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  • #101
  • Mar 28, 2016 3:48am Mar 28, 2016 3:48am
Hi Dave,
I am pretty sure everyone here appreciates the huge work here. I was just wondering if it is possible to make the ea able to automatically distinguish between a range-bound market and a trending market. I personaly do this in the EAs I write and it gives the EA an edge to detect the market condition itself (One step towards artificial intelligence ) In pseudo-code, buy orders would look something like:

if( TREND_CONDITION ) // Detected a trend market and will trade accordingly
{

If(BUY_TREND_CONDITION)
{
OPEN_BUY_STOP_ORDER
}

}

else. // Market is range bound and would (scalp) trade accordingly
{

If(BUY_RANGE_CONDITION)
{
PLACE_BUY_LIMIT_ORDER
}


}
  • #102
  • Mar 28, 2016 5:45am Mar 28, 2016 5:45am
Hello Dave,

I read so many good things here about the Agility trader EA that I downloaded and wanted to try it. but It does not appear in my Experts folder on the left hand side, I have double checked and it is there but it does not appear, so I can not put it on the chart. My MT4 is Version 4, Build 950, Dec 23, 2015. Can you help? Its probably my mistake. Thank you Senan.
  • #103
  • Mar 28, 2016 5:49am Mar 28, 2016 5:49am
Quoting Senan7
Hello Dave, I read so many good things here about the Agility trader EA that I downloaded and wanted to try it. but It does not appear in my Experts folder on the left hand side, I have double checked and it is there but it does not appear, so I can not put it on the chart. My MT4 is Version 4, Build 950, Dec 23, 2015. Can you help? Its probably my mistake. Thank you Senan.
Did you Copy & Paste it in the right place using File - Open Data Folder?

Did you restart MT4 after doing that?

An alternative is to Right Click on Expert Advisors and choose Refresh

Good Luck
It takes a lot for me to IGNORE you, but you can try.
  • #104
  • Mar 28, 2016 6:12am Mar 28, 2016 6:12am
Hello Erebus,

Yes, I have done all this. Still does not show for selection. I forgot to mention that is in the Expert folder in the MQL4 and it is physically there, I have double checked and restarted and refreshed the MT4

Any other suggestions.

Thank you
  • #105
  • Mar 28, 2016 6:33am Mar 28, 2016 6:33am
Hello Guys,

Thank you. Got it. Now is on the chart. My fault. As I thought. Please disregard my request for help.
Senan
  • #106
  • Mar 28, 2016 8:54am Mar 28, 2016 8:54am
Quoting Dave_C
I have enclosed a basic indicator which simply plots a line of the close prices. If you place the files in your indicators directory and attach the file to a chart you will see a basic grey line on the chart. If you click on the mq4 file the MT4 editor will open and the source code is revealed. In line 30 you will see the following line. OutputValue[Counter] = Close[Counter]; by substituting this line with these 3 lines you will have made a custom indicator which can be read by Agility Trader. In this case there are no parameters OutputValue[Counter]...
Hi Dave

First of all : Have to say my coding skill is none

l did my best to do what you said post 89


Did add indics into chart...Close set-up windows, nothing happenned so far…
Did compile, no error detected
Did change 3 lines, compiled...so far no error found...But Mt4 froze forever...had to reiinstall it obviously l did something wrong…

Then will wait your video for dummies
  • #107
  • Mar 28, 2016 12:23pm Mar 28, 2016 12:23pm
hello Dave
Your work is what we were ignorant of the programming dreaming ... thanks
I see that to compile a new ea with custom indicators have to make a contribution .... I think right ...
My question is ..... have to contribute every time you compile a new one?
Sorry for my English
  • #108
  • Mar 28, 2016 2:41pm Mar 28, 2016 2:41pm
Quoting ben.deschain
{quote} Hi Dave First of all : Have to say my coding skill is none l did my best to do what you said post 89 Did add indics into chart...Close set-up windows, nothing happenned so far Did compile, no error detected Did change 3 lines, compiled...so far no error found...But Mt4 froze forever...had to reiinstall it obviously l did something wrong Then will wait your video for dummies
Wiil try to make a video today.
  • #109
  • Mar 28, 2016 2:43pm Mar 28, 2016 2:43pm
Quoting fmr777
hello Dave Your work is what we were ignorant of the programming dreaming ... thanks I see that to compile a new ea with custom indicators have to make a contribution .... I think right ... My question is ..... have to contribute every time you compile a new one? Sorry for my English
​My intention is not to turn non programmers into programmers but to give them the capability to create their own conditions.
  • #110
  • Mar 28, 2016 3:35pm Mar 28, 2016 3:35pm
I mentioned in Post #95 that I would respond to the question of turning the corner in profitability.

Most of you who have read my posts would know that I am an advocate of sound Money Management. Unfortunately we are at a distinct disadvantage in our trading because we have no indication of the amount of money being shifted in the market, only the number of trades. There are of course certain times of the day when we are aware that things are happening.

These times are

  1. Market Opening and Closing
  2. Economic News Releases
  3. Major World Events

At other times, the market moves in response to supply and demand and that is governed primarily by the weight of money If there was to be a single overriding factor in my opinion, it would be the oil price and that is why personally I always have the WTI chart opened.

I was not always profitable but I am now and I trade full time. My defining moment was when I stuck to my plan and did not waver with emotional trading. I now realise that most of the time I really have no idea of where the market is heading but I am recognisant of the 3 factors above. I did get involved in a debate recently where another trader was advocating a 100% profit on a monthly basis. Do not expect that if you want to remain in business.

This leads me to the point of the custom indicators. You must have a trading plan. One of the more successful threads at the moment is "trend catching with the NonLagDot indicator" hosted by Lebaneese. From Day 1 he had a plan and that was a weekly target. Plenty of curved balls along the way but he has always stuck to his plan. I incorporated the concept of basket trading into the EA for that reason. Not being too greedy will help you in your endeavours.

This brings me to a general trading plan.

  1. Maximum of 2% of capital risk in opening wager. Even less if using Wager Increase Multiple
  2. Do not trade before major economic releases
  3. Always respect support and resistance levels (Fibs, Pivots, Channels)
  4. Look for divergence
  5. The trend is your friend

Remember that currency trading is like turning a ship. Does not happen on the spot. Certainly short term fluctuations can be due to technical factors but overall fundamentals rule the market. I advocate trading after news releases when the market has made up its mind. I propose to use the custom indicators like a check list and itemise the trading times with a view to introducing the straddle trade concept and more use of limit orders and stop orders which seem to be generally misunderstood in the market.

In summary it is all in the timing of your trade and the Money Management aspects rather than picking the market direction.

  • #111
  • Edited 10:35pm Mar 28, 2016 4:15pm | Edited 10:35pm
Quoting Ahly1907
Hi Dave, I am pretty sure everyone here appreciates the huge work here. I was just wondering if it is possible to make the ea able to automatically distinguish between a range-bound market and a trending market. I personaly do this in the EAs I write and it gives the EA an edge to detect the market condition itself (One step towards artificial intelligence ) In pseudo-code, buy orders would look something like: if( TREND_CONDITION ) // Detected a trend market and will trade accordingly { If(BUY_TREND_CONDITION) { OPEN_BUY_STOP_ORDER } } else....
You can use the custom indicator to do that.

Any decision making process can now be incorporated and that is why I am so enthusiastic about this new addition. Here is a another code snippet for everyone.

OutputValue [Counter]== 0;
if (DayOfWeek() == 4 && Hour()== 8 && Minute()==0) OutputValue[Counter]= 1;

That simply means provide a trade signal at 8am MT4 time on Thursdays. (Refer Post #89)

EDIT:
You could provide 3 input parameters for the indicator and then it would be even more functional.
I will touch on this in the video later today. Don't forget the pause and rewind!
  • #112
  • Mar 28, 2016 4:18pm Mar 28, 2016 4:18pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} ​My intention is not to turn non programmers into programmers but to give them the capability to create their own conditions.
Maybe I did not explain well .... I feel great and I appreciate it but still do not know if for every compilation with a new custom indicator must make a contribution ... thanks and forgive my desire to know the answer
  • #113
  • Mar 28, 2016 4:29pm Mar 28, 2016 4:29pm
Quoting fmr777
{quote} Maybe I did not explain well .... I feel great and I appreciate it but still do not know if for every compilation with a new custom indicator must make a contribution ... thanks and forgive my desire to know the answer
I still don't understand your query.

Custom Indicators will need to recompiled and inserted into the Indicators subdirectory.
  • #114
  • Mar 28, 2016 4:50pm Mar 28, 2016 4:50pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} I still don't understand your query. Custom Indicators will need to recompiled and inserted into the Indicators subdirectory.
I want to change nonlagdot other, I suppose to create the new ea with the new indicator I click "enable read / write" ... maybe this wrong .... correct me if I'm wrong ... thanks for your patience
  • #115
  • Mar 28, 2016 7:31pm Mar 28, 2016 7:31pm
Quoting fmr777
{quote} I want to change nonlagdot other, I suppose to create the new ea with the new indicator I click "enable read / write" ... maybe this wrong .... correct me if I'm wrong ... thanks for your patience
I have now uploaded the Video - Introduction to User Indicators. Hopefully that will answer your query. Unfortunately I'm having trouble understanding your question.

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  • #116
  • Mar 28, 2016 8:12pm Mar 28, 2016 8:12pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote}I have now uploaded the Video - Introduction to User Indicators. Hopefully that will answer your query. Unfortunately I'm having trouble understanding your question. https://youtu.be/ylXBToMLYf8
Right on Dave Thanks
l saw where l did my mistake this morning...l totally screwed up

Now l am ok...l am actually doing some test on my own...so far everything is fine, some trades are running...
Waiting the next episode...l am excited...
About TF...If you don't select any the EA use, l think the one on the chart
Ben
  • #117
  • Edited 8:38pm Mar 28, 2016 8:27pm | Edited 8:38pm
Quoting ben.deschain
{quote} Right on Dave Thanks l saw where l did my mistake this morning...l totally screwed up Now l am ok...l am actually doing some test on my own...so far everything is fine, some trades are running... Waiting the next episode...l am excited... About TF...If you don't select any the EA use, l think the one on the chart Ben
The user indicator will by default be tied to the timeframe of the Chart but there is no reason that another timeframe can't be referenced.

Instead of using Close[3] etc., your argument will use iClose.

You could add a user parameter to the indicator by using an extern variable to reference another timeframe. This would be placed at Line 7 in the example.

extern int RequiredTimeFrame;

Instead of Close[3] you would use iClose(Symbol(),RequiredTimeFrame,3)
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  • #118
  • Mar 28, 2016 10:39pm Mar 28, 2016 10:39pm
Hi Dave,
Thank you for this great EA.
  • #119
  • Mar 28, 2016 11:04pm Mar 28, 2016 11:04pm
Very impressive coding here . . .

Looking forward to testing different theories/ideas.

Thanks for your efforts.
N.
  • #120
  • Mar 29, 2016 12:28am Mar 29, 2016 12:28am
If you have need for the UserIndicator2 slot, please download an update.

I will hold off on a general revision at this stage.
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