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  • #41
  • Edited 4:44pm Aug 5, 2013 6:16am | Edited 4:44pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} And I'd also want to look very closely at the modeling quality, and also the nature and effect of any curve fitting that might exist, before I considered letting the EA trade my hard earned savings. Just my 2c, following a very quick glance at the thread. David
I agree, I wouldn't trade live before demo trading the EA to insure it works the way it should. ATM, this EA does great on backtests but doesn't work the way it should when forward testing so it's not ready yet. I don't mind the high risk because I don't risk money I can't afford to lose and I don't rely on my trading to pay bills , I just want it to work right before setting it loose with any amount of money.
  • #42
  • Aug 5, 2013 6:26am Aug 5, 2013 6:26am
Quoting ~bull.bear~
{quote} Just tried backtest the EA with EURUSD & GBPUSD. Both are losing in year 2004 onward. However, both are winning in year 2008 onward.
Isn't that when they put the 50:1 maximum leverage in place in the US. It's also the year the economy across the globe went down the tubes. There could be any number of reasons. The numbers might be more accurate from 2008 on as well.
  • #43
  • Aug 5, 2013 6:44am Aug 5, 2013 6:44am
Quoting jaws810
{quote} Isn't that when they put the 50:1 maximum leverage in place in the US. It's also the year the economy across the globe went down the tubes. There could be any number of reasons. The numbers might be more accurate from 2008 on as well.
I believe it is. High volatility gives better result.
  • #44
  • Aug 6, 2013 4:33am Aug 6, 2013 4:33am
Can anyone get this EA to work the way it does in a backtest in forward testing and live trading. It needs to be able to track trades so it knows when to change the SL to BE. This is a great EA as is IF it worked the same as it does during a backtest.
  • #45
  • Aug 6, 2013 8:39am Aug 6, 2013 8:39am
Anybody know how to fix the OderSend Error 131 from this ea?
  • #46
  • Aug 6, 2013 4:44pm Aug 6, 2013 4:44pm
This is a very rough version of the EA it was thrown together very fast and unfortunately it only works right in backtesting, the passive MM that occurs when MM=False is great, and all the formulas used with the default settings work fine. The entire method of tracking and placing orders might need to be completely reworked, it doesn't recognize orders it places so if you shut it down it will place duplicate orders when MT4 is restarted, it doesn't have any way to know when the first trade hits its TP so it is unable to know when to set TP to BE for the other trades, the active MM, when MM=true doesn't work, that could just be removed or replaced with the passive MM that currently occurs when MM=false and add the ability to use even lots for when MM=false.
  • #47
  • Aug 6, 2013 7:49pm Aug 6, 2013 7:49pm
Quoting jaws810
This is a very rough version of the EA it was thrown together very fast and unfortunately it only works right in backtesting, the passive MM that occurs when MM=False is great, and all the formulas used with the default settings work fine. The entire method of tracking and placing orders might need to be completely reworked, it doesn't recognize orders it places so if you shut it down it will place duplicate orders when MT4 is restarted, it doesn't have any way to know when the first trade hits its TP so it is unable to know when to set TP to BE...
This is a common issue because if you shut down trading platform, the whole operation is stop. The solution is you need a VPS to run it 24 hours. Now what i concern is the EA doesn't have ZZ input setting, and i don't know about the function of ZZ indicator. How does it draw the ZZ line? How does it give a valid signal for placing the orders? What is the minbars means in the setting of indicator?

I believe ZZ breakout will work with these pending orders and trailing stop loss to BE. It is a simple system anyway.
  • #48
  • Aug 7, 2013 12:17am Aug 7, 2013 12:17am
Like I said when it was created he just threw it together and hardwired everything, I really don't understand the Minbars settings all I know is the higher the Minbars setting the fewer lines it draws, but allowing user adjustment would definitely be an improvement . I have another EA that uses the swing_ZZ indicator that does allow you to change the Minbars setting. I'll post it to see if it helps. Who knows it might be easier to start with this one and remove unneeded functions and add the trading formulas and functions needed from the other one.
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File Type: mq4 ZZ_Blizard_ZZ_V1.4.mq4   24 KB | 387 downloads
  • #49
  • Aug 8, 2013 8:59am Aug 8, 2013 8:59am
No help, I'm surprised.
  • #50
  • Aug 8, 2013 9:59am Aug 8, 2013 9:59am
I don't find it useful for the EA in post 48.
  • #51
  • Aug 13, 2013 5:55am Aug 13, 2013 5:55am
Quoting ~bull.bear~
I don't find it useful for the EA in post 48.
I don't know much about EA programming, it uses the same indicator so I thought it could be useful.
  • #52
  • Sep 22, 2013 2:27am Sep 22, 2013 2:27am
Did someone tried it on live account and get the same results as at the backtesting?
  • #53
  • Sep 22, 2013 6:06am Sep 22, 2013 6:06am
Quoting jaws810
No help, I'm surprised.
It's because everyone has become so jaded after seeing so many "fantastic" and "amazing" systems. One more simply draws a yawn now.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
  • #54
  • Sep 23, 2013 9:55am Sep 23, 2013 9:55am
Quoting jaws810
No help, I'm surprised.
I try this EA on Demo account, but it didn't open any trades yet
  • #55
  • Last Post: Oct 28, 2013 9:51pm Oct 28, 2013 9:51pm
Quoting jaws810
No help, I'm surprised.

In my experience, strategies/ea's that work (or have great potential) seemingly generate little to none reactions, so my guess is that your ea has been modified and is making money for some people already :-) Too bad I know nothing about programming, otherwise I would put some work into this (and automate my own strategies).

Hope you can still find someone to help you out here.

Good luck
95% of the people don't believe 100% they can win, that's why they lose
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