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  • #921
  • Nov 1, 2013 10:35am Nov 1, 2013 10:35am
Quoting phneutral
Hello all, I'm still using v 1.2.0. Got this from my EURCAD log: 2013.10.31 15:29:59 Buy Stop was @ 1.42818, changed to 1.42817 2013.10.31 15:30:01 Slippage of Sell Order was 21 2013.10.31 15:30:01 Stop Loss of Sell Order Reset to 1.42693, Take Profit of Sell Order Reset to 1.42151 at 1.42549 Can u guys tell me if the value 2.1 is the slippage only value, or if its the sum of slippage and spread in this version of the EA. Does this new v4 also logs spread? DrBBMM, can u tell me the points away u use in those trades? Best Regards and thanks for the...
Alan's guess is right the PointsAway is 80. The easiest to calculate slippage is by comparing the arrow made by EA and the actual fill price by broker (in account history), but if the EA's chart has been closed (or the inputs has been changed) the arrow will disappear and we can calculate it as Alan told us at post 920.
Here is the setting taken from the Experts in terminal:
2013.10.31 00:12:34 AmazingEA.4-0-0 USDJPYpro,M1 inputs: PointsAway=80; PointsGap=2000; ModifyGap=10; TP=1000; SL=100; NYear=2013; NMonth=10; NDay=30; NHour=21; NMin=0; NSec=0; CTCBN=1; SecBPO=20; SecBAO=5; SecBMO=0; STWAN=50; OCO=true; BEPoints=100; BEOffset=10; TrailPoints=300; TrailOffset=100; TrailImmediate=false; MM=false; RiskPercent=2.5; Lots=0.01; MaxSpread=0; AddSpreadToSL=true; SlipCheck=false; MaxSlippage=200; AllowBuys=true; AllowSells=true; TradeLog="AmazingEA";

2013.10.31 00:10:12 AmazingEA.4-0-0 GBPUSDpro,M1 inputs: PointsAway=80; PointsGap=2000; ModifyGap=10; TP=1000; SL=100; NYear=2013; NMonth=10; NDay=30; NHour=21; NMin=0; NSec=0; CTCBN=1; SecBPO=20; SecBAO=5; SecBMO=1; STWAN=50; OCO=true; BEPoints=100; BEOffset=10; TrailPoints=300; TrailOffset=100; TrailImmediate=false; MM=false; RiskPercent=2.5; Lots=0.01; MaxSpread=0; AddSpreadToSL=true; SlipCheck=false; MaxSlippage=200; AllowBuys=true; AllowSells=true; TradeLog="AmazingEA";


I didn't dare using big lot in this USA Interest Rate because according to Huskin it is a reversal trade. I only use big lot on NFP because the slippage on Thinkforex until now is very small.
phneutral we used to have a chat at
Glenn Seymour's - chat.paltalk.com- room(my user name is drBBMA there).
  • #922
  • Nov 1, 2013 10:17pm Nov 1, 2013 10:17pm
Thank you both Alan and drBBMM.

Yes Doctor, I'm also with Glenn for about 8 months now

Best Regards
PH
  • #923
  • Nov 8, 2013 11:06am Nov 8, 2013 11:06am
Setting NFP GU, Thinkforex Pro Live Account:


2013.11.08GU.20.30 WIB, ThinkFx, AmazingEA.4-0-0 GBPUSDpro,M1 inputs: PointsAway=80; PointsGap=2000; ModifyGap=10; TP=1000; SL=100; NYear=2013; NMonth=11; NDay=8; NHour=15; NMin=30; NSec=0; CTCBN=1; SecBPO=20; SecBAO=5; SecBMO=1; STWAN=50; OCO=true; BEPoints=100; BEOffset=10; TrailPoints=400; TrailOffset=100; TrailImmediate=false; MM=true; RiskPercent=2.5; Lots=0.01; MaxSpread=0; AddSpreadToSL=true; SlipCheck=false; MaxSlippage=200; AllowBuys=true; AllowSells=true; TradeLog="AmazingEA"; P/L = + 3512.50 USD.

I forced to close position but failed 3 times(hectic) and finally succeeded at 1.60333.

Setting NFP UJ, Thinkforex Pro Live Account:
























2013.11.08 ,20.30 WIB, THF,AmazingEA.4-0-0 USDJPYpro,M1 inputs: PointsAway=80; PointsGap=2000; ModifyGap=10; TP=1000; SL=100; NYear=2013; NMonth=11; NDay=8; NHour=15; NMin=30; NSec=0; CTCBN=1; SecBPO=20; SecBAO=5; SecBMO=1; STWAN=50; OCO=true; BEPoints=100; BEOffset=10; TrailPoints=500; TrailOffset=100; TrailImmediate=false; MM=false; RiskPercent=2.5; Lots=10; MaxSpread=0; AddSpreadToSL=true; SlipCheck=false; MaxSlippage=200; AllowBuys=true; AllowSells=true; TradeLog="AmazingEA"; P/L Buy = 101.47 USD; P/L Sell = - 1873.21 USD. I didn't have time to close manually this Sell position (whipsaw) with Loss 18 pip= - 1873.21 USD (widened SL).

However the total results were profit 1740.76 USD on Thinkforex live pro account.
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  • #924
  • Nov 8, 2013 7:57pm Nov 8, 2013 7:57pm
Hi drBBMM

Good job, shame about USDJPY. Would you mind sending me your logs and Spreads/Sessions logs? I'd like to take a look.... and maybe I can help you adjust your settings ....

Alan
  • #925
  • Nov 9, 2013 5:58am Nov 9, 2013 5:58am
Hey Everybody... how are the news treating you? still making those pips?

Allan are we on version 4.0.0?
DON'T TRADE THE DIRECTION, TRADE THE MOVE
  • #926
  • Nov 9, 2013 8:35am Nov 9, 2013 8:35am
Quoting Pipomagic
Hey Everybody... how are the news treating you? still making those pips? Allan are we on version 4.0.0?

Last month was a disaster because of the USA shutdown. Most traders stayed out of the market and the low liquidity made for severe whiplashes. Big losses for me last month. Learned a lesson, if shit hits the fan like that again stop trading. I began using the EA two months before that and they were profitable to the tune over over 20% a month. This month, so far is in profit.
  • #927
  • Nov 9, 2013 9:33am Nov 9, 2013 9:33am
Quoting EventHorizon
{quote} Last month was a disaster because of the USA shutdown. Most traders stayed out of the market and the low liquidity made for severe whiplashes. Big losses for me last month. Learned a lesson, if shit hits the fan like that again stop trading. I began using the EA two months before that and they were profitable to the tune over over 20% a month. This month, so far is in profit.
too bad for the loses but m happy you back in business bro ---

Clarity: How did you have big loses? (do you mean most of the trades ended up in a loss or you used too big stop loss per trade)
DON'T TRADE THE DIRECTION, TRADE THE MOVE
  • #928
  • Nov 9, 2013 11:16pm Nov 9, 2013 11:16pm
Quoting Pipomagic
{quote} too bad for the loses but m happy you back in business bro --- Clarity: How did you have big loses? (do you mean most of the trades ended up in a loss or you used too big stop loss per trade)
Most trades were losses, but two huge whipsaws made two very large losses, one trader lost 70 pips in one trade. The losses were not due to a big stop loss, but due to huge slippage, which effectively made the stop losses huge.
  • #929
  • Nov 12, 2013 5:05am Nov 12, 2013 5:05am
Quoting EventHorizon
{quote} Most trades were losses, but two huge whipsaws made two very large losses, one trader lost 70 pips in one trade. The losses were not due to a big stop loss, but due to huge slippage, which effectively made the stop losses huge.
i get you mate. keep trading
DON'T TRADE THE DIRECTION, TRADE THE MOVE
  • #930
  • Edited Nov 16, 2013 5:41am Nov 15, 2013 7:11pm | Edited Nov 16, 2013 5:41am
Quoting EventHorizon
{quote} Most trades were losses, but two huge whipsaws made two very large losses, one trader lost 70 pips in one trade. The losses were not due to a big stop loss, but due to huge slippage, which effectively made the stop losses huge.
exactly same here :/ ...waiting for things get back to normal soon
  • #931
  • Nov 26, 2013 5:03pm Nov 26, 2013 5:03pm
Version 4.1.0 Released

07-Oct-2013
Version 4.1.0 Modified by Alan Prothero

New Parameter UseBrokerTime can be used to configure EA to use Local PC clock
If you do this make sure your PC clock is accurate - I use NetTime from http://www.timesynctool.com/ to automatically set my clock. It's very accurate !
You should also consider using a Tick Injector like MT4 Ticker. But only set it to 500ms not less as it will slow down your trading PC

Add Minimum Stop Level to Orders only if necessary
The EA used to add your broker's minimum pending order distance to every pending order. Now, if price is far enough away already, it doesn't.

Enjoy!

Alan
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  • #932
  • Dec 9, 2013 6:10am Dec 9, 2013 6:10am
Pls help me step by step how to use Amazing EA

i m using this broker terminal

www.lescofx.com EA continually modify the level but unable to put the orders.
  • #933
  • Dec 10, 2013 3:58am Dec 10, 2013 3:58am
[quote=Alan111S;7116623]Version 4.1.0 Released 07-Oct-2013 Version 4.1.0 Modified by Alan Prothero New Parameter UseBrokerTime can be used to configure EA to use Local PC clock If you do this make sure your PC clock is accurate - I use NetTime from http://www.timesynctool.com/ to automatically set my clock. It's very accurate ! You should also consider using a Tick Injector like MT4 Ticker. But only set it to 500ms not less as it will slow down your trading PC Add Minimum Stop Level to Orders only if necessary The EA used to add your broker's minimum pending order distance to every pending order. Now, if price is far enough away already, it doesn't. Enjoy! Alan {file} {file}[/quote]
Thanks alot for the AE 4-1-0 Alan. Now I don't have to calculate broker's server time anymore.
BTW at NFP UJ 6-12-2013 spike occurred earlier at 15.29 THF caused me lost - 3481.79 USD. Here is the setting:

NFP UJ, 6-12-2013, 20:30 WIB, AmazingEA.4-0-0 USDJPYpro,M1 inputs: PointsAway=120; PointsGap=2000; ModifyGap=10; TP=500; SL=100; NYear=2013; NMonth=12; NDay=6; NHour=15; NMin=30; NSec=0; CTCBN=1; SecBPO=20; SecBAO=5; SecBMO=1; STWAN=50; OCO=true; BEPoints=100; BEOffset=10; TrailPoints=300; TrailOffset=100; TrailImmediate=false; MM=true; RiskPercent=2; Lots=10; MaxSpread=0; AddSpreadToSL=true; SlipCheck=false; MaxSlippage=200; AllowBuys=true; AllowSells=true; TradeLog="AmazingEA"; Slippage = 0, Spread = 15.8. P/L = - 3481.79 USD ,Spike occurred earlier at 15.29 THF. Open Buy t near the end of the spike. It seem there was an anomaly, NFP was better than expected but less than 70 k so the price didn't move much and reversed.


GU gave me profit 3469.20 USD. Here is the setting:
NFP GU, 6-12-2013, 15.30 WIB, AmazingEA.4-0-0 GBPUSDpro,M1 inputs: PointsAway=100; PointsGap=2000; ModifyGap=10; TP=600; SL=100; NYear=2013; NMonth=12; NDay=6; NHour=15; NMin=30; NSec=0; CTCBN=1; SecBPO=20; SecBAO=5; SecBMO=1; STWAN=50; OCO=true; BEPoints=100; BEOffset=10; TrailPoints=400; TrailOffset=100; TrailImmediate=false; MM=true; RiskPercent=5; Lots=10; MaxSpread=0; AddSpreadToSL=true; SlipCheck=false; MaxSlippage=200; AllowBuys=true; AllowSells=true; TradeLog="AmazingEA";Slippage = 0, Spread =15,8; P/L = 3469.20 USD
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  • #934
  • Dec 12, 2013 4:52am Dec 12, 2013 4:52am
Hi All,
I have read through this thread and want to ask, is AmazingEA still working and on upgrading?
And can you please let me to join in with your Skype Chat room?
Thanks,
Best regards.
  • #935
  • Dec 21, 2013 9:06am Dec 21, 2013 9:06am
I think it's still working
  • #936
  • Dec 23, 2013 12:21am Dec 23, 2013 12:21am
All

Amazing EA is still working perfectly well. However, the market has been paying much greater attention to technicals than fundamentals lately. So, most of us have been using it for trading speeches and news events where data is not released. A lot of us have been using FNG or SNW instead - the idea is we are only entering on large deviations and staying out for as expected releases.

If anybody wants to join the Skype Room, make sure you put that you got my skype name from this thread. If I get a request and it's not even in English and it doesn't mention this thread, I'm going to ignore it.

Alan
  • #937
  • Dec 24, 2013 9:43am Dec 24, 2013 9:43am
Sorry for my english

thank you very much for this and for this wonderful ea

I am studying the possibility of operating the news.
I want to know which is the most profitable strategy, straddle or autoclicks

Thanks for your time, greetings!
  • #938
  • Dec 25, 2013 1:55am Dec 25, 2013 1:55am
Hai everybody...

im new to this ea... and im interested about to make some ea that :
open 2 pending orders (buy stop/sell stop) 50 pips from current price which we set by time..
lets say we set the ea open pending order at time frame 30. 1000hrs is the current candle so when the next candle appear at 1030hrs
the ea will open the pending order 50 pips from the current price..

anyone have any idea how to program some ea like this..

Thank you.
  • #939
  • Dec 25, 2013 10:28am Dec 25, 2013 10:28am
Do you use this logic because you want to make your EA open a straddle even though it's not receiving a tick?
Is your strategy trading the fixing volatility every 30 minute with tight stop loss such as London fix?

http://www.icap.com/news-events/in-t...fx-fixing.aspx
  • #940
  • Jan 11, 2014 5:14am Jan 11, 2014 5:14am
Quoting Alan111S
All Amazing EA is still working perfectly well. However, the market has been paying much greater attention to technicals than fundamentals lately. So, most of us have been using it for trading speeches and news events where data is not released. A lot of us have been using FNG or SNW instead - the idea is we are only entering on large deviations and staying out for as expected releases. If anybody wants to join the Skype Room, make sure you put that you got my skype name from this thread. If I get a request and it's not even in English and it doesn't...
It does not work (check attachments).
* Orders have been sometimes opened not on time (14:00 instead of 14:30)
* They habe been deleted immediately after opening

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