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  • #661
  • Apr 2, 2010 4:58pm Apr 2, 2010 4:58pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
It is probably a good thing that you do not post often if this is the best you can do.
Sorry to have posted at all... seems like you are stressed enough already...
  • #662
  • Apr 3, 2010 8:10am Apr 3, 2010 8:10am
happy easter!
wish you joyfull days ahead!
regards
... feel better day by day.
  • #663
  • Apr 3, 2010 7:58pm Apr 3, 2010 7:58pm
Well, things are looking good here for sure.

octomanoak has sent me a magnificent inputs user guide for the robots here. I will put it up tomorrow. Actually, later today as I look at the time.
  • #664
  • Apr 4, 2010 10:02am Apr 4, 2010 10:02am
octomanoak has created a marvellous inputs user guide for the robots. Details in post 1 as usual.

Cheers octomanoak. You are a star.

  • #665
  • Apr 4, 2010 10:44am Apr 4, 2010 10:44am
I am just spending a happy few minutes adapting a copy of 10 a day to BS's latest offering (cannot resist again).

In the process, I noticed some faulty (and I mean robot-cripplingly faulty) trade-decision code. This explains some of the strange-looking trades that my robot took last week, that they were nearly all losers and why some of you only got Buy trades.

The fix is in post 1 and the re-download essential. I attach it here also so you do not have to faff around with the zip.

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File Type: mq4 Steve Hopwood's BS 10 a day multi-pair.mq4   22 KB | 231 downloads
  • #666
  • Apr 4, 2010 6:39pm Apr 4, 2010 6:39pm
Quoting FBForex
Sorry to have posted at all... seems like you are stressed enough already...
Ok, I have had a couple of pm's from an individual whose experience and expertise I value highly telling me that I was wrong to treat you so harshly.

He is right. On other occasions, I would simply have said, "Thanks, but I am not going to implement this." Or I would have ignored it.

I can be mercurial sometimes. I apologise. I hate it when people say, "I think such-and-such is a good idea; Google it to read about it" as though I have nothing better to do. My reaction to this is still a failing on my part.

Please accept my apologies and best wishes for your future trading.

  • #667
  • Apr 5, 2010 3:58am Apr 5, 2010 3:58am
Quoting tazmaan
Alot of steve's bots have this issue, with changing an input messing up the display.
Try this:
remove the expert from the chart
hit f3 and delete all global variables
reload the expert onto the chart, set your settings and hit ok. should be good to go.
if you need to adjust settings afterwards, adjust them, save the set file, remove the expert from the chart and redrop it on again and load the set file.
What's worked for me anyhow
Thank you, all this is without succes, without trades. High, low always at zero.
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  • #668
  • Apr 5, 2010 6:14am Apr 5, 2010 6:14am
I have my own oddity at the moment. Do The Right Thing works perfectly on this machine - my coding machine. It refuses to do more than calculate the CCI hi-lo of the first pair in my lost when transferred to my trading demo.

Same criminal. Strange. Not a clue why it won't work.

  • #669
  • Apr 5, 2010 8:44am Apr 5, 2010 8:44am
Quoting SteveHopwood
I have my own oddity at the moment. Do The Right Thing works perfectly on this machine - my coding machine. It refuses to do more than calculate the CCI hi-lo of the first pair in my lost when transferred to my trading demo.

Same criminal. Strange. Not a clue why it won't work.

My DTRT is trading away with the updated version from the end of last week i.e BUY's AND SELL's now on loads of pairs. The early trades today were nearly all winners but this afternoons trades seem to be mainly losers !!

I'm trying to trade EURUSD and GBPUSD with the 10 a day but not getting any trades on the GBPUSD despite saving the set file and loading it etc etc. Can't figure it out at all as the chart looks good for trades. Maybe someone here has got a couple of pairs on the go and can let us know if they are working ?
  • #670
  • Apr 5, 2010 10:02am Apr 5, 2010 10:02am
Quoting Rascacio
My DTRT is trading away with the updated version from the end of last week i.e BUY's AND SELL's now on loads of pairs. The early trades today were nearly all winners but this afternoons trades seem to be mainly losers !!

I'm trying to trade EURUSD and GBPUSD with the 10 a day but not getting any trades on the GBPUSD despite saving the set file and loading it etc etc. Can't figure it out at all as the chart looks good for trades. Maybe someone here has got a couple of pairs on the go and can let us know if they are working ?
Took me a few days to get a single trade out of the "10 a day", too. Have had that problem quite a few times - most of Steve's EAs work like a charm but some simply refuse to take trades. Did everything I could possibly think of and figured out that setting up a new (demo) account and deleting the old one often works wonders. Got my first trade today on EURUSD 5M
  • #671
  • Apr 5, 2010 11:07am Apr 5, 2010 11:07am
The function that detects the next round number was faulty. This is fixed and a re-download is essential.

Mine has taken a couple of trades correctly today - a bit lucky given the faulty code. They both hit tp. EU only.

Now I have added GU and EJ. Remember this is a scalper, so wide spreads make it wrong for trading pairs with spreads of more than about 4.

Watch your MaxSpread if you do try it on other pairs; the default is very small - EU sized.

Fix in post 1 and here as well.

If you have not watched this yet, then you need to do so. I have already coded the robot and it has made a good start, despite the problems I had with the round number function - this is where the faulty coding came to light.

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File Type: mq4 Steve Hopwood's BS 10 a day multi-pair.mq4   23 KB | 219 downloads
  • #672
  • Apr 5, 2010 11:36am Apr 5, 2010 11:36am
Re loaded with the fixed version. Thanks Steve.

Yes the 2 trades taken today on EU hit TP.

I'm only trying EU and GU for starters, I'm looking forward to seeing how they get on.
  • #673
  • Apr 5, 2010 11:58am Apr 5, 2010 11:58am
Currently running 2MA-MACD, 5 Min Momo (on h1), Asian Breakout and 10 A Day on demo. So far each bot is holding its own, in profit and/or with positive UPL.

I tried backtesting 2MA-MACD to get a sense of its longer term performance, particularly during challenging periods in the market. I could not get a satisfactory profit on backtest, but the good news is that it has such good money mangement and low drawdown that in various scenarios, the account remained relatively intact. Of course I do not expect backtests to be clear indications of live performance, but I sure liked seeing that the bot did not do major damage to the account.

Its looking real good Steve! Thank you for your hard work and diligence.
  • #674
  • Apr 5, 2010 1:09pm Apr 5, 2010 1:09pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Ok, I have had a couple of pm's from an individual whose experience and expertise I value highly telling me that I was wrong to treat you so harshly.

He is right. On other occasions, I would simply have said, "Thanks, but I am not going to implement this." Or I would have ignored it.

I can be mercurial sometimes. I apologise. I hate it when people say, "I think such-and-such is a good idea; Google it to read about it" as though I have nothing better to do. My reaction to this is still a failing on my part.

Please accept my apologies...
apologies accepted... I had forgotten about it already... and your hard work gives you a lot of credit...

I'll try to offer my ideas in a different way in the future...

Good luck with your progress!!!
  • #675
  • Apr 5, 2010 3:24pm Apr 5, 2010 3:24pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
The function that detects the next round number was faulty. This is fixed and a re-download is essential.

Mine has taken a couple of trades correctly today - a bit lucky given the faulty code. They both hit tp. EU only.

Now I have added GU and EJ. Remember this is a scalper, so wide spreads make it wrong for trading pairs with spreads of more than about 4.

Watch your MaxSpread if you do try it on other pairs; the default is very small - EU sized.

Fix in post 1 and here as well.

If you have not watched this yet, then you need to do so. I have...
Hi Steve,
I just had to remove the 10 a day bot from Alpari because of the running up and down spreads.
Any chance of you adding the individual spreads you had in previous bots to the pair display? This bot is so spread critical that it would make it alot easier to find out if a particular pair could be traded or not.
The update to this bot was excellent...............Thankz

whip
  • #676
  • Apr 5, 2010 4:16pm Apr 5, 2010 4:16pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Hi Steve,
I just had to remove the 10 a day bot from Alpari because of the running up and down spreads.
Any chance of you adding the individual spreads you had in previous bots to the pair display? This bot is so spread critical that it would make it alot easier to find out if a particular pair could be traded or not.
The update to this bot was excellent...............Thankz

whip
Here you go. Added to the post 1 zip as well.

I think this is purely an EU strategy. We shall see.

Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Steve Hopwood's BS 10 a day multi-pair.mq4   23 KB | 254 downloads
  • #677
  • Apr 5, 2010 4:33pm Apr 5, 2010 4:33pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Here you go. Added to the post 1 zip as well.

I think this is purely an EU strategy. We shall see.

Nice.....Thank You Sir......In the back of my head though I think you are right about this being an EU strategy.....

whip
  • #678
  • Apr 5, 2010 4:38pm Apr 5, 2010 4:38pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Nice.....Thank You Sir......In the back of my head though I think you are right about this being an EU strategy.....

whip
I think the 7(0) pips tp is probably the clue here.

The bot is not so pretty as some others, but it is geriatric by comparison - first coded last weekend as I recall.

Hehe. There are Old Bots. There are Bold Bots. There are no Old Bold Bots.

Not many of mine survive a week on demo, so this one is looking good.

  • #679
  • Apr 5, 2010 9:08pm Apr 5, 2010 9:08pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Here you go. Added to the post 1 zip as well.

I think this is purely an EU strategy. We shall see.

Yes we shall. Demo test using EURUSD, EURJPY, GBPUSD, and USDCHF at crim FOREX.com:

http://www.mt4i.com/users/bs_10_a_day
  • #680
  • Apr 6, 2010 1:23am Apr 6, 2010 1:23am
I downloaded the 10 a day fix in post #671 at 16.07 hr yesterday and loaded with set file etc but have not had a single trade since then !!

Can anyone confirm trades since around 16.00 hr yesterday with the latest fix ?

Thanks a lot.
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