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  • #2,641
  • Feb 22, 2012 12:22pm Feb 22, 2012 12:22pm
Quoting Jack_Larkin
fantastic!

Is there any way to get this to work with Active Trader? Since it appears that the extension needs to be installed within the desktop app and last I checked AT was a web platform only.
I don't believe so since AT charts don't have the strategy/custom indicator functionality added yet. The goal is to bring AT and TS web charts up to the same level as the desktop Trading Station, but we're not there yet. It would be best to post on FXCodeBase to see if there's any other option or check with the programming team at www.fxprogrammers.com. The programming team can usually come up with creative solutions.
  • #2,642
  • Feb 23, 2012 11:51pm Feb 23, 2012 11:51pm
Hi Jason
Why it is not possible to choose EMA period of 1 in TS2???
Other FX platforms allow to select EMA 1...
  • #2,643
  • Edited Feb 24, 2012 12:26am Feb 23, 2012 11:56pm | Edited Feb 24, 2012 12:26am
Quoting Julian_Ass
Hi Jason
Why it is not possible to choose EMA period of 1 in TS2???
Other FX platforms allow to select EMA 1...
I think we have a candidate for epic troll post of the year.


(edit, I'm not even making fun of the guy... I just found this so indirectly funny that I couldn't tell if he was serious or not.)
FXGears.com
  • #2,644
  • Feb 24, 2012 1:37am Feb 24, 2012 1:37am
Quoting Jack_Larkin
I think we have a candidate for epic troll post of the year.


(edit, I'm not even making fun of the guy... I just found this so indirectly funny that I couldn't tell if he was serious or not.)
What is funny? I really serious.
May be the funny thing is that TS2 does not allow to select EMA 1??? only EMA 2...
My strategy is based on EMA1 and EMA 5, to be clear
  • #2,645
  • Feb 24, 2012 1:55am Feb 24, 2012 1:55am
Quoting Julian_Ass
What is funny? I really serious.
May be the funny thing is that TS2 does not allow to select EMA 1??? only EMA 2...
My strategy is based on EMA1 and EMA 5, to be clear
...you were serious? Now I feel bad. :/


To illustrate the comedy I found in your post:

Here we have two 5 minute charts.

One is a a chart where I've set the colour scheme to blacken out the candles and applied a 1 period EMA indicator.

The other chart is a line chart.

I won't tell you which one is which.

http://i.imgur.com/a6Xn4.png


For a moving 'average' to be calculated (EMA, SMA, etc..) it needs to average in the closing price over a given amount of periods.. but if the period is set to 1, then it's just the closing price of that period, exactly how a line chart is plotted. So really, a 1 period moving average isn't a moving average at all, since it hasn't averaged anything... it's just drawing lines between each bar's closing price.

In other words, just use a line chart and toss on a 5 period EMA and you'd have the same 'fast line / slow line' crossover you're looking for.
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  • #2,646
  • Feb 24, 2012 3:21am Feb 24, 2012 3:21am
Quoting Jack_Larkin
...you were serious? Now I feel bad. :/


To illustrate the comedy I found in your post:

Here we have two 5 minute charts.

One is a a chart where I've set the colour scheme to blacken out the candles and applied a 1 period EMA indicator.

The other chart is a line chart.

I won't tell you which one is which.

http://i.imgur.com/a6Xn4.png


For a moving 'average' to be calculated (EMA, SMA, etc..) it needs to average in the closing price over a given amount of periods.. but if the period is set to 1, then it's just the closing price...

Look, Jack!
I am not newbie in FOREX. As I said before, I have a specific strategy that is based on EMA 1 and EMA 5 and how EMAs "dance" on candlesticks (I need to see it) and other indicators like Slow Stoch that MT4 does not have. But FXCM TS2 has these indis and I like how they are calculated (if you compare several indis between MT4 and TS2 you will notice they show different data).
The other important factor is that I can set Shift for EMA1.
Now peace?
  • #2,647
  • Feb 24, 2012 7:57am Feb 24, 2012 7:57am
I noticed the link in the popup message box in TS2 is all wrong,
today I got a popup msg letting me know that a webinar is starting,
and if I wanted to join, please click this link ,
http://tinyurl.ms/error.html?e=This+...+longer+active
this happend several times now, I keep getting to some other wierd page?? Tiny URL?
and it does not direct me to the webinar,
I don't know if this is happening to just me?
is it possible i have something wrong in browser settings?
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Bulls are stupid Animals!especially when Im short!
  • #2,648
  • Feb 24, 2012 9:23am Feb 24, 2012 9:23am
Quoting Julian_Ass
Hi Jason
Why it is not possible to choose EMA period of 1 in TS2???
Other FX platforms allow to select EMA 1...
Hi Julian,

What I would recommend is using the SMA 1 period which will be the same thing as EMA 1 period. I'm afraid that Jack is correct in this regard. When you choose 1 as the period, it isn't averaging anything. It's simply displaying the price of the selected period since there are no additional periods to average it against whether it be an exponential, smoothed or weighted moving average.

-Jason
  • #2,649
  • Feb 24, 2012 9:27am Feb 24, 2012 9:27am
Quoting roughtrader
I noticed the link in the popup message box in TS2 is all wrong,
today I got a popup msg letting me know that a webinar is starting,
and if I wanted to join, please click this link ,
http://tinyurl.ms/error.html?e=This+...+longer+active
this happend several times now, I keep getting to some other wierd page?? Tiny URL?
and it does not direct me to the webinar,
I don't know if this is happening to just me?
is it possible i have something wrong in browser settings?
Hi roughtrader,

Could you PM the link to me if you still have it or the next time it gives you this error. I'm going to have the demo open on my side as well to test the next time we send out a pop up message to test.

Jason
  • #2,650
  • Feb 24, 2012 1:52pm Feb 24, 2012 1:52pm
Quoting Jason Rogers
Hi roughtrader,

Could you PM the link to me if you still have it or the next time it gives you this error. I'm going to have the demo open on my side as well to test the next time we send out a pop up message to test.

Jason
Ok I will
Bulls are stupid Animals!especially when Im short!
  • #2,651
  • Mar 1, 2012 4:30pm Mar 1, 2012 4:30pm
Hi Jason,

Does a live FXCM MT4 account get you access to daily FX? and if so how do you get in I find it usefull but have to keep getting trial runs for it.

Many thanks for your help on this one.
  • #2,652
  • Mar 1, 2012 4:47pm Mar 1, 2012 4:47pm
Quoting qp2
Hi Jason,

Does a live FXCM MT4 account get you access to daily FX? and if so how do you get in I find it usefull but have to keep getting trial runs for it.

Many thanks for your help on this one.

Daily FX looks to be all free to me with a quick account registration, it's only the Daily FX+ which needs a real FXCM account.

The Price alerts sent to your mobile for free is a very useful feature.
Nothing to it, but to do it!!! Stick to the plan FOOL!!!!
  • #2,653
  • Mar 1, 2012 6:26pm Mar 1, 2012 6:26pm
Quoting Turveyd
Daily FX looks to be all free to me with a quick account registration, it's only the Daily FX+ which needs a real FXCM account.

The Price alerts sent to your mobile for free is a very useful feature.
Many thanks for your reply it was Daily FX Pluss I meant the educational videos and daily anaylisis are usefull and I can only get thes on a "trial" basis.
  • #2,654
  • Mar 2, 2012 9:22am Mar 2, 2012 9:22am
Quoting qp2
Many thanks for your reply it was Daily FX Pluss I meant the educational videos and daily anaylisis are usefull and I can only get thes on a "trial" basis.
Hi qp2,

For DailyFX PLUS you can get full-time access with a live FXCM account. So what you could do is open a live MT4 account, and then you will login to DailyFX PLUS with your live account username and password.

Happy Friday to everyone!

Jason
  • #2,655
  • Mar 2, 2012 9:31am Mar 2, 2012 9:31am
Congratulation to FXCM for better performance in Q4 2011. I just read your news over Business Wire and found it again in your website:

http://ir.fxcm.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=2...585&highlight=

Probably this good news will help to reduce spread for all pairs in year of 2012

cheers
  • #2,656
  • Mar 2, 2012 10:07am Mar 2, 2012 10:07am
Quoting zam4ever
Congratulation to FXCM for better performance in Q4 2011. I just read your news over Business Wire and found it again in your website:

http://ir.fxcm.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=2...585&highlight=

Probably this good news will help to reduce spread for all pairs in year of 2012

cheers
Thanks Zam . The full release will be on March 14th.
  • #2,657
  • Mar 2, 2012 2:56pm Mar 2, 2012 2:56pm
Quoting Jason Rogers
Hi qp2,

For DailyFX PLUS you can get full-time access with a live FXCM account. So what you could do is open a live MT4 account, and then you will login to DailyFX PLUS with your live account username and password.

Happy Friday to everyone!

Jason
Thanks you!
  • #2,658
  • Mar 6, 2012 12:21pm Mar 6, 2012 12:21pm
Hello,

Is anyone else having these same problems on the FXCM MT4 Servers?

http://i41.tinypic.com/11uhh1s.jpg

This kind of thing happens all the time. I'm logging on to this forum to ask Jason, as nobody in FXCM tech support seems to know what the problem is, why it keep happening, or when the problem will get fixed.

Trying to run forward and/or back-tests against this kind of data corruption, is impossible, if you are anything less than a Swing Trader.

Jason, how long will this kind of problem continue? It is pointless to use the FXCM platform, if the data comes off the server in this kind of condition. There is obviously something wrong - the questions are:

 

  1. What's causing these types of errors in the data?
  2. What is FXCM doing about the problem right now?
  3. How long will it take for FXCM to solve this problem permanently?


Thank you for the help and the reply, Jason.

Regards,
iD

The Event Horizon
  • #2,659
  • Mar 6, 2012 12:25pm Mar 6, 2012 12:25pm
Hello Again,

Jason, unfortunately, I've found more data corruption:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2d6tdo0.jpg

This one comes from March 2, 2012, on the M5 chart.

Same question apply. Thank you.

Regards,
iD
The Event Horizon
  • #2,660
  • Mar 6, 2012 12:33pm Mar 6, 2012 12:33pm
Hello Again,

Once again, Jason, more data corruption off the MT4 demo servers. This one comes from March 5, 2012, GBPUSD M1. You can clearly see the splattering of data in spots near the center of the picture.

http://i41.tinypic.com/20kw0uo.jpg

Same questions apply and thanks.

Regards,
iD
The Event Horizon
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