Free EA - Piggy n The Middle

Quoting jdva

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{quote} do fully agree... till now 10h London time Piggy made already 263 DAX points (settings 12/6), but yesterday was a tricky, roller-coaster day, it made almost the same profits but only later in the evening...you never know, when the Ferrari starts sprinting on... Happy trading, jdva

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Quoting freedom48

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{quote} Thank you jdva, this week was great, also yesterday it managed well. Maybe trading time was good adjuasted. I have another problem. I use version v4-2 and it opens only long positions ..But on backtests I see many short positions...Is there a problem on the EA, or do I need to use another version? This week all days were winner..Any advise why I have only long positions on DAX?

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Quoting jdva

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{quote} you should get long and short trades, I'm using the same version 4-2 and it works flawlessly. Look in your setup whether everything ist okay... Happy trading. jdva

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Quoting Idolismo

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{quote} Are you using the default settings? Also could someone tell me what the "magic" number really is / represents? Cheers

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Quoting jdva

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{quote} you should get long and short trades, I'm using the same version 4-2 and it works flawlessly. Look in your setup whether everything ist okay... Happy trading. jdva

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Quoting jdva

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{quote} still testing various settings, currently on DAX 12 points grid step/6 p. TP...but I have to input in Piggy settings 1200/600 for that. magic number is the ID of EA, you can ignore it when trading different symbols on charts... HT jdva

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Quoting freedom48

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{quote} Maybe yours is another version... my is only V4-2, no a-b-c-d versions... In example I do not have adjustable grid step settings...Maybe thats why my is only open long , hmmm

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Quoting freedom48

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{quote} hmm..I do not know why, but today and yesterday, I had only long trades...interesting...all is default except the time of the trade, ı trade from FRA+10 min till after max+5 hours....same version...upss ....Next week I have to check closer the problem as the week is over. But my EA setup is clearly correct adjusted...

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Quoting cescof

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{quote} hy.... which pair are you using? Regards

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Quoting jdva

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Piggy v4-2 is working nicely today on EA and EU, 91 and 68 pips this afternoon so far...

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Quoting Idolismo

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{quote} Are you using same settings for both pairs? What number do you have for RoundNumbersPips? Cheers

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Quoting jdva

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{quote} EA 20/10, EU 12/6 approxymately based on ATR M30 period 960...

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Quoting jdva

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{quote} no...I have definitely v4-2, no additional characters, in the last line of Piggy settings (below time settings) you should find "RoundNumber Pips" for grid step input.. HT, jdva

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Quoting freedom48

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{image} {quote} ) thanks...so its same all, I will look forward again next week with another broker and higher lot size evt. the balance, (this week with test balance of 300 and lot size 0.01 it handled very well over %20)...PLease can you correct me about your description "currently on DAX 12 points grid step/6 p. TP...but I have to input in Piggy settings 1200/600" Because I have used the default roundnumber of 200, so your description is not clear to me... Thanks again and nice weekend all...

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Quoting keydcuk

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{quote} I tried a couple of different ways to incorporate a SL system with this and have not been successful. The reason for this is because I am working with a group of trades rather than individual ones. I can only suggest that you use a trade management EA on a different chart next to your trading. However, it is of my opinion that using a SL will not get you any better using this system as grid trading always brings DD and it would be difficult to set a value in which a working SL would be profitable for your trading. If I could do it, I would...

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Quoting mojepole

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{quote} Dears, today was hard for Piggy as margin call was touched for more than 2h ; just after that DAX went up and both Piggys closed buy trades. 4,9% reached today. Worth to say that before this I had a clear moment to stop Piggy with 100 USD profit but wanted to see more for today. I think i start using Piggy live next week Tuesday. {image}

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Quoting freedom48

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{image} {quote} ) thanks...so its same all, I will look forward again next week with another broker and higher lot size evt. the balance, (this week with test balance of 300 and lot size 0.01 it handled very well over %20)...PLease can you correct me about your description "currently on DAX 12 points grid step/6 p. TP...but I have to input in Piggy settings 1200/600" Because I have used the default roundnumber of 200, so your description is not clear to me... Thanks again and nice weekend all...

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