EA tool & strategy for semi-automatic interactive trading | Page 2 | Forex Factory

Options

Go to
Permalinks
Print Thread

Similar Threads

Semi automatic EA (Driven Version) 2,011 replies

semi-automatic fibs in MT4? 0 replies

Testing a semi-automatic EA with a strategy tester 1 reply

Geoff's Manual and Semi Automatic Trading Setup 988 replies

Trading a (semi) automatic approach...but want more 11 replies

Attachments: EA tool & strategy for semi-automatic interactive trading
Exit Attachments

EA tool & strategy for semi-automatic interactive trading

  • #21
  • Jun 10, 2012 5:51am Jun 10, 2012 5:51am
Thanks Sym,

It would be very easy to make just one change to your EA so it functions like this:

1. When price hits the red line, it takes a buy.
2. When price hits the green line, it takes a sell.

You are now trading retraces in a trend, or support resistance/ demand/supply zones.

I think many here would be very grateful if you could make that simple change and post the ea with a separate name to distinguish it from your first.

Many thanks in anticipation.
Pardy
  • #22
  • Jun 11, 2012 1:28am Jun 11, 2012 1:28am
Hi Sym,
very nice EA.
May you add the possibility to open an opposite order with the double of lots?
For example:
let's say the EA just hitted a buy order with 0.1 lots.
Now, if the market reverses and hits the sell order I would like to go with 0.2 lots and so on...basically a Martingale system...
Thanks

Giulio
  • #23
  • Edited 3:52am Jun 11, 2012 3:41am | Edited 3:52am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Quoting emmanuel7788
Hello sym,

questions:
1) why the need to 2 magic nos?
Hi emmanuel

2 magic because the EA could open during the day 1 buy and 1 sell. If I need to close only the buy by the buttons, I need an identifier to close the order. Considering also I could have opened oders BUY by the same EA in others TF.

Quoting emmanuel7788
2) what is the BackBars =9 used for?
When you place the EA on a window, it need to known what were the max and the min prices in order to drawn the red and green line.
BackBars are the previous bars it checks in order to calculate the min and the max. You can change this value.
I put default at 9 because for my location it gives me the min and the max of the day at Frankfurt open.
--- nothing to say ---
  • #24
  • Jun 11, 2012 3:55am Jun 11, 2012 3:55am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Quoting Dirtybrown
Nice Sym, I think it will work welll with the attached demark indi used for support/resistence.
Thanks DB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #25
  • Jun 11, 2012 4:08am Jun 11, 2012 4:08am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Quoting Pardy
Thanks Sym,

It would be very easy to make just one change to your EA so it functions like this:

1. When price hits the red line, it takes a buy.
2. When price hits the green line, it takes a sell.

You are now trading retraces in a trend, or support resistance/ demand/supply zones.

I think many here would be very grateful if you could make that simple change and post the ea with a separate name to distinguish it from your first.

Many thanks in anticipation.
Pardy
Here you go.
Enjoy
Attached File(s)
File Type: ex4 discrezionale_swing.ex4   22 KB | 433 downloads
--- nothing to say ---
  • #26
  • Jun 11, 2012 4:19am Jun 11, 2012 4:19am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Quoting giulius777
Hi Sym,
very nice EA.
May you add the possibility to open an opposite order with the double of lots?
For example:
let's say the EA just hitted a buy order with 0.1 lots.
Now, if the market reverses and hits the sell order I would like to go with 0.2 lots and so on...basically a Martingale system...
Thanks

Giulio
Ciao Giulio
I don't like Martingala... but that's of me. You can achieve what you need doing this:

- open 2 windows
- in the first one you put the EA with 0,1 lot. If one order is triggered and goes bad...
- put another EA in the second window with different magic and lot size (i.e. 0,2)

You can go on with other EA on different windows with different magic and lot size (0,4 ... 0,8... 1,6... etc)

Spero di averti aiutato
--- nothing to say ---
  • #27
  • Jun 11, 2012 4:36am Jun 11, 2012 4:36am
Quoting sym
Ciao Giulio
I don't like Martingala... but that's of me. You can achieve what you need doing this:

- open 2 windows
- in the first one you put the EA with 0,1 lot. If one order is triggered and goes bad...
- put another EA in the second window with different magic and lot size (i.e. 0,2)

You can go on with other EA on different windows with different magic and lot size (0,4 ... 0,8... 1,6... etc)

Spero di averti aiutato
Grazie Sym...proverò
  • #28
  • Jun 11, 2012 4:56am Jun 11, 2012 4:56am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
These are the trades I took (on demo) this morning
EA placed on windows at 7 GMT

Not big deal, but still positive
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: trades.jpg Size: 479 KB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #29
  • Edited 8:43am Jun 11, 2012 7:47am | Edited 8:43am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
same trades (on demo) as previously posted... a little better


edit: later it was even better
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: update.jpg Size: 173 KB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #30
  • Jun 11, 2012 10:39am Jun 11, 2012 10:39am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
I was only on demo, but the strategy looks promising
Same trades I took this morning and during the day at breakout levels.

For today it's enough, tomorrow will see.
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: update.jpg Size: 196 KB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #31
  • Jun 11, 2012 7:45pm Jun 11, 2012 7:45pm
Quoting sym
Hi emmanuel

2 magic because the EA could open during the day 1 buy and 1 sell. If I need to close only the buy by the buttons, I need an identifier to close the order. Considering also I could have opened oders BUY by the same EA in others TF.


When you place the EA on a window, it need to known what were the max and the min prices in order to drawn the red and green line.
BackBars are the previous bars it checks in order to calculate the min and the max. You can change this value.
I put default at 9 because for my location it gives me the...

Hi sym

That is excellent.
I will study this to see how this can be use for other strategy.

Kind regards,
Honesty is a very expensive gift. You wont find it in cheap people.WBuffett
  • #32
  • Edited 2:36am Jun 12, 2012 2:19am | Edited 2:36am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Hi traders

the situation today at 8.15 GMT (not bad but only on demo for the moment)

will see later what happend.

Have a good day
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: today copia.jpg Size: 172 KB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #33
  • Jun 12, 2012 12:12pm Jun 12, 2012 12:12pm
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Today a tried to use trailing stop at 20 pips with BE 2.5.
Results are not very good.

+50 pips in gain
-290 pips of open orders

Tomorrow I'm not going to use trailing but I will consider the trades as a basket.

Will see.

Take care
--- nothing to say ---
  • #34
  • Jun 12, 2012 7:40pm Jun 12, 2012 7:40pm
Quoting sym
Today a tried to use trailing stop at 20 pips with BE 2.5.
Results are not very good.

+50 pips in gain
-290 pips of open orders

Tomorrow I'm not going to use trailing but I will consider the trades as a basket.

Will see.

Take care
Hi sym,

instead of the trailing stop used by most platform, you can also consider using jumping stop method.
this JSL method will minise being stop-out the price swings within the stop range.
this method is used in the MPTM trade manager by Steve Hopwood.

regards,
Honesty is a very expensive gift. You wont find it in cheap people.WBuffett
  • #35
  • Jun 13, 2012 1:14am Jun 13, 2012 1:14am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Quoting emmanuel7788
Hi sym,

instead of the trailing stop used by most platform, you can also consider using jumping stop method.
this JSL method will minise being stop-out the price swings within the stop range.
this method is used in the MPTM trade manager by Steve Hopwood.

regards,
Hi emmanuel

I think I've understood, but can you make an example of what you mean?

thx
--- nothing to say ---
  • #36
  • Jun 13, 2012 1:46am Jun 13, 2012 1:46am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Here we go

First trades of the day. Will see later

Have a great day
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: today.jpg Size: 106 KB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #37
  • Jun 13, 2012 5:22am Jun 13, 2012 5:22am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Update before Germany news
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: update1.jpg Size: 241 KB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #38
  • Jun 13, 2012 10:00am Jun 13, 2012 10:00am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
+22 on demo :-)
better than yesterday
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: end copia.jpg Size: 268 KB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #39
  • Edited 5:51am Jun 14, 2012 1:56am | Edited 5:51am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
First trades of the day.

There is a piece of news:
you can see on the screenshot gain/loss reached by the basket during the day.

Have a nice day
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: morning2.jpg Size: 181 KB
--- nothing to say ---
  • #40
  • Jun 15, 2012 1:50am Jun 15, 2012 1:50am
  •  sym
  • Joined Apr 2011 | Status: Working... (too much) :) | 356 Posts
Yesterday I closed the basket at +18 pips.

I updated the second EA at version 1.8. You'll find it on post #1.
From now every new release will be posted there.

Later I'm going to post the day trades (today market is a little slow down).

Have a nice day
--- nothing to say ---
0 traders viewing now