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  • #1,121
  • Oct 4, 2010 10:30am Oct 4, 2010 10:30am
Quoting SteveHopwood
Comes of having a serviceable ea template in place; most of the work is done without me typing any code.

Our replies passed in the ether. I love the changes you suggest and am going to adopt them.

Steve "Wonder":

Ok, the bot seems to not be closing the entries at the midpoint for some reason. Logic seems right and sometimes it does, which I don't understand why not!

Here is the attached EA with the better settings. These will get you into more trades and more losses especially on a big move, but if you put in the suspend option it won't be so bad.

I will wait for you to implement some changes then as there seems to be a lot of 'rules'.

It was very promising thus far! hahah....

For those with just the STARC indi and/or EA settings, try these:
extern int MA_Period=5;
extern int ATR_Period=15;
extern double KATR=0.88;
extern int Shift=0;

Or change the KATR= 1.33; (for less losses, and less wins)

Just FYI everyone, using my rules today would have netted 636 pips (not including spreads) doing visual forward testing this morning. Not bad....
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File Type: mq4 STARC auto trading robot by Steve Hopwood MOD Blue Settings.mq4   37 KB | 354 downloads
We are our own best indicator.
  • #1,122
  • Oct 4, 2010 10:45am Oct 4, 2010 10:45am
much thanks blu and steve!
blue what tf are u running that on?

Odysseus
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  • #1,123
  • Edited 12:19pm Oct 4, 2010 11:21am | Edited 12:19pm
Quoting odysseus11
much thanks blu and steve!
blue what tf are u running that on?

Odysseus
4HR

Anything works down to 15M actually. It really doesn't matter. Pretty amazing actually. However, there are a lot of rules which I can post once Steve gets it going a little.

If your spreads suck, then I suggest minimum 4HR, and daily works nicely as well. I use ATC, so my spreads are pretty tight (if I have a stop in place!)

I also just mentioned to Steve that you will have to shift midpoint -1 or +1 for TP for it to work best I believe. But, not shift the outer bands.

Take a look and tell me what you see... It seems very interesting to me as a counter-trend trading strategy.

EDIT: I just realized that on some currencies that it moves so much during a daily that a historical is innacurate as the bands will move too much. I did this on GBPNZD and boy.... Seems like the best overall pair would be like GBPUSD or AUDCAD or USDJPY etc...
We are our own best indicator.
  • #1,124
  • Oct 4, 2010 1:27pm Oct 4, 2010 1:27pm
Quoting maxou888
here is lastest version
Max's V76 taking very close recovery trades? The attached shows three close AUDCHF trades. The profit column shows the number of pipets (5 digit broker) so divide by 10.

I have looked at the configuration to see what controls it but not sure if there is anything I should have changed. This is on H1.
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  • #1,125
  • Oct 4, 2010 1:45pm Oct 4, 2010 1:45pm
Quoting bluemele
Steve "Wonder":

Ok, the bot seems to not be closing the entries at the midpoint for some reason. Logic seems right and sometimes it does, which I don't understand why not!
The bot does not close the trade. It sends a tp - middle line * TpMultiplier.

  • #1,126
  • Oct 4, 2010 1:52pm Oct 4, 2010 1:52pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
The bot does not close the trade. It sends a tp - middle line * TpMultiplier.

I C
We are our own best indicator.
  • #1,127
  • Oct 4, 2010 2:35pm Oct 4, 2010 2:35pm
Steve,
May I make a suggestion (well I'm going to anyway). There is a lot of good stuff happening on this thread...and a lot of independent testing going on. I'm thinking we need some type of coordination of that testing and feedback of the results - EA versions, settings, pairs, etc. A simple approach is to dedicate a demo to a test and post the results to MT4i.com....a collection of those links that gets summarized monthly and coordinated feedback provided....and have that information available for the group who participate. Do you think something like that makes any sense at all?
Cheers
CanuckCT
  • #1,128
  • Oct 4, 2010 3:19pm Oct 4, 2010 3:19pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Easily, although I think this robot may be left behind with Bob's V6 developments. If you like, I can do a version of NB that uses the TriangularMA indi instead of BB - it would only take a few minutes.

Thanks Steve - did not get a chance to say so earlier as I have been away from my PC today.

You are a f(*king legend - along with others on this thread who are working selflessly to create a system which will make some decent money.

Thanks buddy.
  • #1,129
  • Edited 6:29pm Oct 4, 2010 5:38pm | Edited 6:29pm
Quoting CanuckCT
Steve,
May I make a suggestion (well I'm going to anyway). There is a lot of good stuff happening on this thread...and a lot of independent testing going on. I'm thinking we need some type of coordination of that testing and feedback of the results - EA versions, settings, pairs, etc. A simple approach is to dedicate a demo to a test and post the results to MT4i.com....a collection of those links that gets summarized monthly and coordinated feedback provided....and have that information available for the group who participate. Do you think something...
Yes, clever idea !
This is my report for my Bot in H1, 30 pairs, all params= default
http://www.mt4i.com/users/maxou888

The same in M15
http://www.mt4i.com/users/maxou888_M15
  • #1,130
  • Oct 4, 2010 6:14pm Oct 4, 2010 6:14pm
Quoting bluemele
Steve "Wonder":

Ok, the bot seems to not be closing the entries at the midpoint for some reason....
Many many error 130....
see scrennshot please
thanks
Romano
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  • #1,131
  • Oct 4, 2010 6:20pm Oct 4, 2010 6:20pm
OK guys, I am putting a stop to events here for the time being. I am not closing the thread or anything daft like that; merely withdrawing from coding bots here for now. I had intended holding off for a week or so, but feel myself being drawn into yet more stuff that can be safely left for a later date - my own fault for being a showoff.

Explanation at http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...17#post4071317

I look forward to seeing you all there.

This should really be fun.

  • #1,132
  • Edited 7:54pm Oct 4, 2010 7:37pm | Edited 7:54pm
Max on H4, V71c...with a little help to close some trades. Up over 50% now...in 12 days trading .5 lot on a $10K account.

http://www.mt4i.com/users/20100923-Max/stats
  • #1,133
  • Oct 4, 2010 9:12pm Oct 4, 2010 9:12pm
Quoting CanuckCT
Max on H4, V71c...with a little help to close some trades. Up over 50% now...in 12 days trading .5 lot on a $10K account.

http://www.mt4i.com/users/20100923-Max/stats
Do you think this would work better or worse in a trending / ranging market?

12 days is about the pinnacle of the top (300 +- pips on most euro pairs) and the retrace, so if it was since the 8th of September, then I would think it definitely is a gem on trends as well.

DO you think it would have performed just as well considering the 1100 pip move, instead of the 300 pips for testing thus far?

What do you mean closing out the trades? I am running it and just letting it run. I am new to the thread, running the same version as you on a penny account for the last few days and just letting them run its course.

I had designed an EA a while back that took trades like this on smaller timeframes using NB system and would take a long like it did at the top (EURCHF yesterday) and over time it would blow up badly. Just fyi.
We are our own best indicator.
  • #1,134
  • Oct 4, 2010 9:27pm Oct 4, 2010 9:27pm
Quoting maxou888
here is lastest version
Can you clean it up or release the code?

I see that some of the KG code isn't using the MathMin/MinMax results for example in the stub function int LookingKGstatus(string as_unused_0, string as_8) because of your optimization(GlobalVariableGet) to master EA may be this is a bug?

It would be good to have either use ALL GMT shift or use the BROKER's time since if you don't do either then it won't work because you hardcoded all the times in the code!! If someone has a different gmt shift other than 2 (what you are using) then there will be no trades or it will be wrong.
You are using TimeLocal() without gmt shift.

Jag
  • #1,135
  • Oct 4, 2010 11:29pm Oct 4, 2010 11:29pm
would be nice if there wasn't the constant flood of error130s still. Fixing that would be a very nice addition to allow for further testing.
  • #1,136
  • Edited 11:56pm Oct 4, 2010 11:39pm | Edited 11:56pm
Max,

I'm not sure about the 6th's but the rest of the trading should be done for each currency when the market is open for that currency.... theres some nice code in the KG function to check the times for each currency. Can this be applied throughout the different strategies, including Master EA? If no trades are taken then don't bother for that currency unless the market is open for that currency.

It is better than having one set time. Why? Because spread is better for each currency.. Also JPY pairs can be traded longer since they have higher ATR... they get pushed around more for some reason! Some of the biggest JPY moves happen during Asian market and continue until the new york opening volume push. IE: EURJPY would move 350 pips for a move that pushed EURUSD by 150... while maintaining the same support.

Also the news avoid filter is pretty good.. I would also advice to not trade 23:30-0(although probably doesn't matter since 0 is opening of Asian market anyways) for JPY releases and 9:25-9:35 for UK news releases GMT time based on this link: http://www.forexeconomiccalendar.com...ding-hours.htm

Thanks
Jag
  • #1,137
  • Oct 5, 2010 2:14am Oct 5, 2010 2:14am
Quoting Beastie Boy
This version contains the changes regarding the use of BbSeparation, and also screentop and screenbottom are calculated rather than using WindowPriceMax(0) and WindowPriceMin(0).

Cheers, Beastie.
I think in Mode2Sell() Var2 should be Mode Upper
  • #1,138
  • Oct 5, 2010 2:21am Oct 5, 2010 2:21am
Beastie Boy

double screentop = High[iHighest(NULL,0,MODE_HIGH,BarCount,1)] + (range / 100 * 5);
double screenbottom = Low[iLowest(NULL,0,MODE_LOW,BarCount,1)] - (range / 100 * 2.4);

Why you add 5% of range for screentop, and minus 2.4% for screenbottom ?
  • #1,139
  • Oct 5, 2010 2:46am Oct 5, 2010 2:46am
Like I have promissed, I have fixed many bugs, so here it's my lastest version
Now, no problem with hours, everything is calculated automaticely (GMt, local etc...) including DST (in Master EA 10).
Latest Beastie boy mod are included. There is much less "invalid stops" although some remaining : we have to check the mindist in BE, I have no time yet to do it.
The Trix mode is purely experimental so far.
On morning and evening, Master EA 10 will look at the DD we experienced today and will try to close all trades according conditions. (look at the code).
Enjoy
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File Type: mq4 NBv5-mtf-mx078_.mq4   150 KB | 286 downloads
File Type: mq4 Master EA_010.mq4   63 KB | 341 downloads
File Type: zip All_Max_Files.zip   34 KB | 411 downloads
  • #1,140
  • Oct 5, 2010 3:09am Oct 5, 2010 3:09am
Quoting maxou888
Like I have promissed, I have fixed many bugs, so here it's my lastest version
Now, no problem with hours, everything is calculated automaticely (GMt, local etc...) including DST (in Master EA 10).
Latest Beastie boy mod are included. There is much less "invalid stops" although some remaining : we have to check the mindist in BE, I have no time yet to do it.
The Trix mode is purely experimental so far.
On morning and evening, Master EA 10 will look at the DD we experienced today and will try to close all trades according conditions. (look at the...
Thanks Max,

Appreciated
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