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  • #861
  • Jun 1, 2010 3:56pm Jun 1, 2010 3:56pm
Sounds good to me. Let us know how you do. I should do the same.
Good luck.
  • #862
  • Jun 1, 2010 4:57pm Jun 1, 2010 4:57pm
Hi everyone,

just a quick head up comparing different brokers trade results in past 2 days on version 5 :

31st May :
Alpari Russia Demo: No trades
The Collective FX Demo No trades
The Collective FC Live: No trades.

ATC Demo: 3 trades , 3 wins (sell): 22 + 11 + 11 pips


1st June :
Alpari Russia Demo: No trades
The Collective FX Demo No trades
The Collective FC Live: No trades.

ATC Demo: 3 trades , 3 wins (buy): 22 + 30 + 80 pips
(It is really a shame I missed that full strike one on my TCF live account )

I have double checked all EA poperties and time settings on all acounts, everthing was good and the EA should have worked correctly on all accounts.

Seeing the situation as this,
it seems like the current conditions are creating very tight windows whether the EA would take or not take trades, making it dependand on every boker's data feed.
However apparently the decission to take trades would have been a very valid and positive one, so may I suggest to Geoff, (if this is possible) to widen up the entry conditions of the EA in such way, that when such conditions exist like in these 2 days, the EA would be a little more responsive to open trades, so in other words, make sure it would take the trades on most broker's data feeds, and not just on a few of them.

Another approuch would be, we continue to test the EA on as many different brokers as possible and compare results, someone should voulenteer to collect and store all results in an excle file,
so after some time, we might have an idea which broker gives the most and best trade entries...

For the moment, I am considering to use a trade copy software to copy trades from my ATC demo account to my live TCF account, so I would avoid the secenario to miss more winning trades like in the past few days...

Cheers,

Michael
  • #863
  • Jun 1, 2010 5:05pm Jun 1, 2010 5:05pm
Everything looks in order for long with the MA's.
I guess it is up to the fractal entry now.
  • #864
  • Jun 1, 2010 10:08pm Jun 1, 2010 10:08pm
Disapointingly no trades were triggered using camvcooV4, on GoMarkets
How's everyone else doing?

Whereas on the 'Simple H1 GBPUSD' thread, everyone's rejoicing and throwing their hats in the air.
  • #865
  • Jun 1, 2010 11:10pm Jun 1, 2010 11:10pm
Quoting silv3r4sh
Disapointingly no trades were triggered using camvcooV4, on GoMarkets
How's everyone else doing?

Whereas on the 'Simple H1 GBPUSD' thread, everyone's rejoicing and throwing their hats in the air.

I had three profitable lots last night (I am GMT +2). 2 lots were open with V8 and one lot opened with V4.
My demo broker is IBFX.

Regards,
Knez.
  • #866
  • Jun 1, 2010 11:20pm Jun 1, 2010 11:20pm
Quoting Knez
I had three profitable lots last night (I am GMT +2). 2 lots were open with V8 and one lot opened with V4.
My demo broker is IBFX.

Regards,
Knez.
I'm running this on a MIG demo @.3 lots. It popped $349 for me tonight with no problem. And with Simple 1v8 on Alpari it popped $215 for the 2 trades. Both sure beats scalping and beating your head against the monitor for 8 - 12 hours a day!
  • #867
  • Jun 1, 2010 11:48pm Jun 1, 2010 11:48pm
Would it hurt us if the stop loss was smaller or each order had a separate one?

I took v5 and added stoploss1, stoploss2 and stoploss3 and did some testing.

Right now we use a stop of 140 x 3, which is 420 if we have a BIG loser...
I setup a test to use:
SL1 - 44
SL2 - 100
SL3 - 156
Total = 300

In backtesting since Jan1 we have:
Original V5 = 81 trades for 839 pips your results may vary...
Modified = 81 trades with 780 pips - the smaller stops got hit a couple times

The mod almost gave us the same upside but might make some feel better on the downside...when it happens again.

I won't post the EA because I don't want anyone getting confused. If Geoff, wants to do something like this it's his call. Just opening it up for debate.

Geoff knows the 6 places the code could be modified and the additional vars.

Minnelli
  • #868
  • Jun 1, 2010 11:53pm Jun 1, 2010 11:53pm
Was there any loosing day since the thread has starded? And what is the current ea that are used?
  • #869
  • Jun 1, 2010 11:58pm Jun 1, 2010 11:58pm
No losers yet, but backtesting had a few in late March and early April. I'm just preparing for a worst case scenario. Like tonight looks even about now. I just don't want to see folks get all agitated and leave the thread because we had a bad day. Trying to avoid the inevitable is wrong. Planning for a couple bad trades may be just what the doctor ordered...
  • #870
  • Jun 2, 2010 12:53am Jun 2, 2010 12:53am
Quoting Minnelli
No losers yet, but backtesting had a few in late March and early April. I'm just preparing for a worst case scenario. Like tonight looks even about now. I just don't want to see folks get all agitated and leave the thread because we had a bad day. Trying to avoid the inevitable is wrong. Planning for a couple bad trades may be just what the doctor ordered...
You had a bad day yesterday?

I had a very good day yesterday, and of course today!
  • #871
  • Jun 2, 2010 1:02am Jun 2, 2010 1:02am
Quoting Flamenco143
I'm running this on a MIG demo @.3 lots. It popped $349 for me tonight with no problem. And with Simple 1v8 on Alpari it popped $215 for the 2 trades. Both sure beats scalping and beating your head against the monitor for 8 - 12 hours a day!
  • #872
  • Jun 2, 2010 1:32am Jun 2, 2010 1:32am
Quoting stifland
Everything looks in order for long with the MA's.
I guess it is up to the fractal entry now.
Did your EA trade?
  • #873
  • Jun 2, 2010 2:09am Jun 2, 2010 2:09am
Good morning all.

EA traded long on Alpari UK Live at 00:55 UK time on 1.46764. Ended +22, +50, +11.

Sweet
  • #874
  • Jun 2, 2010 2:33am Jun 2, 2010 2:33am
Quoting Zr-fx
Good morning all.

EA traded long on Alpari UK Live at 00:55 UK time on 1.46764. Ended +22, +50, +11.

Sweet
A lot less scary than yesterday!
  • #875
  • Jun 2, 2010 2:55am Jun 2, 2010 2:55am
Quoting silv3r4sh
Disapointingly no trades were triggered using camvcooV4, on GoMarkets
How's everyone else doing?
Hi Ho Silver, Away....!

Had to get that in.

I have used v5 on GoMarkets live these past two days, all successful.

BUT, same EA on some demo's not accepting trade. Experts tab shows "invalid ticket for OrderModify function"

I've had that 4 times now
  • #876
  • Jun 2, 2010 3:38am Jun 2, 2010 3:38am
goeff,

i think there is a regression in v5: the slippage fields in OrderSend() calls are back to "3*Poin", where they used to be (and should still be) "3*Poin/Point", as i pointed out in a previous post.
Slippage is an integer value (30 for 3 pips in a 5-digits broker for instance).
"3*Poin" will give you 0.00003, which will be interpreted as 0, allowing no slippage at all.

This could very well be the reason for orders being rejected, as Spaghetti noticed.

Sq
  • #877
  • Jun 2, 2010 4:49am Jun 2, 2010 4:49am
Quoting squalou
goeff,

i think there is a regression in v5: the slippage fields in OrderSend() calls are back to "3*Poin", where they used to be (and should still be) "3*Poin/Point", as i pointed out in a previous post.
Slippage is an integer value (30 for 3 pips in a 5-digits broker for instance).
"3*Poin" will give you 0.00003, which will be interpreted as 0, allowing no slippage at all.

This could very well be the reason for orders being rejected, as Spaghetti noticed.

Sq
Ouch! That was a mistake, I will have to sort it out, many thanks!
  • #878
  • Jun 2, 2010 5:16am Jun 2, 2010 5:16am
Quoting squalou
goeff,

i think there is a regression in v5:
This could very well be the reason for orders being rejected, as Spaghetti noticed.

Sq
What a brilliant opportunity to be a part of this thread, with individuals sharing their expertise.

Such constructive help is beneficial all round. Thanks Sq and Geoff
  • #879
  • Jun 2, 2010 6:45am Jun 2, 2010 6:45am
Both Alpari and FXPro in profit this night. Great.
  • #880
  • Jun 2, 2010 6:47am Jun 2, 2010 6:47am
Quoting Emanuele
Both Alpari and FXPro in profit this night. Great.
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