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  • #341
  • Apr 17, 2010 1:24pm Apr 17, 2010 1:24pm
Hey Bubo,

Thanks for the suggestion.

Just confirm I have the understanding correct, you are stating that if the MT4 EQUITY "waterline" is exceeded by a gain in %/$/pips (could be EA settings) then all trades close. Correct ?

Thanks,

getdown71


Quoting bubo
Hello everybody,

It is good to see so many forward tests!

It would be great to have some more variations tested, such as human_&_Auto, or using the wide arsenal of tools that is supplied in this great EA. I feel we are only using a fraction of what is possible with this versatile EA, and more people could find other avenues that may work.

Here is another idea, which i guess we would have to test manually first as I believe it is not in the EA yet.

I call it a 'Ratchet Strategy'.

Let me explain. Most trade management strategies...
  • #342
  • Apr 17, 2010 1:52pm Apr 17, 2010 1:52pm
All,

As we have seen the EA has had some minor DD recently. Last couple of days the EA has roared back it action.

v1.06 is in the cooker - thanks xux99!

PLUS some further tweaked set files which HALF the DD for the same test period. (e.g. EURUSD max DD is now 4.5%)

Thanks,

getdown71
  • #343
  • Apr 18, 2010 1:47pm Apr 18, 2010 1:47pm
Hi getdown71 - Yes, correct.

Of course you also need some kind of marker when you freeze that equity high plus target, or it will forever race ahead of you when equity increases. For example, when the equity high has not been exceeded again during x amount of time, or if the equity high is followed by a decrease in equity by an amount y - all signs that things didn't quite work out as planned and that you may want to get out and start fresh with new trades before things get too risky.

Would be great to have that in the EA, although I have no data to show it will improve performance or not.

Regarding other tests. What exact mptm are you using for forward test in first post: v103 link is actually running v105; with and without MPTM on FXDD - just to compare forward testing results.

Also, has anyone tested the following setting:
v1.02 changes
d) Setting all non profitable trades TP BE +30 (default is 30 but can be changed with setting) when item "Friday trading stop" is triggered. Every candle after, the the BE is reduced by 5 pips (default is 5 but can be changed with setting) until BE (zero=entry price) is reached.

I guess Friday Trading stop is referring to: c) Friday Trading Stop hour/minute - no more entries are permitted, but open entries continue to get managed.


Keep up the good work.


Quoting getdown71
Hey Bubo,

Thanks for the suggestion.

Just confirm I have the understanding correct, you are stating that if the MT4 EQUITY "waterline" is exceeded by a gain in %/$/pips (could be EA settings) then all trades close. Correct ?

Thanks,

getdown71
  • #344
  • Apr 18, 2010 3:41pm Apr 18, 2010 3:41pm
Hey Bubo

I'm thinking that MPTM has most of this "waterline" functionality already. (please correct me if I'm wrong)

Regarding other tests. What exact mptm are you using for forward test in first post: v103 link is actually running v105; with and without MPTM on FXDD

Version or settings of MPTM ? The version is the latest in Steve's FF thread (with contributions from Dave/Cacus/Robert Hill on Yahoo group I believe)

Settings file is on post 1; Version on the v103 link is now v106 using FXDD demo.

I guess Friday Trading stop is referring to: c) Friday Trading Stop hour/minute - no more entries are permitted, but open entries continue to get managed.

Correct. (All depends on the EA settings - what happens after stop time; like below option)

d) Setting all non profitable trades TP BE +30 (default is 30 but can be changed with setting) when item "Friday trading stop" is triggered. Every candle after, the the BE is reduced by 5 pips (default is 5 but can be changed with setting) until BE (zero=entry price) is reached.

I have checked operation; all appears to be in order, however backtests have shown this not provide any great benefits to DD or Profitability (in fact it lowers profitability)

Thanks,

getdown71

Quoting bubo
Hi getdown71 - Yes, correct.

Of course you also need some kind of marker when you freeze that equity high plus target, or it will forever race ahead of you when equity increases. For example, when the equity high has not been exceeded again during x amount of time, or if the equity high is followed by a decrease in equity by an amount y - all signs that things didn't quite work out as planned and that you may want to get out and start fresh with new trades before things get too risky.

Would be great to have that in the EA, although I have...
  • #345
  • Apr 19, 2010 1:16am Apr 19, 2010 1:16am
Hi Getdown71,

Kudos for such a great EA! I've been testing it for few weeks, but getting mixed results.

I just started to run v1.05 and found out that the FFCal still comes with the old news feed URL. If EA is using the FFCal settings within the indicator, then I reckon this should be in FFCal update in the code line 233:

Inserted Code
string    sUrl = "http://cdn.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml";
Thanks
Aimak

PS: my SSS EA stats page
  • #346
  • Apr 19, 2010 1:54am Apr 19, 2010 1:54am
Good find Aimak!

What broker are you using to test SSS ?

BTW there is new version 1.06 with further optimiziations done.


Quoting Aimak
Hi Getdown71,

Kudos for such a great EA! I've been testing it for few weeks, but getting mixed results.

I just started to run v1.05 and found out that the FFCal still comes with the old news feed URL. If EA is using the FFCal settings within the indicator, then I reckon this should be in FFCal update in the code line 233:

Inserted Code
string    sUrl = "http://cdn.forexfactory.com/ffcal_week_this.xml";
Thanks
Aimak

PS: my SSS EA stats page
  • #347
  • Apr 19, 2010 2:23am Apr 19, 2010 2:23am
Quoting getdown71
There is no global stop loss in the current set files is active.

SL is handled by indicators only. The midnight liquidity spikes must have taken out indy based exits. (very rarely seen but possible)

I suggest getting a new broker. What is the broker you are using for this demo ?
I'm using JadeFX, been OK up to now.
There was no spike shown on the charts
  • #348
  • Apr 19, 2010 10:05am Apr 19, 2010 10:05am
My demo continues to perform well, averaging two percent daily.
I am very impressed. Thanks to Getdown and XUX. I quit trying to watch the indicators, since the MTF aspect makes that silly. Glenn
  • #349
  • Apr 19, 2010 11:41am Apr 19, 2010 11:41am
Good stuff, Glenn!

What version/settings are you using? Would you have an MT4i link? Perhaps I missed it - would be great if we can all contribute with that.




Quoting winsteadglenn
My demo continues to perform well, averaging two percent daily.
I am very impressed. Thanks to Getdown and XUX. I quit trying to watch the indicators, since the MTF aspect makes that silly. Glenn
  • #350
  • Apr 19, 2010 3:03pm Apr 19, 2010 3:03pm
Hi,
I am newbie here. I have installed this system an loaded the indicaors in my MT4 platform from FXCM demo. I put all the settings and it did not make single trade in last 3 days. Also I would like to ask how to set it to trade 24 hrs? I tried to change th etrade session timings to 0001 to 2359 still no trades. ATR shows it is trade range but there is no trades. somebody can help?

Saran
  • #351
  • Apr 19, 2010 5:56pm Apr 19, 2010 5:56pm
Bubo: I am using the exact settings recommended in the zip file on post one. JadeFX is the broker. One pair listed is not offered. I think it is NZDJPY, but not certain. I quit trying to figure out what it is doing, but the results are very nice and steady. Now up 17% since last Monday.
I have not yet hooked up with the MT4 stat thing. I presume my results are close to those of Getdown, since he is also on JadeFx.
Best regards, Glenn
  • #352
  • Apr 19, 2010 6:29pm Apr 19, 2010 6:29pm
V1.04 chugging along OK - couple of trades (GBPAUD and GBPCAD) been in pretty deep DD now for week + but have improved.

see results http://www.mt4i.com/users/jim67
  • #353
  • Apr 19, 2010 9:05pm Apr 19, 2010 9:05pm
Hi Glenn,

Would be great to get you hooked up to mt4i.com

I have never used JadeFX and very interested to see how performance is on this broker.

Thanks for being part of the SSS test team.

Getdown71

Quoting winsteadglenn
Bubo: I am using the exact settings recommended in the zip file on post one. JadeFX is the broker. One pair listed is not offered. I think it is NZDJPY, but not certain. I quit trying to figure out what it is doing, but the results are very nice and steady. Now up 17% since last Monday.
I have not yet hooked up with the MT4 stat thing. I presume my results are close to those of Getdown, since he is also on JadeFx.
Best regards, Glenn
  • #354
  • Apr 19, 2010 9:17pm Apr 19, 2010 9:17pm
All,

Updated version of v1.06 installer in post 1. Sunday market open AutoGMTOffset time bug on Collective FX has been fixed.

Please update your setup this weekend.

Thanks go out to xux99 for this important bug fix.

Getdown71
  • #355
  • Apr 20, 2010 6:36am Apr 20, 2010 6:36am
Hi Getdown71,
I've got GBPAUD and GBPCAD trades that are over a week old and in pretty heavy DD. I notice from link in post#1 you don't have any of these trades. Are you not running them or has my feed taken these different to yours?
see http://www.mt4i.com/users/jim67
Jim
  • #356
  • Apr 20, 2010 6:38am Apr 20, 2010 6:38am
anyone had any long term success with this?
  • #357
  • Apr 20, 2010 10:29am Apr 20, 2010 10:29am
Getdown: I see that the pound took a huge drop. The current set file is using neither a SL nor the hedge. Perhaps these tools should be deployed in some way. Your thoughts?
  • #358
  • Edited 1:56pm Apr 20, 2010 1:42pm | Edited 1:56pm
Hi Getdown71,

I'm using Alpari UK for all my tests because I also have a real account with them, thus I prefer to get acquainted to their ways.

I just started to test the v1.06 on 3 timeframes (5, 30, 60) in E/U. All EAs that I'm testing now are set public in my Myfxbook account.

Thanks
Aimak

Quoting getdown71
Good find Aimak!

What broker are you using to test SSS ?

BTW there is new version 1.06 with further optimiziations done.
  • #359
  • Apr 20, 2010 4:09pm Apr 20, 2010 4:09pm
Glenn,

My dev role and testing (back/forward) has proven that a hard SL/hedge is not as stable/profitable as the current setup. (My setup uses ATR based SL & TP plus indicator based exits)

No doubt there is other setups that I have yet dream up this EA could use; This is the testing teams challenge.

Feel free to mod my base setup; digest the manual in full and roll your own setup as well.

Wilko has stepped up to this challenge (M5/30 scalper) as have a number of other testers.

Thanks,

getdown71


Quoting winsteadglenn
Getdown: I see that the pound took a huge drop. The current set file is using neither a SL nor the hedge. Perhaps these tools should be deployed in some way. Your thoughts?
  • #360
  • Apr 20, 2010 5:54pm Apr 20, 2010 5:54pm
Here are my forward test results on an Alpari demo account. I have attached the settings file.
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