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  • #301
  • Mar 8, 2013 9:12am Mar 8, 2013 9:12am
Quoting Fx-optimus
Hi Seller9

I have been following your thread from the beginning. Your trade filter is good to avoid testing period. So far what you have done is good. As you have said in the beginning follow the KISS.

I am a 14 basket trader. How do I modify your EA to 14 pairs? I am not familiar with the coding. If you can make changes for 14 pairs I would be thankful. Also it will help all other traders of 14 pairs.

Sampath
FxOptimus
I need to get more input as to if the EA is even working for the 5 pair basket as the 5 and 14 pair basket work the same, it is easy enough to change it to 14 pair but with such low interest in the 5 pair, I don't see the point. If it doesn't wokr for 5 pair it won't work for 14 pair either.

Good Luck
  • #302
  • Mar 8, 2013 9:16am Mar 8, 2013 9:16am
Quoting unimak
I have always believed that the best things should be simple. The best thing about basket is the simple 2 15 2 15 settings of HAS and I have trading basket along with KOS both core 5 and basket 14. The problem that kos and others were facing is that although there was signal to buy by HAS still sometimes they used to hit sl . so given this scenario it is not always 100 % sure . The system was very good but needed some fine tuning and that started the process of my research .

I still believe camarilla is the ultimate (seller9 if one could implement...
I will take a look at your setup and see how it works this next week on some charts. If it has legs it should be easy enough to code for both basket offline charts and regular single pair charts.

I have used the TMA slope indicator in the past but in a different way then you are showing and because of the repainting had false entries. But using it the way you are and waiting and watching may be something to try.
  • #303
  • Mar 8, 2013 9:26am Mar 8, 2013 9:26am
I setup a dedicated MT4 terminal to run your EA 24/7 on an Oanda Demo account. It's been running since last night and so far only 1 losing basket opened, only a very small loss though. I've also linked the Demo account to a myfxbook account so you can see everything live:

https://www.myfxbook.com/portfolio/a...sket-ea/507311
  • #304
  • Mar 8, 2013 10:06am Mar 8, 2013 10:06am
Quoting seller9
I will take a look at your setup and see how it works this next week on some charts. If it has legs it should be easy enough to code for both basket offline charts and regular single pair charts.

I have used the TMA slope indicator in the past but in a different way then you are showing and because of the repainting had false entries. But using it the way you are and waiting and watching may be something to try.
my friend this will give wings to your basket EA , you will have multiple entries when momentum is there in the market in a single trend and milk the maximum with minimum sl threat
  • #305
  • Mar 8, 2013 10:17am Mar 8, 2013 10:17am
Hi Seller9

I agree with you. I am running multiple demo accounts and testing various combinations of parameters and indicators to optimise the system. As we can not do the back testing, only forward testing can this be optimised. I will load all your files in a new platform and test your ea. Perhaps I can give my comments and suggestions by next week end.

Regards
Sampath
FxOptimus
  • #306
  • Mar 8, 2013 2:19pm Mar 8, 2013 2:19pm
Quoting Jon Reed
I setup a dedicated MT4 terminal to run your EA 24/7 on an Oanda Demo account. It's been running since last night and so far only 1 losing basket opened, only a very small loss though...
Last night (7Mar) had a little trade from the ea, with 180 filter still. It held on through the top then finally closed in small profit. Chart of the gj attached, the best of the pairs.

Also had the kos ea running which entered earlier at the red vertical line at 1200 gmt. Trade still running, but now at half.
Shows the cost of the filter and late entry. However this trade was triggered when the H4 HAS became the same colour as the H1 HAS. This is a bit back-to-front I think and may be best to ignore this setup or recognise it & handle different to normal H1 matching H4 trades.


cheers scalpz
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  • #307
  • Mar 8, 2013 5:25pm Mar 8, 2013 5:25pm
Unimak:

Ok, put this together using the present shell I am using for the Basket trader, I just removed the basket stuff so it is set up to trade just the chart pair it is placed on, regular or offline, if it works I can always add the idea to the Bsket EA.

The TP and SL are hidden from the Broker but that can be added if need be.

It does run in a loop so you don't need any ticks to make it run.
It will run on regular charts or offline charts, just single pair for now until we see if it is going to work.
Since the TMA repaints I will need to watch it for a while to see how it goes, probably on the M5 chart to make things move faster, so give me a couple days next week when the market opens to see how it goes before I post it.

1) Waits for either long or short cross from the 5 and 21 ema cross, this long or short signal will stay confirmed until a signal in the opposite direction happens.
2) If it is a long signal and the slope of the TMA is >= to 0.40 (user adjustable) it will signal a long trade, if not it will wait and watch the candle where the cross trigger happened and wait for the slope to go >= 0.40. If the slope never reaches 0.40 before the next trigger happens everything starts over on the next cross trigger, either long or short.
3) On a short trigger it waits for the slope trigger to be <= -0.40 (user adjustable).
4) Every time a new ema cross trigger is received from the 5/21 cross the sequence starts over.

Market is closed so I need a couple days just to see everything is working properly and it doesn't go wild and kill the account.

For now I am just using the up or down arrows to mark the trigger point on the chart, the line is the same so will leave it off for now.

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  • #308
  • Mar 8, 2013 11:07pm Mar 8, 2013 11:07pm
@seller9 , please look into the latest chart put out by KOS, in still basketing forum . It is not syncing with the 2 15 2 15 HAS settting , where as it is syncing with 2 32 2 32 HAS settings. Moreover KOS has never given out the HAS indicator which he is using with the Arrow sign on it inspite of repeated request in forum and via private mode, neither has he given any EA. IT was GVC who has given us a manual EA which is good. Now Seeing his chart I have serious doubt about Kos settings, some of the SL that we hit with 2 15 2 15 settings might not be hit by KOS at all .
  • #309
  • Mar 8, 2013 11:20pm Mar 8, 2013 11:20pm
Quoting seller9
Unimak:

Ok, put this together using the present shell I am using for the Basket trader, I just removed the basket stuff so it is set up to trade just the chart pair it is placed on, regular or offline, if it works I can always add the idea to the Bsket EA.

The TP and SL are hidden from the Broker but that can be added if need be.

It does run in a loop so you don't need any ticks to make it run.
It will run on regular charts or offline charts, just single pair for...

Thanks Mate . For now we need not worry about sl and tp as it is user adjustable and for single pair , it needs to be changed based on time frame. for example for a 5 min ej chart i keep sl at 15 pips and tp at 10 pips . similarly for a 1 h chart i keep it at 30 sl and 30 tp , it is very conservative i know for ej but i am looking for consistency.

for now we should only focus on getting the entry right that is all .

When you get the 5/21 ema cross , at that moment if you look down the tma will not be green or red but as the trade moves and some more candles are posted on the chart the tma changes the color below the arrow given by the EMA cross , when it happens we just take entry at market price and in the direction of the arrow. then we just put the tp and sl and leave it to the market.

I am just clarifying so that there in no doubt.
  • #310
  • Mar 9, 2013 10:25am Mar 9, 2013 10:25am
Quoting unimak
Thanks Mate . For now we need not worry about sl and tp as it is user adjustable and for single pair , it needs to be changed based on time frame. for example for a 5 min ej chart i keep sl at 15 pips and tp at 10 pips . similarly for a 1 h chart i keep it at 30 sl and 30 tp , it is very conservative i know for ej but i am looking for consistency.

for now we should only focus on getting the entry right that is all .

When you get the 5/21 ema cross , at that moment if you look down the tma will not be green or red but as the trade moves and...
Yes, that is the way I have it for now to test on market open.

I don't know how often the TMA indy repaints on a live chart but it will recalculate every time the EA calls it, so will be interesting to see how they agree.
  • #311
  • Mar 11, 2013 3:13pm Mar 11, 2013 3:13pm
Unimak EA Update:

Just testing on the M1 to see that everything works correctly, faster this way, will be interesting when London opens if I get any trades.

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  • #312
  • Mar 11, 2013 4:33pm Mar 11, 2013 4:33pm
OK, here is a trade, not the best but remember just testing to make sure everything works and using the M1 to get more test results.
This one may have been a winner with a 0.4 slope setting, the settings will need to be determined later on.
Also on longer chart periods it should perform a lot better than trying to scalp the M1 with it.
Looks like everything did what it was set to do in this trade.

First screen shot is the open, the second is the close and the third is just later on which shows how the indicator looks later on after the trade.

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  • #313
  • Mar 11, 2013 6:52pm Mar 11, 2013 6:52pm
Quoting scalpz
...
Also had the kos ea running which entered earlier at the red vertical line at 1200 gmt (7Mar). Trade still running, but now at half.
Shows the cost of the filter and late entry. However this trade was triggered when the H4 HAS became the same colour as the H1 HAS. This is a bit back-to-front I think and may be best to ignore this setup or recognise it & handle different to normal H1 matching H4 trades.

cheers scalpz
At last have another trade by the Basket_H105_v4 ea opened at 1700gmt 11Mar - on chart.

Still holding the earlier posted kos ea long trade.

Will be interesting how the resistance pans out thru the asia session, for both these ea's / trades.

cheers scalpz
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  • #314
  • Mar 11, 2013 6:53pm Mar 11, 2013 6:53pm
EMA_TMA_v1:

Well, here is something to play with this week and let me know how it goes.
This is the idea presented by Unimak a few posts back.
I haven't done much testing yet, so I hope it works.
I have included a template for an M15 chart but you can put it on any time frame you like of a single currency.

Be sure to put the included files into the correct folders to get it to work.

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  • #315
  • Mar 11, 2013 8:54pm Mar 11, 2013 8:54pm
Great Job Seller9 , and correct to test in M1 as we get more entries . yesterday was so boring on EJ no exictement really flat.

This single currency ea if i understand should work in offline and normal timeline chart.


I shall be testing it rightaway , if we get the entries right , then the problem is solved. I shall revert back with the findings.
  • #316
  • Mar 11, 2013 10:28pm Mar 11, 2013 10:28pm
@seller9, I am attaching the screen shot of a trade where myself took it manually and the ea took it as well . The EA ended up in a loss and i book mine at 5 usd .

my lot size was .1 and ea was .01 , i was trading in 1m GJ and sl and tp was 15 and 10 pips respectively .

As regards entry the ea seems to be doing it right but it is exiting very early , it should exit only on hitting sl or tp . That seems to be the problem .

I entered after i saw the signal of a trade ea has given and i let the trade develop and it went into gains where as ea closed it off when the momentum of tma dropped .

pls look into it .
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  • #317
  • Mar 11, 2013 10:56pm Mar 11, 2013 10:56pm
Refer to the trade taken by EA gj sell .01 lot 2.53 time , the entry at 143.945 for gj for 10 pip tp gives a tp tgt of 143.845

The trade that EA took would have been a winning trade had it not exited. so i think the exit condition is not required or need to be modified .

for now we dont need exit conditions, let it hit tp or sl . that will do . I think the TP and SL is hidden from broker , so that is fine .
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  • #318
  • Mar 11, 2013 11:08pm Mar 11, 2013 11:08pm
Rocking EJ Trade just now took place , perfect entry and perfect exit . I just tampered with the exit clause of the TMA . included set file . dont know if this is the correct method but a crude fix to the problem . bettter to leave it to tp and sl . that way we just have to adjust it for the time slot we play and need not worry too much . just get the entry right and rest we leave to market .
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  • #319
  • Mar 11, 2013 11:27pm Mar 11, 2013 11:27pm
debug , sudden open and close
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  • #320
  • Mar 11, 2013 11:46pm Mar 11, 2013 11:46pm
where is this new version EA?
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