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  • #381
  • Jul 29, 2010 2:53pm Jul 29, 2010 2:53pm
Quoting pcguy007
Oops sorry, It happened to me in 3.7 and 3.8
forget about, here is my first test for July, IBFX demo,
default settings, "slow" trailing
3 losses, 2 of them i guess, could be avoided using "fast" trailing
also, i think 30 pips PlaceDistance should be better then 20

modeling quality 90% (is it good or bad??)

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  • #382
  • Jul 29, 2010 2:57pm Jul 29, 2010 2:57pm
Just loaded the new EA thanks for all your hard work
I must admit I am a real man and have trouble reading the instructions so have printed out post one and going through it step by step which does help.

The one thing I DON'T Do is

LOAD IT ON A HEAP OF PAIRS

GBP ONLY

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  • #383
  • Edited 3:33pm Jul 29, 2010 3:05pm | Edited 3:33pm
Quoting sashasan

modeling quality 90% (is it good or bad??)

It's the best you can get- 90%... So, it's perfect.

And even though I also trading it on IBFX so far, that particular broker is Sucks,

cause 4 pips Spread is huge, even Geo original doesn't have good backtesting results using IBFX..

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By the way. we can do another trick.. Ones Fractals and SMA triggers, set LIMIT BUY BELOW where it is

let's say 30-40 (variable) pips and wait till pair settles down to grab long (this will happens in most of the cases)..

It might work even better..

If you going to play with this, just look into it and see how difficult to make that option..

So? HERE! Case for BUY, Fractals triggers place stop buys 20-30 pips above and BUY LIMIT 30 pips below

If BUY LIMIT Triggers first, BUY STOP Canceled..

Just an Idea... Maybe first try with BUY LIMIT ONLY (Cause this could be even better solution "Buy LOW" AND

IMPORTANT: STOP LOSS CALCULATED FROM ORIGINAL TRIGGER LEVEL)

EXAMPLE.. BUY TRIGGERS AT 1.5550 PLACE BUY LIMIT ORDERS at 1.5510 (Variable) and STOP LOSS 1.5550-140 pips (1.5410), this

way we just limit stop loss by 40 pips to just 100 pips! And potentially maximize profit by same amount of pips

ORDER Canceled, if Price goes beyond TP levels ) Rinse ans repeat.


and then add BUY STOP if need it..

Basically Idea is GRAB Pair Lower while BUY Signal is still VALID.

As I watch the trades almost always there is a drop and opportunity to grab pair lower..
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  • #384
  • Jul 29, 2010 3:34pm Jul 29, 2010 3:34pm
Quoting SkyzerFX
It's the best you can get-...
i think it's a good idea, in other words, when entry signal given, place 2 sets of pending orders and wait who will be first and delete the second pair. but what's about trailing? do we need it in BUY LIMIT case? looks like only in BUY STOP this makes sense

btw, in this case there is no reason to open 6 orders, i think it's easier to place 2 lines on chart, move them and when it will be crossed, place real orders
  • #385
  • Jul 29, 2010 3:37pm Jul 29, 2010 3:37pm
Would that be defined as hedging? Can't hedge in U.S.
  • #386
  • Jul 29, 2010 3:42pm Jul 29, 2010 3:42pm
Quoting mary4x
Would that be defined as hedging? Can't hedge in U.S.
no, it's two types of same type orders
i mean BUY STOP places above current price, BUY LIMIT below
  • #387
  • Jul 29, 2010 3:52pm Jul 29, 2010 3:52pm
Oh, I see.
  • #388
  • Jul 29, 2010 6:42pm Jul 29, 2010 6:42pm
Quoting sashasan
i think it's a good idea, in other words, when entry signal given, place 2 sets of pending orders and wait who will be first and delete the second pair. but what's about trailing? do we need it in BUY LIMIT case? looks like only in BUY STOP this makes sense
What if we place BUY LIMIT 30-40 (pips below) ((Maybe even trail Buy LIMIT up in case pair going higher straight away

but still, we going to grab lower swing rather than higher)) and just wait till it gets hit

and in 80% cases it will, same as BUY STOP, the only difference is

for Buy stop we paying premium and for Buy Limit we actually collect

the premium..
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  • #389
  • Jul 29, 2010 8:23pm Jul 29, 2010 8:23pm
Just had three trades triggered with the new EA

At 1.56091

very Impressed with this so far guys once again thanks



PS I have set my SL to 100 just a personal thing.
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  • #390
  • Jul 29, 2010 8:54pm Jul 29, 2010 8:54pm
Hi,
been busy elsewhere. Just noticed the thread. Thanks much. Will be running some tests to try to familiarize with the concept.
Have used v1 indi a few times with good result, but this has come along way since v1.
  • #391
  • Jul 29, 2010 10:38pm Jul 29, 2010 10:38pm
Just want to share my impressive results.

All defaults except the ALERT FALSE.

Thanks again for the code
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  • #392
  • Edited 2:57am Jul 30, 2010 1:16am | Edited 2:57am
Quoting Offshore
Just had three trades triggered with the new EA

At 1.56091

very Impressed with this so far guys once again thanks



PS I have set my SL to 100 just a personal thing.
TP1 hit
TP2 Trailing stop hit (for profit I must add)
TP3 still going

Nice system so far

TP3 trailing SL hit ( in profit )

New orders placed at 1.56222 HUH

And this is with a ranging pair
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  • #393
  • Jul 30, 2010 7:26am Jul 30, 2010 7:26am
Sasha when I try to backtest v4_Beta got bunch of

"OrderModify error 1"
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  • #394
  • Jul 30, 2010 8:13am Jul 30, 2010 8:13am
Quoting SkyzerFX
Sasha when I try to backtest v4_Beta got bunch of

"OrderModify error 1"
can you tell me when it shows that (before/after close 1 order, while modifying to b/e or while trailing 2 and 3 orders)
or give me a piece of log messages?

error description says : "OrderModify attempts to replace the values already set with the same values. "
looking at my yesterday's log i could not find any repeating records so far...
  • #395
  • Jul 30, 2010 8:28am Jul 30, 2010 8:28am
Quoting sashasan
also, a little notice, as was mentioned before, if you have an ea attached on a chart and change a symbol on the chart (drag for example from Market Watch), ea will first calculate all the data based on old ticks loaded on chart, and later on, after new ticks will be loaded, calculate a current data again. so it could show you a ENTER MARKET NOW message and after a second change it to some different one.

[color=Red][b]IN THIS CASE BE CAREFUL IF ManulaMode = false, IF OLD TICKS WERE ENTRY ONES, EA WILL PLACE MARKET ORDERS IMMEDIATELY AND...
btw i think i fixed this
add a pause of 3 sec and now there is no chance to place a trade even if automatic mode selected
  • #396
  • Jul 30, 2010 8:42am Jul 30, 2010 8:42am
Quoting SkyzerFX
Sasha when I try to backtest v4_Beta got bunch of

"OrderModify error 1"
also, make sure your trailing stop (loss for 2 and 3rd orders) is less then take profit for those orders
  • #397
  • Jul 30, 2010 8:48am Jul 30, 2010 8:48am
load v4.0 beta on several pairs
3 orders, market not pending.
on automatic triggered nothing
on manual works, sometimes open 3 orders, sometime 2, or 1, without any logic....

???
some help?


ps. no errors on expert tab.
... feel better day by day.
  • #398
  • Jul 30, 2010 8:51am Jul 30, 2010 8:51am
Quoting zoom
load v4.0 beta on several pairs
3 orders, market not pending.
on automatic triggered nothing
on manual works, sometimes open 3 orders, sometime 2, or 1, without any logic....

???
some help?
i need your screen and Experts log to look at
anyway, it cannot open any other numbers of orders than chosen in OpenOrders option

(Actually can but only if you use a decompiled version )

orders open algorithm is the same as in the original Geoff's ea actually
  • #399
  • Jul 30, 2010 9:08am Jul 30, 2010 9:08am
Let me ask you a dumb question:

Does the EA sells too? Because in 7 days there are only BUY orders in my account history...

Regards

Doc
  • #400
  • Jul 30, 2010 9:12am Jul 30, 2010 9:12am
Quoting SkyzerFX
Sasha when I try to backtest v4_Beta got bunch of

"OrderModify error 1"
Do u get that error on all your order modifies? Is your ECN option set correctly? I've noticed that when I don't have the right setting for ECN, I get that error.
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