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  • #221
  • Mar 17, 2010 6:35am Mar 17, 2010 6:35am
I started trying this a few days ago but using immediate trades which didn't work out well. I notice Steve is using purely the default settings and have now set this up on Alpari UK demo to see how things go.

One pending trade this morning Eur/Aud but this has now expired.
  • #222
  • Mar 17, 2010 6:39am Mar 17, 2010 6:39am
Quoting pietpatat
Question; Is it possible on the original robot to only trade on the wave 1 strategy?

So it only takes sells at Tokyo open, and buys at Tokyo close.
I couldn't find this in the manual/settings.
Hi Pietpatat

Having come across your posts on babypips I too found my way to forexfactory. I am not sure if you can only trade wave 1, however I noticed before you are still trading wave 2. I disabled that last week and this has certainly reduced the amount of losses. It was mentioned on the main thread that wave two can damage the bank more easily.
  • #223
  • Mar 17, 2010 10:57am Mar 17, 2010 10:57am
Hi Steve,

The "opposite directions" EA is doing really well - it grew by 40% from a 5K account since 1 March. I thought of going live but realized that the robot won't allow me without asking for your explicit permission. Or have I missed something, a kind of switch on button?

Thanks, your robots rock!

Daniel
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  • #224
  • Mar 17, 2010 12:02pm Mar 17, 2010 12:02pm
Quoting xicecube
Hi Steve,

The "opposite directions" EA is doing really well - it grew by 40% from a 5K account since 1 March. I thought of going live but realized that the robot won't allow me without asking for your explicit permission. Or have I missed something, a kind of switch on button?

Thanks, your robots rock!

Daniel
It was a restriction I placed on the robot when I developed it, to make sure the unwary did not rush in and put it on their live accounts before it had proven itself.

This has not come up so far because the coders here know how to get around the restriction, but they know what they are doing so that is ok.

I have put an updated version into the post 1 zip that removes the restriction. You will have to insert your own magic number and trade comment; that apart, it will work out of the box.

Good luck. I have it on a tiny eglobal cent account. There are two open baskets open, both hedged and all heavily into dd except some of the hedges. Goodness knows when this situation will sort itself out.

  • #225
  • Mar 17, 2010 12:57pm Mar 17, 2010 12:57pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
It was a restriction I placed on the robot when I developed it, to make sure the unwary did not rush in and put it on their live accounts before it had proven itself.

This has not come up so far because the coders here know how to get around the restriction, but they know what they are doing so that is ok.

I have put an updated version into the post 1 zip that removes the restriction. You will have to insert your own magic number and trade comment; that apart, it will work out of the box.

Good luck. I have it on a tiny eglobal cent account....
Thanks Steve, really appreciate it. I am not a coder but yet (perhaps mistakenly) believe that I know what I am doing. I know of many other ways to blow my money and accounts, I wouldn't need to abuse your robots to help me on that.

Positions do get sometimes stuck for an extended period of time. However, once your masterpiece has made up its mind which way to go, things move on really fast. The equity curve of my account is proof.

Thanks for all the hard work you put in!

Daniel
  • #226
  • Mar 17, 2010 1:18pm Mar 17, 2010 1:18pm
Hi Steve,

In Scooby-doo 3 Ema Rsi auto trading robot.mq4

Inserted Code
if (Trend == neutral) alerts[cc] = 0;//In case user is using the robot to alert to trade setups

Should be :

Inserted Code
if (Trend == [b]flat[/b]) alerts[cc] = 0;//In case user is using the robot to alert to trade setups

Regards,

Mickael
  • #227
  • Mar 17, 2010 5:33pm Mar 17, 2010 5:33pm
Quoting danmick
Hi Steve,

In Scooby-doo 3 Ema Rsi auto trading robot.mq4

Inserted Code
if (Trend == neutral) alerts[cc] = 0;//In case user is using the robot to alert to trade setups
Should be :

Inserted Code
if (Trend == [b]flat[/b]) alerts[cc] = 0;//In case user is using the robot to alert to trade setups
Regards,

Mickael
Cheers Mickael. You can now post in the scoobs thread, if you would care to. Thanks for spotting this.

  • #228
  • Mar 18, 2010 5:36am Mar 18, 2010 5:36am
Hi Steve,

Scooby-doo Basket Original v2.4

NextPublicHoliday : 2010.03.19. 22:00

Holiday Schedule of the Bank of Japan :

- March 21(Sun.)
- March 22(Mon.)

Please kindly verify the right Japanese Public Holiday.
Thanks

Cheers,

===================
Holiday Schedule of the Bank of Japan

Offices of the Bank of Japan are closed on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and other bank holidays indicated below. Holidays falling on Sunday are observed on the following Monday. National holidays are subject to change (for more information, please contact the Cabinet Office).

National and Bank Holidays in Japan


2009

January 1 (Thurs.)
January 2 (Fri.)- 3 (Sat.)
January 12 (Mon.)
February 11 (Wed.)
March 20 (Fri.)
April 29 (Wed.)
May 3 (Sun.)
May 4 (Mon.)
May 5 (Tues.)
May 6 (Wed.)
July 20 (Mon.)
September 21 (Mon.)
September 22 (Tues.)
September 23 (Wed.)
October 12 (Mon.)
November 3 (Tues.)
November 23 (Mon.)
December 23 (Wed.)
December 31 (Thurs.)
New Year's Day
Bank Holidays
Coming-of-Age Day
National Foundation Day
Vernal Equinox Day
Showa Day
Constitution Day
Greenery Day
Children's Day
Constitution Day Observed
Marine Day
Respect-for-the-Aged Day
Bank Holiday
Autumnal Equinox Day
Health-Sports Day
Culture Day
Labor Thanksgiving Day
The Emperor's Birthday
Bank Holiday


2010

January 1 (Fri.)
January 2 (Sat.)- 3 (Sun.)
January 11 (Mon.)
February 11 (Thurs.)
March 21 (Sun.)
March 22 (Mon.)
April 29 (Thurs.)
May 3 (Mon.)
May 4 (Tues.)
May 5 (Wed.)
July 19 (Mon.)
September 20 (Mon.)
September 23 (Thurs.)
October 11 (Mon.)
November 3 (Wed.)
November 23 (Tues.)
December 23 (Thurs.)
December 31 (Fri.)
New Year's Day
Bank Holidays
Coming-of-Age Day
National Foundation Day
Vernal Equinox Day
Vernal Equinox Day Observed
Showa Day
Constitution Day
Greenery Day
Children's Day
Marine Day
Respect-for-the-Aged Day
Autumnal Equinox Day
Health-Sports Day
Culture Day
Labor Thanksgiving Day
The Emperor's Birthday
Bank Holiday
  • #229
  • Mar 18, 2010 6:33pm Mar 18, 2010 6:33pm
I don't think Steve is the right authority to confirm the Japanese public holidays. IMO you should just turn the robot off if you suspect there is something irregular concerning the JPY pairs. The robots success relies on high win rate.
  • #230
  • Mar 18, 2010 7:05pm Mar 18, 2010 7:05pm
Quoting DanyalDenyo
I don't think Steve is the right authority to confirm the Japanese public holidays.
Priceless wit. Fabulous.

Just another of the countless bits of information I do not happen to have at my fingertips.

Cheers DD. I enjoyed that.

  • #231
  • Mar 21, 2010 2:26pm Mar 21, 2010 2:26pm
Hi,

Need help getting Scooby-doo Orignal v2.4 running on LIVE FXCM crim. It runs fine on demo.

Thanks for you help. Maybe I should be using a different crim.

Here's my set file.

GVI=-----General trade inputs-----
PairsToTrade=GBPJPY,EURJPY
SellHourStarts=18
BuyHourStarts=2
LongTradesAllowed=1
ShortTradesAllowed=1
BaseLot=0.10000000
RobotCalculatesLotSize=1
TpMultiplicationFactor=200
BasketStopLossPercentage=10.00000000
EmergencyStopLoss=6000
EmergencyTakeProfit=6000
MaxSpreadAllowed=100
MagicNumber=123456
OnlyTradingThisSystem=1
TradeComment=Original Basket trade
AllowWaveTwoTrading=1
CriminalIsECN=0
TradeSundayCandle=1
stu=-----Stop trading-----
StopTrading=0
bin9=Trade expiry settings
TradesWillExpire=1
BuyTradesWillExpireMins=150
SellTradesWillExpireMins=300
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=1269036000
isi=----Immediate basket features----
ShowImmediateBuyBasket=1
ShowImmediateSellBasket=1
ShowImmediateCloseBasket=1
LabelColour=65535
hed=----Hedging----
AllowHedging=0
MaxHedgeTradesAllowed=5
HedgeAtLossPercent=5.00000000
PercentageToHedge=10.00000000
TrailingStopPips=1000
oae=----Odds and ends----
DisplayGapSize=30
  • #232
  • Edited 1:43pm Mar 22, 2010 1:25pm | Edited 1:43pm
As we have now had the public holiday in Japan, my EA is stating it is suspended as I need to enter the next holiday. I have done this several; times and still the EA states it is suspended. Anyone else having a similar problem.

Got it sorted - I cancelled the chart, reopened it and relaoded to ea. Works fine
  • #233
  • Mar 22, 2010 5:02pm Mar 22, 2010 5:02pm
How do I resolve this error?

2010.03.22 17:58:12Steve Hopwood's BS 5 minute momo multi-pair EURUSD,H1: Order send failed with error(136): off quotes

Thanks,
John
  • #234
  • Mar 22, 2010 6:37pm Mar 22, 2010 6:37pm
I'm trying to run Original Scooby-doo on a live FXCM account. But,
I get this error message. It runs fine on demo.

2010.03.22 19:34:34scooby-doo BOJ basket robot Original V2.4 GBPJPY,M15: Order send failed with error(130): invalid stops

Any help would be appreciated.

John
  • #235
  • Mar 22, 2010 10:01pm Mar 22, 2010 10:01pm
I got a suggestion / question for the original BOJ robot.
The robots opens a sell when RSI on H1 is <20, and on M15 <10 right?

Wouldn't it be better when these conditions are met, to wait to enter a sell till the RSI on M15 goes up again and breaks the 10 RSI level?

http://img87.yfrog.com/img87/2766/sdentry.jpg

Lets take tonight for example. The robot opened a sell on the green line. If it would have waited for the RSI on M15 to go up again and break the 10 RSI level, it would have opened a sell at the green dot and it would be a good trade. But now it opened too early and it still open and negative.
  • #236
  • Mar 23, 2010 2:28pm Mar 23, 2010 2:28pm
Quoting pietpatat
I got a suggestion / question for the original BOJ robot.
The robots opens a sell when RSI on H1 is <20, and on M15 <10 right?

Wouldn't it be better when these conditions are met, to wait to enter a sell till the RSI on M15 goes up again and breaks the 10 RSI level?

http://img87.yfrog.com/img87/2766/sdentry.jpg

Lets take tonight for example. The robot opened a sell on the green line. If it would have waited for the RSI on M15 to go up again and break the 10 RSI level, it would have opened a sell at the green dot and it would be a good...
Quess you would need data on how often that is the price action - any ideas?
  • #237
  • Mar 23, 2010 4:47pm Mar 23, 2010 4:47pm
Quoting ForeverForex
Quess you would need data on how often that is the price action - any ideas?
I don't know, but I will keep track from now on. This morning you would again have a better entry if you waited till the RSI dropped a bit.
  • #238
  • Edited 7:05am Mar 24, 2010 6:47am | Edited 7:05am
Hi,

I am currently trying the scooby-doo BOJ basket robot Original - great stuff. The EA is using the indi "RS_GROUP_JPY_Strength_Index indicator" which is an RSI over many JPY pairs, right? Somewhere in the indi the pairs seem to be hardcoded to EURJPY, USDJPY, etc. And this is exactly where my problem starts. As soon as I start using the robot on live it won't work because the pairs all have a trailing dot (broker is fxopen.com)

EURJPY --> EURJPY.
USDJPY --> USDJPY.
etc.

Is there a way of changing the indi so that it would be configurable regarding the pairs names? I have only found the compiled version of the indi so far - so no chance to adjust it myself.

Any help very much appreciated,

EDIT: Same question applies for the calendar indi: FFCal Scoobs

regards,

hydstan
  • #239
  • Mar 24, 2010 3:11pm Mar 24, 2010 3:11pm
Quoting pietpatat
I got a suggestion / question for the original BOJ robot.
The robots opens a sell when RSI on H1 is <20, and on M15 <10 right?

Wouldn't it be better when these conditions are met, to wait to enter a sell till the RSI on M15 goes up again and breaks the 10 RSI level?
I believe it does, or has in the past at any rate. Problem being that as it crosses the OB/OS level it often recrosses in the same movement, triggering a trade. You can't see that on the chart because RSI repaints until the candle close.

We could possibly implement a routine where it waits until it retraces at least 10 from the extreme of RSI or something similar, but I can see all sorts of issues there with identifying the extreme....
  • #240
  • Mar 25, 2010 12:51pm Mar 25, 2010 12:51pm
Quoting e-piphany
I believe it does, or has in the past at any rate. Problem being that as it crosses the OB/OS level it often recrosses in the same movement, triggering a trade. You can't see that on the chart because RSI repaints until the candle close.

We could possibly implement a routine where it waits until it retraces at least 10 from the extreme of RSI or something similar, but I can see all sorts of issues there with identifying the extreme....
Ok, but there is definitely room to improve the entry of the robot. Waiting until it retraces at least 10 from the extreme of RSI would be a good solution, and doesn't look that hard to me ( probably because I'm no programmer ).
Extreme = highest RSI in the past ~30 minutes.
Or is this in hard to code in mq4?
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