Sure looks like an issue steve just disclosed in the TB bot, am sure it'll be easy for him to verify and fix if so 
Steve Hopwood's Fib Target-level retracement auto-trader: compliments Simone
- #902
- Dec 31, 2010 12:48am Dec 31, 2010 12:48am
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Try turning off Scoobs' margin check (UseScoobsMarginCheck).
With this turned on, the bot can send no more trades as soon as the margin exceeds the free margin divided by 100; this does not allow many trades. The missing screen display will re-appear.
With this turned on, the bot can send no more trades as soon as the margin exceeds the free margin divided by 100; this does not allow many trades. The missing screen display will re-appear.
- #903
- Dec 31, 2010 12:56am Dec 31, 2010 12:56am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
I have added feedback to show when ftlr has shut up shop because of insufficient margin.
Download from post 1.
Download from post 1.
- #904
- Edited 2:44am Dec 31, 2010 1:51am | Edited 2:44am
Try turning off Scoobs' margin check (UseScoobsMarginCheck).
With this turned on, the bot can send no more trades as soon as the margin exceeds the free margin divided by 100; this does not allow many trades. The missing screen display will re-appear.
Had open trades on all platforms, so a good time to try it
Immediately Scoob's margin check was disabled pending trades began to be sent ...... fantastic, thanks Steve
Strangely I seem to have huggins of free margin, so maybe it is not the actual calculation that was causing the freeze ?
Anyways, maybe Scoob's was keeping me in check ....
Does this mean I am heading for a margin call later today .... Scoob's might be back on come Monday
EDIT .... forget my comments about maybe its not the calculation causing the freeze ... I have been staring at this screen far too long and it is my brain that is freezing up .. I divided by 10 and not 100 !
This suggests with Scoob's turned on it is only allowing 1% margin risk for all pairs combined ... or is my brain at it again ?
- #905
- Dec 31, 2010 4:14am Dec 31, 2010 4:14am
- | Joined Nov 2009 | Status: Trader | 4,980 Posts
BINGO !!!!
Had open trades on all platforms, so a good time to try it
Immediately Scoob's margin check was disabled pending trades began to be sent ...... fantastic, thanks Steve
Strangely I seem to have huggins of free margin, so maybe it is not the actual calculation that was causing the freeze ?
Anyways, maybe Scoob's was keeping me in check ....
Does this mean I am heading for a margin call later today .... Scoob's might be back on come Monday
EDIT...
whip
- #906
- Dec 31, 2010 8:32am Dec 31, 2010 8:32am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
I think I had better start demoing this again.
Whip, as one of its most ardent supporters, can you say which TF you are using, please, and post a set file?
Cheers
Whip, as one of its most ardent supporters, can you say which TF you are using, please, and post a set file?
Cheers
- #907
- Dec 31, 2010 9:36am Dec 31, 2010 9:36am
- | Joined Nov 2009 | Status: Trader | 4,980 Posts
I think I had better start demoing this again.
Whip, as one of its most ardent supporters, can you say which TF you are using, please, and post a set file?
Cheers
Enclosed is the version I am running on my FTLR demo.....It does not have your latest update in it yet.....2 pieces....14 D1 charts.
It is not the version that I'm running on my live account which is an older version with MPTM that I manually trade on......I will be glad to post that If it won't be confusing....
Love this thing.....
Have a great New Year
whip
- #908
- Dec 31, 2010 10:03am Dec 31, 2010 10:03am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Hi Steve,
Enclosed is the version I am running on my FTLR demo.....It does not have your latest update in it yet.....2 pieces....14 D1 charts.
It is not the version that I'm running on my live account which is an older version with MPTM that I manually trade on......I will be glad to post that If it won't be confusing....
Love this thing.....
Have a great New Year
whip
This is a test to compare FTLR with Scoob’s parameter set to True ( ON ) and False ( OFF )
For newbies, reading my previous few posts will explain how I came to be at this point
I have 2 identical FXDD ( Malta ) platforms, 4 hour charts, 14 pairs
1:00 leverage, $3,000 starting balance
Using latest FTLR from post 1 with only the following changed from default settings
Sq Direction Module set to False
Hedging set to False
ATR Hedging set to false
One platform set with Scoob’s ON
One platform set with Scoob’s OFF
Lot size:-
During my previous testing with Scoob’ ON my original minimum lot size was gradually increased as I realised the number of trades were being restricted ( by Scoob’s )
I finished at 0.10 and this seemed to be very comfortable for the balance / leverage ( I am sure it would have coped with more, but ended my test at this figure )
With Scoob’s OFF there will be very many more trades, more margin used and more floating DD, and I expect lot size will have to be varied in time, but as a starting point and to get a direct comparison with Scoob’s ON the lot sizes for both platforms will start at 0.10 ... this could be suicide for Scoob's OFF !!
Test starts Monday 3 January, will run 24/7 ( all technical issues permitting ! ), with no manual intervention
I will look to post comparison summary each weekend
Should be interesting
For newbies, reading my previous few posts will explain how I came to be at this point
I have 2 identical FXDD ( Malta ) platforms, 4 hour charts, 14 pairs
1:00 leverage, $3,000 starting balance
Using latest FTLR from post 1 with only the following changed from default settings
Sq Direction Module set to False
Hedging set to False
ATR Hedging set to false
One platform set with Scoob’s ON
One platform set with Scoob’s OFF
Lot size:-
During my previous testing with Scoob’ ON my original minimum lot size was gradually increased as I realised the number of trades were being restricted ( by Scoob’s )
I finished at 0.10 and this seemed to be very comfortable for the balance / leverage ( I am sure it would have coped with more, but ended my test at this figure )
With Scoob’s OFF there will be very many more trades, more margin used and more floating DD, and I expect lot size will have to be varied in time, but as a starting point and to get a direct comparison with Scoob’s ON the lot sizes for both platforms will start at 0.10 ... this could be suicide for Scoob's OFF !!
Test starts Monday 3 January, will run 24/7 ( all technical issues permitting ! ), with no manual intervention
I will look to post comparison summary each weekend
Should be interesting
- #911
- Jan 1, 2011 5:08am Jan 1, 2011 5:08am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
[font=Arial]This is a test to compare FTLR with Scoob’s parameter set to True ( ON ) and False ( OFF )
For newbies, reading my previous few posts will explain how I came to be at this point
I have 2 identical FXDD ( Malta ) platforms, 4 hour charts, 14 pairs
1:00 leverage, $3,000 starting balance
Using latest FTLR from post 1 with only the following changed from default settings
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- #913
- Jan 1, 2011 5:49pm Jan 1, 2011 5:49pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Hi Steve,
Hadn't noticed that you changed the default bot on Post 1 until I read jcs's post.......I'm resetting everything now and setting up my hedging button....Will give it a go.......
Have a great weekend
whip
Defaults can change simply because I was experimenting at the time, not because they are better.
Changes to the trading strategy happen because people ask for them. not necessarily because they are better.
I vaguely remember the original strategy that I posited, although I could not quote it to you right now. The rest is a blur and I would have to read the thread to find out what 'the rest' is all about.
Stick with what you have found works is what I am saying here. I lost touch a long time ago.
- #915
- Jan 1, 2011 6:47pm Jan 1, 2011 6:47pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Hi Steve,
Go back in the thread to the end of July and you will find a bot that is very close to the one I'm running on my live acc. It is your orig strategy and it is a barn burner......
whip
Schubert averaged about 30 compositions a week throughout his adult lifetime - and not many of these were 2 minute pieces; many of them were 30+ minute pieces. Serious output is what I am describing here.
He did not get to hear many of them played once he had released them - he was too busy composing the next one. My guess is that he could have heard one of his compositions played 10 years after writing it and sworn blind that it was nowt to do with him.
Schubert was a genius. I am a hack. I am not comparing myself with him. I am using this to illustrate a point. The Beast apart, users of my software know how it works far better than I do - and that includes mptm.
A few hours ago you posted a version of ftlr. Now you are telling me to go back to July (July??????) to find a different version?
So, which version do I use? The post 1 version? The version you posted a few posts ago? One posted in July - if so, by whom?
As I remarked earlier somewhere, I do code the occasional robot from time to time. When I am bored and have nothing better to do. Or there is a 'y' in the day. Over the months, these bots have added up and I have absolutely no chance whatsoever of keeping them going on demo, given the resources I have.
This is not usually a problem. Most of my bots are rubbish, after all, so keeping them going would be perverse.
I gather that this one is not one of the rubbish ones - most gratifying as it is the only actual trading strategy that I have invented for myself, that has survived the demo process and is still being looked at by the likes of yourself.
Your post suggests that there are still more versions of fltr available, including one in July that seems to be doing well.
So, bearing in mind that
- I have yet to make any serious money out of trading forex,
- my earnings as a piano teacher would make most people laugh
- leading on from the above, my 0.5 gb trading machine cannot cope with a lot, but it is all I can afford for now
Can you tell me which version of fltr I should be using?
Preferably with attachments, pictures, and one-syllable instructions?
This is a test to compare FTLR with Scoob’s parameter set to True ( ON ) and False ( OFF )
... I did say " could be suicide for Scoobs OFF "Just had a margin call
Scoobs ON took 3 trades in 2 days
Scoobs OFF took 29 trades before the fuel ran out
I have reset both platforms
Scoobs ON still has lot size 0.10
Scoobs OFF now has lot size 0.02 .... still might be too much, but we will see
- #919
- Jan 4, 2011 7:32am Jan 4, 2011 7:32am
- | Joined Nov 2009 | Status: Trader | 4,980 Posts
Just had a margin call
Scoobs ON took 3 trades in 2 days
Scoobs OFF took 29 trades before the fuel ran out
I have reset both platforms
Scoobs ON still has lot size 0.10
Scoobs OFF now has lot size 0.02 .... still might be too much, but we will see
If you can, could you post your statement for the bot that got the margin call....I'd sure like to see what it looks like.
Been running this bot for over 6 months in alot of versions and never got anywhere near a margin call and have never used the Scoobs filter.
If you can any info would be helpful since I have one version running on a live acc....
Have a great day
whip