Snowballs and the anti-grid

#include <common_functions.mqh> 
#include <offline_charts.mqh>

Quoting luxinterior

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#include <common_functions.mqh> 
#include <offline_charts.mqh>

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Quoting 7bit

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Here is a little EA i wrote that will assist in pyramiding profits.

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Quoting 7bit

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I will update the EA (found and fixed some minor bugs) a few hours before the market opens. Pay attention to the version number (2010.3....) on the download page. Also the common_functions.mqh will need to be updated then.

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Quoting zznbrm

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Very interesting...I get the same value from makeMagicNumber() for AUDJPY and GBPJPY

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int makeMagicNumber2(string key){
   int i;
   int high, low;
   int h = 0x00000000;
   
   for (i=0; i<StringLen(key); i++){   
      // rotate left 5 bits 
      high = h & 0xf8000000;  // save 5 high bits
      h = h << 5; // shift left
      h = h ^ (high >> 27); // insert the 5 bits to the right
      
      // xor the next byte of the key into the hash
      h = h ^ StringGetChar(key, i);
   }
   
   // now do the same again but into the
   // other direction and with 7 bits instead
   for (i=0; i<StringLen(key); i++){   
      // rotate right 7 bits 
      low = h & 0x0000007F;  // save 7 low bits
      h = h >> 7; // shift right
      h = h ^ (low << 25); // insert the 7 bits to the left
      
      // xor the next byte of the key into the hash
      h = h ^ StringGetChar(key, i);
   }
   
   return(h);
} 

Quoting 7bit

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This one is more sophisticated. I'll use this in the next version if i don't have a better idea until tomorrow:

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Quoting zznbrm

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When I see the shifting of bits, I look the other way!!!! How about a combination of the current time and MathRnd()?

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Quoting zznbrm

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When the next buy stop is hit and a Level 2 buy is opened, the SL on the Level 1 buy is moved to break-even.

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Quoting 7bit

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Could this problem be FIFO related? I was told that stoplosses work on FIFO brokers. Does the broker exchange the two stoplosses against each other to maintain FIFO conformity? If he simply rearranges the order of the stops then it would not make any difference profit-wise and would not be a problem, as long as it is guaranteed that there is still one stoploss every 15 pips (no matter which one) to scale out every 15 pips. If this broker simply moves all stops to the latest trade then we have indeed a problem.

Could you make a screenshot of the...

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Quoting 7bit

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Wow!

This is... (I don't have the appropriate word for this)

I would expect the Broker to throw an error message (130 invalid stops) or something like that and simply refuse to accept the orders if the placement of the stops would violate the rules.

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Quoting zznbrm

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I know they will not allow opposite pending orders at the same time (Buy stop and sell stop) because of the hedging rules. So, the bidirectional mode of the EA is out. But, with the ECN-specific order functions working properly, I think their handling of FIFO will allow the unidirectional mode of the EA to work ok.

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I'll have to do some more testing with MBTrading tomorrow.

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Quoting 7bit

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The no-hedging does not necessarily conflict with the bidirectional mode.

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The ECN functions apply to market buy and market sell only, limit and stop orders are allowed to be sent together with sl and tp. These ECN 2-step orders are not yet tested, I wrote them just 24 hours ago, but i think they should work.