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  • #81
  • Dec 4, 2010 1:38am Dec 4, 2010 1:38am
Quoting rorieu
I thought running the Download News script from within the MT 4 Navigator was meant to do this?
Rorieu,

Yes, that's the way it's designed to work, and has always worked correctly for me. There must be something different on your PC config. I'm running Win XP Home SP2, and MT4 v 229. If you're running Vista or Win 7, I'm afraid I can't even attempt to reproduce the problem.

All I can suggest is that you continue to run FFcal.EXE manually. Perhaps you could set up a shortcut on your Launch/Taskbar.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

David
  • #82
  • Dec 5, 2010 2:33am Dec 5, 2010 2:33am
Yes I'm around. Will be checking in once in awhile. Hopefully this would be fixed somehow.

Thanks!



Quoting hanover
Not sure if you're still around. Anyway, I spent some time over the weekend investigating this. I was able to reproduce the same error, but I'm in the embarrassing situation of not knowing how to fix it.

I'd post the relevant parts of the source code, but it's written in Clarion, and I doubt that any Clarion programmers read this forum.
  • #83
  • Dec 6, 2010 7:58am Dec 6, 2010 7:58am
As always a prompt complete reply, thanks David.

Forgot to say it's a new PC so I'm using W7 now and at times I do see a few incompatibilities with it. (Also using MT4 229)

Anyway I love the indi so I'll continue with the ffcal manual run part, I just wondered if I'd done something silly.

Keep up the great work.

rorieu

Quoting hanover
Rorieu,

Yes, that's the way it's designed to work, and has always worked correctly for me. There must be something different on your PC config. I'm running Win XP Home SP2, and MT4 v 229. If you're running Vista or Win 7, I'm afraid I can't even attempt to reproduce the problem.

All I can suggest is that you continue to run FFcal.EXE manually. Perhaps you could set up a shortcut on your Launch/Taskbar.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

David
  • #84
  • Dec 14, 2010 6:34am Dec 14, 2010 6:34am
Good grief - this indy has been downloaded almost 23,000 times in less than 4 months????

I knew I should have posted it on the Commercial Forum. If only I'd done that, I'd be a forex millionaire by now.
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  • #85
  • Dec 14, 2010 12:46pm Dec 14, 2010 12:46pm
Hi this indicator from what i can see is an amazing piece of code. However when i install it and run it i keep getting the message "cant find news file" Iv read through everything and have set up things as best i understand. Do i need to have exel installed on my computer? Any suggestions?
  • #86
  • Dec 14, 2010 1:13pm Dec 14, 2010 1:13pm
Quoting wooky
Hi this indicator from what i can see is an amazing piece of code. However when i install it and run it i keep getting the message "cant find news file" Iv read through everything and have set up things as best i understand. Do i need to have exel installed on my computer? Any suggestions?
You don't need Excel.

Make sure that you've installed all of the files into the exact same folders as they are in the ZIP file. It's especially important that the FFcal.EXE and CALENDAR.* files reside in your ...../experts/files folder. Then FFcal.EXE will also create the news.csv file in that folder, enabling the RecentNews.MQ4 indy to find it.

The screenshot shows the FFcal.EXE settings that I use. However, if you run the DownloadNews.MQ4 script, these should be automatic. Alas, it's possible that on some PC configs that you need to run this manually (see posts #80, 81).

I'm running Win XP Home SP2 (still the only reliable version, IMO). If you're running either Vista or Win7, then I'm afraid I can't troubleshoot further.
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  • #87
  • Dec 15, 2010 12:47pm Dec 15, 2010 12:47pm
It turned out that i just needed to recopy the files, for some reason they did not all copy over the first time, dumb mistake. I feel like this is going to take me to a new level now i can really see the news on my charts, im a visual person and now i can try some new experiments.
THANK YOU
  • #88
  • Dec 16, 2010 2:40am Dec 16, 2010 2:40am
Hanover, I've been away doing other stuff for a while and even playing with EAs and the like. I'm now totally convinced that FX cannot be walked forward only by looking at the past, which is what 99% of EAs do. I'm also pretty convinced that for me at least, trading news is the only way I can profit from FX. Your Plot News V1 was a fantastic indicator but it has made great strides forward and I'd like to thank you for all your hard work. Its amazing that in this day and age someone is willing to create such a great piece of work and yet not charge for it. Just think what that money grabbing Don Steinitz would have done with it ?
Anyway, keep up the good work. Hopefully you're managing to make money trading it.
He was looking for the card so high and wild hed never need to deal another
  • #89
  • Dec 17, 2010 3:14am Dec 17, 2010 3:14am
Quoting dr_who
Hanover, I've been away doing other stuff for a while and even playing with EAs and the like. I'm now totally convinced that FX cannot be walked forward only by looking at the past, which is what 99% of EAs do. I'm also pretty convinced that for me at least, trading news is the only way I can profit from FX. Your Plot News V1 was a fantastic indicator but it has made great strides forward and I'd like to thank you for all your hard work. Its amazing that in this day and age someone is willing to create such a great piece of work and yet not...
Many thanks for the feedback.

I'm planning on posting other software in 2011, however the full-functioned versions will not necessarily be free.

I believe that it's definitely possible (but not necessarily easy) to be profitable using TA alone. One thing I've learned is that just because I haven't found a way of making something work profitably, it doesn't mean that everybody else can't also. There are plenty folk around who are smarter and/or more experienced than I am.

Anyway, good luck with your news trading. Compliments of the season to you.

David
  • #90
  • Dec 22, 2010 11:45am Dec 22, 2010 11:45am
I'm having difficulty getting the news to correspond to the time and get plotted in the right spot on the chart.When i perform the time shift it tells me that "Allow DLL imports' on the 'Common' tab must be checked ON" it also tells me the correct times exept new york time is blank, it says SourceTimeIsGMTplus=0
MT$TimeIsGMTplus=7425.5 and LocalTimeIsGMTplus=7418.5

Iv tried changing values in the Recent News input tab for SourceTimeIsGMT plus, MT$TimeGMT plus and LocalTimeIsGMTplus. As well as Download News ,Build News.CSV fromm FF callander , No of hours your local time is ahead of your MT4 i have put 7 as awell as -7. When in Forex factory i always have to put -7 GMT to get the right times
Im using Win XP
Any suggestions?
  • #91
  • Edited 7:00pm Dec 22, 2010 4:50pm | Edited 7:00pm
Quoting wooky
I'm having difficulty getting the news to correspond to the time and get plotted in the right spot on the chart.When i perform the time shift it tells me that "Allow DLL imports' on the 'Common' tab must be checked ON" it also tells me the correct times exept new york time is blank, it says SourceTimeIsGMTplus=0
MT$TimeIsGMTplus=7425.5 and LocalTimeIsGMTplus=7418.5

Iv tried changing values in the Recent News input tab for SourceTimeIsGMT plus, MT$TimeGMT plus and LocalTimeIsGMTplus....
First press Ctrl-O (in MT4) and change your settings exactly as in the second screenshot. Click OK to accept these.

Then drag the Calc Timeshifts script onto any MT4 chart. With the 'Allow DLL imports' now checked on, the script should be able to read the time zone websites needed to gain the right info, and hence display meaningful offset values. The third screenshot shows the result that I get (I live in New Zealand). Write down the values that you get. If these values are meaningless, like those you described previously, there's no point in proceeding further.

Next, run FFcal.EXE and ensure that both fields highlighted in the first screenshot are set to zero, as shown. This is because we will apply the timeshifts in MT4. Click OK to accept, and have it download the news.

Finally, drag the Recent News indy onto your chart. Make sure that ParameterFile = NONE, and also set the three timeshift parameters to the values you wrote down previously.

Hopefully that will give the correct result.

David
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  • #92
  • Jan 2, 2011 8:53pm Jan 2, 2011 8:53pm
The attached ZIP contains a CSV file with all news announcements, sourced from FF calendar, between 1 Jan 2007 and 31 Dec 2010. All dates/times are New York time.

Happy New Year to everybody,
David
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  • #93
  • Jan 9, 2011 2:04pm Jan 9, 2011 2:04pm
Quoting jagui
Does somebody know if somewhere exist a stand-alone application (or sort of) that displays the FF calendar and has configurable alerts?

I know there are some news indicators here on this forum, but I don't want to put other things on my charts.
This is a MT4 indy, but it's possible to turn all features other than the alerts on or off. It uses the FF calendar, and is capable of both audio-visual and e-mail based alerts. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "configurable" alerts. You can set AlertXMinsBeforeNews to control the warning time, and EmailAlertSubject to a non-blank value if you also want e-mail/cellphone alerts (you'll also need to press Ctrl-O in MT4 and configure the settings on the Email tab).

  1. To turn off the little circle objects, set SymbolSize to -1
  2. To turn off the rolling news display, set ShowUpcomingXEvents to 0
  3. To turn off the output to the output file, set OutputFile to blank

The stand-alone FFcal.EXE application (included in the ZIP file in post #1) can display all the news events from the FF calendar that have been loaded into its database. Run it, then press Esc, then F9, and you'll see something like the screenshot in post #59. However, you'll need to use the accompanying indy to send the alerts.

That's the best solution that I can come up with.

  • #94
  • Jan 9, 2011 4:22pm Jan 9, 2011 4:22pm
Thank you, hanover.
I'll try it.
  • #95
  • Jan 10, 2011 3:38am Jan 10, 2011 3:38am
Hi Hanover. Thank you for the help. I finally got it to work. Just made two experimental trades using up coming announcements.
Wandering can i have multiple chats up with the indicator. Example a USD/CAN with just Canadian news plotted, and a USD/GBP with just the British news and US news. Or will it conflict with each other?
So far its been fun playing with this indicator!
  • #96
  • Jan 10, 2011 7:05am Jan 10, 2011 7:05am
Quoting wooky
Wandering can i have multiple chats up with the indicator. Example a USD/CAN with just Canadian news plotted, and a USD/GBP with just the British news and US news. Or will it conflict with each other?
There should be no conflict with any parameter setting, so long as there's only one instance of the indicator attached to each chart.

Set PlotTheseCurrencies to CAD=141 (or simply C=141) on the UC chart, and to USD=140,GBP=143 (or simply U=140,G=143) on the GU chart.
  • #97
  • Jan 26, 2011 10:09am Jan 26, 2011 10:09am
Hi,
I want to put this system in my EA how can I do it?
and also I want to do backtest with the past news events,
I want the EA will be off trading 30 min before/after the news..
does it possible?
thanks
  • #98
  • Jan 26, 2011 1:46pm Jan 26, 2011 1:46pm
Quoting roif
Hi,
I want to put this system in my EA how can I do it?
and also I want to do backtest with the past news events,
I want the EA will be off trading 30 min before/after the news..
does it possible?
thanks
This is not possible, at least in the way that you've described it. However, I discussed some ideas for workarounds back in post #20.
  • #99
  • Jan 28, 2011 3:11am Jan 28, 2011 3:11am
Hello Hanover (hi, everyone), I apologize if this is an inappropriate thread to post a request, but Im new to FF and unsure as to how I might contact you otherwise...

Firstly, thank you very much for posting the 'OHLC.mq4' in an earlier thread. Ive found it very helpful. Aswell as others youve posted.

Im currently interested in using a 'Stochastic Candle.mq4' indicator, but I find that its bullish/bearish candles arent entirely accurate (even when this ones HA option is set to false). By that, I mean, bullish candles remain the color of bearish candles following a downtrend for a session or two before changing to it bullish color. And vice versa. Im curious as to whether or not this StochasticCandle method can be applied to your OHLC.mq4, whereas candles in Overbought/Oversold regions can be set to change their width (aswell as color), while remaining 'true'.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much...

  • #100
  • Jan 28, 2011 4:06am Jan 28, 2011 4:06am
Quoting Warden Oshea
Hello Hanover (hi, everyone), I apologize if this is an inappropriate thread to post a request, but Im new to FF and unsure as to how I might contact you otherwise...

Firstly, thank you very much for posting the 'OHLC.mq4' in an earlier thread. Ive found it very helpful. Aswell as others youve posted.

[left]Im currently interested in using a 'Stochastic Candle.mq4' indicator, but I find that its bullish/bearish candles arent entirely accurate (even when this ones HA option is set to false). By that, I mean, bullish candles remain the color...
I haven't seen the Stochastic Candle indy, and in any case I'm too busy to take on any new programming projects at present.

I suggest you either start a new thread, or maybe post your request in either of these threads:
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=166758
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=212422

Your post should be more visible there, and hopefully somebody will be able to help you.

Good luck,
David
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