Simple H1 GBPUSD EA

Hi,

I am new to this thread and would really appreciate some help determining how to get the strategy tester working so I can see backtest and see the results.

I have followed the steps on page 4801 on setting up the EA and Presets. I am using IBFX MT4 as it has GMT+0 locked in all year round.

I right click on my graph and select stategy tester and press start but I am getting errors as shown in the pictures.

Please can someone point ut what I am doing wrong here?

Thank you so much.

Hi,

I am new to the thread and have been having difficulty getting the stategy tester working. I have followed all the steps in post 4801 but the stategy tester does not produce any results.

Could someone please help me determine what I am doing wrong here?

I can tell you that the last time mine took a trade was on Mar. 11.
Mine took a Long trade tonight at 1.6311. Good luck to us

Winner from last night's trade Thanks again Geoff!

I quit trading this about Nov 2010 too many big losses

how long have you been trading this and what have been your results

I stopped using it as well because I started trading on my own, but recently i took a look at it again and I've started some forward testing in a Demo account.

Hi,

I run few backtests on MT4 using strategy tester, I set the test dates from 2009 to 2011. For some reason between 2009 and 2011 up to march there is no trades at all. There are 15 winners only between 29.03-13.04 2011. Am I doing something wrong here? I did everything right according to your 1st post.
Im pretty sure the settings are correct.
I downloaded EA from your 1st post and also uploaded your settings.

Thx

Hi List, Hi Geoff!

I just joint this list and I am very impressed about your SimpleH1 and its devellopment - amazing good work!

I'd like to migrate this ea to MT5. Unfortunately I couldn't find the mq4-files only the compiled ex4. Would you mind to either publish them or to send them to me directly as private message?. I'll send both the -mq5 and the -ex5 files back to you, Geoff, and then you can publish them - if you want.

Any way I thank you very much for this trading idea and the evolution it has taken here!
Regards, gooly

This morning I found this in my MT4 journal:

2011.04.28 01:20:22 Tokyo_GBPUSD_v17a GBPUSD,H1: Tokyo_GBPUSD_H1_v17a Invalid stops used in trade request to server. Refreshing Rates ...
2011.04.28 01:20:22 Tokyo_GBPUSD_v17a GBPUSD,H1: Tokyo_GBPUSD_H1_v17a Error submitting order: Tokyo_GBPUSD_H1_v17a_L1 Error # 130 : [ERR_INVALID_STOPS] invalid stops
2011.04.28 01:20:22 Tokyo_GBPUSD_v17a GBPUSD,H1: 5min Fractal Low 1.66227 @ 2011.04.28 01:05

I asked my broker, ActiveTrades, and they answered, that my 'interbank'-account does not allow orders that have s/l and/ or t/p, so, after they have been issued.
They must be installed by modifying existing orders. So I would code this (for all) if I'd only had the mq4-source code.
One can send it to me as a private mail - if you don't wont to publish it.

Greetings, Gooly

Please, kindly help me to look through the attached code fo possible correction so that it can place order.
The idea is to code MAs of OsMA; EMA3 and SMA8 of OsMA 12,26,9. Then MA3, MA8 and MA50 on price chart to identify trends.
Thanks

// Trailing stop
extern int MA50 = 50;
extern int MA3 = 3;
extern int MA8 = 8;
extern int FastEMA = 12;
extern int SlowEMA = 26;
extern int SignalSMA = 9;
extern double Lots=0.05;
extern int Slippage=3;
extern double TakeProfit=300; // take profit
extern double StopLoss=200; // stop loss
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Relative Strength Index |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int arraysize=600;
double OsMA[];
double EMAArray[];
double SMAArray[];
ArrayResize(OsMA,arraysize);
ArrayResize(EMAArray,arraysize);
ArrayResize(SMAArray,arraysize);
ArraySetAsSeries(OsMA,true);

for(int i3=arraysize-1;i3>=0;i3--)
OsMA[i3]=iOsMA(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE,i3);
for(i3=arraysize-1;i3>=0;i3--)
EMAArray[i3]=iMAOnArray(OsMA,0,1,0,OsMA[i3],i3);
double EMA =EMAArray[i3];

for(i3=arraysize-1;i3>=0;i3--)
OsMA[i3]=iOsMA(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE,i3);
for(i3=arraysize-1;i3>=0;i3--)
SMAArray[i3]=iMAOnArray(OsMA,0,8,0,OsMA[i3],i3);
double SMA =SMAArray[i3];
double MA50=iMA(NULL,0, 50 ,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
double MA3 =iMA(NULL,0, 3 ,0,MODE_LWMA,PRICE_OPEN,0);
double MA8 =iMA(NULL,0, 8 ,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_OPEN,0);
//----
bool Long=false;
bool Short=false;
bool Sideways=false;
if(MA3>MA8 && MA8>MA50 && EMA>SMA) Long=true;
if(MA3<MA8 && MA8<MA50 && EMA<SMA) Short=true;
if(Long==true && OrdersTotal()==0)
{
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY ,Lots,Ask,Slippage,Ask/3,Ask*3,0,0,Blue);
}
if(Short==true && OrdersTotal()==0)
{
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,Slippage,Bid*3,Bid/3,0,0,Red);
}
if(Sideways==true && OrdersTotal()!=0)
{
OrderSelect(0, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
Comment("Sideways detected");
if(OrderType()==OP_BUY) OrderClose(OrderTicket(),1,Ask,3,Red);
if(OrderType()==OP_SELL) OrderClose(OrderTicket(),1,Bid,3,Red);
}
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

hi all traders
I cant backtest expert more than 3 last month
I need backtest expert more than 2 year
pls help me
thanx

Hi! Establish a date started and the end of the test. Press F2. Load the necessary data.

Your broker is probably ECN so set ECN to "True".

The source code was written by piptician and he has decided
not to release it, please respect his decision on this!

Is it possible to include the new version .. With the settings file

I started using the EA couple of days ago. Yesterday it opebed only one buy order and made 18 PIPS profit as buy lot size is 0.01. But today it has opened two buy orders at the same time. Is there any bug in the EA? The EA version I am using is: Simple_H1_GBPUSD_EA

Thanks.

Pramod

Are you using version 17a. I have been using this ea for over 6 months and my account just keeps growing.

Thanks for the EA.

Hi Geoff, thank you for this EA. I started testing it on demo last night, it soon opened 3 buy trades which stayed open about 24 hours, mainly in small loss, and have just closed with a small profit. It now has another set of buys open, in small loss again.

You mention 'optimised settings' on your live accounts, quoted above, which I notice are different to the standard settings, both the slow MA period and 2 TPs instead of 3.
Can I ask do you still use these settings? Like yourself I have an Alpari UK account.

Steve

After trading for over 2 years and trying out all the EA's out there ,my conclusion is this one is the best of them. I have been using this EA since inception and using Geoff's settings, as per his post a few pages ago, and my account just keeps growing. I wish my wife would let me put $50,000 or $60,000 in my trading account but she still thinks that I am gambling. With this EA there is no gambling at all.

Thank again Geoff's and Piptician for this great EA.