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  • #61
  • Feb 17, 2011 6:45am Feb 17, 2011 6:45am
eg monthly candle november dec jamuary
febuary not formed till ist opening march

therfore square highest high lowest low of november
december january

applied to every time frame formed bar
  • #62
  • Feb 17, 2011 7:04am Feb 17, 2011 7:04am
Good Morning Steve,
Any chance on your next update you could change the color of the Bosun Lines? They are very hard to find on a standard bar chart........
Everything looks great....

whip
  • #63
  • Feb 17, 2011 7:33am Feb 17, 2011 7:33am
Quoting hiredwhip
Good Morning Steve,
Any chance on your next update you could change the color of the Bosun Lines? They are very hard to find on a standard bar chart........
Everything looks great....

whip
They look fine on my machine.

You can always change your own colour. Go to void CalculateBosunLines()
and find
Inserted Code
DrawLine(BlDescription[cc], time1, Bl[cc], time2, Bl[cc], Chartreuse, 2, STYLE_SOLID, false);

Change the colour to one that suits you and recompile.

The only reason I have not given a user choice of colours for the various lines is the number of inputs this generates. It doesn't take much to change the code if people want, so that this feature is available.

  • #64
  • Feb 17, 2011 7:47am Feb 17, 2011 7:47am
Quoting SteveHopwood
They look fine on my machine.

You can always change your own colour. Go to void CalculateBosunLines()
and find
Inserted Code
DrawLine(BlDescription[cc], time1, Bl[cc], time2, Bl[cc], Chartreuse, 2, STYLE_SOLID, false);
Change the colour to one that suits you and recompile.

The only reason I have not given a user choice of colours for the various lines is the number of inputs this generates. It doesn't take much to change the code if people want, so that this feature is available.

Thanks Steve,
Worked like a charm.......

Have a great day

whip
  • #65
  • Feb 17, 2011 8:08am Feb 17, 2011 8:08am
Courtesy of that recent US news release causing some movement in the markets, mptm just closed my basket of 9 trades at 2% profit target.

I have increased this to 3% to see what happens. My experience so far is this: when a basket hits profitability it moves on upwards quickly.

Early days. We shall see.

  • #66
  • Feb 17, 2011 10:03am Feb 17, 2011 10:03am
Overall how is your demo performing? There seems to be a few 2% gainers the past few days. Great work Steve. I think the global closure with several pairs running may be the way to go. I am doing the same thing here. I am going to set up a new demo to work with the SL aspects, as they may be a bit too tight. I do not like the idea of not having a SL with this system at all, yet the high/low of the previous candle may be a bit prone to fakeouts.


Quoting SteveHopwood
Courtesy of that recent US news release causing some movement in the markets, mptm just closed my basket of 9 trades at 2% profit target.

I have increased this to 3% to see what happens. My experience so far is this: when a basket hits profitability it moves on upwards quickly.

Early days. We shall see.

  • #67
  • Feb 17, 2011 10:10am Feb 17, 2011 10:10am
Quoting panamamike
Overall how is your demo performing? There seems to be a few 2% gainers the past few days. Great work Steve. I think the global closure with several pairs running may be the way to go. I am doing the same thing here. I am going to set up a new demo to work with the SL aspects, as they may be a bit too tight. I do not like the idea of not having a SL with this system at all, yet the high/low of the previous candle may be a bit prone to fakeouts.
I can't say overall because I am testing the ea on my coding machine; lots of trades closed prematurely yesterday whilst I was developing some of the code.

  • #68
  • Feb 17, 2011 10:22am Feb 17, 2011 10:22am
Mine is running well, I'm starting to gain back some of what I mangled up yesterday.......E-mail alert works perfectly....

Over-all first class

whip

EDIT=== Thanks for the color help Steve, sure makes looking through the dirt on this laptop screen in this pickup truck easier.....
  • #69
  • Feb 17, 2011 10:27am Feb 17, 2011 10:27am
Quoting hiredwhip
Mine is running well, I'm starting to gain back some of what I mangled up yesterday.......E-mail alert works perfectly....

Over-all first class

whip

EDIT=== Thanks for the color help Steve, sure makes looking through the dirt on this laptop screen in this pickup truck easier.....
What I might do is add user colour choice inputs right at the end, so people can ignore them if they want. This could be a decent compromise between choice and clutter.

In the meantime, I have added the option to use the Square as a take profit. Update is post 1. If you don't want this option then don't bother to download for now; I do not imagine the next update is weeks away.

  • #70
  • Feb 17, 2011 1:15pm Feb 17, 2011 1:15pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Courtesy of that recent US news release causing some movement in the markets, mptm just closed my basket of 9 trades at 2% profit target.

I have increased this to 3% to see what happens. My experience so far is this: when a basket hits profitability it moves on upwards quickly.

Early days. We shall see.

Quick question Steve, to change MPTM to 3% do I just need to adjust profitaspercentageofbalance to true
and percentagepoint from 10000.0 to 3.0?

Thanks man
  • #71
  • Feb 17, 2011 1:25pm Feb 17, 2011 1:25pm
Quoting ichidakiller
Quick question Steve, to change MPTM to 3% do I just need to adjust profitaspercentageofbalance to true
and percentagepoint from 10000.0 to 3.0?

Thanks man
Yes, with GlobalOrderClosureEnabled set to true.

  • #72
  • Feb 17, 2011 2:08pm Feb 17, 2011 2:08pm
im tying to keep my coments to a minium here only answeing questions related to the ea my experiences of the ea and any help i can give

im not a programer i think im to old to learn im retired sorry guys

i still trade for a hobby but investment in realestate is my main interest

if i understood corectly the updated eas is on page 1 replacing the original is that correct?

sorry if i m a little behind but im still learning , just have a basic knowlege of ea trading

i included on my ff site the 13 ea trades i completed semi auto yesterday and my circle 4 trades 1 lot sizes all ea testing is .o1 one cant win or lose much testing with small lots but results errors are the same


please advise me if the latest ea replaces the old on page 1

unbelievable work Steve the ff is so lucky having you on our site

god bless from Brian
  • #73
  • Feb 17, 2011 3:56pm Feb 17, 2011 3:56pm
Quoting brijon
im tying to keep my coments to a minium here only answeing questions related to the ea my experiences of the ea and any help i can give

please advise me if the latest ea replaces the old on page 1

unbelievable work Steve the ff is so lucky having you on our site

god bless from Brian

Yep!
  • #74
  • Feb 17, 2011 4:14pm Feb 17, 2011 4:14pm
Quoting brijon
im tying to keep my coments to a minium here only answeing questions related to the ea my experiences of the ea and any help i can give

im not a programer i think im to old to learn im retired sorry guys

i still trade for a hobby but investment in realestate is my main interest

if i understood corectly the updated eas is on page 1 replacing the original is that correct?

sorry if i m a little behind but im still learning , just have a basic knowlege of ea trading

i included on my ff site the 13 ea trades i completed semi auto yesterday...
As Ed says, Yep.

Also, sing out here if there is anything you do not understand.

  • #75
  • Feb 17, 2011 4:26pm Feb 17, 2011 4:26pm
noticed on this broker can you help
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  • #76
  • Feb 17, 2011 4:50pm Feb 17, 2011 4:50pm
friend posted following coments
Bosun lines a little off on my chart with AU
[9:07:46 AM] Dave-Florida: neither the MN or weekly line up
[9:14:56 AM] Dave-Florida: and minor thing the colors of the lines...Piviot needs to be Light Grey and Support Red...not all Lime
[9:15:30 AM] Dave-Florida: but running EA on H4 AU the MN bosun lines dont match
[9:15:41 AM] Dave-Florida: the Bosun indy
[9:16:20 AM] Dave-Florida: Bosun MN R1 indy says 1.01274
[9:16:37 AM] Dave-Florida: EA says 1.01697
[9:16:59 AM] Dave-Florida: and Pivot is just Monthly open
[9:17:20 AM] Dave-Florida: Indy .99716
[9:17:31 AM] Dave-Florida: EA 1.00140
  • #77
  • Feb 17, 2011 5:00pm Feb 17, 2011 5:00pm
Quoting brijon
noticed on this broker can you help
Yes. This is to protect the unwary from making horrible mistakes on their live accounts.

The EA is not yet ready for live automated trading, so I have disabled this. You can still use it to generate trade signals by setting SendAlertNotTrade to true.

With you in mind, I try to remember to set this input to true by default. Sometimes I will forget. When this happens, simply set this input to true and the EA will work properly.

Hang on until you read what I am about to post, then do a re-download from post 1.

  • #78
  • Feb 17, 2011 5:04pm Feb 17, 2011 5:04pm
Bearing in mind what Brian has said about using the W1 Bosun Line closure to help define the prevailing trend, I have done some work on the bot tonight. I have added some inputs to help control trend detection.

From the edited post 1:
Automated trend confirmation
I know of no way to detect the M and W configurations shown up by a line chart; instead I have adopted these 4 strategies, using different combinations of the UseD1Close and UseW1Close inputs:

  1. UseD1Close is true and UseW1Close is false: B compares the close of yesterdays D1 candle with that of two days ago. Whatever direction these closures have gone returns a trend direction.
  2. UseW1Close is true and UseD1Close is false: B compares the close of last weeks W1 candle with that of two weeks ago. Whatever direction these closures have gone returns a trend direction.
  3. UseW1Close is true and UseD1Close is true: B compares the close of last weeks W1 candle with that of two weeks ago and the close of yesterdays D1 candle with that of two days ago. When these agree, a trend is established. When not, no trend is established and B cannot trade.
  4. UseW1Close is false and UseD1Close isfalse: B trades 'naked' threes as described in post 1 of Brian's thread.

Good luck deciding which to use. Frankly, if this decision were an easy one to take, then we would all be rich by this time next week.


This is all getting a tad complex, so I will be staggered if there are no bugs. Things appear to be working in backtesting in ST, but that is no guarantee.

Update in post 1.

Have fun, guys.

  • #79
  • Feb 17, 2011 5:09pm Feb 17, 2011 5:09pm
Quoting brijon
friend posted following coments
Bosun lines a little off on my chart with AU
[9:07:46 AM] Dave-Florida: neither the MN or weekly line up
[9:14:56 AM] Dave-Florida: and minor thing the colors of the lines...Piviot needs to be Light Grey and Support Red...not all Lime
[9:15:30 AM] Dave-Florida: but running EA on H4 AU the MN bosun lines dont match
[9:15:41 AM] Dave-Florida: the Bosun indy
[9:16:20 AM] Dave-Florida: Bosun MN R1 indy says 1.01274
[9:16:37 AM] Dave-Florida: EA says 1.01697
[9:16:59 AM] Dave-Florida: and Pivot is just Monthly open
[9:17:20...
Can you ask Dave to look at the EA code please, to see if I am using the correct calculations. All I did was copy them from one of the umpteen versions of this indi available. No idea which version is the 'correct' one. Two of them would not even draw any lines on my chart, so I am a tad helpless here.

  • #80
  • Feb 17, 2011 5:09pm Feb 17, 2011 5:09pm
the 3 mw can be viewed on both candle anf bar chart but its harder to see than a line chart
i have a indicater for 3mw confirmation given to me ill check it out and post later
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