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  • #21
  • Aug 5, 2011 4:54pm Aug 5, 2011 4:54pm
A mathematical fact:

If you look at a say 10 period SMA and then see if it is going up (as in higher now this period than on previous period), that is exactly equivalent to looking whether the market is higher or low now than it was 10 periods ago.

Try it with e.g. 3 period

A B C D

SMA(before) = 1/3*(A+B+C)
SMA(now) = 1/3*(B+C+D)

Difference = 1/3*(D-A)

since only sign matters you are only looking if D > A or D < A
  • #22
  • Aug 6, 2011 1:11pm Aug 6, 2011 1:11pm
Steve ...can we using this setting.....

lot 0.01 for usd200

1:100
  • #23
  • Aug 6, 2011 3:35pm Aug 6, 2011 3:35pm
Quoting laharjaya
Steve ...can we using this setting.....

lot 0.01 for usd200

1:100
Don't know, but most of us are stuffed if we cannot.

  • #24
  • Aug 6, 2011 4:00pm Aug 6, 2011 4:00pm
I found there is a need to make an unexpected update to Trendy; post 1 as usual.

Over in Ibuks' 24 EMA bounce thread, it transpires that Matt's code to stop an ea sending multiple trades is not quite watertight.

Actually, I knew this and fixed it yonks ago. Somehow, in the fullness of time and umpteen revisions to umpteen code snippets, the fix got lost.

I have re-introduced the fix, so I suggest users re-download Trendy in time for markets opening tomorrow.

Actually, 'suggest' is putting it mildly. Only an idiot etc

  • #25
  • Aug 6, 2011 5:54pm Aug 6, 2011 5:54pm
The forex messiah, thanks for the update.
  • #26
  • Aug 7, 2011 8:56pm Aug 7, 2011 8:56pm
Steve:

Great work! I am looking forward to testing this one.

Pete
  • #27
  • Aug 8, 2011 2:26am Aug 8, 2011 2:26am
Quoting ForexPete
Steve:

Great work! I am looking forward to testing this one.

Pete

We look forward to seeing your results/conclusions
  • #28
  • Aug 8, 2011 9:12am Aug 8, 2011 9:12am
Nice work Steve, and so far well up on forward testing today.

Can I suggest a scaling-in option for those long compounding trends?

Craig
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  • #29
  • Aug 8, 2011 9:20am Aug 8, 2011 9:20am
Quoting cgldsmth
Nice work Steve, and so far well up on forward testing today.

Can I suggest a scaling-in option for those long compounding trends?

Craig
What do you suggest? x lots per x pips of profit? Then move the stop to breakeven + x so the scaled position cannot turn bad?

  • #30
  • Aug 8, 2011 10:00am Aug 8, 2011 10:00am
Quoting SteveHopwood
What do you suggest? x lots per x pips of profit? Then move the stop to breakeven + x so the scaled position cannot turn bad?

sounds like a good plan Steve. I like this bot a lot so far.
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  • #31
  • Aug 8, 2011 10:58am Aug 8, 2011 10:58am
USDJPY shorted with -count: 3
CHFJPY bought with +count: 2.5
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  • #32
  • Aug 8, 2011 11:06am Aug 8, 2011 11:06am
here's my current status.
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  • #33
  • Aug 8, 2011 12:16pm Aug 8, 2011 12:16pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
What do you suggest? x lots per x pips of profit? Then move the stop to breakeven + x so the scaled position cannot turn bad?

Maybe an input variable of x times the ATR1440 (daily ATR)
Because of the different pairs and their different votality.
  • #34
  • Aug 8, 2011 12:59pm Aug 8, 2011 12:59pm
Quoting cgldsmth
here's my current status.

I notice you have a 1 hr chart up, are you trading Trendy on the 4 hr or 1 hr?
  • #35
  • Aug 8, 2011 1:12pm Aug 8, 2011 1:12pm
Quoting tommyd
I notice you have a 1 hr chart up, are you trading Trendy on the 4 hr or 1 hr?
the chart TF is irrelevant as the inputs are internal. D1 for me.
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  • #36
  • Edited 2:00pm Aug 8, 2011 1:49pm | Edited 2:00pm
I am aware that the chart is irrelevant but there was no way of knowing what time frame you might have input into the ea properties... where they can be changed...
maybe a little line at the bottom of the ea info containing the trading timeframe as input in the properties might be nice... no biggie though..

btw: I have 2 of Goslin's books including the one mentioned, Worth reading as he goes into a good bit of the logic of what he does...
  • #37
  • Aug 8, 2011 1:50pm Aug 8, 2011 1:50pm
Not sure why, but users need to be careful that Trendy opens trades even when the EA button is "off" (red). I have no idea how this is possible, but I just saw it on demo.

The safest way to set up for trading would be to set it to not trade long or short in the EA settings until you are ready to it to be let loose.

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  • #38
  • Aug 8, 2011 4:43pm Aug 8, 2011 4:43pm
I have added a link to the Myfxbook page to post 1, for anybody curious.

  • #39
  • Aug 8, 2011 5:26pm Aug 8, 2011 5:26pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
I have added a link to the Myfxbook page to post 1, for anybody curious.

Here's the link to myfxbook as well,

http://www.myfxbook.com/members/acos.../trendy/146464

All defaults (H4 TF) except for:
40 TI MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE MOVEMENT
Mininum Margin req: 200%
BEP: 20
Jumping stop: 50

Steve as I have free space on my PC I'd like to set up an additional demo with your current settings + 1 or 2 more you'd like to have tested. (And share myfxbook links as well)

Do you mind sharing your setfile and suggesting any other configurations you think may be good for trendy?
  • #40
  • Aug 8, 2011 6:37pm Aug 8, 2011 6:37pm
Quoting acostafulano
Here's the link to myfxbook as well,

http://www.myfxbook.com/members/acos.../trendy/146464

All defaults (H4 TF) except for:
40 TI MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE MOVEMENT
Mininum Margin req: 200%
BEP: 20
Jumping stop: 50

Steve as I have free space on my PC I'd like to set up an additional demo with your current settings + 1 or 2 more you'd like to have tested. (And share myfxbook links as well)

Do you mind sharing your setfile and suggesting any other configurations you think may be good for trendy?
I am testing as oob apart from lot sizes - one of the advantages of being the coder.

It would be really great if you could run a demo using mptm (or something) to treat the entire position as a basket and close when the profit reaches, say, 10% of account balance.

It would be useful if you could test a JS of 200 pips to see if fewer trades closing early helps the bottom line.

Cheers

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