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  • #621
  • Dec 28, 2014 7:38pm Dec 28, 2014 7:38pm
I'm not sure. It would make it easier to go with a standalone indi, if I can get all the info from the way the grid is structured somehow. It's not working yet for what I've already got done, just giving me some bogus number. Gotta comb back through the algorithm and see what I did wrong
A good man knows his limitations ~ Clint Eastwood
  • #622
  • Edited Dec 29, 2014 12:14am Dec 28, 2014 11:00pm | Edited Dec 29, 2014 12:14am
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Here's a modified version of Pipster's EA to address this issue. I'm using version 765.

When a trade is opened from the pending grid pool it's opposite number is deleted. No hedging should occur. A stop loss is in the place of deleted side for the opened trade, these are put in on initiation of the grid. This version should function the same as the original, but should save half the commission and spread cost.

Of course, with no hedge, it won't be possible to step out of the hedge grid one side at a time, such as Pipster just did.

A comment is...

This version fixes a problem the original one had about resetting and reinitiating the program if MT4 was turned off. It holds the initial balance values in global variables that should persist, as Pipsters hedged version does. If you want to try this at all, use this version instead of the other one.

I asked admin to take that post down, but they are being slow to respond.

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  • #623
  • Dec 28, 2014 11:20pm Dec 28, 2014 11:20pm
Thank you for sharing,but got lots of these alerts....
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  • #624
  • Dec 28, 2014 11:50pm Dec 28, 2014 11:50pm
Quoting bazze
Thank you for sharing,but got lots of these alerts.... {image}
This question gets asked every 2 or 3 pages...........

It simply means that the EA tried to set a trade to close to the actual price and the broker refused it.

Quite normal and nothing to worry about
  • #625
  • Dec 29, 2014 12:42am Dec 29, 2014 12:42am
@Kosmo:
Got it working after a fashion. I'm testing it a some to see if the numbers stay correct. It's only displayed in the comment block at present. I'll check into drawing those horizontal lines. Or would this be ok?

In this screenshot there's only one buy order up, and you can see that the profit target on the buy side is closer than the sell side. That's because to reach the sell side you would incur a hedge loss with the existing buy order as you moved there, whereas on the buy side no hedging is incurred. These numbers assume a straight line shot toward the targets, picking up the pending stops as they are hit.
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  • #626
  • Dec 29, 2014 7:40am Dec 29, 2014 7:40am
http://www.kitco.com/images/live/nyg...07787682455684

Glad to see you guys are putting on your thinking caps!

Just so you know, if you can code a line that shows a calculated price for BE and profit target, it is the same math that can be used to place a single TP and SL for all trades to get them closed on the broker's side! This would make a huge difference in the outcome.

This Friday will mark 1 month since starting this thread. We now have some time the EA has been running to step back and examine the results, and see if there is any immediate improvements we could make, besides coding in a single TP and SL for all trades.

The first one I see is my 0.1% equity profit target isn't making me much profit on my account. When I have a string of winners, the equity line remains pretty flat. I think I need to increase it to between 0.3% and 0.5%. I've been able to see the improvement on other's accounts who used an increased amount. I also see that too high of an amount would be detrimental, aka, 10%.

I also see that I need to use 60 steps, instead of 30, and I have the usable margin to do that.

I would say at this point, dambuster's account is the model account, showing the expectation of return I have experienced in the past.
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #627
  • Dec 29, 2014 8:18am Dec 29, 2014 8:18am
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Just so you know, if you can code a line that shows a calculated price for BE and profit target, it is the same math that can be used to place a single TP and SL for all trades to get them closed on the broker's side! This would make a huge difference in the outcome.

About that, Pipster. At present my numbers are based on calculated values for the grid. Because the spread changes in my account, so do the numbers. It would be much better if I stored the real values for the grid as it was created, similar to the arrays used to store ticket numbers in the no hedge version. My results are off some, checking it now my values are incorrect for the sell side after the overnight action. Back to the drawing board.

It sure would be nice if I could just read the values for the stops directly from the pending orders, but I don't think that can be done. You can look at opening prices, but not pending ones
A good man knows his limitations ~ Clint Eastwood
  • #628
  • Dec 29, 2014 8:52am Dec 29, 2014 8:52am
Another cycle closed on that drop, nice
  • #629
  • Dec 29, 2014 9:08am Dec 29, 2014 9:08am
Quoting dgodfrey
{quote} About that, Pipster. At present my numbers are based on calculated values for the grid. Because the spread changes in my account, so do the numbers. It would be much better if I stored the real values for the grid as it was created, similar to the arrays used to store ticket numbers in the no hedge version. My results are off some, checking it now my values are incorrect for the sell side after the overnight action. Back to the drawing board. It sure would be nice if I could just read the values for the stops directly from the pending orders,...
Is there a way for the EA to plug in a fixed number for the gaps, and just have that as a setting that the user would have to calculate for themselves? For instance, if the spread seems to average $0.40, and the desirable gap is $0.50, then the user would have the gridlevel as 10, and then put 50 in a new setting, (maybe gridcalc, or something?) and the EA calculated off of that number (50). Then it would just add more math to do when more orders opened in a way that the TP\SL would have to change.
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #630
  • Dec 29, 2014 9:25am Dec 29, 2014 9:25am
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Another cycle closed on that drop, nice

How did you worm another cycle out of that??? Dang!
@Pipster
Sure, that's easy enough. It could be set by the external inputs to any value, then that would be applied rather than having it float as it does now.
A good man knows his limitations ~ Clint Eastwood
  • #631
  • Dec 29, 2014 9:33am Dec 29, 2014 9:33am
Would it be possible to also have a "StartNow" function so that it would trade the moment you drop it onto a chart rather than have to set start/stop times?
  • #632
  • Dec 29, 2014 9:50am Dec 29, 2014 9:50am
Boom, and another
  • #633
  • Dec 29, 2014 10:40am Dec 29, 2014 10:40am
Hi Friends,

is it possible that when I backtest the Ea with current spread, that the EA crashed, because I have 3 digits after comma and the spread indicator shows me 300 pips spread? Do someone else have the same problem? I think the real spread is only 30 pips and than is the EA really really profitable....
  • #634
  • Dec 29, 2014 10:40am Dec 29, 2014 10:40am
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Would it be possible to also have a "StartNow" function so that it would trade the moment you drop it onto a chart rather than have to set start/stop times?

Yes, that's built into the non-Hedge version already. Just a flag you set to use the time or not. Looks like mine cycled too . I have 1% target, but I guess my grid spacing must be different than yours.
A good man knows his limitations ~ Clint Eastwood
  • #635
  • Dec 29, 2014 10:53am Dec 29, 2014 10:53am
Quoting dgodfrey
{quote} @Pipster Sure, that's easy enough. It could be set by the external inputs to any value, then that would be applied rather than having it float as it does now.
That would make it THE BOMB!
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #636
  • Dec 29, 2014 5:12pm Dec 29, 2014 5:12pm
Quoting dgodfrey
@Kosmo: Got it working after a fashion. I'm testing it a some to see if the numbers stay correct. It's only displayed in the comment block at present. I'll check into drawing those horizontal lines. Or would this be ok?
Many thanks for your time and effort, dgodfrey. If your testing confirms that the numbers are accurate, I'll be happy with it as is.

Quoting dgodfrey
{quote} This version fixes a problem the original one had about resetting and reinitiating the program if MT4 was turned off. It holds the initial balance values in global variables that should persist, as Pipsters hedged version does.
I'm getting a little confused... Doesn't the original hedged version have this problem? If it was fixed, I must have missed it. Please clarify. Here is the version I'm using. I'm pretty sure it has no such fix.
mind over matter
  • #637
  • Dec 29, 2014 5:17pm Dec 29, 2014 5:17pm
Quoting dambuster
Boom, and another
Someone's having a ball here, lol. Keep it up!

Mine's been miserable since the Friday rally. The only way out is up...
mind over matter
  • #638
  • Dec 29, 2014 9:47pm Dec 29, 2014 9:47pm
Quoting kosmo
{quote} Many thanks for your time and effort, dgodfrey. If your testing confirms that the numbers are accurate, I'll be happy with it as is. {quote} I'm getting a little confused... Doesn't the original hedged version have this problem? If it was fixed, I must have missed it. Please clarify. Here is the version I'm using. I'm pretty sure it has no such fix.
Hey Kosmo - It probably does. What I was referring to was a more insidious problem where if I turned off the program it would lose track and close out all the trades, then put the grid back on - usually at a nice loss.

I'm still not getting full use of the client terminal global variables. When I turn off my no hedge version now, though, it does retain the original starting equity as it should on restart. I haven't tried that on the one I'm running the regular demo on.

BTW that's the version that I'm using to make the changes to. Still have some work to do on the BE stuff, but I think I have it on the run. I'm also putting in the other suggestions from the last few posts.

On another vein, I think dambuster is using a tighter grid that we are (I am using your settings for the most part). I did get one cycle to close out today but he had at least 2, lucky dog Oddly enough, the no hedge version failed to close at all, but the settings I have on that put the grid at nearly $1 per level, guess that might be too much.
A good man knows his limitations ~ Clint Eastwood
  • #639
  • Dec 29, 2014 10:16pm Dec 29, 2014 10:16pm
Yesteerday, my steady gold was so steady. Hehe @dambuster, how much % equity did u set?
  • #640
  • Dec 30, 2014 1:03am Dec 30, 2014 1:03am
Quoting periphery
Yesteerday, my steady gold was so steady. Hehe @dambuster, how much % equity did u set?
1%
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