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  • #381
  • Apr 23, 2010 2:41am Apr 23, 2010 2:41am
Quoting geoffb65
My own live account did not trade last night either.

The program will not trade every day and it may well trade on some brokers but not on others.

My demo account did trade last night but live no, maybe high spread on live.
  • #382
  • Apr 23, 2010 2:42am Apr 23, 2010 2:42am
Quoting mirgi
Hi Geoff,

I have problem, when I tested Simple H1 v5 on my demo account all works good and profitable, but on live account it doesn't work, it doesn't make any trade.

All settings it's same as demo account.


Please can you help me?

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http://mirgi.rajce.idnes.cz/Burza/#gbpusd.jpg

Thanks
Mine also is the same. Tested it on demo and was fine. But...it didn't trade last night.
  • #383
  • Apr 23, 2010 2:50am Apr 23, 2010 2:50am
Quoting grant18265
Thanks Geoff
I look at the slope of the SMA between the 2 hours previous to the start time and, last night, there was a kink that looked like a positive trend.

However, the fractals signified a negative trend, so the nett result was no trade!

I have also found a minor bug in the code that would have stopped the trailing stop from working on the second order which I have now fixed.

As I will be re-posting v5 later today I have also added the ability to hide the TP and SL settings from your broker.

This is accomplished with a drop-down tab in the settings
Hide_Targets true/false
I think this will be a useful addition.
  • #384
  • Apr 23, 2010 2:51am Apr 23, 2010 2:51am
Last night I got triggered LONG @ 53391 . It only opened 1 position which closed after 22 pips TP.

I thought the system opened 2 positions to start. The first position would target 22 pips and then the second position would trial? or does it only open 1 position and then close 1/2 of it once target and start to traiil.

Thinking of trying V5 live next week!
  • #385
  • Apr 23, 2010 2:53am Apr 23, 2010 2:53am
Quoting sanyhuis
Mine also is the same. Tested it on demo and was fine. But...it didn't trade last night.
Hi sanyhuis

Please see previous post for the reason.

My own live account did not trade either!
  • #386
  • Apr 23, 2010 2:55am Apr 23, 2010 2:55am
Quoting tommycz
Last night I got triggered LONG @ 53391 . It only opened 1 position which closed after 22 pips TP.

I thought the system opened 2 positions to start. The first position would target 22 pips and then the second position would trial? or does it only open 1 position and then close 1/2 of it once target and start to traiil.

Thinking of trying V5 live next week!
The program should open 2 positions but occasionally it doesn't and so far I have been unable to find out why!

When I do I will post the fix!
  • #387
  • Apr 23, 2010 2:58am Apr 23, 2010 2:58am
Quoting mirgi
My demo account did trade last night but live no, maybe high spread on live.
If you are with Alpari I can say that there is a difference between their live and demo accounts.

Apparently their demo accounts are based on ECN data which makes them much faster than their live accounts.
  • #388
  • Apr 23, 2010 3:34am Apr 23, 2010 3:34am
Quoting geoffb65
If you are with Alpari I can say that there is a difference between their live and demo accounts.

Apparently their demo accounts are based on ECN data which makes them much faster than their live accounts.
to add to that the spreads are very small as well, GU currently 1 pip...

cheers

Grant
  • #389
  • Apr 23, 2010 4:04am Apr 23, 2010 4:04am
Quoting grant18265
to add to that the spreads are very small as well, GU currently 1 pip...

cheers

Grant
That is true!

I looked at opening a Pro account with Alpari, smaller spread, faster execution, quotes from several sources and $20,000 minimum deposit, great!

But the downside is, there is a minimum order of 3 standard lots i.e. $30 per pip, too rich for me!
  • #390
  • Apr 23, 2010 4:16am Apr 23, 2010 4:16am
Quoting geoffb65
Can you help me, I fire two orders in quick succession but occasionally only one order is created, have you any suggestions why this should happen?
Hi Geoff,

Looking at the OrderSend functions there is no error handling. Instead of having to code for every error condition, I would suggest changing the OrderSend() function to OrderSendReliable() . Place the attached file into your experts/include directory then include it (open the file for full instructions).

Have a look at the OrderSendReliable function in there and you will see how it trys to handle every possible error!

Cheers, Andrew.
Attached File(s)
File Type: mqh OrderReliable_v0_2_5.mqh   26 KB | 348 downloads
  • #391
  • Apr 23, 2010 5:42am Apr 23, 2010 5:42am
My V3 went long last night (probably due to kink) and it closed for profit eventually this morning. V4 went short but I have no access to my VPS in work to see why (will look later) and V5 was no trade.
  • #392
  • Apr 23, 2010 5:45am Apr 23, 2010 5:45am
Same here V5 with no trade last night.
  • #393
  • Apr 23, 2010 6:05am Apr 23, 2010 6:05am
Quoting paulbt38
My V3 went long last night (probably due to kink) and it closed for profit eventually this morning. V4 went short but I have no access to my VPS in work to see why (will look later) and V5 was no trade.
I had no trade with v4 or v5 both live accounts!
  • #394
  • Edited 6:51am Apr 23, 2010 6:34am | Edited 6:51am
Friends, I think I have squeezed all the pips out of this baby!

There was a bug in the previous version v5 that would have prevented the trailing stoploss from working, the fix is attached in v5a.

I have also added the option to hide TP & SL from the brokers, in the setting you can choose Hide_Targets true/false.

Here is my latest 12 month equity chart using the optimised default settings:
TP 22, TP2 49, SL 140, TSL 22, the SMA is still 10.

The v5a .mq4 and .ex4 files are attached and I recommend that you replace v5 files with these as soon as possible.
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File Type: zip GBPUSD EA v5a.zip   85 KB | 506 downloads
File Type: ex4 Simple_H1_GBPUSD_EAv5a.ex4   18 KB | 460 downloads
File Type: mq4 Simple_H1_GBPUSD_EAv5a.mq4   18 KB | 572 downloads
  • #395
  • Apr 23, 2010 7:25am Apr 23, 2010 7:25am
Geo, I place it on Demo and for 2 days 1st using v2

and yesterday v5 - 2 winners with 1 lot it translates to about

$700

I'll run it next week and see more results

Working great so far, thanks!

Will also replace v5 with v5a
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  • #396
  • Apr 23, 2010 7:28am Apr 23, 2010 7:28am
Quoting SkyzerFX
Geo, I place it on Demo and for 2 days 1st using v2

and yesterday v5 - 2 winners with 1 lot it translates to about

$700

I'll run it next week and see more results

Working great so far, thanks!

Will also replace v5 with v5a
GREAT!
  • #397
  • Apr 23, 2010 7:38am Apr 23, 2010 7:38am
I know this could be inviting trouble but no one has rated this thread I haven't even got one star for my trouble!
  • #398
  • Apr 23, 2010 8:03am Apr 23, 2010 8:03am
Quoting wwwild
Hi Geoff,

Looking at the OrderSend functions there is no error handling. Instead of having to code for every error condition, I would suggest changing the OrderSend() function to OrderSendReliable() . Place the attached file into your experts/include directory then include it (open the file for full instructions).

Have a look at the OrderSendReliable function in there and you will see how it trys to handle every possible error!

Cheers, Andrew.
Hi Andrew

Many thanks for the info and the include file!

I hope you don't think I am an ungrateful sob but I decided not to use the "include file" in the EA, mainly because it would have meant everyone using the EA would have had to download and install the file.

I have managed to keep the EA simple, so far, with no custom indicators for people to get wrong and I would prefer to keep it that way!

Simple is good for me because I am simple!LOL!

However, for de-bugging purposes, I have added error handling to the OrderSend() function and I hope this will give me some idea what is going wrong!

Thank you once again.
Geoff
  • #399
  • Apr 23, 2010 8:16am Apr 23, 2010 8:16am
Geoff, I haven't had much time lately, but just voted to rate you, the one at the top.
  • #400
  • Apr 23, 2010 8:17am Apr 23, 2010 8:17am
Quoting Bankshot
Geoff, I haven't had much time lately, but just voted to rate you, the one at the top.
I just votes EXCELLENT also
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