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  • #161
  • Jan 21, 2015 8:56am Jan 21, 2015 8:56am
Hello Everyone,

Nice thread, I see it lost its way for a while but is back on track now. Congratulations and thanks to Dave to creator.

I'm new to EA's and stumbled on this thread when I decided to try and learn how to write and use EA's, so far I'm failing miserable but the break through will come, I've tried to set up the EA to buy/sell with a EMA (5,10) cross and an RSI cross of the 50 line, with a 30 pip SL, 30 pip Trailing stop and no TP (thinking being that the trailing stop will close out the trade), I suspect I have a conflict in there at the minute as I can't get a trade to place yet on a back test of the whole of 2014 on a GBP/USD H1 chart.

When I decided I wanted to create an EA my idea was as follows with the intention of using it on 1 hour charts
* 5 EMA crossover a 10 EMA for buy (opposite for sell)
* RSI (14) cross above 50 line to buy (opposite for sell)
* Price above 100-200SMA line to allow a buy and prevent a sell order and again the opposite for a short trade.

(another thought is that when the RSi and EMA cross gives a buy signal the price movement would have to be either below the 200 SMA and moving toward it OR above the 200SMA and moving away from it and the opposite for a sell signal from teh RSI and EMA cross)

The idea is that the trend is your friend, it would need tweaking I'm sure and hopefully targeting the trend will swing things to a positive outcome.

Would it be an advantage in the opinion of you who are experienced EA traders and traders in general to have SMA to confirm the trend direction?

Finally I hope I haven't overlooked something and your all going to tell me that all these options are already in the EA.

Good luck
Lee
  • #162
  • Jan 21, 2015 1:15pm Jan 21, 2015 1:15pm
Ran the latest version of the EA using the .set file for Continuous Straddle (TG_AUD_1_2014_ContStraddle_BreakEve nFilter.set). Results were not good, nearly a Margin Call, with a loss for the year of $1063, trading 0.1 Lots. Does anyone else get similar results, or am I doing something very wrong?
Ran Strategy Tester with following conditions:
M1
USDAUD
Reset before loading .set
Every Tick
  • #163
  • Jan 21, 2015 1:29pm Jan 21, 2015 1:29pm
Quoting Lee0001
Hello Everyone, Nice thread, I see it lost its way for a while but is back on track now. Congratulations and thanks to Dave to creator. I'm new to EA's and stumbled on this thread when I decided to try and learn how to write and use EA's, so far I'm failing miserable but the break through will come, I've tried to set up the EA to buy/sell with a EMA (5,10) cross and an RSI cross of the 50 line, with a 30 pip SL, 30 pip Trailing stop and no TP (thinking being that the trailing stop will close out the trade), I suspect I have a conflict in there at...
Attached is a .txt file which will have to be named .set which addresses your requirements from the existing EA. I have enclosed the optimized graph and report.
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File Type: txt TG_AUD_60_2014_EMA Cross_RSIFilter_PriceEMAFilter.txt   11 KB | 334 downloads
  • #164
  • Jan 21, 2015 1:51pm Jan 21, 2015 1:51pm
Quoting Lee0001
Hello Everyone, Nice thread, I see it lost its way for a while but is back on track now. Congratulations and thanks to Dave to creator. I'm new to EA's and stumbled on this thread when I decided to try and learn how to write and use EA's, so far I'm failing miserable but the break through will come, I've tried to set up the EA to buy/sell with a EMA (5,10) cross and an RSI cross of the 50 line, with a 30 pip SL, 30 pip Trailing stop and no TP (thinking being that the trailing stop will close out the trade), I suspect I have a conflict in there at...
i´ve being testing this for o wile now it sing very good puting all toghether plus rsi i think will work ok
Scalping
  • #165
  • Edited 6:40pm Jan 21, 2015 1:52pm | Edited 6:40pm
Quoting mwbarth36
Ran the latest version of the EA using the .set file for Continuous Straddle (TG_AUD_1_2014_ContStraddle_BreakEve nFilter.set). Results were not good, nearly a Margin Call, with a loss for the year of $1063, trading 0.1 Lots. Does anyone else get similar results, or am I doing something very wrong? Ran Strategy Tester with following conditions: M1 USDAUD Reset before loading .set Every Tick
I loaded the TG_AUD_1_2014_ContStraddle_BreakEvenFilter.set and only changed the lot size to .1 lots (do not press reset otherwise you will lose all the optimized inputs) and achieved a profit of $1332. Graph enclosed

Note: The concept of clicking on reset is only for when extra inputs are added as a result of a request for extra factors, and you have a pre-existing set of inputs which would not line up with the extra inputs added or to clear all existing inputs.
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  • #166
  • Jan 21, 2015 2:58pm Jan 21, 2015 2:58pm
Ok, I have some more testing completed overnight...

Some more feedback on the EA:

 

  1. Stochastic Cross - Opens a trade as it should, but if you choose the "Trade closure on reversal signal" it did not close the trade when Stochastic crossed back.

  1. I still see some trades open (PSAR + ADX) that do not have a TP or SL. In last nights case, it was a plus & yielded 260 pips when I closed it manually this morning, but this could have gone either way. It seems to be at random times.. maybe at news time or something? maybe you could put a check in that will check if you have a SL/TP in place..

Cheers!

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  • #167
  • Jan 21, 2015 4:01pm Jan 21, 2015 4:01pm
Quoting dman7800
Ok, I have some more testing completed overnight... Some more feedback on the EA: Stochastic Cross - Opens a trade as it should, but if you choose the "Trade closure on reversal signal" it did not close the trade when Stochastic crossed back. I still see some trades open (PSAR + ADX) that do not have a TP or SL. In last nights case, it was a plus & yielded 260 pips when I closed it manually this morning, but this could have gone either way. It seems to be at random times.. maybe at news time or something? maybe you could put a check in that will...
I have checked both queries and am unable to replicate your problems. There are 2 things to check.

1. The latest EA (uploaded 2.44pm AEST yesterday).
2. For the Stochastic cross - no ADX filter - since this may cancel out an opposite trade signal due to the value of the ADX.

For the PSAR - could not find any problem - All trades have correct TP and SL.

I suspect that the version of the EA you have may have been using was earlier in the day when there were problems particularly with trade reversal however these were fixed.
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  • #168
  • Jan 21, 2015 9:43pm Jan 21, 2015 9:43pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} Attached is a .txt file which will have to be named .set which addresses your requirements from the existing EA. I have enclosed the optimized graph and report. {image} {image} {file}
Thanks a lot for your work, but I tried all of suggested set files and the latest one too and the result is far from nice looking like yours. The profit graph steadily goes down.
  • #169
  • Jan 21, 2015 10:00pm Jan 21, 2015 10:00pm
Sorry, I didn't mean that I hit "Reset" after loading the .set file. Still have a problem in getting your results. I set up the ST for AUDUSD, M1. I next "Reset" the parameters, next loaded the .set file TG_AUD_1_2014_ContStraddle_BreadEve nFilter.set. I have the date set from 2014/01/01 to 2014/12/31. Attached is the Graph I get. Can't imagine what I could be doing wrong. Could it be the Broker? One would think the data from any Broker would allow closer results than this. I am using the MT4 ST on the Forex-Metal MT4 platform.

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  • #170
  • Jan 21, 2015 10:23pm Jan 21, 2015 10:23pm
Like B-Naire2B, I do not see the same results, almost all are at best break even, and at worst Margin calls. We must be doing something wrong, but what? I am not new at running the ST, and know that if not set properly can give some strange results. Can anyone suggest a method to track down the differences in our results? I did find the latest EMA Cross .set to be profitable, but only half as profitable as Dave's. Also noticed in this .set file EMA Cross is set to "1", Price EMA cross is set to "1", and use RSI is set to "1". Doesn't appear to affect the result though>>>
  • #171
  • Edited 11:19pm Jan 21, 2015 11:09pm | Edited 11:19pm
Quoting mwbarth36
Sorry, I didn't mean that I hit "Reset" after loading the .set file. Still have a problem in getting your results. I set up the ST for AUDUSD, M1. I next "Reset" the parameters, next loaded the .set file TG_AUD_1_2014_ContStraddle_BreadEve nFilter.set. I have the date set from 2014/01/01 to 2014/12/31. Attached is the Graph I get. Can't imagine what I could be doing wrong. Could it be the Broker? One would think the data from any Broker would allow closer results than this. I am using the MT4 ST on the Forex-Metal MT4 platform. {image}
There is definitely a difference in your data and mine. One thing I do notice is that your chart only shows 112 trades v 178 trades on my chart. Any difference in starting point in data or spreads can amount to a substantial difference. I have never heard of the Forex-Metal MT4 platform. Do you have full 2014 1min data? I used fixed spreads of 2 pips ie. 0.0002

As for B-Naire2B, I do not know for there hasn't been any details supplied.

I have included the full report as a zip file
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  • #172
  • Jan 22, 2015 3:04am Jan 22, 2015 3:04am
Hi Dave,
Are you able to assist with how I set-up your EA to achieve the below?

 

  1. Price breaks 200EMA from under > over
  2. buy-stop is placed 5 pips above high of candle which broke EMA
  3. SL is place 5 pips below previous candle
  4. trade will be managed by your normal trade management in the EA
  5. Sell stop would be in reverse steps 1-4
  6. Please see chart below for explanation... i have tried the EMA price straddle.. but no luck yet..

Cheers!
EMA Price Break.jpg

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  • #173
  • Jan 22, 2015 3:38am Jan 22, 2015 3:38am
Quoting dman7800
Hi Dave, Are you able to assist with how I set-up your EA to achieve the below? Price breaks 200EMA from under > over buy-stop is placed 5 pips above high of candle which broke EMA SL is place 5 pips below previous candle trade will be managed by your normal trade management in the EA Sell stop would be in reverse steps 1-4 Please see chart below for explanation... i have tried the EMA price straddle.. but no luck yet.. Cheers! EMA Price Break.jpg {image}...
I'm sorry. this is beyond the scope of my thread. I started this thread to get meaningful input and add value. It was never intended to provide personal solutions. Whilst I am appreciative of your input, it is quite apparent that you have a personal agenda. This was never my intention to provide personal solutions. I believe I have demonstrated this in my willingness to help with interpretation problems. I believe in your case, I have provided the closest possible solution without rewriting the EA just to suit you.

I hope you are understanding but at this stage, I repeat my own personal sentiment from about 3 pages ago, it seems to me that this is all about give, give, give with no enhancement to the thread in spite of my continued input.

Please post and correct me if I have the wrong slant!
  • #174
  • Jan 22, 2015 4:54am Jan 22, 2015 4:54am
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} I'm sorry. this is beyond the scope of my thread. I started this thread to get meaningful input and add value. It was never intended to provide personal solutions. Whilst I am appreciative of your input, it is quite apparent that you have a personal agenda. This was never my intention to provide personal solutions. I believe I have demonstrated this in my willingness to help with interpretation problems. I believe in your case, I have provided the closest possible solution without rewriting the EA just to suit you. I hope you are understanding...
Hi Dave,
I'm certainly not expecting this to be rewritten for my purpose.. I'm slowly going through all the EA options and trying to test as much as I can, so please don't take that the wrong way. I was trying to make use of the Price/EMA cross in the EA and wanted to pair it with the straddle some how..
Going forward, I will not pose any more questions outside of the EA.. I will continue to test and provide feedback when I have a working strategy.

Cheers & thanks for all the effort put in so far..
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  • #175
  • Jan 22, 2015 5:23am Jan 22, 2015 5:23am
Quoting dman7800
{quote} Hi Dave, I'm certainly not expecting this to be rewritten for my purpose.. I'm slowly going through all the EA options and trying to test as much as I can, so please don't take that the wrong way. I was trying to make use of the Price/EMA cross in the EA and wanted to pair it with the straddle some how.. Going forward, I will not pose any more questions outside of the EA.. I will continue to test and provide feedback when I have a working strategy. Cheers & thanks for all the effort put in so far..
I appreciate your candid reply. Whilst I cannot provide a specific solution, my reply would be similar to Post #163. I would ask you to be understanding and look to provide your own ingenuity in that I provided a solution to the Long Term MA by giving an extended look back on the Price/EMA cross using a long term EMA. Regarding Buy Stops and Sell Stops, I have provided tools for these trades but your requirements are very specific.

To give you an example as to why I am hesitant, I provided solutions for Traders Dynamic Index to be taken into account for trade closure which would on strength to be a waste of my programming time because the requestor has simply disappeared with no positive input and no one else is interested. I want to grow this thread for everybody's benefit including myself!
  • #176
  • Jan 22, 2015 5:27am Jan 22, 2015 5:27am
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} I appreciate your candid reply. Whilst I cannot provide a specific solution, my reply would be similar to Post #163. I would ask you to be understanding and look to provide your own ingenuity in that I provided a solution to the Long Term MA by giving an extended look back on the Price/EMA cross using a long term EMA. Regarding Buy Stops and Sell Stops, I have provided tools for these trades but your requirements are very specific. To give you an example as to...
Thank you Dave, I understand fully, I will further my research on the finer points of the EA, and I intend to post whatever positive strategy I can come up with.. I just need to find it first..

Cheers
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  • #177
  • Jan 22, 2015 9:38am Jan 22, 2015 9:38am
Quoting winforex
{quote} I have been back testing different settings and of the many variations i tried, following resulted in profit. PRICE/EMA cross STOP LOSS = 70 TAKE PROFIE = 250 PRIME/EMA CROSS = 1 SINGLE EMA = 15 EMA SHIFT = 2 Net profit = 826
dear winforex
give me good setting or share setfiles

thank you
advance
  • #178
  • Jan 24, 2015 5:12am Jan 24, 2015 5:12am
Dear Dave ,

I have read the post above that you don't gonna provide any personalized solutions. I am back testing already for 4 hours now with no luck.

The only help that i need is simple yes or no .

I want to use EMAprice cross and Stochastic cross is that possible with this EA. I am attaching set file if you can have a look at it need to rename it but i am sure that you already know this.

If not in order to continue with some other combination.

Thanks in advance.
Attached File(s)
File Type: txt Stoch + Emacrossprice.txt   11 KB | 416 downloads
  • #179
  • Jan 24, 2015 6:17am Jan 24, 2015 6:17am
Thanks Dave .I tested on demo.
  • #180
  • Jan 24, 2015 6:40am Jan 24, 2015 6:40am
Never look a gift horse in the mouth, or you willing to add something to this great EA ?
Look at something long enough, you will eventually get it.
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