Epsilon Megastar swing/fib trading. Ask your newbie/basic questions here

Quoting SteveHopwood

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I cannot get this to work. Can you have a look at the code please, and see what I am doing wrong?

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//bool           firstTime;

#include <simone stuff.mqh>//grandehombre's library for preserving user's mn and trading times

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

Quoting SteveHopwood

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I cannot get this to work. Can you have a look at the code please, and see what I am doing wrong?

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//To convert pips to price (or stoploss or takeprofit),
double stopLoss = OrderOpenPrice() -  (25[b] * pips2dbl[/b]);// 25 pip stop

//To find diff between 2 prices, in pips
int currentPipsInProfit = (Bid - OrderOpenPrice()) * [b](1 / pips2dbl)[/b]; // for a BUY order

int currentPipsInProfit = (Bid - OrderOpenPrice()) * [b](1 / pips2dbl)[/b]; // for a BUY order

if (currentPipsInProfit > 25)
{
  // get me some ouzo!
}

    // dummy (single iteration) loop to allow multiple exits to a single point in code
for(int dummyCtr=0;dummyCtr == 0; dummyCtr++)
{
// check whether trade context is free
int tradeAllow = _IsTradeAllowed();
if(tradeAllow < 0)
{
retCode = "Could not modify order #" + orderNumber + ". Trading context is not free. Code: " + tradeAllow;
break;
}

if(tradeAllow == 0)
{
RefreshRates();
// recalculate the Take Profit and Stop Loss levels
}

res = OrderModify(orderNumber, OrderOpenPrice(), newSL, OrderTakeProfit(), 0, whatColor);
if (!res)
{
err = GetLastError();
retCode = ErrorDescription(err);
if (err <= ERR_NO_RESULT)
{
retCode = "";
res = true;
break;
}
}
            } // for....

      // Common exit point from above loop. Lets put cleanup code here
      // blah blah

    

     // The function should only exit from [b]one[/b] point.
     return(0);
}

Quoting Itchy4Pips

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great job people. i am not quite ready to turn my money over to a robot. My question is this. Can the robot be made to function as an indicator and just place enter and exit trade arrows on the chart and allow for manual trading? I realize this would not be a robot but more like a robotic indicator. This would allow the trader to decide if he agrees and add this information to his arsenal.

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Quoting pietpatat

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I haven't had much sleep so there is a good chance I'm wrong, but I had to point this out. In the user guide it sais;

"Trading hours: These are 24 hour clock settings..."
◦ start_hourm = 7; morning start trading.
◦ end_hourm = 12; morning end trading.
◦ start_houre = 12; afternoon start trading.
◦ end_houre = 18; afternoon end trading.

So it starts at 7, stops at 12. Then inmidiatly starts again at 12 and goes on until 18.00? So it pretty much trades non stop from 7.00 to 18.00?
Someone please explain...

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Quoting Pipstrumpf

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Thats right but be aware that the time inputs are referring to your PC's clock and not the MT4 brokers clock. So you may have to ajust parameters (clock times) accordingly to your actual location.
Manual confirmation means that if set to true the EA does not enter a trade automatically.
Hope this will help.

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Quoting desi

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Any trades today for EURUSD AND GBPJPY?
I have all the fibs in place on chart since more than 2 hours now. Simone in expert folder and compiled. Also Simon Stuff in the expert/include folder, but still no trades after 4 AM EST. Am I missing something?

Edit: GBPJPY trade taken, buy 133.49.

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Quoting tinear10

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Hello Steve,

Thank you again for all of your hard work. Much appreciated. Are you using Simone with or without the RSI filter? I noticed in the main thread you mrntioned RSI may keep us out of some trades that Simone may have otherwise taken. Thank you sir

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Quoting astral77

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Yes you are right regarding the PC Clock. The trade times input in the EA is split between am(0 to 12) and pm(12 to 24). therefore if you want the EA to trade between 7am to 4pm as is the case in this BOT the input (which is the default by the way) should be 7 to 12 and 12 to 16.

If you are in a different time zone and your pc clock is according to that time zone then you should adjust accordingly (e.g. if you are in New York which is GMT-5 then the above should be Morning hours...

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Quoting pret

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I am a bit confused to which is the latest EA to download .The one in the first post or the KH Simone v2.1 in the last post
Thank you

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Quoting knukk

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Steve updates the first post with the latest improvements. KingHigh (which is what KH stands for) proposed a change which Steve incorporated into his official code. The updated version is included in the first post, so use that one.

:nerd:

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