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  • #21
  • May 27, 2010 10:45am May 27, 2010 10:45am
Sorry if I'm double posting but a different problem.

I can't get EM to setup correctly again. I set it up once using the template that Steve included and it would show the RSI, zz, and the fib lines. Now when I attach the template only the zz shows with no fib lines drawn or RSI on the chart. The RSI doesn't even show up on the list of indicators attached to the chart. I've tried manually attaching the MSF RSI but it still won't show up. Fib lines do show up on objects when I hit ctrl+B but I don't see it visually on the chart.

help anyone?
Please note I've already restarted my computer and even redownloaded and unzipped all the indicators.
  • #22
  • May 27, 2010 6:40pm May 27, 2010 6:40pm
Quoting giannyny
2010.05.24 14:52:29 Epsilon Megastar EURUSD,M5: Alert: EURUSD OP_SELL order send failed with error(130): invalid stops
after altering the size now i get this
any help?
It may be the limits set by the criminal broker and nothing to do with changing lots. However, you can try changing the lots to what you had before to see what happens.
Kind Regards
  • #23
  • May 27, 2010 8:27pm May 27, 2010 8:27pm
Quoting scalpz
Hey tinear10, no shame on you - You added the answer. Now others can check it if they have same/ similar problem.
Another cause for fib not drawing could have been saving the template in the wrong template folder. .tpl files go with .tpl files in template folder next to experts folder. Not in with .mqt files in the template folder in the experts folder.
Clear as mud I s'pose.

cheers scalpz
Have been testing the newest version of the Epsilon Megastar EA and the fibs would draw but did never adjust. Hopefully thanks to scalpz little detail about to put the .tpl file into template folder outside the expert folder, the Epsilon Megastar is gonna make more sense and starts to trade as per Steve's manual (only read it about 10 times and thought that i'am loosing the plot)
Lets see if this makes a difference. Also for anybody trading on GoMarkets you must set the EA on ECN true (even they claim there are STP) otherwise it will not open any position.
Again thanks Steve for your fantastic efforts, by the way enjoyed your little online programming course.
  • #24
  • May 28, 2010 8:23am May 28, 2010 8:23am
Quoting Pipstrumpf
Have been testing the newest version of the Epsilon Megastar EA and the fibs would draw but did never adjust. Hopefully thanks to scalpz little detail about to put the .tpl file into template folder outside the expert folder, the Epsilon Megastar is gonna make more sense and starts to trade as per Steve's manual (only read it about 10 times and thought that i'am loosing the plot)
Lets see if this makes a difference. Also for anybody trading on GoMarkets you must set the EA on ECN true (even they claim there are STP) otherwise it will not open...
The first time I put the template in the wrong template folder (the one inside the EA and it worked fine). But ever since I closed it down it hasn't worked. Moving the template to the correct folder doesn't help either. I can't get the MTF #RSI to show up nor the fibonacci lines...
  • #25
  • May 28, 2010 5:48pm May 28, 2010 5:48pm
To all ultra smart Coders and Traders

Have set up the latest Epsilon Megastar up as per Steve's manual on two different platforms (4 and 5 digit price feed). face, fibs, zic zac and rsi are all on and happily moving around on the charts except the smilies face of course. Position are happily opend too on both platforms but hey the fibs are not been redrawn and no scaling in even after the first position is 200 Pips positive.
To the horror the + 200 pip trade ends up to be closed by the EA at a loss.
FYI I can see on the charts that the fib values change but there is no redrawing of fibs and neither scaling in.
So what's going on? Is it me, is it the code or is it the platform?
Any help or suggestions out there?

Thanks
  • #26
  • Edited 9:59am Jun 1, 2010 9:58am | Edited 9:59am
... in the nicest possible way!

I read the PDFs (I did!), installed all the indicators, experts etc (just about all the versions on the thread), then went back and installed just what was in msg #352 of the trader's thread.

I have 6 charts open (USDCAD, EURJPY, EURCHF, AUDUSD, EURUSD, USDJPY) and have the EA in each one of them (with a different Magic Number).
I have a demo account with GCI (4-digits).

It opened 3 trades on EURJPY around 9:40 server time (GMT -4).
By 10:40 or so, it was up to over 300 pips!!! see attached img.

This is unacceptable! I almost had a bloody heart attack! :-)
It has now (10:50) come back to a more reasonable 260 pips. :-)

btw, it opened 0.1 lot sizes due to my config settings. I then changed it to 1.0


I am waiting to see how it manages the trade exits.


As you can tell by the tone of the text above, I am still in gaga-land.

Back to serious matters now.
The above amazing result notwithstanding (I now about Lady Fluke, so I don't expect this to be happening every day or even month), you have done a great job in creating, documenting and *sharing* what appears to be a very (ahem, bloody marvelous) EA!

I wish I could help with the forex side of the EA development but my skills are nowhere near all the guys in the main thread.
However, I have been in the software development field for a (far too) long time, so I hope I can contribute there.

Cheers,
Nick
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  • #27
  • Jun 1, 2010 10:52pm Jun 1, 2010 10:52pm
...pls let me know how I can help.
My knowledge is a lot more on the software development side rather than forex.
  • #28
  • Edited 3:01am Jun 2, 2010 2:52am | Edited 3:01am
One of the things that was causing me a little trouble was that the Magic# would be reset every time I recompiled the EA source.

Here is some code that will preserve it, so multiple charts do not end up with the same MN every time the source is recompiled.
It also preserves the 'trading' hours of each pair.

The logic is that if the MN (or trading hours) is set to -1 in the EA, then it will try to find a global variable and get its data from there.
You can also simply type in the values you want in the EA prompt dialog and they will then be saved to the global params.
Or, you can change the global params directly, by pressing F3 in MT4.

Remember, this only uses the global param values if the corresponding EA param is set to -1 when the EA starts/is initialised.

I have attached a small 'include' file that needs to be saved into the expertsinclude directory.

In the main source file, the following minor changes are needed.

1) Modify the code near and in the init() method, as
shown below

#include <simone stuff.mqh>

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{

firstTime= true;



2) Modify the beginning of the start() method

int start()
{

loadInitialParams();


GetPosition();


I hope this is of use to members of this forum.

Cheers,
Nick
Attached File(s)
File Type: mqh Simone stuff.mqh   1 KB | 229 downloads
  • #29
  • Jun 3, 2010 6:55pm Jun 3, 2010 6:55pm
Hi All,

I just had a trade occur outside of the trading hours I had set (6 to 12, 18 to 22) for GBPJPY. Trade occurred at 14 something... I went and looked over the imone EA code and neither end_hourm, nor start_houre are checked anywhere in the EA code. It looks like start_hourm and end_houre are only used to control the drawing of the fibs between start_hourm and end_houre. I don't think these are used to control trading at all. Am I missing something?

- desmodeus
  • #30
  • Jun 4, 2010 2:10am Jun 4, 2010 2:10am
Hi,

I believe the following mods will take care of it.
Care is taken to ensure the intraday fib is deleted at the end of day (just as Steve had it); the change I made was to set a boolean to specify if trading is allowed.
Also, since a 'return' is executed if no trading is allowed, there is no need to check for hours in the if statement
if (of == -1)

Let me know if this works for you.

I am also trying to find a way to cater for us in Australia, where the USDJPY can be traded between 09 - 17 and 22 - 06 local time.

Cheers,
Nick

Inserted Code
int hour = TimeHour(TimeLocal() );
[color="red"]bool ok2Trade = (hour >= start_hourm && hour <= end_hourm) || (hour >= start_houre && hour <= end_houre);
[/color]
// if at end of trading session, remove intraday fib
if (hour >= end_houre)
{      
ObjectDelete(intraday);
ObjectDelete(breech);
}
   
[color="red"]   if (!ok2Trade)[/color]
{
Comment("Outside trading hours");
GlobalVariableDel(BreechHighGv);
GlobalVariableDel(BreechLowGv);
GlobalVariableDel(IntradayHighGv);
GlobalVariableDel(IntradayLowGv);

return;
}

   //Draw a new intraday fib at the start of trading
   int of = ObjectFind(intraday);
[color="Red"]   if (of == -1)[/color]
   {      
      if (DrawIntraday) { DrawFib(intraday, IntradayFibColour); }
      GlobalVariableSet(IntradayHighGv, IntradayFibHigh);
      GlobalVariableSet(IntradayLowGv, IntradayFibLow);      
   }//if (hour >= start_hourm && hour <= end_houre & of == -1)

Quoting desmodeus
Hi All,

I just had a trade occur outside of the trading hours I had set (6 to 12, 18 to 22) for GBPJPY. Trade occurred at 14 something... I went and looked over the imone EA code and neither end_hourm, nor start_houre are checked anywhere in the EA code. It looks like start_hourm and end_houre are only used to control the drawing of the fibs between start_hourm and end_houre. I don't think these are used to control trading at all. Am I missing something?

- desmodeus
  • #31
  • Jun 4, 2010 7:41am Jun 4, 2010 7:41am
I have been following the Epsilon Megastar thread since the begining and am now testing the Simone EA. On the Simone EA do we still need to use MPTM to manage the trades? If so does anyone have any settings that have proved profitable in testing?

Thanks
  • #32
  • Jun 4, 2010 6:47pm Jun 4, 2010 6:47pm
Quoting indy360
I have been following the Epsilon Megastar thread since the begining and am now testing the Simone EA. On the Simone EA do we still need to use MPTM to manage the trades? If so does anyone have any settings that have proved profitable in testing?

Thanks
No you don't.

Simone explains things brilliantly in her three videos in her first thread at http://www.forexfactory.com/newreply...eply&p=3777516

All you need to do is watch the videos until their meaning becomes clear. Everything that the robot trades is explained by them.

I am now a fairly experienced trader. I am a hugely experienced ea coder.

Even I watched Simone's videos three times before their message fully sank in. Just keep on watching them until you understand what she is getting at.

Ever wondered why teachers appear to know so much? It is because we have to know it before we teach it to our students. Every time we teachers teach it, we know it so much better than we did before because we are practising what we already know. Practise makes perfect. Watch the videos until you could teach it to an imaginary (or even real) student and you will properly understand what Simone is teaching.

Have fun and enjoy success. The rest of us are.

  • #33
  • Jun 4, 2010 6:55pm Jun 4, 2010 6:55pm
Thanks, GrandeHomre! That looks like it should work, though I think the end_hour comparisons should be < rather than <=. That's my preference, anyway. Also, I've found a bug in the CriminalIsECN block of SendSingleTrade(). The OrderModify() call uses OrderTakeProfit() instead of the take parameter, and since the ECN OrderSend() above it sets both SL and TP to 0, OrderTakeProfit() returns 0, and the TP is left at 0: only the SL gets modified.

- desmodeus
  • #34
  • Jun 5, 2010 2:54am Jun 5, 2010 2:54am
Quoting SteveHopwood
No you don't.

Simone explains things brilliantly in her three videos in her first thread at http://www.forexfactory.com/newreply...eply&p=3777516

All you need to do is watch the videos until their meaning becomes clear. Everything that the robot trades is explained by them.

I am now a fairly experienced trader. I am a hugely experienced ea coder.

Even I watched Simone's videos three times before their message fully sank in. Just keep on watching them until you understand what she is getting at.

Ever wondered...
Hi Steve,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'll watch the videos over the weekend and try to understand what the EA is actually doing! Hopefully i'll be able to get this on my demo account next week.

Great work Steve, keep it up
  • #35
  • Jun 5, 2010 9:00am Jun 5, 2010 9:00am
Quoting grandehombre
...pls let me know how I can help.
My knowledge is a lot more on the software development side rather than forex.
I am very sorry not to have replied before now, grandehombre. I have only just seen your posts - I missed a post notification somewhere and did not see them when I posted my most recent answer here.

I greatly appreciate your help and have already corrected the bug in the ecn thingy. I am settling in to read the rest of your contributions.

You are able to post in my threads now, so I hope you will contribute.

  • #36
  • Jun 5, 2010 9:09am Jun 5, 2010 9:09am
Quoting grandehombre
Hi,

I believe the following mods will take care of it.
Care is taken to ensure the intraday fib is deleted at the end of day (just as Steve had it); the change I made was to set a boolean to specify if trading is allowed.
Also, since a 'return' is executed if no trading is allowed, there is no need to check for hours in the if statement...
Brilliant. Thanks. It never occurred to me that people might want split trading hours, so great that you stepped in here. Cheers.

  • #37
  • Jun 5, 2010 9:23am Jun 5, 2010 9:23am
Quoting grandehombre
One of the things that was causing me a little trouble was that the Magic# would be reset every time I recompiled the EA source.

Here is some code that will preserve it, so multiple charts do not end up with the same MN every time the source is recompiled.
It also preserves the 'trading' hours of each pair.

The logic is that if the MN (or trading hours) is set to -1 in the EA, then it will try to find a global variable and get its data from there.
You can also simply type in the values you want in the EA prompt dialog and they will then be saved...
I cannot get this to work. Can you have a look at the code please, and see what I am doing wrong?

Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Simone.mq4   43 KB | 247 downloads
  • #38
  • Jun 5, 2010 10:49am Jun 5, 2010 10:49am
Can't compile Simone stuff & simone.mq4 from " Simone Guy's 'Simple and Consistent Fibonacci Method' - Steve Hopwood's trading robot"

some one Pls help.

Kris
  • #39
  • Jun 5, 2010 7:36pm Jun 5, 2010 7:36pm
Hi All,

The line:

#include <simone stuff.mqh

has to occur after the declarations of all of the #externs in order for grandehombre's stuff to work. I put it right ahead of Simone's Init() function.

-desmodeus
  • #40
  • Jun 5, 2010 9:17pm Jun 5, 2010 9:17pm
Oops. That should be

#include <simone stuff.mqh>

in my previous email - missed copying the closing '>'

-desmodeus
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