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  • #361
  • Jul 19, 2011 10:51am Jul 19, 2011 10:51am
Quoting seller9
Here is the Dash Board and everything needed I hope to help you get it running. I have also included TMS_V8 which has a few minor code correction changes. In the zip file is the latest EA version 8, a template to help the new trader get it up and runnign faster, the needed indicators and a PDF that tries to explain how to get it up and running, read it twice before asking any questions.

This should help you monitor many PAIRS without having to run through all the charts to see what is going on.

Tried to put all in one zip file but upload...
hi Seller9,

thanks your effort for continue to improve TMS bot,
Long time age I expect to study about external application that could integration with mt4 data exchange, could your share the dash board source code to us, you could share the initial draft version as your convenient that just could let us study .

Regard.
  • #362
  • Jul 19, 2011 11:06am Jul 19, 2011 11:06am
I have a DB does not work (( Win7 x64 . My path not Crogram FilesMetatrader4... x64 path -- Crogram Files(x86)Metatrader4 ....
  • #363
  • Jul 19, 2011 11:33am Jul 19, 2011 11:33am
Hi Seller9,

I noticed that you use MA (yellow line) with property = 5,0,simple,typical/3.
Whereas Big E (TMS system) uses MA property = 5,3,exponential,typical/3.

Any reason for this?

Thanks.
It Is Well With My Soul..(Amen)
  • #364
  • Jul 19, 2011 11:49am Jul 19, 2011 11:49am
Quoting Tpc23
Surge:

The information that I uploaded is not code. This is the explanation of the Jumping Stop Loss code that is already in the EA. Nothing to add from my post. Just read through it and determine for yourself if you want to change the settings on the EA.

T
I see. I missed understood your comment. Well happy trading.



Seller9 thanks for posting the PDF. I should get more trades now and well report back.
Did you know the profiteers like their money green?
  • #365
  • Jul 19, 2011 12:00pm Jul 19, 2011 12:00pm
Seller9:

I received an error that I cannot fix. I have followed the manual you published. the ea is creating the files in the TMS directory. I am running Win7 so I have enabled metaTrader and TMSDB_V8 to be run as an administrator. When I double click on TMSDB_v8 I get an error the "MSSTDFMT.DLL must be installed". I click "OK" but do not get a blank dashboard. I did a search of my disk and I do have the dll file on the disk, in the WindowsSysWOW64 directory.

Any ideas ?
  • #366
  • Jul 19, 2011 12:32pm Jul 19, 2011 12:32pm
Quoting Devonfgu
hi Seller9,

thanks your effort for continue to improve TMS bot,
Long time age I expect to study about external application that could integration with mt4 data exchange, could your share the dash board source code to us, you could share the initial draft version as your convenient that just could let us study .

Regard.
The source code is the old VB6 language, something later like C would probably be better to use. It does nothing special, it just reads the comma delimited text file that the EA creates and uses these as input for the Dash board.
You could do the same thing using the MQ4 language as others have done. Its just easier to create nice looking front ends using the drag and drop features of VB6.
If you are familar with VB6 you should have no trouble creating a Dash board or something similar.
  • #367
  • Edited 1:42pm Jul 19, 2011 12:51pm | Edited 1:42pm
Quoting babasemi
Hi Seller9,

I noticed that you use MA (yellow line) with property = 5,0,simple,typical/3.
Whereas Big E (TMS system) uses MA property = 5,3,exponential,typical/3.

Any reason for this?

Thanks.
No reason, I think I saw it 2 different ways at the other site so just used it this way and never changed it. If the users think an exponential would work better I can change it in the next version, it would then match Big Es more closely. It might be something to try a comparison between the two and see if one is better than the other and how it affects the win/loss ratio of trades.
Has anyone done any manual trades using the 5,3,X and seen where it may have kept you out of a good or bad trade?

I just checked the TMS forum and did notice that some are using the simple and others are using the exponential, so maybe the Jury is still out on which is best, although Big E uses the X.
  • #368
  • Edited 1:21pm Jul 19, 2011 1:05pm | Edited 1:21pm
Quoting Tpc23
Seller9:

I received an error that I cannot fix. I have followed the manual you published. the ea is creating the files in the TMS directory. I am running Win7 so I have enabled metaTrader and TMSDB_V8 to be run as an administrator. When I double click on TMSDB_v8 I get an error the "MSSTDFMT.DLL must be installed". I click "OK" but do not get a blank dashboard. I did a search of my disk and I do have the dll file on the disk, in the WindowsSysWOW64 directory.

Any ideas ?
Looks like the msi installer installed the needed DLL. Try to register it manually, do a search with Google if needed on how to register a DLL in Windows 7. I just checked my last install on a Windows 7 box and the DLL is in the same location as yours, looks like yours did not get registered. Something else to try would be to run the msi installer again, when you do this it will ask you if you want to uninstall it first, select uninstall. Then run installer again as administrator and it will reinstall the DB. See if that works, if not you may have to manually register the DLL from a command line.

Edit: try this video

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  • #369
  • Jul 19, 2011 1:48pm Jul 19, 2011 1:48pm
Here is a chart with a simple 5ma with no shift(Yellow) as used in the EA and a exponential 5ma with a shift of three(White).
I kind of like the simple better and it may work better for the EA.

What does everyone think??????

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  • #370
  • Jul 19, 2011 1:58pm Jul 19, 2011 1:58pm
Quoting seller9
Here is a chart with a simple 5ma with no shift(Yellow) as used in the EA and a exponential 5ma with a shift of three(White).
I kind of like the simple better and it may work better for the EA.

What does everyone think??????

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Hi seller9,

I vote we have one EA option that trades exactly like Eelfranz and another EA with new features and let them compete with each other for pips!

Let the Eelfranz option be the reference ea.

My 2cents.

Cheers
  • #371
  • Jul 19, 2011 2:18pm Jul 19, 2011 2:18pm
Quoting seller9
, if not you may have to manually register the DLL from a command line.

Edit: try this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1egj...eature=related

Thanks. I tried your suggestions. I was able to manually register the dll. When running the TMSDB as an admin, I still get the same message indicating the "class not registered. " You need the following file installed on your machine MSSTDFMT.DLL"

So, I am lost and really missing that Dashboard !!

T
  • #372
  • Jul 19, 2011 3:32pm Jul 19, 2011 3:32pm
Quoting seller9
Here is a chart with a simple 5ma with no shift(Yellow) as used in the EA and a exponential 5ma with a shift of three(White).
I kind of like the simple better and it may work better for the EA.

What does everyone think??????

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From what i understand,The 5ma with a shift of 3 is really used by the owner of the system (Synergy System) Dean Malone which the TMS is based on.
He takes trade when the the candle opens above the 5ma (although TMS don't use it) after tdi cross.
Basically it is a more conservative method,due to the fact that it is more of a trade confirmation after the TDI as made a cross.
So if it is used i believe you get LATE trade entry compared to if you use 5ma no shift.because most times it happens a few candles after tdi cross.

Thanks.
It Is Well With My Soul..(Amen)
  • #373
  • Jul 19, 2011 3:59pm Jul 19, 2011 3:59pm
Quoting Galen
Hi seller9,

I vote we have one EA option that trades exactly like Eelfranz and another EA with new features and let them compete with each other for pips!

Let the Eelfranz option be the reference ea.

My 2cents.

Cheers
The straight Big E way may be OK for an alert but for an EA that runs unattended taking trades on its own this could be dangerous. In the Big E way the cross and candles get you to look but then your other Forex smarts that you supply take over. So with an EA you need to add other safe guards and maybe even be more conservative so the EA doesn't blow your account.
I have coded another EA for a member that trades very much like the Big E way using only TDI m30 and TDI H1. When they both cross in the same direction it takes a trade. I have also added stochastics to it for a little more help. So far he is still testing this week to see what else will need to be added to keep the EA from making dumb trades. So far its a 50 50 toss up.
Looking back at charts and indicators it is real easy to see perfect setups after the fact that may not have been there at the time. Also the EA sees perfect setups and opens a trade and then the market turns around and you end up with a loss.
My goal is to find an EA that will trade on its own with a reasonable amount of success. By doing the H4 time frame it makes it easier as I can check the charts maybe every 4 or 8 hours and see what may be developing.
One more addition I may add that I have used in some other EAs is to give you the choice of only taking Long or Short trades. Sometimes the chart shows an obvious direction, so why even take the chance of a couple reversal candles causing the EA to take a trade in the wrong direction and then reversing into the obvious direction.
So far the EA has been fairly quiet today on the 9 PAIR I have it on, it took one trade all by itself on the GBPJPY, Long, and that turned out to be a winner. It closed it at my TP but I see it is still going up. Some of my next tests will be to try the other options such as trailing stop and BE to see if I can let them run farther and get more pips. Right now I am trying to tweak the EA for the picking the best entry to get in on the couple day trends. The EA may not be trading as often as some would like, but than it is only looking for the best, it is not a scalping EA. The other one I am working on may turn out to be that when used on maybe the M15.

Good Luck
  • #374
  • Jul 19, 2011 4:10pm Jul 19, 2011 4:10pm
While I was typing the last message a new candle opened and the EA took a Buy trade on USDJPY, here is the chart about 30 seconds after it took the trade, lets see what happens.

If this turns out to be a bad trade the idea is to look and see what I can put in the EA as a filter to keep this from happening, or just take it as one of the losses you will encounter.

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  • #375
  • Jul 19, 2011 5:00pm Jul 19, 2011 5:00pm
Quoting seller9
While I was typing the last message a new candle opened and the EA took a Buy trade on USDJPY, here is the chart about 30 seconds after it took the trade, lets see what happens.

If this turns out to be a bad trade the idea is to look and see what I can put in the EA as a filter to keep this from happening, or just take it as one of the losses you will encounter.

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Hi seller9,

I installed TMS_V8 successfully on my 64 bit win7 system and it really looks great! I will need sometime to understand what the various "lights" mean and know enough to get it to simulate Big E's settings.

Using the GFT demo, I got the same signal but it did not trigger a trade as I got error 130 or invalid stops. Is this a settings issue?

I completely agree with you about the risk of using EA and therefore I am demoing each EA before I let it loose on a live system.

Thanks again for sharing.
  • #376
  • Jul 19, 2011 5:38pm Jul 19, 2011 5:38pm
Quoting Galen
Hi seller9,

... but it did not trigger a trade as I got error 130 or invalid stops. Is this a settings issue?...
Galen:

I have had error 130 in two situations. First, if my broker is an ECN and requires that the stops be placed separately from the trade. This can be adressed by setting the CriminalsECN setting to true.

I have also had this happen when it appears that the stops were too close to the PA and the broke would not let the order be placed.

Hope that helps.
  • #377
  • Jul 19, 2011 5:43pm Jul 19, 2011 5:43pm
[quote=seller9;4793180 ...a new candle opened and the EA took a Buy trade on USDJPY, here is the chart about 30 seconds after it took the trade, lets see what happens. [/quote]

Interesting. I have not had any trades all day today. I am running on 24 pairs. I see the same PA on the USDJPY on my chart, but the EA did not issue an order.

Back to the drawing board...

T
  • #378
  • Jul 19, 2011 6:20pm Jul 19, 2011 6:20pm
Quoting Tpc23
Interesting. I have not had any trades all day today. I am running on 24 pairs. I see the same PA on the USDJPY on my chart, but the EA did not issue an order.

Back to the drawing board...

T
I am running the same setup with V8 on two different brokers, the only difference is there is a one hour difference between the two Brokers. The first trade shown previously was taken by the EA on the broker that is one hour ahead of the other one. Here is a screen shot of the same trade taken by the Same EA "V8" on the second broker who is one hour behind the previously shown one. Charts look identical but trades were one hour apart.

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  • #379
  • Jul 19, 2011 7:20pm Jul 19, 2011 7:20pm
Total trades: 3
Profitable trades : 3
net gain pips: +239 pips

The results is distorted by a big win EURCHF with +172 pips. Somehow, this trade was opened without SL and PT but it caught the trend. I close it manually.

I am not sure why this trades did not have SL and PT, may be it is a broker issue.
  • #380
  • Jul 19, 2011 8:22pm Jul 19, 2011 8:22pm
Folks:

I can't figure out why I am not getting any trades since upgrading to V8. Please take a look at my set file and see if you can see anything wrong.

Thanks in advance ...

gen=----General inputs----
Lot=0.03000000
TakeProfit=20
TPmultiplyer=0
StopLoss=0
SLmultiplyer=0
ZoneMultiplyer=25
UseLastFractalSL=1
FracOffset=5
TdiCloseONcross=1
TdiCloseONflat=0
TdiCloseONneg=1
UseSlope=4.00000000
UseCounterTrend=1
TdiTradeOpenTimeFrame=5
MagicNumber=0
TradeComment=
CriminalIsECN=1
TradeOnce=1
DataDisplay=1
DashBoard=1
Note2x=--Object Color Settings--
CandleTime=65280
Header=65535
Values=16777215
tt=----Trading hours----
Trade_Hours=Set Morning & Evening Hours
Trade_Hoursi=Use 24 hour, local time clock
Trade_Hours_M=Morning Hours 0-12
start_hourm=0
end_hourm=12
Trade_Hours_E=Evening Hours 12-24
start_houre=12
end_houre=24
spt=----Specific time inputs----
tmm=----Trade management module----
cts=----Candlestick trailing stop----
UseCandlestickTrailingStop=0
BE=Break even settings
BreakEven=1
BreakEvenPips=5
BreakEvenProfit=3
HideBreakEvenStop=0
PipsAwayFromVisualBE=5
JSL=Jumping stop loss settings
JumpingStop=1
JumpingStopPips=3
AddBEP=1
JumpAfterBreakevenOnly=0
HideJumpingStop=0
PipsAwayFromVisualJS=10
TSL=Trailing stop loss settings
TrailingStop=0
TrailingStopPips=50
HideTrailingStop=0
PipsAwayFromVisualTS=10
TrailAfterBreakevenOnly=0
StopTrailAtPipsProfit=0
StopTrailPips=0
hsl1=Hidden stop loss settings
HideStopLossEnabled=0
HiddenStopLossPips=100
htp=Hidden take profit settings
HideTakeProfitEnabled=0
HiddenTakeProfitPips=20
mis=----Odds and ends----
ShowManagementAlerts=1
DisplayGapSize=30
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