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Looking for a Comment Indicator that shows P&L totals

  • #1
  • First Post: May 8, 2012 6:01pm May 8, 2012 6:01pm
Hello all!!!

I am trying to find an indicator that will show the totals of p/l but separated per comment.
I am running an ea and I an trading a manual basket strategy but I do not know when the manual strategy is in profit since there could be a total of 30 trades opened.
Is there an indicator that will show the p/l of each separated (since they have a different comment).

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.
  • #2
  • May 8, 2012 7:06pm May 8, 2012 7:06pm
This is a fairly strange request. Have you tried downloading the trade history into Excel? That is the easy way and probably what most people do.

For EAs, the solution is simple - use the Magic Number, not the comment. This can be done in Excel or an online analytic profile like MyFXBook.
  • #3
  • May 8, 2012 7:37pm May 8, 2012 7:37pm
Quoting CodeMeister
This is a fairly strange request. Have you tried downloading the trade history into Excel? That is the easy way and probably what most people do.

For EAs, the solution is simple - use the Magic Number, not the comment. This can be done in Excel or an online analytic profile like MyFXBook.
Hi CodeMeister,

I have it on FxBook but it cannot separate the trades.

Maybe I did not explain it well, I am trading 2 EA's and one manual strategy on 1 mt4 platform, at any given time there could be 30+ trades open.....but it is very hard to know if the manual (basket strategy 14 pairs) is in profit and by how much.
While the EA'S take care of themselves the manual one I have to close it myself but it is very hard to calculate all the time the totals....and even if it is in profit till you count the 14 pairs it would fluctuate and will not by the same at the end of the count.
I figured that the easiest way is an indicator that would show the p/l by the comment that I can add(even on my basket script), I am sure a magic number would do too.

Thank you.
  • #4
  • May 8, 2012 9:07pm May 8, 2012 9:07pm
EAs are the only means of assigning a Magic Number. Manual trades don't have one, so perhaps you stuck looking at the comments. Doing that kind of analysis on the fly is a challenge, but I found the tools at MyFXBook to be very useful for analyzing scalping strategies with lots of trades.

Of course Excel is the best means, but it is a bit of a chore getting trade data into it. Once a day is not bad, but you seem to be looking for a continuous analysis tool which is something I haven't heard of before and referred to as strange, but perhaps I and others understand better.
  • #5
  • Edited May 9, 2012 7:27am May 8, 2012 11:15pm | Edited May 9, 2012 7:27am
hey pip.... if you can add a comment to the script placing manual trades, do so and try this.....

other ways exist.......h

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to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #6
  • May 9, 2012 2:11am May 9, 2012 2:11am
Quoting hayseed
hey pip.... if you can add a comment to the script placing manual trades, do so and try this.....

other ways exist.......h

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Hayseed......I have to add an indicator on 3 different charts but it is no problem.....you solved my problem! That is exactly what I needed.
Is it possible to have it read the actual comment before the display number total so there will be no confusion witch total it is?
If its too much, don't worry, I am happy as is.
Thank you very very much!!!
  • #7
  • May 9, 2012 7:56am May 9, 2012 7:56am
hey pip.... you can just also add the function ProfitbyComment(string comment) to your existing ea's......

changed the indicator to reflect 3 seperate comments..... and of course you know , but some might not, be sure to edit the comments
Inserted Code
 
extern string comment1 = "put comment 1 here";  // edit comments to exactly match your indended
in metaeditor first rather than having to input them each time the indicator is attached..... also edit the

Inserted Code
 
"Put first note here  ",

lines for your particular reference......


other ways exist.......h
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to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #8
  • May 9, 2012 7:16pm May 9, 2012 7:16pm
Quoting hayseed
hey pip.... you can just also add the function ProfitbyComment(string comment) to your existing ea's......

changed the indicator to reflect 3 seperate comments..... and of course you know , but some might not, be sure to edit the comments
Inserted Code
 
extern string comment1 = "put comment 1 here";  // edit comments to exactly match your indended
in metaeditor first rather than having to input them each time the indicator is attached..... also edit the

Inserted Code
 
"Put first note here  ",

lines for your particular...

hayseed......people like you, codemeister and other programmers that give so much to all of us unselfishly make this place such an amazing forum......and make me feel that I have to find the time to give back more.
Soon I will get the courage and make the time to give back also(in terms of systems) and help others, like people have helped me.
I did not learn how to trade here (I have been trading 15 years before I discovered this forum), but this place definitively help me in terms of automating and bringing my systems one step higher(ok! and gave me some idieas!).
Blah blah blah.....what I want to say is THANK YOU!!! You made my life easier....
  • #9
  • Last Post: Aug 27, 2014 9:26am Aug 27, 2014 9:26am
Quoting hayseed
hey pip.... you can just also add the function ProfitbyComment(string comment) to your existing ea's...... changed the indicator to reflect 3 seperate comments..... and of course you know , but some might not, be sure to edit the comments extern string comment1 = "put comment 1 here"; // edit comments to exactly match your indended in metaeditor first rather than having to input them each time the indicator is attached..... also edit the "Put first note here ", lines for your particular reference...... other ways exist.......h {file}

Thanks a lot Seed!!!
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