Strategy Trader: Custom Indicators and EA's

This thread contains a library of custom indicators and EA's available for FXCM's Strategy Trader platform. In order to use the indicator or EA, you will first need to download and unzip the file attached to the post. Second, you will need to import the .FXD file into the Strategy Trader platform. The file can be imported into the platform using the Strategy Language Editor. There are multiple ways you can access the Strategy Language Editor:

Using the Strategy Trader editor to import EA's and indicators.

1. Strategy Language Editor desktop icon.
A Strategy Language Editor icon is automatically added to your desktop whenever you install Strategy Trader.

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2. Strategy Trader file menu:
Can be found by clicking on File at the top left of the Strategy Trader platform.

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3. Strategy Trader main menu icon:
Can be found at the top of the Strategy Trader platform in the row of menu buttons:

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Once the Strategy Language Editor opens, goto the top left of the window and click on File > Import.


Table of Contents

Clicking on the indicator/EA link will take you directly to the post containing that indicator/EA.

Indicators

 

1. Economic Calendar Indicator
2. Trade Session Indicator
3. Supertrend Indicator
4. Woodies CCI
5. COT Indicator
6. Dynamic Zone RSI

EA's

 

1. Ichimoku EA
2. Keltner Channel EA
3. TRIX Trader EA
4. Stochastic Slow EA
5. CCI EA
6. ATR Stop EA
7. Candle Close Above/Below Moving Average EA

Edit 3.24.2011: Coding Language Help Document for Strategy Trader added to this post. The document should be useful if you plan to modify the indicator/ea to your own liking or create a new indicator/ea.

Edit 3.24.2011: Added Table of Contents for easier navigation

Economic Calendar Indicator

The economic calendar indciator will post economic news announcements directly onto the chart along with the actual figure released. The indicator will display any economic events relevant to the currency pair displayed in the chart. For example if you are viewing USD/JPY, it will display economic releases relevant to the US and Japan. The indicator pulls data from the DailyFX economic calendar.

Trade Session Indicator

The trade session indicator will draw a box around the the candlesticks occurring during the relevant major forex trading periods: NY, London, Tokyo & Australia. You can specify the color for each period in the inputs menu.

Ichimoku EA

This strategy trades off the Tenkan/Kijun Crossover from the Ichimoku indicator. A new position is opened when there is a crossover, and the lot size is dependent on signal strength. For example, if a short signal occurs below the cloud (Kumo), then the strategy opens 2 lots since this is considered a strong signal. If a short signal occurs above the cloud (Kumo), then the strategy only opens 1 lot since this is considered a weak signal.

This EA is coded compliments of DailyFX+ Course Instructor James Stanley.

Supertrend Indicator

Supertrend indicator is based around average true range. Green indicates a bullish trend and red indicates a bearish trend. The indicator parameters let you set the atr length and multiplier.

Woodies CCI

For those of you familiar with Woodies CCI, here it is coded for the Strategy Trader platform.

Keltner Channel EA

This strategy uses Keltner Channels for buying and selling. If...

Buying logic
An entry order to buy at the high price of the current bar will be generated if the current bar crosses the upper band.

Selling Logic
An entry order to sell at the low price of the current bar will be generated if the current bar crosses the lower band.

Here's a list of the inputs you will be able to modify when adding the EA:

Keltner Channel Indicator
Length = 20
Numatrs = 1.5 -> this value is multiplied by the average true range of the current bar to determine the distance from the upper and lower bands to the midline.

Other inputs / default values
Limit = 0
Stop = 0
Use SSL = False
Port = 25
Trailing Stop = 0
Email Alert = False

TRIX Trader EA

Trader Trader EA buys and sells based upon crosses above and below TRIX. TRIX is an oscillator used to trade trends based on a triple smoothed moving average. A cross up and over TRIX initiates a long position, and a cross down and under TRIX initiates a short position.

Stochastic Slow EA

This strategy initiates trades based on slow stochastic's overbought and oversold levels. The strategy will buy when certain oversold conditions are met and sell when certain overbought conditions are met.

Buy Logic
A market order to buy will be generated at the open of the next bar if the following conditions are met:
1.SlowK line crosses above the SlowD line
2.SlowK value is less than the oversold level

Sell Logic
A market order to buy will be generated at the open of the next bar if the following conditions are met:
1.SlowK line crosses below the SlowD line
2.SlowK value is greater than the overbought level

Stop and limit levels can be specified when formatting the strategy inputs. This strategy also has the option for email alerts. The email alert can be selected when formatting the strategies inputs.

COT (Commitment of Traders) Indicator

This is a self-installing version of the Commitment of Traders Indicator for Strategy Trader. The indicator was created by David Rodriguez of DailyFX

Download the COTIndicator.zip file, unzip. Run the attached .exe file. Open Strategy Trader and the Strategy Trader editor. When prompted by the Editor, hit "okay" to import the "COTIndicator.fxd" file.

Once it has compiled correctly, open the "COTIndicator.fxw" file found in the default "MyWork" directory. If you installed Strategy Trader in the default location, this would be Crogram FilesFXCMStrategy TraderMyWork .

All COT data is printed with the futures contract in mind. That is to say, Non Commercial and Commercial positioning on pairs such as the USDJPY and USDCHF are actually on JPYUSD and CHFUSD futures.

CCI EA

Attached you will find a basic automated strategy using the CCI indicator. The strategy will buy when CCI crosses above oversold (default -100) and strategy will sell when CCI crosses below overbought (default 100). If 0 is input as stop or limit, the strategy will default to stop and reverse logic.

ATR Stop EA

This strategy automatically creates a stop based on the ATR (Average True Range) indicator. The input in the strategy allows you to select the ATR period and the (numatrs) number of ATRs the stop is placed from the open price.

Dynamic Zone RSI

This indicator combines the overbought and oversold logic of Bollinger Bands and that of the Relative Strength Index. When the RSI line crosses below the upper bollinger band from above, it is a signal to sell. When the RSI line crosses the lower bollinger band from below, it is a signal to buy.

Candle Close Above/Below MA (EA)

This strategy will buy/sell when the candle closes above or below the specified moving average. For example, if candle closes above the moving average line, a buy order is placed. If the candle closes below the moving average, a sell order is placed. The moving average length can be set in the strategy inputs. A simple using average is used if the Simple option in the strategy inputs is set to True. If false, the calculation is based on an exponential average.

Hi Jason.. i've downloaded all the ea s and indis..

Looking forward to testing it on a demo. next Market open.. I'll send any feedback soon..

Have a nice weekend..

I've been trying out Strategy Trader for about a week now and am very impressed with what it can do. Unlike metatrader EA's, that seem to produce different results for different people, from what I've seen Strategy Trader EA's seem to perform much more consistently as designed.

The volatility scalper strategy performs great on 5 min cable. See this beautiful equity curve using zero margin going 10 months back. Will be forward testing starting this week to see if this is realistic. The default breakout strategy for usd/jpy and gbp/jpy works pretty decently as well. I need to still try these posted by Jason.

Good to hear. I'll continue to add more, and any feedback is appreciated.

Any chance there is an average daily range indi available for this platform? Looking for 5 day.