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  • #481
  • Feb 26, 2016 4:43am Feb 26, 2016 4:43am
Nice one Kombela, I will take a look .. not sure how I missed that, I read the whole thread but thought that was a list of news items .. couldnt see the wood for the trees

Cheers
Mark
  • #482
  • Feb 26, 2016 4:54am Feb 26, 2016 4:54am
Now, that is exactly what I need !!! .. one EA lots of symbols and lots of options for each one .. awesome to both Alan and you



Happy trading all
  • #483
  • Feb 26, 2016 6:10am Feb 26, 2016 6:10am
Hi Kombela, interestingly, I had numerous trades set to run but it only opened the one on the last line of the file ? any ideas ? I checked the file, it doesnt have a space or new line after the last trade line.

I opened the EA on EURUSD, set the read from list to true, set up the list file, the first trade in the list was EURUSD and the last one was AUDCAD, there were a couple in between and it only opened the AUDCAD one.

Probably something I have done incorrectly, any pointers ?

Cheers
Mark
  • #484
  • Feb 26, 2016 4:43pm Feb 26, 2016 4:43pm
Hi!

First of all, thanks to the programmer(s) for this commendable job!!

After reading this thread i have still a question:
Is it possible to set the EA only to go short or long? (Or to modify the magnitude (PointsAway) of pips for each direction.)
To minimize the risk it would be nice to put a pending order only in one direcetion (it's the case in a few news events).
So i would harvest a few pips if the chart is in my interst, or otherwise i complete the news without losses.
For example the GBP Constrution PMI on next Wendnesday is a candidate for it.
In my observation it did a good performance in every bear situation but hardly in bullish situations.

If it's not included now, it would be a further improvment proposal for the next version.

Thanks!
  • #485
  • Feb 26, 2016 4:48pm Feb 26, 2016 4:48pm
Hi Mark,

It will always show you the details for the trade that it is supposed to handle. It means that if you set up a trade for today 13:30 and the next for 21:00, the "forget previous trades.." is 30s SecBPO is 20s, than it will display the settings for the 13:30 trade till 20:59:10 (21:00:00 - 20s -30s). At 20:59:10 it switches to the 21:00 trade.
Also be aware that the trades have to be in time-order in the list.

If it doesn't help, please send me the list-file. I will try it and see what the problem may be.
  • #486
  • Feb 27, 2016 10:57am Feb 27, 2016 10:57am
hi kombela, that makes perfect sense, thanks for the response
  • #487
  • Feb 28, 2016 11:25am Feb 28, 2016 11:25am
[quote=Pupsik;8754888]{quote} Aw sorry I forgot about the slipcheck, I confused it with the max slippage function. And Good Luck with your new projects! Thank you for maintaining the Amazing [/quote

Um not sure how your order was triggered but i noticed that after the orders are modified just before news, they will trail and move away from the price trigger until news time then they stop trailing.

I hope that helps to have in mind
  • #488
  • Feb 28, 2016 11:48am Feb 28, 2016 11:48am
Anybody noticed how the orders Trail away from the trigger between secBAO and News Time?
  • #489
  • Feb 28, 2016 8:37pm Feb 28, 2016 8:37pm
Quoting klet
Hi! First of all, thanks to the programmer(s) for this commendable job!! After reading this thread i have still a question: Is it possible to set the EA only to go short or long? (Or to modify the magnitude (PointsAway) of pips for each direction.) To minimize the risk it would be nice to put a pending order only in one direcetion (it's the case in a few news events). So i would harvest a few pips if the chart is in my interst, or otherwise i complete the news without losses. For example the GBP Constrution PMI on next Wendnesday...
AllowBuys=True
AllowSells=False

means go long only !

And vice-versa.



Alan
  • #490
  • Feb 29, 2016 3:26am Feb 29, 2016 3:26am
Hi Kombela, I have attached an example list file confg .. just want to run 3 x times through the day, basically same settings for all to start with while I see how it goes, did this all yesterday to pick up last nights trading, It did the 23:59 trade, but didnt handle the 08:59 trade, still showed 23:59 trade .. changed the list file to pick up the 8:59 trade at 09:15 as the last line in the file, it picked that up, killed it off, reloaded the original list file and it still shows 23:59 trade as the next trade even tho there is one for midday'sih .. any help greatly appreciated..

many thanks
Mark
Attached File(s)
File Type: txt AmazingEA_TradeList_GBPUSD_example.txt   < 1 KB | 283 downloads
  • #491
  • Feb 29, 2016 4:32am Feb 29, 2016 4:32am
Quoting Statty
Anybody noticed how the orders Trail away from the trigger between secBAO and News Time?
Dude that is the spread widening the closer you get to News Time.

Alan
  • #492
  • Feb 29, 2016 4:41am Feb 29, 2016 4:41am
Quoting MarkT21
Hi Kombela, I have attached an example list file confg .. just want to run 3 x times through the day, basically same settings for all to start with while I see how it goes, did this all yesterday to pick up last nights trading, It did the 23:59 trade, but didnt handle the 08:59 trade, still showed 23:59 trade .. changed the list file to pick up the 8:59 trade at 09:15 as the last line in the file, it picked that up, killed it off, reloaded the original list file and it still shows 23:59 trade as the next trade even tho there is one for midday'sih...
Mark

You don't actually need to use the list version for this. Set the normal EA up on 3 charts (can be the same Currency Pair). Set the time on each one but not the Date (leave NYear, NMonth and NDay all set to 0). In fact this will work better than the list as the trades will be managed separately. By not setting the date, the EA will trade every day. In other words as long as the trades each last less than 24 hrs, they won't conflict with each other.

One thing you should be aware of....many brokers restart their servers at 00:00 and they come back on line within a minute or two, but it can cause EA trades at 00:00 to not work.

Does that help?

Alan
  • #493
  • Edited 5:39am Feb 29, 2016 5:22am | Edited 5:39am
Thanks Alan, and yes, I initially had lots of charts for the same pairs with different times in each, and then multiply that by 4 or 5 pairs then I ended up with loads of charts open .. so, ideally, what I wanted was to have one chart for each pair running all the times for that pair with the list version, or, ideally, one chart running all the times for tall the pairs, but, I don't think the list version will allow you to run 2 x trade setups at the same time, so, I went back to one chart per pair with all the times for that pair in the list .. but, I dont think I have set it up correctly as it missed my 08:59 .. the brokers was fine, it opened up the 23:59 ones, but then when I checked this morning at 08:59 it didnt open those ones.
  • #494
  • Feb 29, 2016 5:40am Feb 29, 2016 5:40am
Quoting MarkT21
Thanks Alan, and yes, I initially had lots of charts for the same pairs with different times in each, I wanted a way to have just a couple of charts as the load on my trading VM was going up and thought the list version would fix that, but, I still need at least one chart per pair with the lsit as I tend to trade the same times for a certain number of pairs and I dont think the list version can trade 2 x pairs at the same time ?
The list version wouldn't be able to trade 2 pairs at the same time, no. I once tried Breakout trading with the EA and it could handle trading 5 currency pairs at the London opne, no problem. I was using a VM. 1GHZ Single CPU, 2GB RAM, 40 GB HDD. Might need a bigger VM !

Alan
  • #495
  • Feb 29, 2016 6:42am Feb 29, 2016 6:42am
Ok, might have a go at some mods then to see if I can get it somewhere where I would like it to be for my trading style .. thanks for the input so far
  • #496
  • Feb 29, 2016 12:17pm Feb 29, 2016 12:17pm
Hi Mark,

I just took a look at the list file you sent me and it instantly became clear to me why you have that strange behavior:
I always considered this EA as a news trader EA with fix dates. I never used, never tested the mode that you enter no date, but only the time of the day. It was totally under my radar. I am sorry that it caused such a misunderstanding.
So, I will take a look into it and will see what I can do...

Until than you can make a list for you using fix dates, let's say you repeat your daily trades 5 times with the correct dates for those and you are done for a week.

I attach your example modified for 3 consecutive days, just to be extra sure we are on the same page
Attached File(s)
File Type: txt AmazingEA_TradeList_GBPUSD_example_fix_dates.txt   < 1 KB | 423 downloads
  • #497
  • Feb 29, 2016 4:29pm Feb 29, 2016 4:29pm
Quoting Alan111S
{quote} AllowBuys=True AllowSells=False means go long only ! And vice-versa. Alan
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
  • #498
  • Mar 1, 2016 5:13am Mar 1, 2016 5:13am
Hi Kombela, thanks, that also makes sense .. I can build a file for the week and include the news items also .. I am just testing at the moment, so, am really honing down on what I can do with this EA, its very good .. I am getting some decent results based on some of my trading strategies .. all demo atm .. I have a long way to go before I go live .. many thanks again to both you and Alan for your work on this and responding .. keep up the good work
  • #499
  • Mar 3, 2016 6:34am Mar 3, 2016 6:34am
Hello dear traders . Who knows how to add AmazingEA grid of pending orders ?
  • #500
  • Mar 3, 2016 3:38pm Mar 3, 2016 3:38pm
Quoting MarkT21
Hi Kombela, thanks, that also makes sense .. I can build a file for the week and include the news items also .. I am just testing at the moment, so, am really honing down on what I can do with this EA, its very good .. I am getting some decent results based on some of my trading strategies .. all demo atm .. I have a long way to go before I go live .. many thanks again to both you and Alan for your work on this and responding .. keep up the good work
Hi Mark,

You are welcome. I already have corrected the error you faced, will let you know as soon as it is ready for release. By the way, for what do you use the the EA? I only use it for news trading, so getting to know another use-case sounds interesting to me.
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