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  • #261
  • May 26, 2010 4:15pm May 26, 2010 4:15pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Hi Steve,
This is a little earlier than I wanted to do this but I got an afternoon off. This is on 4hr charts and it's done well. I don't know what version this is but I don't think it's the latest.
I married EM and mptm about half way through this report....

whip
Good sharing hiredwhip interesting results. Looking towards the Set file.

Much Appreciation.

Bless
  • #262
  • May 26, 2010 4:23pm May 26, 2010 4:23pm
Quoting pathumracled
Good sharing hiredwhip interesting results. Looking towards the Set file.

Much Appreciation.

Bless
Here tis....Have to change it to text file or FF upchucks.....take the .txt off of it.....

whip
Attached File(s)
File Type: txt em.set.txt   4 KB | 354 downloads
  • #263
  • May 26, 2010 5:01pm May 26, 2010 5:01pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Here tis....Have to change it to text file or FF upchucks.....take the .txt off of it.....

whip
Thanks for all this, whip.

  • #264
  • May 26, 2010 5:04pm May 26, 2010 5:04pm
[quote=SteveHopwood;3756275]Thanks for all this, whip.

[/quot
Thank you.......I learned a bit on this one.....

whip
  • #265
  • May 26, 2010 6:25pm May 26, 2010 6:25pm
[quote=hiredwhip;3756282]
Quoting SteveHopwood
Thanks for all this, whip.

[/quot
Thank you.......I learned a bit on this one.....

whip

Hello hiredwhip,
thank you for the settings. Two comments or Q's (1) how did you get the settings to print to a text file? I have agonized for some time with how to extract my test-settings from the MPTM. If you have a beast of extracting same that would be most helpful, enabling me to share, proven settings. (2) On the Break Even Settings, have you considered the effects of spreads and a retreating market, when setting BE? I have found it helpful to set the BE point a couple pips or dollars beyond entry, that way if worse happens I will have a better chance of not ending in a loss, when able. So 2-5 pips above zero in your case perhaps?

My thanks and thoughts.

Bless!
  • #266
  • May 26, 2010 6:57pm May 26, 2010 6:57pm
Thanks Whip. My settings are similar, but with a tighter BE and JS. I suppose that going too tight may have been the problem with my settings.

Quoting pathumracled
how did you get the settings to print to a text file? I have agonized for some time with how to extract my test-settings from the MPTM. If you have a beast of extracting same that would be most helpful, enabling me to share, proven settings.
Pathumracled,

When you save a set file from the expert properties dialog give it a name you will recognize, then go into the folder in MT4 where the presets are stored (experts/presets). Click on the set file you want and just change the file extension form ".set" to ".txt" and then the set file will be a text file you can share on the forum.

BTW, you can set your PC to open set files with Notepad. When you double-click on a set file, Windows will ask you what program to open it with. Select Notepad amd check "always use this program to open this file type." Windows will then remember to use Notepad to open a ".set" file.
  • #267
  • May 26, 2010 9:10pm May 26, 2010 9:10pm
Hello octomanoak,

thank you for the tip. I simply copied the existing setting file to desktop, then change to ".txt" and viola!! data was readily available for viewing.

Bless!
  • #268
  • May 27, 2010 12:05am May 27, 2010 12:05am
Hey hiredwhip, someone posted this question in the rookie thread and asked it to be directed as you. I am also interested if you changed anything in the EM settings.

Quoting desmodeus
Hi All,
This is a question for hiredwhip (who recently posted his EM results and his MPTM .set file for EM in the main EM thread). First, thank you very much for posting your MPTM settings! I would very much appreciate it if you would also post the EM settings you're using in conjunction with those MPTM settings. I've been running EM in demo, experimenting with settings, and I'm not doing nearly so well!
Thanks!

(I'm hoping that someone with posting privileges over in the main EM thread will post this question to hiredwhip on my behalf.)
  • #269
  • May 27, 2010 1:43pm May 27, 2010 1:43pm
i'm i right in saying that this EA cannot be back tested?
  • #270
  • May 27, 2010 2:33pm May 27, 2010 2:33pm
Quoting Viv108
i'm i right in saying that this EA cannot be back tested?
It can be backtested if you set it to trade only one pair. But I do not know of a way to backtest the bot with mptm settings to exit trades.
  • #271
  • May 27, 2010 2:44pm May 27, 2010 2:44pm
how does one set it to trade just one pair in back test? I have had a look in the settings and there is nothing to suggest it can be done..

please advise.
  • #272
  • May 27, 2010 3:02pm May 27, 2010 3:02pm
Quoting Viv108
how does one set it to trade just one pair in back test? I have had a look in the settings and there is nothing to suggest it can be done..

please advise.
You just select the pair you want to run the EA on from the Symbol drop down in Strategy Tester.

PeeJay
  • #273
  • May 27, 2010 3:21pm May 27, 2010 3:21pm
hahaha... i know that!!! Its not working which is why i am asking...! I thought, perhaps you needed to muck about with the code.

Has anyone successfully back tested this from 2008 etc for say, eurusd? Can you post results?
  • #274
  • May 27, 2010 3:25pm May 27, 2010 3:25pm
Quoting Viv108
hahaha... i know that!!! Its not working which is why i am asking...! I thought, perhaps you needed to muck about with the code.

Has anyone successfully back tested this from 2008 etc for say, eurusd? Can you post results?
Sorry,which bot are you referring to Viv108? I backtested earlier versions of EM, but I have not backtested the latest version(s). It was a little tricky and a code mod was required. Look back in the posts and you will see.

I do not know if the latest versions of EM will backtest. Maybe someone who has done so will speak up.
  • #275
  • May 27, 2010 3:28pm May 27, 2010 3:28pm
yes.. i am talking about the latest version of this bot.
  • #276
  • May 27, 2010 3:39pm May 27, 2010 3:39pm
Quoting Viv108
yes.. i am talking about the latest version of this bot.
I've just started a backtest from 2008 on EURUSD and the EA is happily making trades. It looks like it is going to take a long time to run but I will post the results when it has finished.

I have also put some mods into the bot to assist with backtesting. I have copied some of the functionality from MPTM into the EA so I can test different settings for BE and JSL.

Hope Steve doesn't mind.

PeeJay
  • #277
  • May 27, 2010 4:22pm May 27, 2010 4:22pm
Quoting peejaywk
I've just started a backtest from 2008 on EURUSD and the EA is happily making trades. It looks like it is going to take a long time to run but I will post the results when it has finished.

I have also put some mods into the bot to assist with backtesting. I have copied some of the functionality from MPTM into the EA so I can test different settings for BE and JSL.

Hope Steve doesn't mind.

PeeJay
That is excellent PeeJay. If I could code I would have done the same thing to make it possible to backtest the bot with some of the trade management of mptm.
  • #278
  • May 28, 2010 2:15am May 28, 2010 2:15am
Quoting octomanoak
That is excellent PeeJay. If I could code I would have done the same thing to make it possible to backtest the bot with some of the trade management of mptm.
I can post the modified EA if you think it will be useful.

PeeJay
  • #279
  • May 28, 2010 4:27pm May 28, 2010 4:27pm
Quoting peejaywk
I've just started a backtest from 2008 on EURUSD and the EA is happily making trades. It looks like it is going to take a long time to run but I will post the results when it has finished.

I have also put some mods into the bot to assist with backtesting. I have copied some of the functionality from MPTM into the EA so I can test different settings for BE and JSL.

Hope Steve doesn't mind.

PeeJay
Mine is open-source code. If you can come up with improvements, the I will acknowledge them and adopt them into my version - this last only so that everyone coming upon this thread can benefit from them, not because I want to exercise any element of control.

So, modify away.

  • #280
  • May 29, 2010 6:23am May 29, 2010 6:23am
Quoting SteveHopwood
Mine is open-source code. If you can come up with improvements, the I will acknowledge them and adopt them into my version - this last only so that everyone coming upon this thread can benefit from them, not because I want to exercise any element of control.

So, modify away.

Hi,
Here is a modified version of the Epsilon Megastar EA with some functions from MPTM added to assist with backtesting.
I have added the Break Even and Jumping Stop Loss functions from MPTM.

Hope people find this useful.

Thanks to Steve for sharing this EA with us and also for MPTM.

PeeJay
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Epsilon Megastar with MPTM.mq4   71 KB | 369 downloads
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