual parameters don't show up on the left hand side of the screen.

Thanks in anticipation of your response.

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  • #63
  • Dec 21, 2009 4:59am Dec 21, 2009 4:59am
Quoting wh1zz0
RR there's something I'd like to ask. Does the EA use hidden SL & TP? I ask this because I see no SL & TP after the trades trigger (even though I have my SL & TP set in the EA properties). Here's a screenshot of one trade it took for instance. I have the bot on VPS while I'm monitoring from desktop so don't worry if the usual parameters don't show up on the left hand side of the screen.

Thanks in anticipation of your response.

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Interesting...was there an attempt at a stoploss in the journal?

Was ECNBroker set to true?
  • #64
  • Dec 21, 2009 5:26am Dec 21, 2009 5:26am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Interesting...was there an attempt at a stoploss in the journal?

Was ECNBroker set to true?
Well the trading is still riding in profits. It has not yet reached my defined TP neither did it touch touch my SL price level (as I have checked). You seem surprised. Maybe I should just wait and see what happens if it gets to my TP target area.

And yeah.. ECN was set to true.. This is MBTrading.. I have the EA on MBTrading & also on FXpro testing out different settings
  • #65
  • Dec 21, 2009 6:17am Dec 21, 2009 6:17am
Quoting Nighthawk
I get a zero divide error upon loading the ea on eur/usd 4h chart.
What do the stats on the left say? Most likely, one of those values is 0
  • #66
  • Dec 21, 2009 6:26am Dec 21, 2009 6:26am
I clicked the 15m time and the counter engaged. Seems to work now.
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  • Edited 6:42am Dec 21, 2009 6:29am | Edited 6:42am
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Anyone else experiencing hidden SL & TP fields or is it just me?
  • #68
  • Dec 21, 2009 6:38am Dec 21, 2009 6:38am
Quoting wh1zz0
Well the trading is still riding in profits. It has not yet reached my defined TP neither did it touch touch my SL price level (as I have checked). You seem surprised. Maybe I should just wait and see what happens if it gets to my TP target area.

And yeah.. ECN was set to true.. This is MBTrading.. I have the EA on MBTrading & also on FXpro testing out different settings
Well, if it is ECN-based, then the trade has to be placed first and then the trade is modified with the SL and TP. From what I currently know, the OrderModify function didn't work as expected. What I want to know is if there was an attempt at modifying the order. If there was and the attempt failed, then the problem is broker-side. If there was no attempt, the EA has a bug somewhere
  • #69
  • Dec 21, 2009 6:44am Dec 21, 2009 6:44am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Well, if it is ECN-based, then the trade has to be placed first and then the trade is modified with the SL and TP. From what I currently know, the OrderModify function didn't work as expected. What I want to know is if there was an attempt at modifying the order. If there was and the attempt failed, then the problem is broker-side. If there was no attempt, the EA has a bug somewhere

Oh I see..

I have been watching the EA performance (with two brokers and different settings) closely & I can firmly say there was no attempt whatsoever at modifying the order. Must be some bug in the script I guess.

Thanks for your response.
  • #70
  • Dec 21, 2009 7:04am Dec 21, 2009 7:04am
Okay I just tried to close the trade manually and it keeps failing. MBT's Server is having problems at the moment I guess.. That solves it. The problem should be from the broker and not your script.

That clears the air.
  • #71
  • Dec 21, 2009 7:39am Dec 21, 2009 7:39am
I got Errors in Experts

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"2009.12.21 08:37:20 HiLo Trader [TD] GBPJPYFXF,H1: GBPJPY Error: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Account Suspended</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
</head>
<frameset rows="100,*" frameborder="no" border="0" framespacing="0">
<frame src="http://www.justhost.com/error_docs/suspend.header.php">
<frame src="http://searchporta......."
====

On every pair I place the Expert.

Anybody else have that?
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  • #72
  • Dec 21, 2009 9:53am Dec 21, 2009 9:53am
Quoting SkyzerFX
I got Errors in Experts

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"2009.12.21 08:37:20...
I get the same thing.
  • #73
  • Dec 21, 2009 10:04am Dec 21, 2009 10:04am
The EA is trying to connect to my website, but JustHost suspended my account. I'm currently trying to find a new webhost for the EA to access The EA is capable of running without the website, so there's nothing much to worry about.
  • #74
  • Dec 21, 2009 10:39am Dec 21, 2009 10:39am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
The EA is capable of running without the website, so there's nothing much to worry about.
Ohh, ok, thanks, no problema then
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  • #75
  • Dec 21, 2009 10:30pm Dec 21, 2009 10:30pm
Dear RR,
After I dragged EA to the chart and filling in the data, a pop-up asking "Do you permit to call function'InternetCloseHandle" from 'wininet.dll' ? Am i suppose to answer yes/no/cancel?

Rgs
  • #76
  • Dec 22, 2009 8:31am Dec 22, 2009 8:31am
Yes

This EA is trying to communicate with a webserver.
  • #77
  • Dec 22, 2009 2:03pm Dec 22, 2009 2:03pm
Webserver is back online. Hopefully this new host can handle the traffic I'm throwing at it.
  • #78
  • Dec 22, 2009 5:11pm Dec 22, 2009 5:11pm
I am fooling around with the settings, looking for an optimum combination. Does this seem like a good idea? Here are my assumptions, please let me know if I'm out of whack.

Breakout Win x TP shold be as large as possible.
Breadout Loss x SL should be as small as possible.
Breakout Unsure should be as low as possible.
Counter Win x TP shold be as large as possible.
Counter Loss x SL should be as small as possible.
Counter Unsure should be as low as possible.

These would lead us all to the Highest Breakout & Counter Success percentage.

It looks like the MinimiumConfidence should stay at 90 and we can fool around with the WinPercent and the MinimumSuccess Score, in addition to the SL & TP.

I'm think this might be a good application for a Taguchi-style Design of Experiments, to find the best settings to raise the Highest Breakout & Counter Success percentage numbers. It looks like it might be done with four, or so, variables. If you think this might be worthwhile, I could dust off some old Stats books (or call an old stats professor) and work up a scheme. May take a while, especially with the holidays coming up.

On the other hand, am barking up the wrong tree?

MurphyMan
  • #79
  • Dec 22, 2009 5:43pm Dec 22, 2009 5:43pm
Quoting MurphyMan
I am fooling around with the settings, looking for an optimum combination....

Now you're thinking!

The success score is severely biased to positive profit systems (winning trade is greater than losing trade), so that's not really the strongest metric to measure against.

Breakouts more frequently turn to trends than counter trades...so consider how far the price moves before a breakout or counter trade is over.
  • #80
  • Dec 22, 2009 8:23pm Dec 22, 2009 8:23pm
I'll see if I can dust off those cobwebs and come up with something. Here's a little info: http://nutek-us.com/wp-doe.html

Like I say, may take a little while.

Murph


Quoting Ronald Raygun
Now you're thinking!

The success score is severely biased to positive profit systems (winning trade is greater than losing trade), so that's not really the strongest metric to measure against.

Breakouts more frequently turn to trends than counter trades...so consider how far the price moves before a breakout or counter trade is over.
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