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  • #1,621
  • Jan 9, 2014 9:16am Jan 9, 2014 9:16am
ntrr, do you know the specs of your current laptop? processor? ram? operating system? Before you put money into a new machine, you might as well see what you can get out of your current one (ram is a cheap upgrade to add more speed)... if it's worth it.

I have a 4 year old Dell laptop myself (windows 7, 4gb ram, 2.27ghz intel processor), and I also experienced huge lag using Alien's indicators, but I found a few things that helped...

1) I uploaded a template which uses "light" (aka resource friendly) versions of most of Alien's indicators... have you tried loading that up?

2) Open MT4, click on "Tools" then "Options" then go to the "Charts" tab... Drastically reduce the numbers in "Max Bars in History" and "Max Bars on Chart"... try 20,000, or 10,000, or 5,000 (keep decreasing until your speed increases).

3) 8 charts windows is a lot for Alien indicators on a slow laptop.. do you need all of them open at once? I found that creating profiles with 4 windows open at a time has worked for me.

4) Get Ccleaner and Defraggler from www.piriform.com ... get the free versions. Use Ccleaner to "Clean" your windows programs and other applications. Also use it to clean your registry, and wipe the EMPTY space on your harddrive. ... Use Defraggler to defrag your harddrive.

I would try all of the above before buying something new.

NOTE: Drive wipes and Defragging take a long time, so let these run overnight if you go ahead with this.
  • #1,622
  • Jan 9, 2014 9:27am Jan 9, 2014 9:27am
ntrr,

If you are using a Demo account you can delete everything in the log folder. That sometimes helps to speed things up.

But if using a Real account you probably don't want to do that until you have confirmed that you are happy with all trades first.
  • #1,623
  • Jan 9, 2014 9:32am Jan 9, 2014 9:32am
Quoting ntrr
Great thread you have here Alien. I have been a lurker for a year. Started following you on EYI thread and now this is my new and better home. I already used your system with very good success. Floating several hundreds of green pips now and hopefully it become a thousand next week. Now I have a question. The only problem I have is my old laptop computer cannot handle your system well. It is responding very slowly when I change timeframe or change chart window. It even froze during big news event, for example the latest ECB annoucement. I'm sure...
When there is a known "big news" event, why not watch your chosen contracts with few or no indicators - have them on another template and keep your number of open windows to the minimum too. Unless you are an experienced trader, trying to enter during them is a pure gamble......
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  • #1,624
  • Jan 9, 2014 9:48am Jan 9, 2014 9:48am
ntrr

my tought on CPU you need for mt4 , i just brought a new AMD computer with the 8350 chip. The problem with AMD is that the cpu is divide in 8 core and MT4 only use 1 core. I can load with the alien spec a maximum of 6 chart before i start to feel some lag and more than that will just make the computer freeze when i change time frame or load a new chart. An Intel I5 will do the job if you only use mt4 or a I7 if your thinking about the future MT5 platform that will use multicore.
  • #1,625
  • Jan 9, 2014 10:04am Jan 9, 2014 10:04am
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  • #1,626
  • Jan 9, 2014 10:13am Jan 9, 2014 10:13am
Quoting forexalien
{quote} posted 9 hours ago.............25 pips so far {image} {image}
Hello Alien,

Are you still in this trade?
  • #1,627
  • Jan 9, 2014 10:29am Jan 9, 2014 10:29am
Quoting FXKabab
ntrr, do you know the specs of your current laptop? processor? ram? operating system? Before you put money into a new machine, you might as well see what you can get out of your current one (ram is a cheap upgrade to add more speed)... if it's worth it. I have a 4 year old Dell laptop myself (windows 7, 4gb ram, 2.27ghz intel processor), and I also experienced huge lag using Alien's indicators, but I found a few things that helped... 1) I uploaded a template which uses "light" (aka resource friendly) versions of most of Alien's indicators... have...

Hi FxK.
how do you manage with profiles? did you create one for each pair you interested and then you have all timeframes of each together? and see all of them at a glance? Tnk
Per aspera ad astra
  • #1,628
  • Jan 9, 2014 10:36am Jan 9, 2014 10:36am
Yessir.. Took a bit of time do create them (actually it speeds up once you get going), but well worth the effort cuz now with a click of a button I can have 4 charts open up with the pair I want with the time frames I want. However, I had to do all those other things I mentioned too to get my laptop up to speed.
  • #1,629
  • Jan 9, 2014 10:47am Jan 9, 2014 10:47am
Quoting FXKabab
Yessir.. Took a bit of time do create them (actually it speeds up once you get going), but well worth the effort cuz now with a click of a button I can have 4 charts open up with the pair I want with the time frames I want. However, I had to do all those other things I mentioned too to get my laptop up to speed.

Much appreciated. Tnk.
Per aspera ad astra
  • #1,630
  • Jan 9, 2014 10:53am Jan 9, 2014 10:53am
Thanks all for your help.

I tried all those except the defragment but it didn't help.

My laptop is really old. it has just 1.7ghz and 1gb ram. Your dell is a lot better than mine and still lags so I guess it's just too low a spec for the system.

I've been looking at a new macbook air in store for a while, just didn't need a new computer until now. Anyone use macbook air to run MT4?
I mean if I am going to buy a new computer, might as well get a nice one.
  • #1,631
  • Edited 12:35pm Jan 9, 2014 12:21pm | Edited 12:35pm
Does this look like is getting ready for LONG on AUDCAD?

If so... For the best entry, do we wait for Green Stochastic to cross 50% on Daily, or we can enter earlier as long as the lower time frames (H4, H1, M15, M5, M1) are confirming long?
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  • #1,632
  • Jan 9, 2014 12:52pm Jan 9, 2014 12:52pm
Quoting jbegic
Does this look like is getting ready for LONG on AUDCAD? If so... For the best entry, do we wait for Green Stochastic to cross 50% on Daily, or we can enter earlier as long as the lower time frames (H4, H1, M15, M5, M1) are confirming long? {image} {image} {image}
Thanks jbegic for sharing your charts.
I think on m15 we have now a good long setup becouse of the devergence of RSIOMA and DS.
  • #1,633
  • Jan 9, 2014 12:58pm Jan 9, 2014 12:58pm
Is there a way we could maybe come with a checklist (would it be applicable)?
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  • #1,634
  • Jan 9, 2014 1:17pm Jan 9, 2014 1:17pm
Does anyone know why is chart not retaining trend lines/ vertical lines, etc (including my little script that shows current spread) when I switch back and forth between time frames or different profiles ?
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  • #1,635
  • Jan 9, 2014 1:47pm Jan 9, 2014 1:47pm
I have the same problem, any ideas anyone?
  • #1,636
  • Jan 9, 2014 2:19pm Jan 9, 2014 2:19pm
Quoting ntrr
Anyone use macbook air to run MT4? I mean if I am going to buy a new computer, might as well get a nice one.
Most brokers do not use Apple software with MT4. You will need to know how to run windows on your Mac for most brokers.
  • #1,637
  • Jan 9, 2014 2:44pm Jan 9, 2014 2:44pm
Quoting jbegic
Does anyone know why is chart not retaining trend lines/ vertical lines, etc (including my little script that shows current spread) when I switch back and forth between time frames or different profiles ?
That's because are Alien's lines!
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  • #1,638
  • Jan 9, 2014 2:49pm Jan 9, 2014 2:49pm
EXAMPLE: of a clearer turn in the multi time frame world..........EU

Looking at H4 - BBS, and all the indi's are lower on the chart as all the other time frames
Slowly move your eyes from right to left and I high Lighted all the peaks of each time frame.
all the green stos are stepping higher
all the adx's step higher and longer in length as time continues along.
all the rsioma's step higher and longer in length because of their time frame speed.
and of course price action is rising long..........
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  • #1,639
  • Edited 3:18pm Jan 9, 2014 3:03pm | Edited 3:18pm
Quoting forexalien
EXAMPLE: of a clearer turn in the multi time frame world..........EU Looking at H4 - BBS, and all the indi's are lower on the chart as all the other time frames Slowly move your eyes from right to left and I high Lighted all the peaks of each time frame. all the green stos are stepping higher all the adx's step higher and longer in length as time continues along. all the rsioma's step higher and longer in length because of their time frame speed. and of course price action is rising long.......... {image}
Looking at D1; Only 144 and 89 are going high and everything else is going down... I was under impression that we go based on D1 and go down the time frames?
On the other hand... if this is tuning to be good setup to go long, do you wait for H4 to cross over 50%?
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  • #1,640
  • Edited 3:52pm Jan 9, 2014 3:36pm | Edited 3:52pm
Quoting jpadvisor
{quote} Hi FxK. how do you manage with profiles? did you create one for each pair you interested and then you have all timeframes of each together? and see all of them at a glance? Tnk
That's exactly what I do JPAdvisor, works well. I've got four screens and I use 3 MT4 platforms for charting (one for each screen) with 3 profiles on each and just scroll through as I scan pairs. I also setup a template for each TF with a little label in the lower right window of the chart just to make it easier to tell which TF I'm looking at as I also squeeze in the D1 and W1 on right hand side. 4th screen is my trading broker and browser etc.

Also I'm still getting used to tracking multiple pairs through the profiles (I used to look at 2 only previously) so at the start of each day I summarise for all pairs the HTF current setups (W1, D1, H4, H1) on a handwritten notepad (I'm still in the stone age and it saves screen space even with 4 screens) with what the current setup is by timeframe for each pair and then as I see something start to develop I note it on my worksheet (eg M15 BBSq DS L which would mean M15 there is a Bollinger Band Squeeze, and a Delayed Stoch Long might be forming). If it doesn't develop then I just cross the out the abbreviation and mark the next likely move when it appears. The notes make it easier for me to keep track of what's going on as I scroll through the profiles later. Still a work in progress getting my processes right to stay on top of things....

here's my profile of of GJ, all my profiles are exactly the same ...just shrunk the M1 candles so I could see a few more... I draw in the RSIOMA stoch divergences as they occur so I can keep track of them

But I have noticed a computer resources issue problem as well sometimes which I'm trying to reduce using the 'light' indicators etc.
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