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  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 16, 2010 12:04pm Mar 16, 2010 12:04pm
I was sent a neat little script that works wonderfully well. It allows you to simply double click your SL or TP and then drag it to where you want it on the chart and it shows the price to the right so you can see exactly where you are putting it.

It was created under the Creative Commons license, which means we can use and modify it as much as we want, as long as we leave the copyright info in it.

My question is how to modify it so that it has the ability to move ALL the SLs on the chart to the same level, or perhaps to move them all "relative" to each other at one time?

I have no clue where to start to accomplish that, but here is the script. It works as is, but it would be neat to have the added functionality.

God bless,
Clay
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  • #2
  • Mar 16, 2010 4:09pm Mar 16, 2010 4:09pm
hey clay..... the guy has done an absolutely great job coding that, but it might be easier to write something that matches your desires rather than adapt what he wrote.... drag and drop targets are quite easy code.....h



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and to our polish coding friend, Łukasz Tomaszkiewicz, .....

wonder how many will notice something very very peculiar about your code...... can't say i've ever seen it before..... no, actually i can say, never have seen it before...... or thought of it for that matter......

noticed your remote controlled ea too..... there is another way, and also not using remote desktop......h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #3
  • Mar 16, 2010 4:19pm Mar 16, 2010 4:19pm
Hi hayseed, I would have no idea where to even start. I have a drag and drop SL script, but it places the script where I drop it and does NOT show me the price, so it's a little more difficult to use. It DOES however, move ALL the Stop losses to the exact same place on the chart.

I guess I could look at that and see what's going on. I'll open them up and take a look.

What are you talking about as to "remote desktop" does this thing have a virus in it or something?

God bless,
Clay
  • #4
  • Mar 16, 2010 5:34pm Mar 16, 2010 5:34pm
hey clay..... no virus..... it has nothing to do with what you posted.....

but there is something unique to that code.... so unique that i looked up it's author, Łukasz Tomaszkiewicz, and noticed by chance he had a method of remote controlling ea's.....

i do something similar....... in other words , i can send someone in another country a ea and control it from here..... turn it on, turn it off, change not only any extern variable but also hard coded variables..... or open, close, modify orders not even associated with the ea or the pair it is attached to......

this was originally developed so i could place ea's on computers where secure connection dsl and higher speeds were available.... but still have complete control over those ea's from way back in the sticks where i live.....

we'll get dsl when at&t learns how to spell it...... and not until.....

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and again, the remote control has nothing to do with what you posted......h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #5
  • Mar 16, 2010 5:40pm Mar 16, 2010 5:40pm
Cool hayseed. Any idea how to turn an EA into a script? I have an EA that moves the SL by click and drag, but I'm not sure it does what I want either, so I may just live with this one.

Thanks again hayseed for all the help on the other scripts with memory.

God bless,
Clay
  • #6
  • Mar 16, 2010 11:37pm Mar 16, 2010 11:37pm
Hi,

Really nice script, but I just wonder whether 2 more options can be added:

1. Is it possible to turn the sl & TP lines be hidden from broker?
2. On top of the display of price at the far right, can we also add an auto figures in pips (say shown in the middle or far left of relevant line) that the distance from the sell / buy order, it would be perfect;

BTW, may be I still can't master the script, I cannot move the sl line to upper level (in a sell trading), it always auto back to original level, any help on this?

Cheers
City


Quoting eclayf
I was sent a neat little script that works wonderfully well. It allows you to simply double click your SL or TP and then drag it to where you want it on the chart and it shows the price to the right so you can see exactly where you are putting it.

It was created under the Creative Commons license, which means we can use and modify it as much as we want, as long as we leave the copyright info in it.

My question is how to modify it so that it has the ability to move ALL the SLs on the chart to the same level, or perhaps to move them all "relative"...
  • #7
  • Mar 17, 2010 12:33am Mar 17, 2010 12:33am
Hi Buildcity, it's way to complex a script for me to make any changes in successfully. It works fine on an IBFX account though, that's where I have been using it.

If it's throwing problems, I wouldn't have any idea how to fix it. I did send an email to the originator to ask if there was a way to modify it as I described above.
  • #8
  • Mar 17, 2010 12:48am Mar 17, 2010 12:48am
Tks mate,

Appreciate if there is any update and post in this thread.

City

Quoting eclayf
Hi Buildcity, it's way to complex a script for me to make any changes in successfully. It works fine on an IBFX account though, that's where I have been using it.

If it's throwing problems, I wouldn't have any idea how to fix it. I did send an email to the originator to ask if there was a way to modify it as I described above.
  • #9
  • Mar 17, 2010 4:39am Mar 17, 2010 4:39am
I found the original script at the website listed in the source code.

It is in Polish so i used Google translate to work my way through it. The coder is very amenable to making changes so why not go and ask the original.

I have used several things he has coded and he is very good.
  • #10
  • Edited 12:58pm Mar 18, 2010 6:21am | Edited 12:58pm
hey clay.... been tied up, just now getting back to this.....

there are some possible adverse situations than can arise if the targets are not initally set by you.....

such as if the stoploss and profittargets are 0 to begin with, or maybe the stoploss is ok and we only want to visually move the profittarget and other type examples.....

so bottom line, it's often best to manually set them, then drag at will.... if your not interested in the profittarget or stoploss , leave the ea's setting at 0, only set what your interested in visually moving......

be sure to demo it first...... and as always, holler if any changes are needed.....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #11
  • Mar 18, 2010 6:28am Mar 18, 2010 6:28am
That's awesome hayseed,,, really cool. I will demo it, probably today on a new demo account.

Thank you so very, very much.

God bless,
Clay
  • #12
  • Mar 18, 2010 6:46am Mar 18, 2010 6:46am
Hayseed,,, is there some reason it wouldn't execute on a chart? All my other scripts are executing just fine, including the other visual click and drag script but this one didn't even fire.
  • #13
  • Mar 18, 2010 7:57am Mar 18, 2010 7:57am
hey clay.... it's an ea, not a script..... so it goes in experts folder..... what you posted in post 1 is also an ea not a script.....

the targets should be set in terms of price..... as example, a current eurusd short might have a profittarget of 1.3615 and stoploss of 1.3900..... when you set the values it should plot the lines and move the targets..... later, dragging the line will cause the orders to be modified to new line value....

let me know if it still does not work.....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #14
  • Mar 18, 2010 8:06am Mar 18, 2010 8:06am
Ahhh,,, wonder why the other one works as a script. Not sure I want an EA for this function. Later I intend to use an EA to handle the trailing SL for my strategy and I think I can only have one EA on a chart, right? I'll put it in the EA folder and test it out. Is there a way to make a script out of it?
  • #15
  • Mar 18, 2010 8:12am Mar 18, 2010 8:12am
Still not working, sorry. Not sure what's wrong,, my EAs are enables, live trading is enabled,,, SHOULD run fine,,, but no joy
  • #16
  • Mar 18, 2010 8:15am Mar 18, 2010 8:15am
Quoting eclayf
Ahhh,,, wonder why the other one works as a script. Not sure I want an EA for this function. Later I intend to use an EA to handle the trailing SL for my strategy and I think I can only have one EA on a chart, right? I'll put it in the EA folder and test it out. Is there a way to make a script out of it?

Clay,

I have been using it as a script for 6 months now. Most "simple" EAs can be run as a script. It is a simple timed loop that does some checking and moves SL or TP as required.

Scripts execute immediately while an EA needs an incoming tick to fire. usually a script will then be removed once executed but this one will stay active and use the timing sequence.

Probably the primary disadvantage is that if you attempt to change TF then it wants to remove the script whereas the EA would stay alive.
  • #17
  • Mar 18, 2010 8:24am Mar 18, 2010 8:24am
Hi Flyer,,,

I'm only talking about the one hayseed posted. The one you gave me works fine as a script, it just doesn't move all SL at the same time,, which I can live with I guess, just thought it would be nice to have that function.

God bless,
Clay
  • #18
  • Mar 18, 2010 8:43am Mar 18, 2010 8:43am
Quoting eclayf
Later I intend to use an EA to handle the trailing SL for my strategy and I think I can only have one EA on a chart, right? I'll put it in the EA folder and test it out. Is there a way to make a script out of it?

hey clay.... that was one of my concerns also, ie, what if a trailing stop is employed elsewhere..... have you tested the script in post 1 to see if it will fight against a trailing stop....

one EA on a chart, right? .... yes, that's correct.....

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script's and ea's can be mixed and matched in folders but only with caution as to the effects..... a true script in the experts folder would likely go on forever, or till the chart is closed..... and a expert in the scripts folder likely will never start....

unless you use

#property show_inputs

so by putting that line above the extern inputs, the ea will roughly be turned into a 1 pass script.......

true scripts are intended to be used, 1 pass and 1 pass only... in real life trading, sometimes things take 2 pass's.....

can't imagine why it's not working for you.... works perfect here......h


Inserted Code
 
#property show_inputs
 
extern double profittarget   =  0.0;   // these must be price, such as, 1.3615
extern double stoploss       =  0.0;
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #19
  • Mar 18, 2010 10:14am Mar 18, 2010 10:14am
Perhaps it's not working because I don't use price as my SL,,,only a certain number of pips and when I leave it at 0, it doesn't work either. Not sure how to solve this quandry.

I haven't tested the other one as to fighting against traling stops, but it has an option for an internal one.

NOW,,, IF we could make that internal one trail at the bar's extreme + 1 pips in an up trend and by the bar's extreme +6 in a down trend, I'd have a solution to at least being able to use it as an EA for the trailing stop and I might be able to live with the single order drag and drop by increasing the "risk" I use when trading,,, then having the EA take out some of it at a certain number of pips,,, it has that in it as well.

I guess I could work with that a bit and see how it acts with the trailing stop and so on.
  • #20
  • Mar 18, 2010 1:17pm Mar 18, 2010 1:17pm
hey clay..... just shootin from the hip, i'd say the script/ea in post 1 will fight with anything attempting to modify the orders.... this would include you manually modifying them.....

even though you do not see the usual smiley face of an ea, the post 1 script/ea is still attached and working..... that is not the manner in which true scripts are intended to be used or written.....

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the script in post 1 is using the 'price', so i initially used the same..... not pips, but the price.....

the profittarget was meant to be like 1.3900 , the price itself..... so if you were puting in 100, you would not see the lines..... or if left at 0.0 you will not see the lines.....

we can code it both ways and let the end user choose which way he wants to enter the values.....

my preference would be only a certain number of pips like you mentioned...... will make the changes and repost.....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
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