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  • #1,021
  • Apr 29, 2010 12:56pm Apr 29, 2010 12:56pm
Yes Geoff, but for the orders to be placed PC needs to be on Or has Johnny Walker walked away my mind already?

Quoting geoffb65
Magic?

Not quite, if the order was placed with hide_targets false, both orders would go to their TP's or SL's even if the computer is switched off.

However, the trailing stop would not work on the second order as this is managed by the EA.
  • #1,022
  • Apr 29, 2010 1:00pm Apr 29, 2010 1:00pm
The time right now as appears in Market Watch is 20:00:20
  • #1,023
  • Apr 29, 2010 1:07pm Apr 29, 2010 1:07pm
Quoting shiva
Yes Geoff, but for the orders to be placed PC needs to be on Or has Johnny Walker walked away my mind already?
Ah yes, you are right, it is magic!
  • #1,024
  • Apr 29, 2010 1:12pm Apr 29, 2010 1:12pm
Quoting Elovv
What is Your brooker time know? You see it in Market watch
its showing as 19:12:34
  • #1,025
  • Apr 29, 2010 1:13pm Apr 29, 2010 1:13pm
Quoting semelak1
The time right now as appears in Market Watch is 20:00:20
Than Your brooker time is the same as Alpary time. Its GMT +2. You can use Geoffs default setting GMT offset=0, Start time=1
or
GMT offset=2, Start time=23
  • #1,026
  • Apr 29, 2010 1:19pm Apr 29, 2010 1:19pm
Quoting paulbt38
Geoff

I think an input to change both trade comment and magic number would be great. I saw the various comments about ECN brokers. Don't know much about them myself but I know Steve H has very strong opinions about them and doesn't use them.

Paul
I can add magic number and trade comment inputs with no problem.

I'm surprised that Steve would be against ECN brokers, I must ask him why, I assumed that with the low spread and faster response they would be much better for us!
  • #1,027
  • Apr 29, 2010 1:32pm Apr 29, 2010 1:32pm
Quoting roundrock
its showing as 19:12:34
Your brooker time is GMT +1, GMT offset=0, Start time=0
or
GMT offset=1, Start time=23

Your time settings are correct. I think the best You can do Is to download a IBFX or Alpary Uk demo. Than You know if Your problems depends on settings or brooker.

Elovv
  • #1,028
  • Apr 29, 2010 1:39pm Apr 29, 2010 1:39pm
Quoting semelak1
Sorry, here are the links again:
http://www.myfxbook.com/members/seme...imple-v4/27421
http://www.myfxbook.com/members/seme...imple-v3/27420
In the above two links , I left the settings intact (using the default EA settings).

Why did I got two losing trades then while everybody here didn't ??!!

p.s. click on History to view the previously placed trades
  • #1,029
  • Apr 29, 2010 2:04pm Apr 29, 2010 2:04pm
semelak1, geoff replied to your question already, you should read his post first before asking again the same question!

Geoff you are doing a brilliant support here. Thanks so much for your help and this wonderful EA.

Quoting geoffb65
Are you testing v3 and v4?

We are using v5a at the moment and v4 is not trading often enough!

What exacly am I looking at in your files, I am not familar with the system that you are using, is this the broker or is the data coming from a broker to be summarised on this site?
  • #1,030
  • Apr 29, 2010 2:17pm Apr 29, 2010 2:17pm
Quoting fguru
semelak1, geoff replied to your question already, you should read his post first before asking again the same question!

Geoff you are doing a brilliant support here. Thanks so much for your help and this wonderful EA.
Thank you fguru for your kind words and for answering the previous query!
  • #1,031
  • Apr 29, 2010 2:29pm Apr 29, 2010 2:29pm
Quoting Elovv
Maybee its because IBFX always is GMT time? Maybee 4 pips are not to bad under Asian session? I dont know what spread Alpary have Asian time. But download a demo if You have time and backtest. Interesting if You will have the same result as I have.

Elovv
Hi Elovv

I opened a demo account with forex.com in order to get the constant GMT setting but their spread on GBPUSD is 4 and my test results even at 90% modelling were worse than my Alpari tests.

I guess I will have to open an IBFX demo account!

P.S.
Have you ever heard of or been to Elmhult?
  • #1,032
  • Apr 29, 2010 2:41pm Apr 29, 2010 2:41pm
Quoting Elovv
Than Your brooker time is the same as Alpary time. Its GMT +2. You can use Geoffs default setting GMT offset=0, Start time=1
or
GMT offset=2, Start time=23
Hi everyone!
Look this link. This is a real helper for time zone and it free. Totally configurable.

http://www.symmetricom.com/resources...oads/symmtime/

Thank Geoffb65 sharing your knowledge.

Bob
I just believe in... Peace and good Karma!
  • #1,033
  • Apr 29, 2010 2:42pm Apr 29, 2010 2:42pm
What will the EA do tonight?

The SMA slope is quite definitely long and the price is rapidly approaching the 61.8% retracement of the last move down.
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  • #1,034
  • Apr 29, 2010 2:48pm Apr 29, 2010 2:48pm
Quoting jalp
Hi everyone!
Look this link. This is a real helper for time zone and it free. Totally configurable.

http://www.symmetricom.com/resources...oads/symmtime/

Thank Geoffb65 sharing your knowledge.

Bob
Many thanks for the info!

If you look at the chart in my previous post you can see that, in the next issue of the EA, I have added Broker Time, GMT Time and GMT Offset in the settings area and the GMT offset is calculated automatically.
  • #1,035
  • Apr 29, 2010 2:56pm Apr 29, 2010 2:56pm
Quoting geoffb65
If you look at the chart in my previous post you can see that, in the next issue of the EA, I have added Broker Time, GMT Time and GMT Offset in the settings area and the GMT offset is calculated automatically.
CLOCK.mq4, an April 25th file posted in this thread, is the current best answer for me. It shows me everything I need to know about times: the broker time, local time, GMT time, London time, etc. If that logic gets embedded into your next version, that would be the cat's meow!

Thanks for your excellent EA and all your hard work!
  • #1,036
  • Apr 29, 2010 3:17pm Apr 29, 2010 3:17pm
Quoting geoffb65
Hi Elovv

I opened a demo account with forex.com in order to get the constant GMT setting but their spread on GBPUSD is 4 and my test results even at 90% modelling were worse than my Alpari tests.

I guess I will have to open an IBFX demo account!

P.S.
Have you ever heard of or been to Elmhult?
Interesting wich testresult IBFX gives You.

Elmhult, we spell it Älmhult in Sweden but Ä is only in the swedish language.
Yes, I know it and I have been there several times. I live on the Swedish southeascost about 100 km from Älmhult, famous for us in Sweden because of Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA. I think every swedish family have been on IKEA and bought furnitures.

Best wishes
Elovv
  • #1,037
  • Apr 29, 2010 3:27pm Apr 29, 2010 3:27pm
Quoting Elovv
Interesting wich testresult IBFX gives You.

Elmhult, we spell it Älmhult in Sweden but Ä is only in the swedish language.
Yes, I know it and I have been there several times. I live on the Swedish southeascost about 100 km from Älmhult, famous for us in Sweden because of Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA. I think every swedish family have been on IKEA and bought furnitures.

Best wishes
Elovv
Next door to IKEA testing laboratory in Elmhult is a company called Eltex and I worked for them from 1985 to 2000 and visited the factory several times.
Flying from Manchester to Vaxjo(?) pronounced Vequay I think, weather permitting!
Thinking about it, we landed in Copenhagen more often than Vaxjo thanks to the weather!

Small world!
  • #1,038
  • Apr 29, 2010 3:35pm Apr 29, 2010 3:35pm
Geoff,

Thanks for what seems like a great little EA, I have gone live with it as of last night, and even felt the need to register at forex factory today to congratulate you on it.

Can I make a small suggestion.

Many, many times the EA will take a trade and then we drift the opposite way before turning around and finishing in profit. This is obviously normal, but I wonder if we may use this to our advantage in a number of ways.

1. Enter a controllable setting for the EA, so that once a trade is signalled, the EA will hold for a user definable number of pips, before actually entering the trade. In doing this, it will obviously increase the profit of each trade by this user definable amount and will also reduce the SL by the same number. There would need to be a time limit of say 1 or 2 hours maybe before the potential trade gets cancelled if not filled. It might be a good idea to cancel a pending trade if price hits the original TP before our trade is filled.

Sure we might miss a few trades, that do enter and go straight to TP immediately, but I think overall it could be very worthwhile.

Another huge advantage is that if this EA becomes very popular, we do not have a situation where many hundreds / thousands of EA's are all bombarding brokers servers at the exact same moment with the same instruction.

Just my thoughts.

Well done on some great work Geoff You da man !
  • #1,039
  • Apr 29, 2010 3:36pm Apr 29, 2010 3:36pm
Quoting geoffb65
Many thanks for the info!

If you look at the chart in my previous post you can see that, in the next issue of the EA, I have added Broker Time, GMT Time and GMT Offset in the settings area and the GMT offset is calculated automatically.
Great geoffb65, witch version ea is it?
I just believe in... Peace and good Karma!
  • #1,040
  • Apr 29, 2010 3:36pm Apr 29, 2010 3:36pm
Quoting geoffb65
Next door to IKEA testing laboratory in Elmhult is a company called Eltex and I worked for them from 1985 to 2000 and visited the factory several times.
Flying from Manchester to Vaxjo(?) pronounced Vequay I think, weather permitting!
Small world!
Very small world

You write Vaxjo, its Växjö but ä and ö only swedish.

Now You don´t work for Eltex, You are developing EA´s instead.

Lets see what happens tonight. Tradestart 01.00 mine time, tomorrow I must go up 06.30 for go to my teaching job. Your EA makes it difficult to go to bed before trades is open

Elovv
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