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  • #341
  • Apr 11, 2016 4:03am Apr 11, 2016 4:03am
Thanks Dave,

I've changed the Within X Bars Ago setting to 1 across all the conditions. I'm running on the 1 MIN chart across 4 pairs so should get some triggers tonight.

Will send an update through once I know more.

Cheers,

Mark
  • #342
  • Apr 11, 2016 4:24am Apr 11, 2016 4:24am
Quoting modo7777
Thanks Dave, I've changed the Within X Bars Ago setting to 1 across all the conditions. I'm running on the 1 MIN chart across 4 pairs so should get some triggers tonight. Will send an update through once I know more. Cheers, Mark
That will result in very few trades.

I would urge you to review your trading practice and concentrate more on Money Management. Stop Losses and Take Profits in the hundreds are high expectations on anything less than Daily charts.
  • #343
  • Edited 5:23am Apr 11, 2016 5:12am | Edited 5:23am
Hi dave. Thanks for this it's damn great for someone who doesn't know coding.
I just had a question. I have attached a set file for which I want all the conditions to be fulfilled to be able to open a trade. But it seems to be opening trades as soon as I put it on the chart.

eg for buy
price should be above 250ema
price should be above 35 sma and 50 ema
35 sma and 50 ema should be above 250 ema
price touches ema 50 in last 5 bars
price touches sma 35 in last 5 bars


Could you check the file and see where I went wrong?
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  • #344
  • Apr 11, 2016 5:44am Apr 11, 2016 5:44am
Quoting ben.deschain
{quote} Hi Dave Have tried it before several time during the WE and l am still having an issue... For example...l am actually offline...have deleted 1) Tester history file 2)History Metaquote-Demo file 3) all history file using F2 When done have imported data...everything ok...close window Now l am back to M1 Chart...as soon as l refresh...if l hit F2 again...Unexpectedly 11 days of AUDUSD are added to data (see below)...Have no idea from where that come from...and more... if l go back to ''History Metaquote-Demo file'' a file EURUSD15.hst showed...
Hi Ben
Probably no consolation but you are not alone - spent 4 hours early today with the same issue and no resolution ...
When you are successful perhaps give a thought to others ... Kiva dot org
  • #345
  • Apr 11, 2016 7:33am Apr 11, 2016 7:33am
Hi Dave,

Thanks for your comments regarding money management etc... they are correct. The settings I'm working with are secondary, as the main aim for me is to get the Agility Trader levers working. Both attached set files are failing to trigger trades on my platform. One example on NZDUSD using my set file the other on EURJPY using out of the box RSI with SL and TP. Maybe I need to try re-installing MT4 or something like that!

Thanks for assistance thus far and by for now.

Mark
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  • #346
  • Apr 11, 2016 9:03am Apr 11, 2016 9:03am
Quoting PayItForward
{quote} Hi Ben Probably no consolation but you are not alone - spent 4 hours early today with the same issue and no resolution ...
Hi Richard
Thanks to let me know l am not alone with this puzzle...
Still don't work...
So l am continuing live demo testing instead of tester...

As l cannot rely always on Dave for each little dumb question l may have...(Dave is busy trying helping everyone...)

Wondering if one of you guys have success with trailing stop...Breakeven trailing stop works but won't trail further...Do not know why? Below my setup...
Then for now l put it manually from MT4...just want 20P TS from Breakeven...
If we can help each other on easy ones... it may reduce Dave's load...For everyone's good...
Thanks for your help...
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  • #347
  • Edited 3:17pm Apr 11, 2016 3:04pm | Edited 3:17pm
Quoting moneydeep
Hi dave. Thanks for this it's damn great for someone who doesn't know coding. I just had a question. I have attached a set file for which I want all the conditions to be fulfilled to be able to open a trade. But it seems to be opening trades as soon as I put it on the chart. eg for buy price should be above 250ema price should be above 35 sma and 50 ema 35 sma and 50 ema should be above 250 ema price touches ema 50 in last 5 bars price touches sma 35 in last 5 bars Could you check the file and see where I went wrong? {file}
​You have used the join "(and" instead of "and". The result of that join is that each condition becomes provisional therefore there is not actually a complete failure for the conditions to be satisfied hence orders are opened.

Having said that, you also have a problem with your conditions which specify "=", because to have that satisfied, the values would have to be exactly equal. Because the calculations are computed up to 6 decimal points, that condition would most unlikely to be ever filled. You need to use "greater than", "less than", "crosses above"or "crosses below". The only time I can visualise using "=" is in time calculations.
  • #348
  • Edited 4:11pm Apr 11, 2016 3:13pm | Edited 4:11pm
Quoting PayItForward
{quote} Hi Ben Probably no consolation but you are not alone - spent 4 hours early today with the same issue and no resolution ...
​Can you and Ben and for that matter anybody else interested, copy the contents of the \Program Files (x86)\Metatrader 4 to a memory stick subdirectory \AgilityTraderMT4 and create a shorcut on your desktop to "X:\AgilityTraderMT4\terminal.exe /portable" where X is the designated drive of the memory stick.

The /portable option forces the installation to be self contained and that memory stick version of MT4 can be loaded from anywhere as long as it is started with the /portable option.

Then try the procedure in Post #333
  • #349
  • Apr 11, 2016 3:22pm Apr 11, 2016 3:22pm
Quoting ben.deschain
{quote} Hi Richard Thanks to let me know l am not alone with this puzzle... Still don't work... So l am continuing live demo testing instead of tester... As l cannot rely always on Dave for each little dumb question l may have...(Dave is busy trying helping everyone...) Wondering if one of you guys have success with trailing stop...Breakeven trailing stop works but won't trail further...Do not know why? Below my setup... Then for now l put it manually from MT4...just want 20P TS from Breakeven... If we can help each other on easy ones... it may...
Hello ​Ben. I'm not sure that you completely understand the mechanics of a trailing stop in conjunction with Break Even.

If for example your Trailing Stop was 50 and your Break Even was 30, At +30 the Break Even would modify the Stop Loss to Break Even. There would be no further adjustment to Stop Loss until Profit was +50.
  • #350
  • Edited 4:49pm Apr 11, 2016 3:50pm | Edited 4:49pm
Quoting modo7777
Hi Dave, Thanks for your comments regarding money management etc... they are correct. The settings I'm working with are secondary, as the main aim for me is to get the Agility Trader levers working. Both attached set files are failing to trigger trades on my platform. One example on NZDUSD using my set file the other on EURJPY using out of the box RSI with SL and TP. Maybe I need to try re-installing MT4 or something like that! Thanks for assistance thus far and by for now. Mark {file} {image} {file} {image}
Hello Mark.

I checked your EMA CCI MACD strategy and the Within_X_Bars values were set at zero hence no trades. Refer Post #323.

With the RSI strategy, when I checked on backtest for the 11th with that pair, everything was in order but I did note that there was an existing trade at the time in question however by looking at your chart, I suspect it was a forward test. At this stage I have no conclusive explanation for that. Could you run a backtest and confirm that the trades are OK because backtesting replicates trading conditions in a general sense.
  • #351
  • Apr 11, 2016 4:28pm Apr 11, 2016 4:28pm
Hi Dave,

Nice topic and good work done here, i have installed the Ea and for the last 2 days NO trades have been hit, My Buy criteria are;
1. SLow EMA4 crosses Fast EMA 8
2. Price breaks above SMA 20
3. SLOW MACD crosses FAST MACD.
lot size- 0.50, tp- 6, sl- 30, 5 digit broker demo
have i wrongly entered values or is there some other is
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Kindly guide
Thanks in advance
  • #352
  • Edited 4:50pm Apr 11, 2016 4:39pm | Edited 4:50pm
Quoting Jaisingh
Hi Dave, Nice topic and good work done here, i have installed the Ea and for the last 2 days NO trades have been hit, My Buy criteria are; 1. SLow EMA4 crosses Fast EMA 8 2. Price breaks above SMA 20 3. SLOW MACD crosses FAST MACD. lot size- 0.50, tp- 6, sl- 30, 5 digit broker demo have i wrongly entered values or is there some other is {image} Kindly guide Thanks in advance
​Please upload your set file (as .txt) in future.

A quick look at your input panel suggests that your Within_X_Bars values are too low. The chances of all your conditions being fulfilled wihin 2 bars are very minimal. Consider using "greater than" or "less than" instead of "crosses".

Also I notice you are not using the current version.
  • #353
  • Apr 11, 2016 5:53pm Apr 11, 2016 5:53pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} ​Please upload your set file (as .txt) in future. A quick look at your input panel suggests that your Within_X_Bars values are too low. The chances of all your conditions being fulfilled wihin 2 bars are very minimal. Consider using "greater than" or "less than" instead of "crosses". Also I notice you are not using the current version.
Thanks Dave for the guidance, which is the Current version kindly suggest
  • #354
  • Apr 11, 2016 6:11pm Apr 11, 2016 6:11pm
Quoting Jaisingh
{quote} Thanks Dave for the guidance, which is the Current version kindly suggest
Always at Post #1 along with a revision diary.
  • #355
  • Apr 11, 2016 6:39pm Apr 11, 2016 6:39pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} Hello ​Ben. I'm not sure that you completely understand the mechanics of a trailing stop in conjunction with Break Even. If for example your Trailing Stop was 50 and your Break Even was 30, At +30 the Break Even would modify the Stop Loss to Break Even. There would be no further adjustment to Stop Loss until Profit was +50.
Hi Dave

Ok l understand breakeven is a fixed nominated value... So if l want a trailing stop of 20P...Can l do it ?

Concerning Portable Mt4...My Result stay same...l am sorry...

Thanks
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  • #356
  • Apr 11, 2016 7:18pm Apr 11, 2016 7:18pm
Quoting ben.deschain
{quote} Hi Dave Ok l understand breakeven is a fixed nominated value... So if l want a trailing stop of 20P...Can l do it ? Concerning Portable Mt4...My Result stay same...l am sorry... Thanks {image} {image}
Of course you can have a 20 pip trailing stop. You haven't mentioned a BreakEven setting. Can you describe exactly your problem and upload a set file and I will investigate.

Regarding your data problems, here is what I have found. Even when you are logged out, any refresh of the 1 minute chart will bring in new data. I don't know from where, maybe a hidden cache within the Operating System maybe even from the Metaquotes server and that immediately causes the data mismatch errors and I even experienced the problem myself.

The way I fixed the problem was to only have say an hourly chart open when you did the import. After the import, change the chart to 1 min setting and the chart will automatically fill with imported data only (do not press refresh). Then use Period Converter to create the other timeframes and perform your backtests using the every tick method and there should be no chart errors.
  • #357
  • Apr 11, 2016 7:55pm Apr 11, 2016 7:55pm
​I have enclosed a couple of articles which are relevant on data mismatch errors. The first article accurately descibes the problem and a procedure very similar to the post above.

http://thetrademachine.com/blog/2009...sting-quality/

https://www.mql4.com/search#!keyword...0errors&page=1
  • #358
  • Apr 11, 2016 8:01pm Apr 11, 2016 8:01pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} Of course you can have a 20 pip trailing stop. You haven't mentioned a BreakEven setting. Can you describe exactly your problem and upload a set file and I will investigate. Regarding your data problems, here is what I have found. Even when you are logged out, any refresh of the 1 minute chart will bring in new data. I don't know from where, maybe a hidden cache within the Operating System maybe even from the Metaquotes server and that immediately causes the data mismatch errors and I even experienced the problem myself. The way I...
Sorry for the confusion: l have no problem with any set file...Just do not know where to place a fixed value( ex 20P) as a trailing stop...Have read PDF several time...Found that: ''Trailing Stop Loss
Allows for the Stop Loss to be automatically adjusted as Profit increases to maintain a fixed gap (the Stop
Loss value in pips) from the maximum profit level" But l still do not know where to place the input...

Regarding data problem...see below results...That's driving me crazy...Hope it will be over soon...Your patience is exemplary...
Thanks
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  • #359
  • Apr 11, 2016 9:01pm Apr 11, 2016 9:01pm
Quoting ben.deschain
{quote} Sorry for the confusion: l have no problem with any set file...Just do not know where to place a fixed value( ex 20P) as a trailing stop...Have read PDF several time...Found that: ''Trailing Stop Loss Allows for the Stop Loss to be automatically adjusted as Profit increases to maintain a fixed gap (the Stop Loss value in pips) from the maximum profit level" But l still do not know where to place the input... Regarding data problem...see below results...That's driving me crazy...Hope it will be over soon...Your patience is exemplary... Thanks...
The second matter first and this is good for a laugh or even a cry. I contacted Metaquotes this morning over the data mismatch errors and was referred to my Broker even after explaining that this occurs even being disconnected from the Broker. I then contacted my Broker who was most helpful and explained that the limit on the number of bars of history was imposed by Metaquotes and that whilst he was aware of the Data Mismatch problems, his Company did not have a solution and he referred me to Metaquotes.

A this stage, I have made a post on the Metaquotes MT4 forum -

"I host a forum at Forex Factory and we are all experiencing similar problems. The basic problem is backtesting with the last 3 months of 1 minute data. Because only approximately 2 months of 1 minute data is available through the brokers, we are performing a data import of 1 minute data from a third party provider. Even though the import is carried out after going offline and deleting the history files in the server history folder and the tester history folder, current data is being introduced on any refresh even when disconnected from the broker. We are unable to locate the origin of the new data given that we are disconnected from the broker and this data refresh immediately causes data mismatch errors on backtesting. I contacted the Metaquotes Australian office and they were very evasive and suggest that I contacted my Broker even after explaining that this problem occurs even when disconnected."

I might add that the procedure I detailed in Post #356 does work but needs to be repeated each time you backtest.

Regarding your errors, that has nothing to do with mismatched data and I can see that you have finally mastered the procedure. Ben I can't help you as long as you don't post your set file (upload as .txt). I don't know how many times I have said that but it continues to happen.

Back to your first query - The Stop Loss is a nominated value of 20. If you set it to trail, it will trail your profits by 20 pips being updated in 5 pip steps if you leave the default step size at 5. I can't really understand what your problem is, you simply input the stop loss size as a nominated value. It is highlighted in the diagram below. The option to trail is 3 boxes below. If you don't require a trail, double click that and select "Fixed Stop Loss".
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  • #360
  • Edited 10:10pm Apr 11, 2016 9:44pm | Edited 10:10pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote}The second matter first and this is good for a laugh or even a cry. I contacted Metaquotes this morning over the data mismatch errors and was referred to my Broker even after explaining that this occurs even being disconnected from the Broker. I then contacted my Broker who was most helpful and explained that the limit on the number of bars of history was imposed by Metaquotes and that whilst he was aware of the Data Mismatch problems, his Company did not have a solution and he referred me to Metaquotes. A this stage, I have made a post on...
l am ok with TS now...

Regarding the set file...didn't realized you were asking me the one l was testing with...sorry...it is the set file you provided : AUDUSD_RSI_60_Jan_Mar_2016 along with AUDUSD_1min_Jan_Mar_2016
l am just trying to reproduce your post 290 since a while... nothing more...
Was able to do it once(first time) but never again...

Will retry your method on EU( with file you have provided) as per post 356

Keep you posted
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