Thanks Paul. I am only too happy to leave this in your capable hands and simply post the updates when you find something. You are being most helpful.
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Guys, the fix for my oversight is in post one, but there is no hurry; you may as well await further developments. If you want to trade on Friday, then then you don't need the fix at all. Those of you who can, add the fix yourself as Paul described so yo do not lose your inputs.
Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood
- #122
- May 15, 2011 4:26pm May 15, 2011 4:26pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
No Worries Steve I'll keep you posted.
Cheers
- #123
- May 15, 2011 4:32pm May 15, 2011 4:32pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
I hope guys are sticking with this robot even though I balsed up the initial coding.
My demo accounts are up 15% trading 0.1 lots on a $2000 deposit (IBFX Aussie) - and that is without trade re-entry after a sl. The D1 trend filter has been allowing the trades; the hedging experiment has not called on hedging yet. This means all three (the 'control' is pure Nico without anything else) are up by roughly the same amount.
It is a rare accolade for one of my bots to actually hit a demo account. Having got there, they are only allowed a brief period to show some promise.This one is not only on the account but is staying there. A few more weeks like this and I shall take TB off my live GJ chart and replace it with this one.
More thanks to Nicotina for providing us with another profitable strategy.
My demo accounts are up 15% trading 0.1 lots on a $2000 deposit (IBFX Aussie) - and that is without trade re-entry after a sl. The D1 trend filter has been allowing the trades; the hedging experiment has not called on hedging yet. This means all three (the 'control' is pure Nico without anything else) are up by roughly the same amount.
It is a rare accolade for one of my bots to actually hit a demo account. Having got there, they are only allowed a brief period to show some promise.This one is not only on the account but is staying there. A few more weeks like this and I shall take TB off my live GJ chart and replace it with this one.
More thanks to Nicotina for providing us with another profitable strategy.
Hi Steve
void CalculateRange()
//Range end line
//
//
int mlocal = TimeMinute(TimeLocal());
int mserver = TimeMinute(TimeCurrent());
while (mserver != mlocal) {
Sleep(100);
mlocal = TimeMinute(TimeLocal());
mserver = TimeMinute(TimeCurrent());
}
//
// End of new code
//
ObjectDelete(rangeendline);
- #127
- May 17, 2011 5:16pm May 17, 2011 5:16pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Hi
The box redraw worked again.
I noticed something on Friday and have a theory and a fix.
The expire time sent with the rogue/orphan pending trade was 18:00, which is what PendingExpiryTime is set to, but this seems to be passed directly onto to MT4, which sets the trade to expire at 18:00 server time, with my server being at GMT this is incorrect.
So, we need to know the delta between local and server time and adjust the expire time for this, code is below.
//
//
int Time_Delta = 0
bool IsTradingAllowed()
{...
Let's face it. If individuals cannot even tweak a few inputs for themselves, they should not be trading forex.
- #129
- May 17, 2011 5:43pm May 17, 2011 5:43pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Hi Steve
No worries on the time.
Nico looks good to me, made 100 pips yesterday
Thanks
Paul
- #132
- May 18, 2011 6:30am May 18, 2011 6:30am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Hi
The box redraw worked again.
I noticed something on Friday and have a theory and a fix.
The expire time sent with the rogue/orphan pending trade was 18:00, which is what PendingExpiryTime is set to, but this seems to be passed directly onto to MT4, which sets the trade to expire at 18:00 server time, with my server being at GMT this is incorrect.
So, we need to know the delta between local and server time and adjust the expire time for this, code is below.
//
//
int Time_Delta = 0
bool IsTradingAllowed()
{...
Cheers
- #134
- May 18, 2011 8:24am May 18, 2011 8:24am
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Hi Steve
Tis here, however there's a few debug Print statements included that you might want to delete?
Cheers
Paul
I have replaced mine with this version in post 1, so it does not get lost.
Another +100 today. I am enjoying this.
Cheers Paul. You are yet another of the many stars to stumble upon my work and sort out some of the chaos.
I have replaced mine with this version in post 1, so it does not get lost.
Another +100 today. I am enjoying this.
Paul
- #138
- May 18, 2011 6:31pm May 18, 2011 6:31pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
Thanks for staying with this guys........I'm rewinding it now
whip
Hey ho. - #139
- May 18, 2011 6:36pm May 18, 2011 6:36pm
- | Commercial User | Joined Apr 2007 | 8,331 Posts
No problem Steve et al, glad to help and make pips. I am also planning to go live soon.
Paul
No surprise, given the longevity of Nicotina's thread.
Hi All
The bad news is: -
1. 20 mins ago the box was drawn an hour too early
2. Not 100% sure why
But, I think it's the same old problem where local and server aren't synched, so I'm going to try moving the new code to the top of CalculateRange() and see what that does!
Cheers
Paul
void CalculateRange()
{
// New position for the time sync code
//
int mlocal = TimeMinute(TimeLocal());
int mserver = TimeMinute(TimeCurrent());
Print("Local mins are ", mlocal, " and server mins are ", mserver);
while (mserver != mlocal) {
Print("In while loop Local mins are ", mlocal, " and server mins are ", mserver);
Sleep(100);
mlocal = TimeMinute(TimeLocal());
mserver = TimeMinute(TimeCurrent());
}
//
// End of new code
//
//Calculates the range hi-lo and draws the lines
int h = TimeHour(TimeLocal() );
int shift = 0;
//If the current hour is less than rch, then increment h by 24 so the shift calculation will still work
if (h < RangeCalculationHour) h+= 24;
//Draw the bertical lines. All this code is a bit messy, but I do not know any other way
//Get the shift required to get the hi-lo of the range
Print("Modified h is ", h);
while (h >= RangeCalculationHour)
{
h--;
if (h == -1) h = 23;
shift++;
}//while (h > RangeCalculationHour)
Print("shift is ", shift);
//Range end line
//
The bad news is: -
1. 20 mins ago the box was drawn an hour too early
2. Not 100% sure why
But, I think it's the same old problem where local and server aren't synched, so I'm going to try moving the new code to the top of CalculateRange() and see what that does!
Cheers
Paul
void CalculateRange()
{
// New position for the time sync code
//
int mlocal = TimeMinute(TimeLocal());
int mserver = TimeMinute(TimeCurrent());
Print("Local mins are ", mlocal, " and server mins are ", mserver);
while (mserver != mlocal) {
Print("In while loop Local mins are ", mlocal, " and server mins are ", mserver);
Sleep(100);
mlocal = TimeMinute(TimeLocal());
mserver = TimeMinute(TimeCurrent());
}
//
// End of new code
//
//Calculates the range hi-lo and draws the lines
int h = TimeHour(TimeLocal() );
int shift = 0;
//If the current hour is less than rch, then increment h by 24 so the shift calculation will still work
if (h < RangeCalculationHour) h+= 24;
//Draw the bertical lines. All this code is a bit messy, but I do not know any other way
//Get the shift required to get the hi-lo of the range
Print("Modified h is ", h);
while (h >= RangeCalculationHour)
{
h--;
if (h == -1) h = 23;
shift++;
}//while (h > RangeCalculationHour)
Print("shift is ", shift);
//Range end line
//