Steve Hopwood's programming room... Share your hints and tips here

hello every one. hello steve. this would be merely suggestion, since i find it conveniet to me. based on your user feedback code, i've added the display of the particular expert trades and orders, and the sum of it's live P/L. the screen will reflect now what the expert is doing. added the regarding part of the code, to be integrated within the feedback function as an extra and by preference.

good night

let me introduce you a slight change i made in 'ma candles' indicator, coded or adapted by cja. since i dont know much how to deal with indicators i didn't manage to combine it into one, i just use 2 layers of the same indicator, so it gives us a clue about price action. i add a template with my inputs for example for hourly chart.

steve, i would thank you if you could assist me again and tell me which would be the lines to pull out the atr indicator levels using icustome. my idea is to make an atr support and ressistance levels limit basket expert. im not sure wethear you find an interest in it, and if you does it's all yours.

have a nice weekend everyone.

hi i am a new member here. i need help to make an indicator / or EA for the following ICHIMOKU BREAKOUT STRATEGY by zamanib
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=290062

All i need this indicator to do is give me a signal when price breaks the cloud. and buy or sell on the open of next candle after breakout candle.

but only if the price cross from above the cloud to down or from bottom of cloud to upward.

e.g if price breaks out and come back to cloud and breaks out again in the same direction i dont want signal for this.

if some1 can make EA. i want to choose lot size t/p and s/l

any help would be highly appreciated.

Hi,

I posted this question in another board as well, but I'm getting no response there. This is what I posted:



I would like to program a function that returns a price value for a given profit target of a basket of trades, but I'm having difficulties. The target I would like to reach, is a simple horizontal line to be drawn onscreen which indicates the profit target. However, the profit target is user definable variable in the form of a money value and not a price value. (e.g. target = € 100 instead of target = 1.2000)

The routine I have so far:
(My account is in EUR!)

1) Let's say that I open several buy positions for the USDJPY (at random positions for the sake of creating an example situation)
2) I calculate the basket's average open price (let's say 1.1500, again hypothetically) and display a horizontal line to indicate this
3) I have a variable with a profit target set: let's say target = € 100
4) I can successfully close all open positions when basketprofit >= target

The step inbetween is missing. I need a function: double targetPrice(){} which returns the targetPrice. Drawing the horizontal line is not the issue: calculating the targetPrice is!
The targetPrice = average open price + money-value-target (€100)

So what I basically would like to know: how do I convert a money-value to pips. This way I can add the pips to the average price and voila I have my targetPrice. Remember this also has to take into account the fact that I have a EUR account and I'm trading USDJPY. I guess there are also pitfalls there?

I feel kind of stupid because I can't figure this out myself, but I guess that's the beauty of a forum like this, keeps you humble and provides centralized expertise! This way we can all improve our skills and finally our programs/scripts.

I have an idea for an EA. This trading idea is not mine, it is an idea used for trading futures and stocks.

It uses the opening action of a instrument, that makes it a little complicated. I would like to test it on CFDs that can be traded with MT4 (with brokers like Tadawulfx). There are also Forex-Trading systems, that base on the opening action, like:

http://www.free-forex-systems.com/fo...ndles-Strategy

The idea itself is easy:

We wait 30 minutes after the market has opened. We look at the high and low in these 30 minutes. Then we place a buy open at one pip above the high and a sell open one pip below the low.
The exit is not definied, the best would be a trailing stop.

The problem here I guess is the definition of the first 30 minutes of a session. The easiest would be the definition with a parameter, i.e. you define a session beginning time like 09:00 for example.

And it would be good to make the first period (here the 30 m) also as a parameter, so you simulate the 4 candle system. Start hour would be here 0:00

In Pseudo Code:

var TStart /input in time format
var Lenghth /input in time format

High period (TStart, TStart+Lenghth) = h
Low period (TStart, TStart+Lenghth) = t

At actualtime
if price > h
buy()
if price < t
sell()


Anyone interested?

how are you. haven't been here for a while. i wonder if you can help me with a codding issue. i'm trying to articulate function which retrieve the price backwards the last time when stochastic crossed x level. i think it is about a simple bar counter function, yet i didn't manage to put it myself.
will appreciate very much if you will.

best regards and deep appreciation for your contributions to me and us all trading.

Anybody whose attention is drawn to this thread by an old and forgotten subscription, please read my comment at the top of post 1.

Hi, everybody, first, I'd like to wish you all Happy Holidays and Happy New Year
and more pips for your pockets !
Especialy, I'd like to say HELLO and THANK YOU to Dear Sir Steve Hopwood for all his work. I think, sir, you are the best programmer around the globe, you are number one in Forex coding industry.
So this maybe will be challenge to code it for you, of course if you will be interested with this my strategy. If no, I'm asking anybody, are you interested about crazy strategy ? So, read it up !

Did you guys ever try set order buy and sell for all possible pairs in short period of time manualy without spread control ( 3 minutes example ) around 20:00-22:00 when market is moving slow and wait approximately from 20 to 60 minutes, after that close orders in profit, wait couple minutes and what is surprise ? You are making money, BUT, NOT ALWAYS !!! That's why I wrote this reply thread to Dear Sir Steve Hopwood programming room , let's put ideas together !!!
I hope, you will get interested


I was wondering if somebody can equip this script " SEND BUY & SELL "
to work for all open symbols
( example : charts open - EUR/USD, EURCHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD ....... etc. )

!!! But, what is very important, make it EA. !!!

EXPERT ADVISOR :

ALL EQUITY CONTROLS ON THE TOP !!!


: input : EQUITY CONTROL NOW true /false
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EQUITY PROFIT control
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: input : Start EQUITY CONTROL after all orders
in PROFIT was CLOSED true/false

: input : Start EQUITY CONTROL after all orders
in PROFIT was CLOSED from first wave true/false


EQUITY LOSS control
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: input : Start EQUITY CONTROL after all orders
in LOSS was CLOSED true/false

: input : Start EQUITY CONTROL after all orders
in LOSS was CLOSED from first wave true/false
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: input : CLOSE everything if EQUITY reached money 1234.12 ( PROFIT )
: input : CLOSE everything if EQUITY RAISE in percent true/false
: input : size of percent 5 % example

: input : CLOSE everything if EQUITY is in loss money 1008.55 ( LOSS ) example
: input : CLOSE everything if EQUITY decrease in % true/false
: input : size of percent 11 % example


: input : CLOSE NOW ONLY TRADES IN PROFIT true/false
: input : SIZE of PROFIT in money 0.25 $ ( and more ) example
: input : ONLY FIRST WAVE true/false

: input : CLOSE NOW ONLY TRADES IN LOSS true/false
: input : SIZE of LOSS in money -0.25 $ ( and more ) example
: input : ONLY FIRST WAVE true/false

: input : CLOSE all OPEN orders BUY now true/false
: input : CLOSE OPEN orders BUY from FIRST WAVE only true/false
: input : CLOSE OPEN orders BUY from SECOND WAVE only true/false

: input : CLOSE all OPEN orders SELL now true/false
: input : CLOSE OPEN orders SELL from FIRST WAVE only true/false
: input : CLOSE OPEN orders SELL from SECOND WAVE only true/false

: input : CLOSE all OPEN orders now ( buy & sell ) true/false
: input : CLOSE EVERYTHING what is LEFT now true/false
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: input : ALL SYMBOLS now send order B & S true/false
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: input : place orders B & S at PC time
for all symbols : true/false
: input : at time : 23:17 example
; input : size of lot : 0.02
: input : spread size for all pairs 10 pips
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: input : send second wave (again buy & send order )
for all symbols true/false
: input : second wave after minutes 36 example
: input : second wave size of lot 0.06 example

: input : SEND SECOND WAVE ONLY, if market price is
away from first wave amount of pips
from buy or sell order true/false
( this control each pair ! ! ! )
: input pips away 50 example

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: input : EACH PAIR send now for EUR/USD true/false
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EUR/CHF true/false
.
.
.
. etc.
: input : each pair send at time 15:23
: input : each pair send at time true/false
: input : size of lot : 0.03
: input : one spread limit for
all symbols : true/false
: pips 6.4 ( 5 digits account )
6.4 pips

: input : set size of spread for each pair true/false
: input : set spread for symbol EUR/USD 1.8;EUR/CHF 2.4;
.....etc.

: input : send second wave (again buy & sell order ) true/false
: input : second wave after minutes 125 example
: input : second wave size of lot 0.09 example

: input : SEND SECOND WAVE ONLY, if market price is
away from first wave amount of pips
from buy or sell order true/false
( this control each pair ! ! ! )
: input pips away 100 example

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: SEND ONLY FOR THIS CHART SYMBOL ( priority ) true/false
------------------------------- ( will send buy & sell order only
for this chart and symbol ,
everything above is off, if is set to true , except EQUITY INPUTS )


: do it now for this chart symbol true/false
: do it at PC time set : 11:06
( use military time, NO AM or PM )
example : 09:00, or 14:45

: do it at PC time set true/false


: spread for this chart symbol true/false
: spread size 2.1

: size of lot : 0.01 example


: input : send second wave (again buy & sell order ) true/false
: input : second wave after minutes 200 example
: input : second wave size of lot 0.12 example

: input : SEND SECOND WAVE ONLY, if market price is
away from first wave amount of pips
from buy or sell order true/false
( this control ONLY THIS pair ! ! ! )
: input pips away 260 example
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UNIVERSAL INPUTS :

if spread is high for any symbol, skip this symbol (pair) and try again in : 20 sec example

try how many time's 30

if spread still high after that, leave pair

magic number use true/false
magic number : 123456


Start place orders again if there is no left open
orders ( !!! ) from all symbols : true/false
at PC Time : 16:05 example


EA must place orders continuisly for each symbol (pair ) - example :
EUR/USD buy, sell next EUR/CHF buy, sell next AUD/USD buy, sell ..... etc

!!! EA MUST control all the time , when placing orders buy and sell, if both orders was send, if NO, EA must fix this,
it doesn't matter what size of spread had changed or market had move !!!

I'm sorry for my English, it is not my first language.

If somebody get interested with my strategy, just ask me.
I'm using this strategy on my live account and making some money. I do everything manualy, because I do not have any programmer skills. And I'm getting tire of it.
Of course, if you have an any idea , how to improve this EA, go ahead, any improvements are WELCOME. Of course, if somebody will code it.
I did attached SCRIPT ( it is not EA ) Send Buy & Sell, this script is sending buy and sell order, but sometimes only one order, I don't know why.
Also, I attached EXPERT ADVISOR ( EA ) for EQUITY CONTROL, this EA is working perfectly.
So, programmers can use both codes, but first one( script ) need to be fixed, I think.

Dear Steve,

I have found attached robot based on Demark indicator and prepared by you. I am impressed with its wonderful result.
It would be of great help if you can add below very small function to this robot.

1) if robot hit Stop loss then it should double the volume in next trade and continue to double the lot till the time it hits Take profit. Robot should ignore the same direction order after Stop loss hit.

2)One Take profit is hit as mentioned above then robot should start putting default quantity as defined.

Thank you very much for your help in advance.

Can we modify Auto Eguity manager like that

Trail the orders partially one by one;15(close the half of every order on 15 pip profit)
Close partially of all orders come to certain profit of equity;
Target eguity profit prcentage;5
Close percentage of all orders;50(For example if you had 10 lots buy and 4 lots sell.When you hit the target percentage profit of equıty such %5 ,half of all orders will be closed and EA will go on to find another %5 with 5lots buy and 2 lots sell orders)
This EA must always detect the Equity and must be a continous EA

My tip is that Steve Hopwood is a degenerate.

Dear sir
Can some one kindly help me in removing the "semicolon expected error" on hopwood reversi ea please. It is attached . I am using mt4 version 4, 840 build, Thanks and
Regards
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1. SteveHopWood, why Can't I regeistered to your forum ? can you help me.. I've tried many times.. here's the link http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/php...?mode=register

how dos this work is it working what are the setting parameters its not working for me. kindly advice

the EA does not appear on the Expert advisor but reflects under the indicator how are you having the indicator run for the chart and what about the time frame there are no option to change the time zone

It's a small minded environment, well guarded by a little napoleon. Just forget it and move on...