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  • #1,241
  • May 2, 2010 2:41pm May 2, 2010 2:41pm
It will be interesting to see what the EA does tonight regardless of what happens tomorrow through the bank holidays.

The SMA is showing a steep downward trend but the price is hovering just above the 50% fibo retracement level which has already been rejected once.

There could be a gap up or down, a gap up may not have enough time to reverse the SMA, so it looks most likely that the EA will generate a short trade and that will be very interesting to watch!
  • #1,242
  • May 2, 2010 3:06pm May 2, 2010 3:06pm
Ok, Another Test 2.5 month Data/ $1 a pip.

Will stick to those settings next week.. Looking good to me:

P.S Geo, when GMT_Offset is 0 when EA start taking a trades

what GMT time? Thanks
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  • #1,243
  • May 2, 2010 3:12pm May 2, 2010 3:12pm
Quoting SkyzerFX
Ok, Another Test 2.5 month Data/ $1 a pip.

Will stick to those settings next week.. Looking good to me:

P.S Geo, when GMT_Offset is 0 when EA start taking a trades

what GMT time? Thanks
If You use ver 6 and IBFX.....it must be GMT 23.00
  • #1,244
  • May 2, 2010 3:43pm May 2, 2010 3:43pm
Quoting Elovv
If You use ver 6 and IBFX.....it must be GMT 23.00
I know it's strange but if you look at EST in the clock properties

"Time Zone" it says GMT -5. but here is the GMT Clock

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

NY time 4:40 and GMT is 8:40 which is EST -4

I'm pretty sure this is Due to the (Summer time + 1 shift), cause

GMT time never getting change, bear this in mind.

Based on this IBFX running on pure GMT right now, but in the winter could be

GMT-1 as you mention.
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  • #1,245
  • May 2, 2010 3:59pm May 2, 2010 3:59pm
Quoting SkyzerFX
I know it's strange but if you look at EST in the clock properties

"Time Zone" it says GMT -5. but here is the GMT Clock

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

NY time 4:40 and GMT is 8:40 which is EST -4

I'm pretty sure this is Due to the (Summer time + 1 shift), cause

GMT time never getting change, bear this in mind.

Based on this IBFX running on pure GMT right now, but in the winter could be

GMT-1 as you mention.
I use ver 5a. My settings GMT offset=0, Start time=23 Last week it start trading GMT 23.00 so just now IBFX time=GMT time
Winter time is difference.

Elovv
  • #1,246
  • May 2, 2010 3:59pm May 2, 2010 3:59pm
Quoting SkyzerFX
Based on this IBFX running on pure GMT right now, but in the winter could be

GMT-1 as you mention.
No, IBFX is GMT + 0 all the year
  • #1,247
  • Edited 4:58pm May 2, 2010 4:47pm | Edited 4:58pm
Quoting SkyzerFX
I know it's strange but if you look at EST in the clock properties

"Time Zone" it says GMT -5. but here is the GMT Clock

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

NY time 4:40 and GMT is 8:40 which is EST -4

I'm pretty sure this is Due to the (Summer time + 1 shift), cause

GMT time never getting change, bear this in mind.

Based on this IBFX running on pure GMT right now, but in the winter could be

GMT-1 as you mention.
This is the beauty of IBFX and forex.com they have GMT all year round unlike Alpari where I did all my initial testing which would have meant that I had the wrong start time for half of the year!

The other useful thing to remember is that Tokyo also opens at 0:00 GMT all year round so we have a very good "constant" for our EA to use!

I have now opened a demo account with forex.com for this very reason.

BTW If every tick testing is taking a long time, you may have missed my earlier post regarding this, you can set show_settings to false and it will run much faster!
  • #1,248
  • May 2, 2010 5:01pm May 2, 2010 5:01pm
Mmmm!

Market just opened with a gap up!

Interesting!
  • #1,249
  • May 2, 2010 5:01pm May 2, 2010 5:01pm
Quoting geoffb65
Mmmm!

Market just opened with a gap up!

Interesting!
Just a heads up, the link in your sig to the forward test isn't working
  • #1,250
  • May 2, 2010 5:09pm May 2, 2010 5:09pm
Quoting lolpie
Just a heads up, the link in your sig to the forward test isn't working
It is working but the data is zeroed at the end of the month and will restart with the first new trade in this month.
  • #1,251
  • May 2, 2010 5:23pm May 2, 2010 5:23pm
Quoting trade4fun
first of all congratulations with making such an awesome EA trading program as well as the testers and the other people develop it.

after checking your source code for like the whole day i had some beginner questions if you dont mind.

the whole time i was not getting any sales or buys. i checked the error messages in the journal and i saw i had this error.

2010.05.02 20:37:34...
If your broker allows 0.02 lot sizes then in the EA settings Micro orders must be set to true, this is the case if by 0.02 you mean 20 cents per pip!

It sounds like your account may be a Mini account with a minimum lot size of 0.1 ($1 a pip).

I was trying to use kernal32.dll to get the GMT time so that I could calculate the Broker to GMT offset automatically but it didn't work so I have scrapped the idea however, I have left the code in there in case I do find a solution.

Good luck with your learning, I am still learning from people who really know how to write code!
  • #1,252
  • May 2, 2010 5:26pm May 2, 2010 5:26pm
Quoting PayTheLimit
I would just like to say that I have been a longtime lurker and I must say this should be a model thread and required reading for all new members. Not because you might have a very simple and profit making EA, but because this thread shows the good side of FF. Taking an idea and having multiple members work and help each other in a civil enviroment to make it work. A breath of fresh air, thank you and good luck.
Thank you!

You are right, it is marvellous how people have jumped in to help!
  • #1,253
  • May 2, 2010 6:22pm May 2, 2010 6:22pm
1 short @ 1.53064, 1 short @ 1.53065
  • #1,254
  • May 2, 2010 6:38pm May 2, 2010 6:38pm
Short @ 53074

Aplari UK - Demo

Decided to only demo trade this week, since the UK holiday and the 3 days of Japanese holidays.. when uncertain,, stay OUT!
  • #1,255
  • May 2, 2010 6:41pm May 2, 2010 6:41pm
2 orders 23:25 @ 1.53060
IBFX
  • #1,256
  • May 2, 2010 6:42pm May 2, 2010 6:42pm
Quoting Taiyakixz
1 short @ 1.53064, 1 short @ 1.53065
ad 1) that is at 1.20 Alpari time or 23.20 GMT

ad 2) To help with the time you can insert different time zones on your Mozilla Firefox (do not know how it works on explorer as I try to avoid microsoft wherever possible) and it always shows up on your page. I have my done with Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, dubai. GMT, London and New York time so within one second I know always what's the time around the world

ad 3) Did anyone get any results for my EURUSD version. I came in a bit late but no deals so far. I attach the files again so you don't have to scroll backwards.

ad 4) when singapore comes in I update the implied vol matrix. Perhaps the more gifted ones of you might have an idea how to implement trends from this market into an ea?
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  • #1,257
  • May 2, 2010 6:49pm May 2, 2010 6:49pm
Quoting tommycz
Short @ 53074

Aplari UK - Demo

Decided to only demo trade this week, since the UK holiday and the 3 days of Japanese holidays.. when uncertain,, stay OUT!
Most importantly, the 140bn USD Greece bailout!!!
  • #1,258
  • May 2, 2010 7:03pm May 2, 2010 7:03pm
Pretty amazing test results for this baby, don't you think?

Bars in test 2788
Ticks modelled 2893748
Modelling quality 90.00%
Mismatched charts errors 0
Initial deposit 500.00
Total net profit 1964.60
Gross profit 3004.60
Gross loss -1040.00
Profit factor 2.89
Expected payoff 16.37
Absolute drawdown 11.80
Maximal drawdown 304.00 (11.34%)
Relative drawdown 21.20% (220.40)
Total trades 120
Short positions (won %) 68 (88.24%)
Long positions (won %) 52 (84.62%)
Profit trades (% of total) 104 (86.67%)
Loss trades (% of total) 16 (13.33%)
Largest
profit trade 46.00
loss trade -65.00
Average
profit trade 28.89
loss trade -65.00
Maximum
consecutive wins (profit in money) 40 (1186.00)
consecutive losses (loss in money) 4 (-260.00)
Maximal
consecutive profit (count of wins) 1186.00 (40)
consecutive loss (count of losses) -260.00 (4)
Average
consecutive wins 13
consecutive losses 2
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  • #1,259
  • May 2, 2010 7:13pm May 2, 2010 7:13pm
clean and fast trade today...

edit: thanks geoffb65
  • #1,260
  • May 2, 2010 7:15pm May 2, 2010 7:15pm
To the thread creator--out of curiosity, how did you come up with the 22 TP?
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