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  • #261
  • Jun 3, 2010 7:24pm Jun 3, 2010 7:24pm
Just so everyone knows, I abandon my robots even faster than I code them unless they prove to be worthy of further attention very quickly.

I remind you again of these facts:

 

  1. A robot is only 90% as good as the strategy it trades.
  2. If the strategy is rubbish, so is the robot trading it.

I remind you of this merely to reinforce the fact that, as SS is one of only two of my robots still trading on my accounts it must be good. Damn good.

The function of error reporting is to alert the coder to a possible problem. Go onto ebay and pay $5-$5000 for an expert and the one thing they all have in common is this: they do not alert you to failed trades. The failed trades happen, but the robot does not tell you about them. For obvious reasons.

Save the attached with a slightly different name; it has error reporting turned off. Run both bots side by side for a week and let me know if there is any difference in performance; there should not be unless the inability of the crap mt4 platform to cope with a couple of bots both trying to send a trade intervenes. They are the same robot except that one will tell you when trade sends fail and the other will not.

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  • #262
  • Jun 3, 2010 7:35pm Jun 3, 2010 7:35pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Just so everyone knows, I abandon my robots even faster than I code them unless they prove to be worthy of further attention very quickly.

I remind you again of these facts:

 

  1. A robot is only 90% as good as the strategy it trades.
  2. If the strategy is rubbish, so is the robot trading it.

I remind you of this merely to reinforce the fact that, as SS is one of only two of my robots still trading on my accounts it must be good. Damn good.

The function of error reporting is to alert the coder to a possible problem. Go onto...

Steve I'm up and running.....I have a question....should I turn off my tick feeding?

whip
  • #263
  • Jun 3, 2010 7:38pm Jun 3, 2010 7:38pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Steve I'm up and running.....I have a question....should I turn off my tick feeding?

whip
No idea. I can't imagine why you should want to feed your ticks. Shouldn't you be hitting them with some sort of anti-tick cream?

  • #264
  • Jun 3, 2010 7:41pm Jun 3, 2010 7:41pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
No idea. I can't imagine why you should want to feed your ticks. Shouldn't you be hitting them with some sort of anti-tick cream?

Thank you Sir..........Where is that Glenlivet bottle.........
  • #265
  • Jun 3, 2010 7:49pm Jun 3, 2010 7:49pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Thank you Sir..........Where is that Glenlivet bottle.........
Too late. I already bagged it and ran off to bed - is is silly-late time here in Stand The Right Way Up Land.

So, I am going to drag myself and the thieved bottle of G to my own personal pit and leave you to cling on to the planet by your toenails.

One way or another, trading is looking pretty good these days. Between us, we are getting there.

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  • #266
  • Jun 3, 2010 8:15pm Jun 3, 2010 8:15pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
No idea. I can't imagine why you should want to feed your ticks. Shouldn't you be hitting them with some sort of anti-tick cream?

Priceless!!!
  • #267
  • Jun 3, 2010 8:18pm Jun 3, 2010 8:18pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Too late. I already bagged it and ran off to bed - is is silly-late time here in Stand The Right Way Up Land.

So, I am going to drag myself and the thieved bottle of G to my own personal pit and leave you to cling on to the planet by your toenails.

One way or another, trading is looking pretty good these days. Between us, we are getting there.

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Steve,

Is your success with this bot with the bot closing trades? Or are you using MPTM?
  • #268
  • Jun 3, 2010 9:18pm Jun 3, 2010 9:18pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
No idea. I can't imagine why you should want to feed your ticks. Shouldn't you be hitting them with some sort of anti-tick cream?

Hi Steve,
That new updated bot I just downloaded.....the one that had the anti-tick cream all over it....just took it's first trade...........Excellent...

whip
  • #269
  • Jun 4, 2010 12:04pm Jun 4, 2010 12:04pm
I put up the latest version of the bot using MPTM to manage trades. So far so good.

I have also put up a version of the latest bot with Tazmaan's edits to remove the RSI filter.

It will be interesting to see how these 2 demos compare.
  • #270
  • Jun 4, 2010 1:16pm Jun 4, 2010 1:16pm
Quoting octomanoak
Steve,

Is your success with this bot with the bot closing trades? Or are you using MPTM?
The bot does not close trades. They either hit their sl/tp or retrace to their mptm-managed js.

Not a lot of trades, but the account it +30% right now.

  • #271
  • Jun 4, 2010 1:43pm Jun 4, 2010 1:43pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
The bot does not close trades. They either hit their sl/tp or retrace to their mptm-managed js.

Not a lot of trades, but the account it +30% right now.

That's great Steve! I hope the positive returns just keep coming in.

I'm looking forward to see what results I get on forward demo.
  • #272
  • Jun 6, 2010 7:14pm Jun 6, 2010 7:14pm
SS with MPTM, beautiful start to the week. Will be interesting to watch how it goes. Cheers Steve et al for your work!
  • #273
  • Jun 7, 2010 1:27am Jun 7, 2010 1:27am
Quoting Invisible
SS with MPTM, beautiful start to the week. Will be interesting to watch how it goes. Cheers Steve et al for your work!
Hi invisible,

Which settings do you use for mptm? Do you trade any special pairs? Thank you!

Best regards!
  • #274
  • Jun 7, 2010 8:57am Jun 7, 2010 8:57am
Steve,

A suggestion for an addition to the bot is settings for trading times.

I think it would be great to be able to set different trading times depending on the characteristics of each pair.
  • #275
  • Jun 7, 2010 9:06am Jun 7, 2010 9:06am
Good Morning Steve,
Congratz on this Robot it is now working like a charm.
After falling asleep last night during the late ballgame...MPTM came to my rescue and quietly shut down a very profitable scalping session and then politely asked the robot to continue on. It did with 4 more trades overnight all in profit.
This bot has turned into a real piece of artwork.....
Another standing "O" for you from that sellout at Wembley Stadium.....

whip
  • #276
  • Jun 7, 2010 10:54am Jun 7, 2010 10:54am
Quoting octomanoak
Steve,

A suggestion for an addition to the bot is settings for trading times.

I think it would be great to be able to set different trading times depending on the characteristics of each pair.
Done and uploaded to the post 1 zip.

  • #277
  • Jun 7, 2010 10:54am Jun 7, 2010 10:54am
Quoting hiredwhip
Good Morning Steve,
Congratz on this Robot it is now working like a charm.
After falling asleep last night during the late ballgame...MPTM came to my rescue and quietly shut down a very profitable scalping session and then politely asked the robot to continue on. It did with 4 more trades overnight all in profit.
This bot has turned into a real piece of artwork.....
Another standing "O" for you from that sellout at Wembley Stadium.....

whip
It is looking good, isn't it? Frankly, I am stunned.
  • #278
  • Jun 7, 2010 10:58am Jun 7, 2010 10:58am
Quoting SteveHopwood
The bot does not close trades. They either hit their sl/tp or retrace to their mptm-managed js.

Not a lot of trades, but the account it +30% right now.

Hi Steve,

which pairs do you trade? Thank you!

Best regards!
  • #279
  • Jun 7, 2010 11:19am Jun 7, 2010 11:19am
Quoting SteveHopwood
Done and uploaded to the post 1 zip.

Fabulous! Thank you Steve
  • #280
  • Jun 7, 2010 11:33am Jun 7, 2010 11:33am
Quoting Meister81
Hi Steve,

which pairs do you trade? Thank you!

Best regards!
The four biggies + GJ and eurgbp.

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