Need help coding an EA (details inside)

I will pay you if I have to. However I don't think this is too complicated of an EA. It's just something I don't know how to do.


Just modified version of MA cross.


Long on x MA cross y MA, Trailing stop = z MA cross y MA

Short on z MA cross y MA, Trailing stop = x MA cross y MA

Hard take profit

Hard stop loss

Hard take profit (50% of position)

Lot size



Any other settings that would be needed for this?


Thanks! I will share the EA parameters with you once it is coded!

I have looked through history and the MA crossovers I use are pretty powerful.

So I'd like to back test it now.

Since its the weekend, and this is quite simple, thought I'd give this a go.
I have adapted a very basic Generic EA by Ronald Raygun to use entry/exit conditions as specified by you.
It has inputs for lotsize,TP,SL and MA periods. I have used 5,8,13 for starters.
Hope it back tests Ok.
EP
PS.
R2R, just so you know, I have assumed "cross" UP for x:y and z:y crosses.
If zMA period is less than yMa period, trailing stop should probably be a cross DOWn.
In which case the EA logic will need to be changed.
EP
See Post # 6 for new version.

Thanks I really appreciate this, will try it out right now and let you know

It should be as simple as closing all longs on a cross down of one of the emas and simultaneously going short.

And vise versa

I'm not really sure the current EA does what I was looking for quite yet

Also which MA method # corresponds to exponential, low, high etc?

I think its just 1 2 3 down the line? 1 simple, 2 exponential, etc

And this EA only can enter positions on MA cross, it cannot close them on MA cross?

Thanks

Using the parameters you have now it would look like this.

bull - 5 ema cross 13 ema = long and close shorts

bear - 8 ema cross 13 ema = short and close longs

and also i need to know if it's x and y for bull and z and y for bear

these settings likely wont work its just to show you more clearly what i mean









however i still dont think the EA is doing

a) long when x ema cross y ema, close shorts

b) short when z ema cross y ema, close longs

thats all! the signal to buy is never the signal to close that buy. its always the signal to go short that signals closing the buy (unless i tweak the stop loss settings)


also just realized all the pip values are pipette values which is fine

Its easier to explain, using actual numbers.
So, if we have x=5,y=13, z=8, then, we must have:
Bull= x greater than y (X cross UP)
Bear= z less than y (z cross Down)
Modified version is attached.
Here are the Parameter codes:
Price applied enumeration
0=close,1=open,2=high,3=low,4=median,5=typical,6= weighted close
Ma method enumeration
0=SMA,1=EMA,2=SMMA,3=LWMA
EP