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How to track multiple EAs with MT4?

  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 29, 2012 7:28pm Mar 29, 2012 7:28pm
What is standard practice for traders who trade multiple EAs at a time? If I trade several EAs off of the same account, all of the trade stats get meshed together, and I cannot follow each EA separately. I have Oanda, can I create several sub accounts for this? (Can the MT4 terminal handle different accounts at the same time?)

It just seems like a mess. How do most traders handle multiple EA trading?
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  • #2
  • Mar 29, 2012 7:46pm Mar 29, 2012 7:46pm
the best way for me has always been to use descriptive comments....

this allows you to sort and quantfy results not only by ea, but also by pair and timeframe.....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #3
  • Mar 29, 2012 8:05pm Mar 29, 2012 8:05pm
Quoting hayseed
the best way for me has always been to use descriptive comments....

this allows you to sort and quantfy results not only by ea, but also by pair and timeframe.....h

Do you do this by hand? Or are you saying you have some script that pulls comments out of trade history and records data?

Sorry if I am over complicating this, I am just wondering if this can be somewhat automated.
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  • #4
  • Mar 29, 2012 9:46pm Mar 29, 2012 9:46pm
The best way is by Magic Number. Every EA has one and they usually can be made unique by setting them to different values. Then you need a program that can provide aggregate stats by use of the Magic Number. MyFXBook offers this as part of their performance tracking. I believe some Excel download scripts capture the Magic Number and it is a simple matter in Excel to analyze the results and slice and dice the data any way you please.
  • #5
  • Mar 29, 2012 10:08pm Mar 29, 2012 10:08pm
Or you can try this. Or something similar.

http://codebase.mql4.com/7809
  • #6
  • Mar 29, 2012 11:39pm Mar 29, 2012 11:39pm
Quoting Marsh
Do you do this by hand? Or are you saying you have some script that pulls comments out of trade history and records data?

Sorry if I am over complicating this, I am just wondering if this can be somewhat automated.
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hey marsh..... no, not by hand....

an ea or indicator can sort the trades by comments and break down the trades into any and all metrics..... then display the results on screen.....

magic numbers are ok for some instances but when running multiple ea's on multiple pairs on multiple timeframes they can be a pain.....

enivid has something similar that is web based.....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #7
  • Mar 30, 2012 7:09am Mar 30, 2012 7:09am
Quoting CodeMeister
The best way is by Magic Number. Every EA has one and they usually can be made unique by setting them to different values. Then you need a program that can provide aggregate stats by use of the Magic Number. MyFXBook offers this as part of their performance tracking. I believe some Excel download scripts capture the Magic Number and it is a simple matter in Excel to analyze the results and slice and dice the data any way you please.
Very nice, I will look into MyFXBook. Thanks for the pointer


Quoting Gvc
Or you can try this. Or something similar.

http://codebase.mql4.com/7809
This looks good too, thank you


Quoting hayseed
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hey marsh..... no, not by hand....

an ea or indicator can sort the trades by comments and break down the trades into any and all metrics..... then display the results on screen.....

magic numbers are ok for some instances but when running multiple ea's on multiple pairs on multiple timeframes they can be a pain.....

enivid has something similar that is web based.....h
Gotcha, so I guess there is no native support for this kind of thing, I have to make my own or find some other software. We'll see what I find.
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  • #8
  • Last Post: Apr 6, 2012 11:20pm Apr 6, 2012 11:20pm
If you are talking about different EAs confusing with each other's trades, you don't have to worry, generally EA track their own orders by symbol and magic number.

If you are talking about something to help yourself to recognize which EA submitted a specific trade, it should be a good general practice for the coder to attach some descriptive order comment indicating that.

Similar to the screen shot here, I have highlighted the comment area:

http://screencast.com/t/VC6vCt4J
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