v11_3 all opened @ 23:35 1.48140 on ibfx demo.
closed 23+9+15 = 47
closed 23+9+15 = 47
- #5,103
- Jun 19, 2010 7:48am Jun 19, 2010 7:48am
Getting not so simple anymore. I am sure that everyone knows how to disable the EA so it does not trade on Sunday. Next they will want this EA to wash their car.
Sorry but I could not stop myself to laugh...!
- #5,104
- Jun 19, 2010 8:02am Jun 19, 2010 8:02am
- Joined Jul 2007 | Status: Trader | 1,305 Posts
Sorry but I could not stop myself to laugh...!
Friday was a profitable trade, even though I lost power for the whole night due to a big storm that passed over.
I think the EA should stay the way it is and agree with what the others have already posted.
- #5,105
- Edited 2:28pm Jun 19, 2010 8:53am | Edited 2:28pm
so, here it is an alternative version of the Geoff's "The Great" ea
things which was kept from the original version:
-- 2 orders, first closes by tp, second goes to b/e
-- open positions based on SMA10, SMA 197, M15 and M5 fractals, also possible to setup a different bar number for a fractal to be considered "locked"
additions:
-- ea opens a third order, if market goes in opposite direction. for ex, if we went LONG, if difference between open orders price and Bid/Ask is more then SupportLevel1, ea opens BUY STOP order and places it on previous High + Order3FollowStep. as long as market continues to go to the same (opposite) direction, pending order moves down by Highs + Order3FollowStep. when market changes direction, this order will be activated and after 1st order will be closed by tp, will be trailed the same as the 2nd one.
-- if difference between orders open price and Bid/Ask is more then SupportLevel2, there will be "emergency exit" option executed, what means when total amount of pips for all 3 orders will be more then TotalExitPoints, all 3 orders will be closed.
-- on addition, there are 3 sets of indicators calculated on 3 higher timeframes - Stochastic, MACD and ADX on H1, H4 and D1 charts, with default settings, the average percentage ratio is calculated and showed in the Comment (of more then 50%, then signal can be considered as strong). this is very rough prediction method, so you have to visually examine the charts and make a decision before opening orders (but at the same time, by June 12th it showed a strong uptrend what all we have faced up later).
-- if variable UseVersion == 9, that's typical 2 SMAs and 2 fractals, is chosen 4, only 16 Sma and 2 fractals will be calculated.
-------------------------------------------------------
v2 arrived, 2 bugs fixed:
-- triple indicators data corrected
-- improved an option with choosing different ema's for calculation entry point
things which was kept from the original version:
-- 2 orders, first closes by tp, second goes to b/e
-- open positions based on SMA10, SMA 197, M15 and M5 fractals, also possible to setup a different bar number for a fractal to be considered "locked"
additions:
-- ea opens a third order, if market goes in opposite direction. for ex, if we went LONG, if difference between open orders price and Bid/Ask is more then SupportLevel1, ea opens BUY STOP order and places it on previous High + Order3FollowStep. as long as market continues to go to the same (opposite) direction, pending order moves down by Highs + Order3FollowStep. when market changes direction, this order will be activated and after 1st order will be closed by tp, will be trailed the same as the 2nd one.
-- if difference between orders open price and Bid/Ask is more then SupportLevel2, there will be "emergency exit" option executed, what means when total amount of pips for all 3 orders will be more then TotalExitPoints, all 3 orders will be closed.
-- on addition, there are 3 sets of indicators calculated on 3 higher timeframes - Stochastic, MACD and ADX on H1, H4 and D1 charts, with default settings, the average percentage ratio is calculated and showed in the Comment (of more then 50%, then signal can be considered as strong). this is very rough prediction method, so you have to visually examine the charts and make a decision before opening orders (but at the same time, by June 12th it showed a strong uptrend what all we have faced up later).
-- if variable UseVersion == 9, that's typical 2 SMAs and 2 fractals, is chosen 4, only 16 Sma and 2 fractals will be calculated.
-------------------------------------------------------
v2 arrived, 2 bugs fixed:
-- triple indicators data corrected
-- improved an option with choosing different ema's for calculation entry point
- #5,106
- Jun 19, 2010 9:14am Jun 19, 2010 9:14am
- Joined Apr 2009 | Status: Trader | 2,035 Posts
FINALLY I know who washed my car yesterday.
Friday was a profitable trade, even though I lost power for the whole night due to a big storm that passed over.
I think the EA should stay the way it is and agree with what the others have already posted.
I think we should only consider modifications that do one of the following:-
a) Improve the profitability.
b) Improve the risk/reward ratio.
c) Improve reliability.
d) Reduce the size of the stoploss.
By this I do not want people putting forward theoretical ideas that will involve
me or piptician wasting endless hours trying to prove or disprove rather, well
thought out, even proven, methods that can be incorporated into the EA to
make a significant improvement.
The strategy does work, we have all seen this, but maybe it could work better!
- #5,107
- Jun 19, 2010 10:53am Jun 19, 2010 10:53am
- | Commercial User | Joined Jul 2009 | 5,375 Posts
So true and not many people realise that.
If you do not know how to disable an EA for trades that you do not want or do not know how to find out and sort out the GMT time issue, you should not have trade forex at all ... ...
How those people are been able to browse to this thread, -still a mystery. Will run some more tests this weekend as well..
Viewer Discretion Advised: Shall we shag now or should we shag later? :-)
- #5,108
- Jun 19, 2010 12:40pm Jun 19, 2010 12:40pm
You got it.
still a mystery. Will run some more tests this weekend as well..
For option of disabling Sat/Sun, hope that it could be added in, as I am living in a time zone that needa wake up at the mid-night to turn on my program...
- #5,109
- Jun 19, 2010 12:59pm Jun 19, 2010 12:59pm
I will also run some tests for it!
For option of disabling Sat/Sun, hope that it could be added in, as I am living in a time zone that needa wake up at the mid-night to turn on my program...
Cheers.
ç¦ å Victor V
- #5,113
- Jun 19, 2010 1:59pm Jun 19, 2010 1:59pm
- Joined Apr 2009 | Status: Trader | 2,035 Posts
no, illegal one
it looks like you may have to put some text with it showing that this is
not a replacement for Tokyo v11 but an "alternative" version and maybe
state what the differences are to avoid confusion.
Don't worry, I will be trying it myself very soon!
- #5,114
- Jun 19, 2010 2:24pm Jun 19, 2010 2:24pm
Not entirely illegal, I certainly don't mind you posting it on this thread but
it looks like you may have to put some text with it showing that this is
not a replacement for Tokyo v11 but an "alternative" version and maybe
state what the differences are to avoid confusion.
Don't worry, I will be trying it myself very soon!
- #5,116
- Jun 19, 2010 3:29pm Jun 19, 2010 3:29pm
so, here it is an alternative version of the Geoff's "The Great" ea
things which was kept from the original version:
-- 2 orders, first closes by tp, second goes to b/e
-- open positions based on SMA10, SMA 197, M15 and M5 fractals, also...
- #5,117
- Jun 19, 2010 3:31pm Jun 19, 2010 3:31pm
- Joined Apr 2009 | Status: Trader | 2,035 Posts
I've been using this for over a week now on demo. Works great!
- #5,120
- Edited 3:48pm Jun 19, 2010 3:45pm | Edited 3:48pm
Heya Geoff,
I've been trying to figure out what us mere mortals can do to help the cause.... not that the cause appears to Need any help - I've been doing back flips & dancing on the ceiling since the day I found this thread, but just in case...
I read the MT4 docs (MT Terminal -> Help -> Help Topics -> Auto Trading Section -> Expert Optimization) & started an optimization session, Only varying the Slow SMA from 30 to 297, Step 1.
It looks like this process will keep my 3 GHz dual-core machine running at about 50% cpu utilization for some 25 hours.
It would appear that this would be a perfect task to assign to your loyal minions (humble servants), if the setup process were described in such a way that we could easily follow it, and IF each task was properly assigned.
To ensure the process is valuable, and not duplicating the work you've already performed, I'm afraid that either you or Piptician would have to assign the task (perhaps via Private Message, so as not to clutter the thread or cause confusion), then collect the results.
With 20-30 machines chugging away, you could test Anything you wanted - even different currency pairs & start times...
What do you think?
We are your personal Beowulf Cluster, lead on sire, and we shall follow
Shall we "join the collective" (sorry, yes, I am a geek
Franko
I've been trying to figure out what us mere mortals can do to help the cause.... not that the cause appears to Need any help - I've been doing back flips & dancing on the ceiling since the day I found this thread, but just in case...
I read the MT4 docs (MT Terminal -> Help -> Help Topics -> Auto Trading Section -> Expert Optimization) & started an optimization session, Only varying the Slow SMA from 30 to 297, Step 1.
It looks like this process will keep my 3 GHz dual-core machine running at about 50% cpu utilization for some 25 hours.
It would appear that this would be a perfect task to assign to your loyal minions (humble servants), if the setup process were described in such a way that we could easily follow it, and IF each task was properly assigned.
To ensure the process is valuable, and not duplicating the work you've already performed, I'm afraid that either you or Piptician would have to assign the task (perhaps via Private Message, so as not to clutter the thread or cause confusion), then collect the results.
With 20-30 machines chugging away, you could test Anything you wanted - even different currency pairs & start times...
What do you think?
We are your personal Beowulf Cluster, lead on sire, and we shall follow
Shall we "join the collective" (sorry, yes, I am a geek
Franko