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  • #101
  • Aug 21, 2006 5:51am Aug 21, 2006 5:51am
Hi
Can someone tell me why this won't work please..

thanks
cruise
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File Type: mq4 Straddle_EA_v0[1].1.mq4   3 KB | 1,074 downloads
  • #102
  • Aug 21, 2006 9:59pm Aug 21, 2006 9:59pm
Quoting cruise
Hi
Can someone tell me why this won't work please..

thanks
cruise
Do you have other trades open when you try to attach StraddleEA? I have found that it won't work if there are for some reason. You can see an explanation earlier in the thread.
Good luck
  • #103
  • Aug 21, 2006 10:22pm Aug 21, 2006 10:22pm
Quoting amaruenterprise
TimeFreedom,

Have you traded on a live account with the AmazingEa ?? If you have; have you had good results with it. Thanks in advance. Amaru........
Amaruenterprise,

I am currently IBFX demo testing AmazingEA with great results using MM=5% and with BEPips=5. I started with 10K account August 15, 2006 with 5 lots and currently at 6.9 lots. I lost my first trade during UK BOE Meeting Minutes on August 16, 2006 @ 4:30AM EST or 08:30GMT (IBFX). I have researched the reason for the loss and it looks like the market retraced fairly quickly and EA did not set BEPips=5? Not 100% sure on this, therefore I continue to critique settings and demo. Also had another loss on US Tick Report on August 16, 2006 @ 9:15AM EST or 13:15GMT which was due to testing. In a live account I would not trade the Tick Report based on performance history.

I will fairly soon trade a live account using mircro lots and once confident upgrade to minis.

TimeFreedom
  • #104
  • Aug 21, 2006 11:02pm Aug 21, 2006 11:02pm
I have been using AmazingEA from the day I found it on this forum on my LIVE IBFX account, and so far had good success with it, yesterdays CAD retail sales, i straddled with +5 -5 10secs. Got 15pips of that news.

Its truelly amazing EA.
  • #105
  • Aug 22, 2006 1:10am Aug 22, 2006 1:10am
TimeFreedom,

Can you write a "script" based straddle wherein, it will place 2 entries once this Straddle Scrpt is attached to the chart?

For some reason, NorthFInance is not updating the ticks on time. Therefore, EAs dont get executed on time. By the time ticks arrive, the entries are rendered obsolete. I was thinking perhaps, a script instead of EA to handle this..
  • #106
  • Aug 22, 2006 1:47am Aug 22, 2006 1:47am
TimeFreedom, Would it be possible for you/Author of AmazingEA to modify it so that it opens 2 BUY orders and 2 SELL orders ?

1st BUY Order -- Lots --- Fixed TP
2nd BUY Order -- Lots --- Without Fixed TP


1st SELL Order -- Lots --- Fixed TP
2nd SELL Order -- Lots --- Widout Fixed TP

For all orders existing logic of setting orders to breakeven after certain no. of pips should work normally? Can this be done ???? i would like to test this on demo.

Current version of EA works just great.
  • #107
  • Aug 23, 2006 10:14am Aug 23, 2006 10:14am
Hello,

Here is the AmazingEA-1.1.8

Now you can specify how many pips you want your stop loss to be. It is the SL parameter.

I have tested it here, works fine, but still you should test it yourself on demo first, just to be sure, we don't want to lose pips because of some coding error.

branac
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File Type: mq4 AmazingEA-1.1.8.mq4   22 KB | 3,446 downloads
  • #108
  • Aug 23, 2006 10:55am Aug 23, 2006 10:55am
Quoting cruise
Hi
Can someone tell me why this won't work please..

thanks
cruise
Hi cruise,
The file you posted is not working because the code is messed up, maybe it happened while you were downloading it. Anyway, I suggest you to use AmazingEA, much more sofisticated and reliable.

branac
  • #109
  • Aug 23, 2006 10:59am Aug 23, 2006 10:59am
Branac, can my idea be pogrammed in the AmazingEA?
  • #110
  • Edited 11:31am Aug 23, 2006 11:16am | Edited 11:31am
Quoting BurgerKing
TimeFreedom,

Can you write a "script" based straddle wherein, it will place 2 entries once this Straddle Scrpt is attached to the chart?

For some reason, NorthFInance is not updating the ticks on time. Therefore, EAs dont get executed on time. By the time ticks arrive, the entries are rendered obsolete. I was thinking perhaps, a script instead of EA to handle this..
BurgerKing,

I don't code. I would advise that you test on different broker.

Edited: Why would a script handle ticks different than an EA? They are both scripts. If ticks aren't being updated at brokers side then we can't do much because charts and EA's are based on tick updates.

TimeFreedom
  • #111
  • Aug 23, 2006 11:19am Aug 23, 2006 11:19am
Quoting peterdxb
TimeFreedom, Would it be possible for you/Author of AmazingEA to modify it so that it opens 2 BUY orders and 2 SELL orders ?

1st BUY Order -- Lots --- Fixed TP
2nd BUY Order -- Lots --- Without Fixed TP


1st SELL Order -- Lots --- Fixed TP
2nd SELL Order -- Lots --- Widout Fixed TP

For all orders existing logic of setting orders to breakeven after certain no. of pips should work normally? Can this be done ???? i would like to test this on demo.

Current version of EA works just great.
PeterDXB,

I do not code, but I am sure anything is possible. Maybe keeping it simple is best. Why not set T/P to 100 and Trailing Stop 15 or 20?

TimeFreedom
  • #112
  • Aug 23, 2006 12:18pm Aug 23, 2006 12:18pm
Quoting peterdxb
Branac, can my idea be pogrammed in the AmazingEA?
Hi peterdxb,

Yes, your idea can be programmed into AmazingEA, it just takes time. I need to figure out the logic of EAs code and properly insert the changes.

branac
  • #113
  • Aug 23, 2006 2:29pm Aug 23, 2006 2:29pm
Quoting branac
Hello,

Here is the AmazingEA-1.1.8

Now you can specify how many pips you want your stop loss to be. It is the SL parameter.

I have tested it here, works fine, but still you should test it yourself on demo first, just to be sure, we don't want to lose pips because of some coding error.

branac
Thanks branac you took something that was already great and made it even better. Thank you very much for all the hard work and thank you to Timefreedom for posting this AmazingEa. Thanks guys...Amaru......
  • #114
  • Aug 24, 2006 4:06am Aug 24, 2006 4:06am
Quoting branac
Hi cruise,
The file you posted is not working because the code is messed up, maybe it happened while you were downloading it. Anyway, I suggest you to use AmazingEA, much more sofisticated and reliable.

branac
Hi branac
Mate i have tried to use Amazing EA but i cant get it to execute a trade on my demo, so im not game enough to use it on my live acc, im using windsor direct version of mt4 they are gmt +3 but it doesn't seem to want to execute a trade, i have tried Straddle EA and i got it to work fine on my live acc, actually it works quite well, but with no OCO it could become a little dangerous as you could well imagine maybe you could outline a check list as to what maybe the problem, this is imho a live acc winner in the true sense of the word..

Regards
cruise
  • #115
  • Aug 30, 2006 3:55am Aug 30, 2006 3:55am
hi all

i have played around with the amazing EA and so far i like it real. great work all

but i have a question, i am also using another EA and is it possible without a magic number use this EA too on the same account? i think yes, becos the orders are defined and TP and SL are set.so the magig number isnt needed. please correct if i am wrong.
  • #116
  • Aug 30, 2006 5:03am Aug 30, 2006 5:03am
Hello ART, for me Magic no. is very important specially cos sometimes i run the ea on same pair twice, so as to not make the ea confuse of the trades, its best to give different magic nos. At runtime i assign the magic nos as parameters.
  • #117
  • Aug 30, 2006 7:38pm Aug 30, 2006 7:38pm
Cool EA v1.8, thanks for all of the work that you guys have put into it. I just ran it on a demo account with FXDD at a given time and it worked fine. One thing, if I set the TP to say 100 ( the default is 20 and we all know what the movement CAN be) and say I'm at 45 pips to the plus side, I can manually exit the trade even though the profit is 45 pips, aye?Thanks again guys.
  • #118
  • Aug 30, 2006 7:40pm Aug 30, 2006 7:40pm
Quoting Palmer
Cool EA v1.8, thanks for all of the work that you guys have put into it. I just ran it on a demo account with FXDD at a given time and it worked fine. One thing, if I set the TP to say 100 ( the default is 20 and we all know what the movement CAN be) and say I'm at 45 pips to the plus side, I can manually exit the trade even though the profit is 45 pips, aye?Thanks again guys.
Yes, you can exit the trade manually at any time.

branac
  • #119
  • Aug 31, 2006 8:32am Aug 31, 2006 8:32am
Quoting peterdxb
Hello ART, for me Magic no. is very important specially cos sometimes i run the ea on same pair twice, so as to not make the ea confuse of the trades, its best to give different magic nos. At runtime i assign the magic nos as parameters.

Hey guys,
I am using AmazEA 1[1].1.8 and I don't see an input box for the magic number. How do you enter this?
Thanks,


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  • #120
  • Aug 31, 2006 10:27am Aug 31, 2006 10:27am
I'm 'conceiving' a range breakout system based on a given range before the London open. I can use v1.8 in the following manner:

The "news event time" would just be how long I'd want to wait after the London open.

The lookback period (to figure the hi-lo range) would just be the number of candles back I want to take the range from, including the current bar.

# pips away from the hi-lo, same
time before/after for order mods/placement = same

I'd add a few conditions to the orders to go long or short.

So, correct me if I'm wrong (I usually am), but the logic for the lookback period, hi-lo range, and pips away for entry is the same...isn't it?

If I 'see something of interest' I'll post it in another thread to keep this thread as is since this is a different method. Any thoughts on this????

Thanks guys....
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