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  • #121
  • Nov 20, 2010 4:08am Nov 20, 2010 4:08am
Quoting nubcake
load the indi onto your gbpusd chart and voila. .
Nubcake thanks again for the indi - I presume since I followed your instructions above and nothing happens when I drag the indi onto the chart that I need to wait until Sun/Mon for the market to be open so it gets a tick through correct?
  • #122
  • Nov 20, 2010 4:13am Nov 20, 2010 4:13am
Ignore my message above worked it out.

I did need to edit the statement.csv file so I could add a few letters onto the GBPUSD so that it matched my brokers instrument name.

Thanks
  • #123
  • Nov 20, 2010 5:13am Nov 20, 2010 5:13am
Quoting jm2110
Ignore my message above worked it out.

I did need to edit the statement.csv file so I could add a few letters onto the GBPUSD so that it matched my brokers instrument name.

Thanks
oh right. that's an interesting point actually. i believe it will run regardless of if a tick happens or not because it only needs to run that one time, and my understanding is the start() function does get run initially... even when brokers are not sending ticks.

might be wrong, but as you got your data to load i'm guessing i'm right. btw what does your broker call gbpusd? as long as your editing program doesnt do anything to restructure the data like adding quotes around strings etc then you should be right. openoffice was giving me issues but i didn't spend much time on it so it is likely something i did wrong.
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  • #124
  • Nov 20, 2010 6:27am Nov 20, 2010 6:27am
Quoting nubcake
btw what does your broker call gbpusd? .
No it's the little letters they add on the end rather than a different name, I am with CitiFx Pro on their fee paying service (tighter spread but pay small fee per trade) so in this case the instrument is called GBPUSDctf
  • #125
  • Nov 20, 2010 6:46am Nov 20, 2010 6:46am
On an IBFX mini account it would be GBPUSDm
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  • #126
  • Edited 7:34am Nov 20, 2010 6:47am | Edited 7:34am
Quoting jm2110
No it's the little letters they add on the end rather than a different name, I am with CitiFx Pro on their fee paying service (tighter spread but pay small fee per trade) so in this case the instrument is called GBPUSDctf
oh right. fair nuf. easy fix... added new indi just for this very issue. enjoy.

edit : attachment removed
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  • #127
  • Nov 20, 2010 6:51am Nov 20, 2010 6:51am
Quoting stevegee58
On an IBFX mini account it would be GBPUSDm
cool. see above
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  • #128
  • Nov 20, 2010 7:17am Nov 20, 2010 7:17am
Here's a code snippet that figures out what the symbol postfix is based on the assumption that the base name for currency pairs is 6 characters long.

Inserted Code
  string symbolPostfix = "";
  if (StringLen(Symbol()) > 6) symbolPostfix = StringSubstr(Symbol(), 6);

Then you just append symbolPostfix to the end of the currency pair name you're looking at.
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  • #129
  • Nov 20, 2010 7:33am Nov 20, 2010 7:33am
Quoting stevegee58
Here's a code snippet that figures out what the symbol postfix is based on the assumption that the base name for currency pairs is 6 characters long.

Inserted Code
  string symbolPostfix = "";
  if (StringLen(Symbol()) > 6) symbolPostfix = StringSubstr(Symbol(), 6);
Then you just append symbolPostfix to the end of the currency pair name you're looking at.
oh goddamn. ok thanks, added that code to reading in the csv data as well as comparing it to the attached chart. unless someone on myfx or using the indi has some stupid named chart "azx42y" then it should be all sweet. gbpusd12345 vs gbpusdstupidnameappendix will be gbpusd vs gbpusd.

edit : right, so never meant to actually upload the code. have changed to the ex4. feels like strangers have just looked in my underwear drawer when i only meant to show the suit hanging in the cupboard :/
Attached File(s)
File Type: ex4 nbPlotMyFXBookHistoryCSV.ex4   7 KB | 411 downloads
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  • #130
  • Edited 8:10am Nov 20, 2010 7:55am | Edited 8:10am
LOL Glad I grabbed the code when I did. I'm a software guy in my day job so this is something I can work with. Your code isn't that bad.

I won't give it away I promise.
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  • #131
  • Nov 20, 2010 8:15am Nov 20, 2010 8:15am
Quoting stevegee58
LOL Glad I grabbed the code when I did. I'm a software guy in my day job so this is something I can work with. Your code isn't that bad.
oh OH it's like THAT huh? not THAT bad huh? HUH?!!!

lol. it's pretty short and simple anyway. it took me a few hours to do it because it's been awhile since i've done any mql and was vague and made some dumb bugs that were not making sense at the time... and the dvd playing at the same time didn't help much either.

should be pretty solid now, being so short. if you do anything further to it you'll note the print statements were for debugging as i cocked-up my character position counts when reworking the date string, and the comments aren't necessarily what follows exactly anymore as things got changed a little.

what an idiot. i literally just saw then that i process everything on the init. i thought i had put it in start out of habit. i did it how i meant to, not how i thought i had actually done it. i blame it on the dvd.
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  • #132
  • Nov 20, 2010 8:30am Nov 20, 2010 8:30am
What time zone did you determine the trades were recorded in? You appear to be in Australia (?) and your correction is +4 hours.
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  • #133
  • Nov 20, 2010 8:42am Nov 20, 2010 8:42am
My server is Gmt + 0 and to match his trades I needed to use 300 minute adjustment.
  • #134
  • Edited 9:17am Nov 20, 2010 8:58am | Edited 9:17am
Quoting stevegee58
What time zone did you determine the trades were recorded in? You appear to be in Australia (?) and your correction is +4 hours.
in aus, yes. never worked it out. just adjusted it by sight as it was pretty clear just by zooming out where things should sit versus where they currently sit.

you'll note that i put in the trendline descriptions the original csv open datetime and details in case it was relevant... good thing i guess.

i'm looking at description of 11/19/2010 03:37 etc etc. my chart has this trendline aligned to 2010.11.19 10.37. (or, if i had thought about it more my offset i set to is +420mins, which is plus 7hours).

my chart 8am is 4pm real time. therefore my chart is -7hours from my real time. my real time is +10gmt.

by my hokey math that makes my chart at +3gmt, and therefore Columbus' chart at -4gmt.

i might have done that backwards.

edit : oh ffs i'm a tool. my chart is -8hrs from my real time. chart time is therefore +2gmt, therefore columbus chart time is -5gmt? saying this, it obviously makes no dif as chart time is irrelevant as demonstrated by my own chart time.
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  • #135
  • Nov 20, 2010 9:16am Nov 20, 2010 9:16am
Imagine all the dealers in the world basing they bussiness decisions on a coin toss. DO-NOT-WANT x/
  • #136
  • Nov 20, 2010 9:44am Nov 20, 2010 9:44am
I fed in +300 and it lines up exactly. I'm east coast US which is GMT-5 but I don't think that matters. I did this on an IBFX demo and they're GMT+1
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  • #137
  • Edited 11:25am Nov 20, 2010 11:01am | Edited 11:25am
actarus : si vous voulez utiliser mon indicateur et l'afficher sur votre forum français donner crédit à moi et ce forum s'il vous plaît. Je n'ai pas l'intention pour le code MQL à afficher. J'avais l'intention de donner le fichier ex4, mais c'est la vie.

de crédit à l'auteur s'il vous plaît.
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  • #138
  • Nov 22, 2010 5:07pm Nov 22, 2010 5:07pm
Quoting nubcake
oh goddamn. ok thanks, added that code to reading in the csv data as well as comparing it to the attached chart. unless someone on myfx or using the indi has some stupid named chart "azx42y" then it should be all sweet. gbpusd12345 vs gbpusdstupidnameappendix will be gbpusd vs gbpusd./
nubcake a great thanks for your indicator!

Please note the correct statement is:
if (StringLen(Symbol()) > 6) symbolPostfix = StringSubstr(Symbol(),0, 6);

Inserted Code
  string symbolPostfix = "";
  if (StringLen(Symbol()) > 6) symbolPostfix = StringSubstr(Symbol(), 6);
  • #139
  • Nov 24, 2010 4:48am Nov 24, 2010 4:48am
I think the key must be the broker here.

However, I can not find a broker that:
- offers 4-digit prices (see myfxbook, it's all done with 4-digit pricing)
- has GMT offset of -5

Continuing the search.
  • #140
  • Edited 5:43am Nov 24, 2010 5:29am | Edited 5:43am
ATC Brokers and MB Trading are ECN and have the same GMT of SL=TP, but these brokers have 5 digits (on demo).
On GBPUSD ATC has a tipical spread of 0.9 pip and MBT 1.9. Must be added the commissions.

Another great EA with the same GMT and a similar strategy is this:
http://www.myfxbook.com/members/Aqua...-scalper/63401

Quoting Snowski
I think the key must be the broker here.

However, I can not find a broker that:
- offers 4-digit prices (see myfxbook, it's all done with 4-digit pricing)
- has GMT offset of -5

Continuing the search.
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