scooby-doo BOJ JPY pairs trading robot

Have you tried this....

double FLU = iCustom(NULL,PERIOD_D1,"FractalsLine",60,0,0); // Blue fractal line
double FLL = iCustom(NULL,PERIOD_D1,"FractalsLine",60,1,0); // Red fractal line

Works OK on mine. Try the attached in strategy tester and take a look at your journal. You should get your upper and lower fractals there.

Cheers Scoobs. Usual result. Bugger-all.

Anyone here ever extract anything from the fucking custom indis?

Do me a collossal favour, please.

Knock together a script that returns a value based on the your call to the indi and post it here. I can take stuff from there.

Cheers. I appreciate your efforts.

Hello Steve and I hope I am not using up any space here, but I did some research and found the following which looks different then what is posted on the other posts?
double FLU = iCustom(NULL,0,"FractalsLine",0,0); // Blue fractal line
double FLL = iCustom(NULL,0,"FractalsLine",1,0); // Red fractal line
Vince

Another observation on yours
double FLU = iCustom(NULL,PERIOD_D1,"FractalsLin e",60,0,0); // Blue fractal line
double FLL = iCustom(NULL,PERIOD_D1,"FractalsLin e",60,1,0); // Red fractal line

What happens if you have the world "fractalsline,60,0,0 and not a space between lin e?
Vince

Thanks, this works with FractalsLine, which is at least a step forward.

I still need a call to a multi tf fractal that actually returns a result.

Thanks anyway.

Any of you guys ever find yourself trying to use custom indis in your coding will quickly discover why I have them so much.

Mind, I haven't been able to get anything useful out of the mt4 Fractals indi either.



SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Steve did see the other post where I saw you didn't have the whole word correct? You have lin e perphaps change that to one word fractaline and use fractalsline,60,0,0 and not a space between lin e?
Vince

Yes I did, thanks, and regardless of space/lack of space/the second coming of Christ/ the solving of world poverty, I still need a call that works to either:

 

1. the fractals indi that ships wth mt4 but allows me to send a call that returns a result from a higher time frame OR.
2. returns a result from any one of the umpteen mtf fractals that people have been kind enough to supply here.

Either will do.

I don't care which.

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Pray that you do do not one day find yourself in a similarly frustrating position.

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM


Better out than in.

Just

Steve when you have a second can you please check this link maybe it mght help? Looks like it involves one period, I guess you can change the code around for it to work with more than one period?
http://articles.mql4.com/727
Vince

Thanks Vince, but that is all about coding the indicator. I need to know how to get these bloody indicators to return a value via a call to them. This is not the same as coding them.

I cannot work out how to do it. Maybe it is not possible. For sure, you perhaps begin to get an inkling of why I HATE BLOODY CUSTOM INDICATORS.

Really, really really hate them. With a passion you can only just begin to conceive of, in your wildest and most tortured dreams.

He also had an ea attached that had a call I would think to the indicator? Grant it is coded for one time frame, but not being a coder I don't know, but I would think it could be changed to work with more than one time frame? At any rate, I will let you be and not post at the moment. I do appreciate all the work you do coding. I can imagine how hard it is to do. I have tried with just using basic stuff.
Have a nice day/evening!
Vince

Vince, you are a GENIUS.

YOU DID IT.

Your last contribution put me on the path to the info I needed. Never mind how, I can't be bothered to explain. Just accept you did, ok?

I have stopped screaming with rage and frustration now.

Nice one, Vince.

Cheers. If not so before, you are now Officially A Star.

Hello Steve...
Glad I could be of help. As I said before, I really admire your committment and hard work. That also goes for Scoobs and the rest of the people on the trend.
Vince.

Can Scooby (or any other resident BOJ expert?) confirm if that JPY buying spike on friday was a BOJ intervention? I've read through the thread and the pdf and just wanted to confirm if that's the kind of thing you're talking about, and using the EA for. If it was, does anyone have a feel for how frequently these interventions are happening?

cheers
f451

Over the past few days I have been successfully trading using fractals to define price action. Basically if the last upper range fractal is greater than the previous upper range fractal and the last lower range fractal is greater that the previous lower range fractal, then open a long order when price exceeds the last upper range fractal. I am using opposite logic for a short order. The key was a few days back when Scoobs mentioned that price tends to move at the open of a session then retrace as the session moves along. The light bulb went on.

I attempted the next logical step, to program an EA. At this point, the only thing I have learned is how far I can throw a monitor from a seated position. My kids have now drawn a chalk line around my computer desk to define a “safe zone” and made me promise to never stand up before I toss any offending equipment.

My kids also suggested that I seek help (programming and other wise). I hope this thread can help with the programming part…

Anyway – I figure it is probably easier for someone to start from scratch instead of trying to clean up my mess, so here are the specifics that I believe can earn consistent pips…

Inputs needed:

Take Profit (TP) in pips
Stop Loss (SL) in pips
Buffer (B) in pips – the number of pips price must go above or below the fractal before an order will be opened.
Order Size (L)
3 Separate Time Ranges – this is where we can define what times during the day to trade and not to trade. For example, we might want to trade from 0:00 to 2:00 and then 6:00 to 9:00 and then finally from 12:00 to 14:00 within a given day (all times should be GMT).

For the logic below, I am using
Fractals for defining the upper range FracHigh (1) for the last one FracHigh (2) for the previous upper fractal.
Fractals for defining the lower range FracLow (1) for the last one FracLow (2) for the previous upper fractal.

The logic is simple enough

FOR A LONG ORDER

If we are within a time range AND
If the last upper range fractals FracHigh (1) > FracHigh (2) previous upper fractal AND
The last lower range fractals FracLow (1) > FracLow (2) previous lower fractal
Then when price exceeds the last upper fractal FracHigh (1) by (B) pips, then open a Long order, size (L) lots, with a Take Profit of (TP) and a Stop Loss of (SL).

FOR A SHORT ORDER

If we are within a time range AND
If the last upper range fractals FracHigh (1) < FracHigh (2) previous upper fractal AND
The last lower range fractals FracLow (1) < FracLow (2) previous lower fractal
Then when price drops below the last lower fractal FracLow (1) by (B) pips, then open a Short order, Size (L) lots with a Take Profit of (TP) and a Stop Loss of (SL).

By having the TP, SL, L and B as input variables, the same EA can be used in multiple time frames and over multiple pairs. This is the 3rd rewrite of this before posting, I hope I made it clear enough. Please let me know if you have any questions.

T...

Coincidental to tsquad's post, I have been working on this.

My screams last night elicited some help.

The attached is a robot I am going to start a new thread with, once I am sure it works as intended and have written the user guide.

It measures the swing high/low of the previous swing of the chosen higher tf using the Fractals indicator to detect them.

If the most recent swing is high, then the trend is long. If low, then the trend is short.

Once the swing is established, then the lower, trading time frame is used to place trades.

Taking an up trend as an example, here is how the robot is supposed to behave:

 

1. at a trading (i.e. lower tf) swing low, take a buy.
2. at a trading (i.e. lower tf) swing high, close the buy

That's it; that simple. I offer it here so you guys can play with it if you would like to. I would appreciate it if you do not ask questions about it as I have to prepare the documentation that will answer them. Please just play with it and see how you feel about it. It is a multi-trader, so you will need to set up separate charts with the Fractals indi on it to see how each individual decision to trade is reflected on the chart.

My IBFX demo & live dont show any extra large spike for fri.
But a spike would be a waste of the BOJ's money, their purpose is to move the price to a better range for them.
So it shows up over more bars - as far as I know.

Of course if they loose real quick & then stop trying, it would be a spike. Bit that would totally wreck their credibility & thats more important than what they spend on shifting the price range - again IMO.

BOJ is more like Yoda -- "Dont try - Do".

cheers scalpz

I noticed a couple of things earlier.

The pairs display was getting mucked up when the robot detected a change, so I fixed this.

More importantly, the robot was giving the processor a hell of a hammering. This was caused by the display routine needing to calculate the trading time frame position every tick, so I added code to make it do this every 10 ticks instead. This has lightened the load on the processor considerably.