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  • #581
  • Jul 28, 2010 5:26pm Jul 28, 2010 5:26pm
Quoting DareXau
GoMarkets isn't ECN-broker yet (they going to be in some time to come) but I'll change the settings anyway to test that option


Thank you guys, I'll try all those options too ...

Darek
Go markets require EA's to send SL and TP separately to the buy sell. Thats what the ECN settings do on most EA's

rgds

Peter
  • #582
  • Edited 8:33pm Jul 28, 2010 6:37pm | Edited 8:33pm
Quoting peterke
Go markets require EA's to send SL and TP separately to the buy sell. Thats what the ECN settings do on most EA's
Thanks Peter,
I just downloaded the previous version released by Ronald on 16/07 and changed the settings to ECN - true ... and I'm gonna to run until end of this week.

Cheers,
Darek

P.S. this EA mentioned above started to trade almost straight away ... so, I'm guessing there is something in [TM] version that's upsetting/stopping GoMarkets
  • #583
  • Jul 28, 2010 8:30pm Jul 28, 2010 8:30pm
I use the latest version on GoMarkets (Demo) without problems.

The only setting I had to change from default was ECN = true, and of course accept the agreement.

I have applied it to the 1min chart & hold down the Home key until I get 2 months worth of data (takes forever). Then change the bars used setting to 57600 (ie. 8 weeks) as thats all I'm interested in optimising for (at this stage).
  • #584
  • Jul 28, 2010 9:40pm Jul 28, 2010 9:40pm
Quoting Jay Allen
"When you attach the EA to the chart, what do you see in the upper left corner?"
Hi Ronald,
I changed sourcode from "Reject" to "Accept." In the upper left corner I see the initials "RR" on one currency pair, and I see lines of data pertaining to the EA on the other currency pairs. Each pair has a frowny face, however.
Best Regards, Jay
Do you see some sort of really fast animation involving only 'R's?

Quoting unknown2u
Hi all,

I'm new here but have been running this EA this week....

I should probably note that when I run these EAs on MT4, I have multiple terminals with the pairs spread across them. In my particular computer running this, I have 8 logical cores (hyperthreading), and I'm able to set the affinity of metatrader terminals to ensure they are distributed properly.

Adding RAM doesn't improve the performance of one MT4 instance running, but rather, allows you to run multiple MT4 instances.
  • #585
  • Jul 28, 2010 9:46pm Jul 28, 2010 9:46pm
Quoting skoda2008
I use the latest version on GoMarkets (Demo) without problems.

The only setting I had to change from default was ECN = true, and of course accept the agreement.

I have applied it to the 1min chart & hold down the Home key until I get 2 months worth of data (takes forever). Then change the bars used setting to 57600 (ie. 8 weeks) as thats all I'm interested in optimising for (at this stage).
I think thats the problem, I haven;t reaceepted the agreement after updating to a later version . I will check tonight

rgds

Peter
  • #586
  • Jul 28, 2010 11:39pm Jul 28, 2010 11:39pm
Quoting Ronald Raygun
I'm in Orlando, FL at Walt Disney World at the moment, and I can't get to my trading platforms or programming computer at the moment (be back August 1), so this is off the top of my head.

The short answer:
Is it possible? Yes. By me? No

The long answer:
Developing an exe significantly increases the complexity of the EA and increases the security risks of people using the EA. I try to keep the code as much as possibe in mql so I can easily post the code online for others to double check and audit--as about half a dozen of you already have. The...
Ronald,

Please include me in the Webinar.

Thank You,
Jay Allen
  • #587
  • Jul 29, 2010 4:20am Jul 29, 2010 4:20am
Quoting skoda2008
I use the latest version on GoMarkets (Demo) without problems.
The only setting I had to change from default was ECN = true, and of course accept the agreement.
I have applied it to the 1min chart & hold down the Home key until I get 2 months worth of data (takes forever). Then change the bars used setting to 57600 (ie. 8 weeks) as thats all I'm interested in optimising for (at this stage).
Thanks for a tip "Home-key" ... that sorted-out all my issues with the latest EA ... it's running nicely now

Cheers,
Darek
  • #588
  • Jul 29, 2010 5:48am Jul 29, 2010 5:48am
RR

Put me on the Webinar list as well

tks
Peter
  • #589
  • Jul 29, 2010 9:43am Jul 29, 2010 9:43am
I would appreciate access to your webinar as well.
Thanks, RR

Ron
  • #590
  • Jul 29, 2010 10:15am Jul 29, 2010 10:15am
Based on peoples experience with this EA...are the default settings the best or has anyone come up with some really good settings?
  • #591
  • Jul 29, 2010 10:45am Jul 29, 2010 10:45am
Depending on the time, I am down for the webinar.
  • #592
  • Jul 29, 2010 10:55am Jul 29, 2010 10:55am
Time permitting, I would like to attend the webinar also.

Invisible
  • #593
  • Jul 29, 2010 1:26pm Jul 29, 2010 1:26pm
Pretty sure there are quite a few of us still hammering away at trying various settings. I would think the more people that tinker the better.

Default settings will get you going and familiar with it, some values appear to not be fully working such as optimizing based on anything other than winrate. You can still try diff SL and TP, trailing stops, reversing etc.

This thread is still pretty low on the page count at the moment, I would recommend reading through it.

Quoting unknown2u
Based on peoples experience with this EA...are the default settings the best or has anyone come up with some really good settings?
  • #594
  • Jul 29, 2010 2:33pm Jul 29, 2010 2:33pm
Quoting faze
Pretty sure there are quite a few of us still hammering away at trying various settings. I would think the more people that tinker the better.

Default settings will get you going and familiar with it, some values appear to not be fully working such as optimizing based on anything other than winrate. You can still try diff SL and TP, trailing stops, reversing etc.

This thread is still pretty low on the page count at the moment, I would recommend reading through it.
I've read thru the whole post.

One thing I want to make sure I'm clear on...the MM and risk setting...if I set risk to 1 for each pair and I'm trading 6 pairs...the risk is looked at for each individual pair based on the available margin at the time of taking a trade, correct?

Have we also concluded that 50-100K bars to opto is sufficient enuf rather than 500K to 1.5mill??

I just started using the EA this week...so far up 30% for the week...was up 80% after Tues but have given most of it back since Tuesday. Had a bad run of 27 losing trades in a row last night.

I think this EA could be really good once we hone in on the best settings.

From an opto standpoint so far I've only seen it looking for breakout and counter trades.
  • #595
  • Jul 29, 2010 2:53pm Jul 29, 2010 2:53pm
I can also imagine that some pairs are more unpredictible then others so a point could be made for a quest to find the most suitable pairs or different settings for different pairs. This is where the intensive use of resources come in for me. I run my mt4 on a vps and it can only handle 2 of these before it grinds to a halt. So far though, I have found USDJPY to do best out of the few pairs I've tried for the short period that I've tested them.
  • #596
  • Jul 29, 2010 3:23pm Jul 29, 2010 3:23pm
Quoting MorningMania
I can also imagine that some pairs are more unpredictible then others so a point could be made for a quest to find the most suitable pairs or different settings for different pairs. This is where the intensive use of resources come in for me. I run my mt4 on a vps and it can only handle 2 of these before it grinds to a halt. So far though, I have found USDJPY to do best out of the few pairs I've tried for the short period that I've tested them.
I've been tracking my results on MT4i.

I have been running these pairs and their respective profit factory so far this week:

AudUsd 2.04
EurUsd 0.59
GbpUsd 0.64
UsdCad 0.12
UsdChf 1.42
UsdJpy 1.41

I think I may drop UsdCad and try another.
  • #597
  • Jul 29, 2010 3:46pm Jul 29, 2010 3:46pm
  • #598
  • Jul 29, 2010 4:34pm Jul 29, 2010 4:34pm
"I just started using the EA this week...so far up 30% for the week...was up 80% after Tues but have given most of it back since Tuesday. Had a bad run of 27 losing trades in a row last night."

-- For the string of 27 losing trades, can we isolate what caused this, and guard against it in the future? What do you think caused this string of loses?

Best Regards,
Jay Allen
  • #599
  • Jul 29, 2010 5:49pm Jul 29, 2010 5:49pm
Quoting Jay Allen
"I just started using the EA this week...so far up 30% for the week...was up 80% after Tues but have given most of it back since Tuesday. Had a bad run of 27 losing trades in a row last night."

-- For the string of 27 losing trades, can we isolate what caused this, and guard against it in the future? What do you think caused this string of loses?

Best Regards,
Jay Allen

The market shifting in a pattern that it would not normally do for that hour on that day of the week. Most likely caused by a news release. Nothing is ever statistically correct 100% of the time. Its hard to replicate because new HiLos are reset at midnight local time. And the backtest array is calculated using server time. So every person, unless you are in the same timezone with the same broker, will have different results.
  • #600
  • Jul 29, 2010 5:58pm Jul 29, 2010 5:58pm
In fact if I were to estimate what happened with no other info. I would say that the bot was trading a counter strategy while the market was breaking out. And every time it hit its SL, it would place another counter trade going further in the hole. In the version I released, I added a parabolic sar shift to prevent that from happening.

But its hard to guess when I don't have enough info on the 27 trades.
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