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  • #81
  • Aug 16, 2011 1:03pm Aug 16, 2011 1:03pm
I am going to suggest putting Trendy on the back-burner for now.

Bob has come up with a more sensitive version at http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=308304. This is a trading system developed by an actual Forex trader now, rather than by a pre-Forex system developer, with the lacks that these systems always have for the rest of us.

I have started to develop the EA at http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...31#post4875031. No doubt I shall see you all there.

  • #82
  • Aug 19, 2011 2:17pm Aug 19, 2011 2:17pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Sorry about the bad link Steve.....Fxbook lost contact with my bot somewhere within the last 2 days.....I had to do it over and start again on a new account...
Enclosed is my new link that works......

Have a great weekend

whip

http://www.myfxbook.com/widgets/147589/mini.jpg
Hi Steve,
Don't forget about Trendy.......It's like a lot of teenagers and has fallen in love with metal.....

Have a great weekend

whip
  • #83
  • Aug 19, 2011 2:42pm Aug 19, 2011 2:42pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Hi Steve,
Don't forget about Trendy.......It's like a lot of teenagers and has fallen in love with metal.....

Have a great weekend

whip
Nope, will not. Trendy and BB are actually radically different beasts, and T may yet have a part to play in our trading.

  • #84
  • Aug 22, 2011 5:11am Aug 22, 2011 5:11am
I have been running Trendy for the last week and had mixed results. Metals at the moment seem to be very good at the moment. Gold was working ok but i didnt get the jumping stop settings right so keep closing trades too early and opening others. So initially the equity curve wasnt to great. However it caught the Silver trend and i am currently 658 pips up with 4 trades opened every 100 pip movement. Account balance up 162%, all done since friday but i did have the lot size a bit high for silver, $1000 with 100:1 and 0.5 lot size demo on GoMarkets.

Looks good I'm also using BigBob as well.

Steve thanks again for the effort you put into all theses EAs and to others for the incite into forex trading.

Mike

http://www.myfxbook.com/members/mag_ft/trendy/153075
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  • #85
  • Aug 22, 2011 9:05pm Aug 22, 2011 9:05pm
Quoting magft
I have been running Trendy for the last week and had mixed results. Metals at the moment seem to be very good at the moment. Gold was working ok but i didnt get the jumping stop settings right so keep closing trades too early and opening others. So initially the equity curve wasnt to great. However it caught the Silver trend and i am currently 658 pips up with 4 trades opened every 100 pip movement. Account balance up 162%, all done since friday but i did have the lot size a bit high for silver, $1000 with 100:1 and 0.5 lot size demo on GoMarkets.

Looks...
Trendy owns hard in a strong trend but as per its default settings it gets hurt when it loses strentgh or reverses.

Magft if you don't mind, what's the setup you're using for Bigbob? Seems interesting..

Also, I couldn't avoid noticing the demo TEB2 v1 in your myfxbook. What bot is that? It got a pretty nice curve trading several pairs and very low DD... Why did you stop testing it?
  • #86
  • Aug 23, 2011 3:18am Aug 23, 2011 3:18am
Quoting acostafulano
Trendy owns hard in a strong trend but as per its default settings it gets hurt when it loses strentgh or reverses.

Magft if you don't mind, what's the setup you're using for Bigbob? Seems interesting..

Also, I couldn't avoid noticing the demo TEB2 v1 in your myfxbook. What bot is that? It got a pretty nice curve trading several pairs and very low DD... Why did you stop testing it?
I have attached my set file for silver, think others are all the same though, the trades retraced back to SL but still closed out for 450 pips. I have also added equity profile as well which shows what you meant by it working well in trend and not so good on retrace. I found the issue is getting the jumping stop right and also opening the next trade, i haven't tried caterpillar yet but the principle sounds good.

As for BigBob see attached for settings and equity curve, not doing too bad.

TEB2v1 is an EA i wrote a while back after speaking to gspe when we were working on Caillou EA. He directed me to the thread and also he wrote an indy to help with trading it. I took this and used Steve's EA shell to create an EA. I wanted to test it first before releasing it and the results do look impressive BUT after the demo account expired i tried to run it again and the issue is to get those results you have to not set a SL. This means the floating DD can be excessive if the market moves against you but when it retraces you make your profit and get out. So for time being i have parked it until i have time to investigate more.

Hope this helps

Mike
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File Type: txt trendy xagusd.txt   3 KB | 499 downloads
File Type: txt bigbob.txt   2 KB | 410 downloads
  • #87
  • Aug 27, 2011 4:43am Aug 27, 2011 4:43am
I shall be returning to Trendy soon.

Bob's V10 moving averages provide the missing link we need here - trading in the direction of the W1 trend only when the D1 price is the correct side of Bob's moving averages. This should be great for those of you who prefer the slower pace of medium-term trend trading.

  • #88
  • Aug 31, 2011 5:26pm Aug 31, 2011 5:26pm
Hey guys. I am hiding the latest update here in the hope that only those of you who both understand how Trendy works, and what is going on in the NB V10/BigBob threads will take any notice.

I have added BB's trend-trading functionality to Trendy, as a trigger for trade entry and exit.

So, Trendy calculates the trend as before. From there, taking an uptrend as an example:

 

  1. if the D1 hi-lo is above Bob's two moving averages, Trendy will buy.
  2. when the D1 hi-lofalls below Bob's two moving averages, Trendy will close the trade.

The two inputs that tell Trendy to behave like this are:

 

  1. UseNanningBobForEntryTrigger
  2. UseNanningBobForExitTrigger

Both inputs are to be found within the "NB V10" section. This is the same as that found within BigBob, except that I had to rename the inputs.

I have no idea if all this will help. All we can do is try and see.

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File Type: mq4 Trendy.mq4   89 KB | 815 downloads
  • #89
  • Aug 31, 2011 5:34pm Aug 31, 2011 5:34pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Hey guys. I am hiding the latest update here in the hope that only those of you who both understand how Trendy works, and what is going on in the NB V10/BigBob threads will take any notice.

I have added BB's trend-trading functionality to Trendy, as a trigger for trade entry and exit.

So, Trendy calculates the trend as before. From there, taking an uptrend as an example:

 

  1. if the D1 hi-lo is above Bob's two moving averages, Trendy will buy.
  2. when the D1 hi-lofalls below Bob's two moving averages, Trendy will close the trade.

The...

I've been lying in wait......lurking

whip
  • #90
  • Aug 31, 2011 5:44pm Aug 31, 2011 5:44pm
Quoting hiredwhip
I've been lying in wait......lurking

whip
I hoped you might be.

I hope some others are also lurking in the undergrowth like, um, er, lurking thingys.

  • #91
  • Aug 31, 2011 5:58pm Aug 31, 2011 5:58pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
I hoped you might be.

I hope some others are also lurking in the undergrowth like, um, er, lurking thingys.

OK Steve.......Bot is OOTB except I had to add a "0" to the lot size.....We're underway....and I have a Guppy trade

Have a great evening

whip
  • #92
  • Sep 1, 2011 11:05am Sep 1, 2011 11:05am
Hi Steve,
I would like to post my Holiday shopping list for when you get a chance....
==== I would like the values of Bob's 2 MA's to appear in the display so I can check my hacked up template.....
Thanks for bringing this bot back to life since I can see all the work that was done and it's very smooth....

Have a great week

whip
  • #93
  • Sep 1, 2011 1:55pm Sep 1, 2011 1:55pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Hi Steve,
I would like to post my Holiday shopping list for when you get a chance....
==== I would like the values of Bob's 2 MA's to appear in the display so I can check my hacked up template.....
Thanks for bringing this bot back to life since I can see all the work that was done and it's very smooth....

Have a great week

whip
Done. Post 1.

  • #94
  • Sep 1, 2011 2:05pm Sep 1, 2011 2:05pm
Quoting SteveHopwood
Done. Post 1.

Thanks Steve,
I'll put it to work as soon as I get back in.......

whip
  • #95
  • Last Post: Sep 1, 2011 2:57pm Sep 1, 2011 2:57pm
Quoting hiredwhip
Thanks Steve,
I'll put it to work as soon as I get back in.......

whip
Thanks Steve.....The're right on.....Awfully hard to do the math with your eyeball on those extended MA's.....Ah yes D1 charts......Time for a nap....

whip
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