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  • #461
  • Mar 17, 2010 2:37pm Mar 17, 2010 2:37pm
Steve,
This seems to work for the 'SetStopLoss':

int lowest_bar = iLowest(symbol,0,MODE_LOW,5,0);
double stop = iLow(symbol,0,lowest_bar);

instead of:

double stop = Low[iLowest(symbol,0,MODE_LOW,5,0)];

PeeJay
  • #462
  • Mar 17, 2010 3:11pm Mar 17, 2010 3:11pm
Good Afternoon Steve,
Just got back in and checked my charts and the bots are doing well......Both bots up over 100 pips for the day, lots of trades and lots of to and from comments.
I'm loading up the sessions trader now so I can try it out. It really looks interesting.....

whip

Got it loaded....I needed this puppy 8 or 9 years ago when I was losing a lot of sleep!!
  • #463
  • Mar 17, 2010 3:47pm Mar 17, 2010 3:47pm
Quoting Rascacio
I've read the PDF several times and understand the strategy (I think ) but this seems to work only when the trade moves in the right direction.

If the trade goes against you there is no real S/L set as, for example the USDJPY 0.02 buy at 90.629 S/L 1.366 which is obviously not a relevent stop. So at present this trade is way below the 50MA there is no effective stop as such.

When the trade is in favour it certainly closes half and sets a visible stop and then the JSL can kick in if it keeps going in the right direction.

Can somebody else...
I getcha. Now I look, I have some of these as well. I had not noticed before because I charged straight from this to coding another robot. I rely on you guys to notice the details.

I know what has caused this and will fix it after I have had something to eat. Give me an hour or so.

  • #464
  • Mar 17, 2010 3:49pm Mar 17, 2010 3:49pm
Quoting peejaywk
Steve,
This seems to work for the 'SetStopLoss':

int lowest_bar = iLowest(symbol,0,MODE_LOW,5,0);
double stop = iLow(symbol,0,lowest_bar);

instead of:

double stop = Low[iLowest(symbol,0,MODE_LOW,5,0)];

PeeJay
Even better than me hand coding this in a loop. Cheers.

  • #465
  • Mar 17, 2010 5:19pm Mar 17, 2010 5:19pm
With thanks to peejaywk, updated versions of the combo and 5mm multi-pair robots are in the zip in post 1. The combo and 5mm 'aggressive' stop loss routines are both corrected.

From peejaywk's post, I see where I was going wrong. Nice one. Thanks again.

  • #466
  • Mar 17, 2010 7:47pm Mar 17, 2010 7:47pm
Hi Steve,
Have a question.......what is the session trader doing during the Asian session?

whip
  • #467
  • Mar 17, 2010 8:03pm Mar 17, 2010 8:03pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Hi Steve,
Have a question.......what is the session trader doing during the Asian session?

whip
It is monitoring global events. Using a highly superior and secret algorithm, it is measuring seismic shifts in Asian market sentiment and concurrently, but silently and undetectably, interrogating the sleeping minds of Western traders in order to predict the trading events of the coming day.

From the information thus gleaned, using AI techniques that I developed overnight but which are known only to me, it creates a Trading Plan for the coming day. I am already in secret negotiation with officials from a large number of governments for details of all this. I shall sell to the highest bidder; you cannot even begin to imagine my price.

The only organisation not in the bidding process is BOJ who, as we all know, go their own way come what may. Their failure to understand the consequences of their actions will cost them dearly.

  • #468
  • Mar 17, 2010 8:07pm Mar 17, 2010 8:07pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
It is monitoring global events. Using a highly superior and secret algorithm, it is measuring seismic shifts in Asian market sentiment and concurrently, but silently and undetectably, interrogating the sleeping minds of Western traders in order to predict the trading events of the coming day.

From the information thus gleaned, using AI techniques that I developed overnight but which are known only to me, it creates a Trading Plan for the coming day. I am already in secret negotiation with officials from a large number of governments for details...
Ok.....I have that all written down.......Loaded on my laptop by itself it floor boards the proccessor. I have to turn it off.

whip

P.S. It only did it after the start of the asian session
  • #469
  • Mar 17, 2010 8:11pm Mar 17, 2010 8:11pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
It is monitoring global events. Using a highly superior and secret algorithm, it is measuring seismic shifts in Asian market sentiment and concurrently, but silently and undetectably, interrogating the sleeping minds...

Are you using the same secret ALGORITHM in Epsilon Megastar ROBOT and would this new development have any effects on the Price of Epsilon Megastar?

As it is the pre release special offer limited edition of Epsilon Megastar produces 5% per day and no DD. Are you still on target for 25% profit per day?

Kind Regards
P.S. if the reply is not suitable for public domain please PM me.
  • #470
  • Mar 17, 2010 8:28pm Mar 17, 2010 8:28pm
This algorithm extends that of Epsilon Magastar into hyper-spatial compatability with those of my contacts in parallel dimensions.

The effect will be to turn Dark Matter into available currency units to be used by the government that bids the highest price for the algorithm.

I will be as close to being Master Of The Universe as any private citizen can become. Ok, so I could actually become Master Of The Universe, but my role as Dictator would sit uneasily with me, as demonstrated elsewhere in these threads.

I shall not forget my humble origins; neither shall I forget my friends here. To these, Epsilon Megastar will continue to be available at its discount price; 10% of the new algorithm will be included free of charge in recognition of the testing put in here by so many individuals.

  • #471
  • Mar 18, 2010 12:21am Mar 18, 2010 12:21am
Hail Master of the Universe. Many thanks to you and Peejawk. Looks like the S/L function is working correctly in the 5 Min MoMo multi pair so no reason for it not to in the MA MACD now, just have to wait for a trade !!

One thing I did notice is that the 5 Min MoMo screen message is not showing the spread i.e spread =0 but the robot appears to be functioning O.K. Just thought I'd mention it. I suppose it's because it's Multi pair and is correct as it cannot show all the spreads ?

Many thanks once again.
  • #472
  • Mar 18, 2010 12:58am Mar 18, 2010 12:58am
Quoting Rascacio
Hail Master of the Universe. Many thanks to you and Peejawk. Looks like the S/L function is working correctly in the 5 Min MoMo multi pair so no reason for it not to in the MA MACD now, just have to wait for a trade !!

One thing I did notice is that the 5 Min MoMo screen message is not showing the spread i.e spread =0 but the robot appears to be functioning O.K. Just thought I'd mention it. I suppose it's because it's Multi pair and is correct as it cannot show all the spreads ?

Many thanks once again.
That is just a display thingy left over from the adaptation to multi-pair trading, that I forgot to remove. Ignore it.

  • #473
  • Mar 18, 2010 1:15am Mar 18, 2010 1:15am
Quoting SteveHopwood
That is just a display thingy left over from the adaptation to multi-pair trading, that I forgot to remove. Ignore it.

I thought as much Steve, thanks. I've got to say the 5 Min MoMo multi pair is running on steroids since I loaded it at 04.00 GMT(my time) this morning, I can hardly keep up with it !! ( I obviously don't sleep that much, a bit like yourself i reckon )
  • #474
  • Mar 18, 2010 1:26am Mar 18, 2010 1:26am
Always too many interesting things to do.
  • #475
  • Mar 18, 2010 2:08am Mar 18, 2010 2:08am
As soon as the robot failed to wake up at 7.00 am (London time), I spotted a logic error that causes it to awake an hour later than required.

This is fixed in this version; the old one needs replacing immediately.

Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Steve Hopwood's BS Aisain session breakout multi-pair.mq4   42 KB | 217 downloads
  • #476
  • Mar 18, 2010 3:37am Mar 18, 2010 3:37am
A couple of bugs in the half-close error reporting stuff have surfaced, that gave incorrect information about the fault.

Fixes for these are in the post 1 zip.

  • #477
  • Mar 18, 2010 5:14am Mar 18, 2010 5:14am
I had an idea that will help inappropriate trade re-entries after a successful trade hits its trailing stop and the market is retracing.

MaxTradingPipsFromHiLo (default 20(0)) stops the robot from trading when the market is outside the hi-lo +- MaxTradingPipsFromHiL.

Allied with the SleepAfterTradeClosesMins input, this should keep the robot out of these trades without shutting off its ability to re-enter the market on a sufficient retrace followed by a further breakout.

This version is an essential re-download. I thought I had uploaded a version that fixed another bug that caused sell trades to be sent MaxTradingPipsFromHiLo above the low, not below it. Somehow, I didn't get around to clicking the save button. Hey ho.


Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Steve Hopwood's BS Asian session breakout multi-pair.mq4   42 KB | 243 downloads
  • #478
  • Mar 18, 2010 10:30am Mar 18, 2010 10:30am
Interesting. I think all of us who have been playing with the multi-pair version have been enjoying the last couple of days.

I did not enforce the 5M chart on the 5MM, so it will run the same system on any time frame. When I put it on demo, I forgot to change the tf and left it on the H1. It has been barnstorming in the pips ever since.

Food for thought. I have put it live on one of my eglobal cent accounts on an 1H chart and changed the demo to 5M. Time will tell.

The 2ma macd, 5mm and session breakout robots are the same beast with changes made to accommodate the different systems and their associated stops and tps. It should come as no surprise that the hals-close error reporting bugs in the first two have surfaced in the third. The fixed version is attached. That apart, it seems to be working well.

Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Steve Hopwood's BS Asian session breakout multi-pair.mq4   42 KB | 237 downloads
  • #479
  • Mar 18, 2010 11:24am Mar 18, 2010 11:24am
Steve,

I'm a little overwhelmed by all the bots between this and that other thread.

Thanks for keeping me so busy

I've got the 2MA/MACD Combo MultiPair up on demo. It's doing well so far. Have the 5 minute momo up too. About to put up the Asian Multi-Pair.

Just to get a feel for the bots, I have the 5 minute momo (single pair) and 5 minute momo multi-pair on the same demo account. The 5 minute momo on UsdCad. Changed the magic numbers and trade comment. Both on M5 charts. So far the 5 minute momo has taken trades while the multi-pair bot has not. I would have expected some duplicate trades. Is there an inherent conflict to run them both on the same account?

JR
  • #480
  • Mar 18, 2010 11:32am Mar 18, 2010 11:32am
Quoting octomanoak
Steve,

I'm a little overwhelmed by all the bots between this and that other thread.

Thanks for keeping me so busy

I've got the 2MA/MACD Combo MultiPair up on demo....
Not that I know of.

I suppose a possible explanation is that the single trader gets in first and is hogging the trading thread resources of the platform. By the time this thread is vacated (and only one can be open at any one time), the multi-pair bot is having to wait for the next tick, by when the trading conditions have changed.

Strictly speaking, we should only run one bot per platform. Unrealistic, especially when testing, but we should not be surprised at discrepancies.

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