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  • #301
  • Jul 14, 2011 11:01pm Jul 14, 2011 11:01pm
Quoting kwchau
total trades : 8
profitable trades : 6
net gains : +111

First day using TDICloseCross, not bad.

It happened again that there was one trade was opened and closed at once, the net is 0. Couldn't figure out why. This happens once in a while.
When strange things happen I just set and watch and try to see what the Robot is doing when trades take place. Sometimes it seems it has a mind of its own. If you use just close on cross you have better chance of it not doing this unless the Green and Red lines are very close to other the Green could jump to the other side of the Red as these values are updated on each Tic.

Glad to see your having some luck so far with the EA. Hopefully we can find a way to eliminate these quick reversals once a trade is entered and you are then closed out.
  • #302
  • Jul 15, 2011 12:57am Jul 15, 2011 12:57am
Quoting kwchau
total trades : 8
profitable trades : 6
net gains : +111

First day using TDICloseCross, not bad.

It happened again that there was one trade was opened and closed at once, the net is 0. Couldn't figure out why. This happens once in a while.
Very good KW,

Yesterday was a "flat trade" day, and the results are very good for this day.

Y.
  • #303
  • Jul 15, 2011 8:09pm Jul 15, 2011 8:09pm
Total trades closed: 5
profitable trades: 5
net gains: +110

All hit PT. With one opened trade in dd carried over the weekend.

Another good day ! Hope this will continue !!
  • #304
  • Jul 16, 2011 8:58am Jul 16, 2011 8:58am
Quoting kwchau
Total trades closed: 5
profitable trades: 5
net gains: +110

All hit PT. With one opened trade in dd carried over the weekend.

Another good day ! Hope this will continue !!
Sounds Great
Are you using TMS_V6_Z and these settings?

settings:
TP & SL = 0
ATR multiplier = 50
Fractal SL= on
TDICloseOnNeg = true
slope = 4
Usecountertrend = true
tradeonce = true
trade 24 hours
others :default

I see from earlier posts you did have some losses, what caused these losses and are there any changes to the EA that may help prevent them?

Also, how many pairs are you running the EA on?

Thanks for posting your results. I hope more start doing this so we can see if there are any further improvements we can make to the EA.
  • #305
  • Jul 16, 2011 9:15am Jul 16, 2011 9:15am
Hi all. Sorry for not contributing over this past week. I have been traveling for work and had very limited access. I see that alot has occurred since I left on my trip. I look forward to testing V6_Z this week and discussing results.

Thanks for all the work that continues to improve this EA.

T
  • #306
  • Jul 16, 2011 10:02am Jul 16, 2011 10:02am
Hi Seller9
Thanks for sharing your time and expertise with us i have read through this thread and got the impression that the EA while placed on the 4H chart takes entry trade signals from the 5M chart .
I also notice that members are having trades open and close quite rapidly at a loss.
I do not know anything about coding ,and have not tried the EA my self . only read the reports.
But i would like to suggest that you take the entry signals from the 1H chart instead. You will have less trades but more profitable ones. Secondly the daily chart crosses long after the trades are gone so you can leave that out of the criteria for entry.
  • #307
  • Jul 16, 2011 10:16am Jul 16, 2011 10:16am
Quoting seller9
Sounds Great
Are you using TMS_V6_Z and these settings?

settings:
TP & SL = 0
ATR multiplier = 50
Fractal SL= on
TDICloseOnNeg = true
slope = 4
Usecountertrend = true
tradeonce = true
trade 24 hours
others :default

I see from earlier posts you did have some losses, what caused these losses and are there any changes to the EA that may help prevent them?

Also, how many pairs are you running the EA on?

Thanks for posting your results. I hope more start doing this so we can see if there are any further improvements we can...
Hi Seller,

Yes, I do use v6_Z but I have set ZoneMultiplier = 0. I demo trade on 20 pairs.
For the last 2 days, I have turned off the TDICloseNeg and turn on the TDICloseCross, the purpose is to give price more room to move. I am not sure it is pure luck or what, the EA has two good days in a row after the change. It seems to have a higher chance to hit the PT. On the other hand, the loss will be bigger if TDICloseCross is hit.

I do hope there are more people to demo test this EA to test out various settings. This EA cannot be back tested because once TradeOnce is turn off, it will generate crazy trades. But if TradeOnce is set to true, there will only be one trade and no more. Therefore we need more "manpower" to do tests to find out the best settings.

It would be nice if you could code it in such a way that the EA can re-set itself to trade on the next bar once the last trade is close. In this way, I don't need to turn on the EA for every trades closed and I believe then back test would be possible.

Let's work together to make it better !!
  • #308
  • Jul 16, 2011 1:53pm Jul 16, 2011 1:53pm
Quoting kwchau
Hi Seller,

Yes, I do use v6_Z but I have set ZoneMultiplier = 0. I demo trade on 20 pairs.
For the last 2 days, I have turned off the TDICloseNeg and turn on the TDICloseCross, the purpose is to give price more room to move. I am not sure it is pure luck or what, the EA has two good days in a row after the change. It seems to have a higher chance to hit the PT. On the other hand, the loss will be bigger if TDICloseCross is hit.

I do hope there are more people to demo test this EA to test out various settings. This EA cannot be back tested because...
Unfortunatally, I think that there is a wrong data with your posts.

At first you said:
TDICloseNeg = true,

and now you say:
TDICloseNeg = false.

Well... what is the correct parameter?

Y.
  • #309
  • Jul 16, 2011 2:07pm Jul 16, 2011 2:07pm
hi kwchau
I think the best way is to upload your .set file
  • #310
  • Jul 16, 2011 2:37pm Jul 16, 2011 2:37pm
yes it's better to see it as a complete word file ....
  • #311
  • Jul 16, 2011 3:02pm Jul 16, 2011 3:02pm
I think it would be beneficial to have the option to not use the 5 minute for an entry as well. I think when the 4hr candle opens and it gives a signal, it would be a good time to get in. Big E uses the opening of the candle as his signal and does not use the lower timeframes to choose his entry. If at the open of the candle it continues to go up for a while you miss possible the biggest part of the move waiting for a retrace on the 5 minute.
  • #312
  • Jul 16, 2011 7:01pm Jul 16, 2011 7:01pm
Quoting crossy
Unfortunatally, I think that there is a wrong data with your posts.

At first you said:
TDICloseNeg = true,

and now you say:
TDICloseNeg = false.

Well... what is the correct parameter?

Y.
Please read my previous posts, particularly #293.
  • #313
  • Jul 16, 2011 11:00pm Jul 16, 2011 11:00pm
Quoting kwchau
Please read my previous posts, particularly #293.
You rigth.:nerd:

I made a mix with you and Seller9.

Y.
  • #314
  • Jul 16, 2011 11:13pm Jul 16, 2011 11:13pm
Quoting Billco14
Hi Seller9
Thanks for sharing your time and expertise with us i have read through this thread and got the impression that the EA while placed on the 4H chart takes entry trade signals from the 5M chart .
I also notice that members are having trades open and close quite rapidly at a loss.
I do not know anything about coding ,and have not tried the EA my self . only read the reports.
[font=Calibri][size=3]But...
The daily is only the Trend of the Middle Line of the TMA and can be turned off by setting "UseCounterTrend" to false, I do not use the cross of the TDI in the daily time frame, as you said, its to slow.
I can add a settings so you can select what time frame you want to use for TDI entry, I will add it to my list of things to add to the next version.

Thanks for the input
  • #315
  • Jul 16, 2011 11:33pm Jul 16, 2011 11:33pm
Here is the next version, just added the setting "TdiTradeOpenTimeFrame" so you can set which TDI time frame you want the EA to open the trade in with the TDI Crossing, the default is 240 minutes, this use to be 5 minutes.

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  • #316
  • Jul 17, 2011 12:03am Jul 17, 2011 12:03am
Quoting seller9
Here is the next version, just added the setting "TdiTradeOpenTimeFrame" so you can set which TDI time frame you want the EA to open the trade in with the TDI Crossing, the default is 240 minutes, this use to be 5 minutes.

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Good to have this option. Thank you Seller. Presently I'll stay with 5 minutes to continue the test. I think using 240 minutes could be a two edge sword. Using 5 minutes, sometimes you may get a better entry if the price retrace before moving on but sometime a not so good entry if the market is trending strongly. I hope someone can test it out and compare.
  • #317
  • Jul 17, 2011 1:02am Jul 17, 2011 1:02am
Hi kwchau,

could you kindly share your 5M set file, my demo test only have few orderl be open, I confused what was wrong for me.

Regard!
  • #318
  • Jul 17, 2011 3:47am Jul 17, 2011 3:47am
Quoting crossy
It is very strange.

As you have backtest for about 2 months on EURUSD (1.4.11 - 1.6.11) you get 1 trade. I think that something is wrong...

Y.
You should not use my parameters, it is duplicating our efforts and wasting our time. What you should do is to test other parameters so we compare notes and work together to find out the best set of parameters.

I can't see other way since this EA cannot be back tested.

Anyway, here are my settings:
TP & SL = 0
TPmultiplier = 50
SLmultiplier = 0
Fractal SL= on
TDICloseOnneg = false
TDICloseOnflat = false
TDICloseOnCross= true
TDITradeOpenTimeframe= 5
slope = 4
Usecountertrend = true
tradeonce = true
trade 24 hours
others :default

To generate more trades, it is important that Usecountertrend = true and put the EA on more pairs. I put it on 20 pairs and get around 5 to 10 trades per day.

Once again, I urge everyone interested in this EA to do testing of your own parameters and compare results on this forum. You are not contributing if you are just sitting there and waiting for others to do the work.

Sellers has done a lot and let's do our part to contribute !!!!!!
  • #319
  • Jul 17, 2011 3:51am Jul 17, 2011 3:51am
Quoting kwchau
You should not use my parameters, it is duplicating our efforts and wasting our time. What you should do is to test other parameters so we compare notes and work together to find out the best set of parameters.

I can't see other way since this EA cannot be back tested.

Anyway, here are my settings:
TP & SL = 0
TPmultiplier = 50
SLmultiplier = 0
Fractal SL= on
TDICloseOnneg = false
TDICloseOnflat = false
TDICloseOnCross= true
TDITradeOpenTimeframe= 5
slope = 4
Usecountertrend = true
tradeonce = true
trade 24 hours
others :default

To...
Sorry I have attached my last posts to the wrong place. It meant to be a reply to Devonfgu and all members interested in this EA.
  • #320
  • Jul 17, 2011 9:44pm Jul 17, 2011 9:44pm
I received the following message "order send failed with error(136) off quotes" this evening when the EA attempted to trade USDCHF.

Can anyone tell me what it means ?

T
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