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  • #481
  • Jul 21, 2010 10:57pm Jul 21, 2010 10:57pm
Okay.

In an effort to stop the posts saying "it doesn't work" I updated this EA to take care of the one thing most people who download this EA seem to miss.

I also put in a modest animation that the EA plays when optimizing itself. If you see that animation, you know the EA is optimizing. For those with slower computers, you can disable that animation by setting "AnimateOptimization" to false.

As always, please refer to the original post which explains the other inputs on this EA.

The changes in this version are cosmetic-only. You do not need to re-download this if you have already downloaded this EA.
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File Type: mq4 HiLo Self Optimizing [TD].mq4   53 KB | 552 downloads
  • #482
  • Jul 22, 2010 12:02am Jul 22, 2010 12:02am
Ronald I have a question. Does the EA profitability depends on the position number? Can I use 3 instead of 10 positions?
  • #483
  • Jul 22, 2010 5:27am Jul 22, 2010 5:27am
Quoting Forexaccount
Ronald I have a question. Does the EA profitability depends on the position number? Can I use 3 instead of 10 positions?
Sure
  • #484
  • Edited 9:53am Jul 22, 2010 9:15am | Edited 9:53am
OK, I'm cooking with gas on IBFX now.

Key points:
1) ECNBroker=true
2) Have enough data. You normally only get a few weeks of backfill M1 data from IBFX and that's not enough. Key posts here and here.
3) After importing all of the M1 data from back to 2001, adjust how much of it you use for optimizing. This is controlled by the EA's BarsToOptimize parameter. This is 0 by default which uses all the data. If you don't want to wait 30 minutes for the optimization to complete, set this to 50,000 or 100,000 instead.
I'm using 100000 bars for speed and it seems enough. It take 30 minutes to process M1 data back to 2001 which is about 3 million bars.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
  • #485
  • Jul 22, 2010 9:33am Jul 22, 2010 9:33am
Ronald, tks for the update I have got working on Go Markets. Have made a number of trades on EU none on AU so far. So far so good

rgds

Peter


Quoting Ronald Raygun
Okay.

In an effort to stop the posts saying "it doesn't work" I updated this EA to take care of the one thing most people who download this EA seem to miss.

I also put in a modest animation that the EA plays when optimizing itself. If you see that animation, you know the EA is optimizing. For those with slower computers, you can disable that animation by setting "AnimateOptimization" to false.

As always, please refer to the original post which explains the...
  • #486
  • Jul 22, 2010 9:46am Jul 22, 2010 9:46am
RR,

This looks great! So far I am up about 2.5% on the account on forex.com off of 10K and 22 currencies placing .01 (10 cent per pip) trades.

IBFX isn't working, have done the download of historical data, set ECN = true, but will give it another few hours.

When I do both IBFX and FOREX.com on same computer, it puts processor at 100%. Very fast computer, top of the line. Surprised, but I am doing almost 50 pairs between the both of them, but again, IBFX isn't taking trades, just crunchin.

Here is my MT4 account for viewing!

http://www.mt4i.com/users/bluemele3
We are our own best indicator.
  • #487
  • Edited 6:16pm Jul 22, 2010 12:05pm | Edited 6:16pm
Quoting bluemele
RR,

This looks great!...
Bluemele,
I'm trying to replicate your FOREX.com testing, did you go download any extra M1 database before you put the EA onto a chart? or you just install MT4 and go ahead with the test?

also it didn't seem like you delete out one zero for 4digits broker, 200 ->20 for TP and SL, but I'll post my result on mt4i next week.

Thanks
  • #488
  • Jul 22, 2010 12:58pm Jul 22, 2010 12:58pm
OK, so that is stating the obvious to anyone who has been using this "program" for more than 5 minutes.

Sorry, I am just really frustrated as FXDD MT4 demo does not import anything when I point it to the history data file downloaded from the source mentioned earlier on this thread. Max bars in data and chart are both set to the highest possible number. I have searched for a possible explanation and found none, as well as having no problems doing the same thing with my ATC demo yesterday. If anyone has a solution, I would love to hear it.

Cheers

Invisible
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  • #489
  • Jul 22, 2010 1:09pm Jul 22, 2010 1:09pm
Minute after posting the above - and trying about 10 times on different installs - the data appeared in the import window (that is blank in the above image) and was able to be imported..... I have no idea why, but it confirms the title of my previous post, as far as I am concerned.
  • #490
  • Jul 22, 2010 1:12pm Jul 22, 2010 1:12pm
Quoting Invisible
Minute after posting the above - and trying about 10 times on different installs - the data appeared in the import window (that is blank in the above image) and was able to be imported..... I have no idea why, but it confirms the title of my previous post, as far as I am concerned.
How big was the data file you were trying to import?

How big was the .hst file before you tried to import?

How big was the .hst file after?

MT4 takes awhile to load all the data because it's parsing and converting it. You try typing in 3 million rows by hand. Ain't easy.

I'm also willing to bet that you didn't even notice the little Shift setting to make sure the imported data's time matched your broker's time.
  • #491
  • Jul 22, 2010 1:24pm Jul 22, 2010 1:24pm
Ron would it be possible to display the current settings somewhere on the chart? I am running this on 12 pairs and it would be nice to see what settings I am using per chart since we are unable to get to the properties without dragging the EA again.

Currently I am saving as presets but confuse myself as to which one I am testing with. Example could be if I am using minriskreward=1.5 could it be displayed next to the value on the chart like:

Current Risk Reward 2.67 (1.5)

Thanks
  • #492
  • Edited 6:02pm Jul 22, 2010 4:56pm | Edited 6:02pm
Quoting Ronald Raygun
How big was the data file you were trying to import?

How big was the .hst file before you tried to import?

How big was the .hst file after?

MT4 takes awhile to load all the data because it's parsing and converting it. You try typing in 3 million rows by hand. Ain't easy.

I'm also willing to bet that you didn't even notice the little Shift setting to make sure the imported data's time matched your broker's time.
It was big, but it was so much faster on the ATC demo with the same data that it seems strange it too soooo much longer. Perhaps the fact that it seems to parse it before it actually imports it does not help as there is no progress bar indicating that anything is actually happening.

I did miss the time shift as I was so focused on actually getting the darn thing to work. Thanks for reminding me.

EDIT

So just to clarify, when importing data, the window will be blank for a while (as per my image above) as the MT4 parses it, and once it is done with that, this is when you can hit "OK" and actually load it into MT4 itself?
  • #493
  • Jul 22, 2010 7:02pm Jul 22, 2010 7:02pm
Quoting Invisible

So just to clarify, when importing data, the window will be blank for a while (as per my image above) as the MT4 parses it, and once it is done with that, this is when you can hit "OK" and actually load it into MT4 itself?
Yep.
  • #494
  • Edited Jul 23, 2010 8:39am Jul 22, 2010 7:20pm | Edited Jul 23, 2010 8:39am
Zoogle pointed out yet another bug to me. There was a line where the MinimumWinRate for the Counter-Trend side was 100 times larger than it should've been. This has been fixed.

I also incorporated Faze's suggestion. For the WinRate, RiskReward, and SuccessScore, the EA displays the current values as well as the minimum values in parentheses.

As always, please refer to this post for inputs and instructions on using this EA.
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File Type: mq4 HiLo Self Optimizing [TD].mq4   53 KB | 687 downloads
  • #495
  • Jul 22, 2010 7:26pm Jul 22, 2010 7:26pm
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Zoogle pointed out yet another bug to me. There was a line where the MinimumWinRate for the Counter-Trend side was 100 times larger than it should've been. This has been fixed.

I also incorporated Faze's suggestion. For the WinRate, RiskReward, and SuccessScore, the EA displays the current values as well as the minimum values in parentheses.

As always, please refer to this post for inputs and instructions on using this EA.
RR,

It is funny, when I download and put this guy in, my computer CPU goes crazy and I start seeing R's everywhere.... Hmmmm.... I have to take a break. Good work!
We are our own best indicator.
  • #496
  • Jul 22, 2010 7:32pm Jul 22, 2010 7:32pm
Quoting getting
Bluemele,
I'm trying to replicate your FOREX.com testing, did you go download any extra M1 database before you put the EA onto a chart? or you just install MT4 and go ahead with the test?

also it didn't seem like you delete out one zero for 4digits broker, 200 ->20 for TP and SL, but I'll post my result on mt4i next week.

Thanks
haha... Yes, you are right. I saw a post about that, but honestly I have had so little time lately (Moving) that I haven't given the thread much attention.

I will change the 20 from 200. Forex.com worked out of the box. Some pairs haven't taken trades and probably due to not enough data, but will not know till probably end of day tomorrow which one's.



Maybe it works great with a 200/200!

---- I did have max bars already (which I always do) and downloaded 1 min data via only metatrader. On my ibfx, I imported and did everything typical, but no luck, so I shut it down. I would only run this on IBFX for now live, but without it working I guess Demo is the only option. Plus, I am sure there is some code or access to the library in there to not allow live accounts yet?
We are our own best indicator.
  • #497
  • Jul 23, 2010 12:30am Jul 23, 2010 12:30am
Ronald, someone mentioned that the EA can't be use on live accounts. Can you confirm this.
  • #498
  • Jul 23, 2010 12:33am Jul 23, 2010 12:33am
Quoting Forexaccount
Ronald, someone mentioned that the EA can't be use on live accounts. Can you confirm this.

I think just IBFX is having problems converting from a market maker to an ECN.

I'm live on FXDD.
  • #499
  • Jul 23, 2010 12:45am Jul 23, 2010 12:45am
Quoting Forexaccount
Ronald, someone mentioned that the EA can't be use on live accounts. Can you confirm this.
False.

rfking21 has put this EA on a live account with no problems. I have this EA running on my live accounts as well
  • #500
  • Jul 23, 2010 12:55am Jul 23, 2010 12:55am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
False.

rfking21 has put this EA on a live account with no problems. I have this EA running on my live accounts as well

Thanks. I thought someone mentioned that.
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