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  • #761
  • May 15, 2016 8:19am May 15, 2016 8:19am
Quoting shanem
{quote} Hi, Am new here can anyone guide me to the EA and its settings and which currency pairs to trade it on. Your help would be highly appreciated. Have lost a lot of money on forex and if i can slowly crawl back i wuld be happy. Thanks Shane
Only 38 pages to read............not that difficult.............
  • #762
  • May 15, 2016 10:59am May 15, 2016 10:59am
Quoting Invermac
wonderful this money machine!!!! 16.15% only one week let's see how close friday. {image}

Hi Invermac, great results! Could you please share the set file that you are using? Thanks.
  • #763
  • May 15, 2016 12:30pm May 15, 2016 12:30pm
Quoting Egosuma
I had my comp crunch some numbers on optimization from 2010 - now. Hope you find them useful. See attached excel. Looking at the graphs, and my risk appetite, can a max-drawdown % setting be added? It would simply close all when max drawdown was reached. This would give maybe less results in the end, but sleeping at night must not be undervalued either. {file}
I will see what I can do but I seem to struggle with programming anything that has to do with balance profit or equity. Since DD is equity, I don't know how it's going to go.

Daniel
  • #764
  • May 15, 2016 12:31pm May 15, 2016 12:31pm
Quoting dokopy
Just an idea. End all trades, if the same color for all TF. (Or just selected). Alert indicator would help. Apology for Google Translate. {file}
In order to attempt anything I would need an mq4 file.

Daniel
  • #765
  • May 15, 2016 12:33pm May 15, 2016 12:33pm
Quoting shanem
{quote} Hi, Am new here can anyone guide me to the EA and its settings and which currency pairs to trade it on. Your help would be highly appreciated. Have lost a lot of money on forex and if i can slowly crawl back i wuld be happy. Thanks Shane
The default settings are my recommended for trading 24/5 on the GBPJPY. Anything else you would have to look at the thread. People do trade it differently.

Daniel
  • #766
  • May 15, 2016 3:35pm May 15, 2016 3:35pm
Quoting keydcuk
{quote} I will see what I can do but I seem to struggle with programming anything that has to do with balance profit or equity. Since DD is equity, I don't know how it's going to go. Daniel
I quickly smashed something together.
This should give you the general idea of drawdown.
Function returns true when max drawdown is teached.
The variable maxDDpercent should be set in the beginning as external variable so you can use it in optimisation.

bool Drawdown()
{
bool drawdown = false;
double balance = AccountBalance();
double PnL =0;
int DDperc = 0;
bool select=false;

for(int i = OrdersTotal()-1; i >= 0; i--)
{ select=OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
PnL = PnL + OrderProfit();
};

DDperc = 100- ((balance+PnL)/balance*100);
//Print (balance + " ## "+ PnL + " ## "+ DDperc);

if (DDperc>maxDDpercent){drawdown=true;};

return(drawdown);
}
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  • #767
  • May 15, 2016 4:11pm May 15, 2016 4:11pm
Ok, Going into live forward testing, ie paper trading on the gbp usd during the asian hours. Lets see how this baby rocks next month.
Being good at what you do is a result of having fun
  • #768
  • May 15, 2016 4:21pm May 15, 2016 4:21pm
Quoting turch
{quote} Hi Invermac, great results! Could you please share the set file that you are using? Thanks.
Hello Turch,

sure here you go.

Put the set in GBPJPY and USDJPY, then leave the Piggy 24hours working and see the magic. Is in .txt, delete this and have the .Set.

nice day
Attached File(s)
File Type: txt piggyv4.set.txt   < 1 KB | 537 downloads
  • #769
  • May 15, 2016 8:58pm May 15, 2016 8:58pm
Quoting Invermac
{quote} Hello Turch, sure here you go. Put the set in GBPJPY and USDJPY, then leave the Piggy 24hours working and see the magic. Is in .txt, delete this and have the .Set. nice day {file}
HI,what edition EA do you use this set? i use "Piggy n The Middle v4-2"now, how can i set
  • #770
  • May 15, 2016 10:55pm May 15, 2016 10:55pm
Quoting 119761700
{quote} HI,what edition EA do you use this set? i use "Piggy n The Middle v4-2"now, how can i set

Hello, I use "Piggy n The Middle V4"
  • #771
  • May 16, 2016 1:42am May 16, 2016 1:42am
Quoting keydcuk
{quote} In order to attempt anything I would need an mq4 file. Daniel
Only for the current TF.
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 nonlagdot.mq4   5 KB | 360 downloads
Please excuse the bad English via Google Translate.
  • #772
  • May 16, 2016 2:09am May 16, 2016 2:09am
Hi Daniel,

what do you think about adding a maximum Spread/Slippage function to Piggy when trading 24/7 as you do recommend?

Thx, Franz
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  • #773
  • May 16, 2016 2:50am May 16, 2016 2:50am
Quoting Egosuma
{quote} I quickly smashed something together. This should give you the general idea of drawdown. Function returns true when max drawdown is teached. The variable maxDDpercent should be set in the beginning as external variable so you can use it in optimisation. bool Drawdown() { bool drawdown = false; double balance = AccountBalance(); double PnL =0; int DDperc = 0; bool select=false; for(int i = OrdersTotal()-1; i >= 0; i--) { select=OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES); PnL = PnL + OrderProfit(); }; DDperc = 100- ((balance+PnL)/balance*100);...
My problem has always been the same, entering code in fxdreema. It can be done and people do it very successfully but as for me, I struggle BIG TIME!
  • #774
  • May 16, 2016 3:00am May 16, 2016 3:00am
Quoting jdva
Hi Daniel, what do you think about adding a maximum Spread/Slippage function to Piggy when trading 24/7 as you do recommend? Thx, Franz
I'm not sure about spread, I could look into this but the buys and sells already have a max slippage of 4 pips. They are just not there in the options.

Here is a version where you can adjust the slippage yourself if you wish to do so.

Thanks,

Daniel
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Piggy n The Middle v4-2.mq4   288 KB | 520 downloads
  • #775
  • May 16, 2016 3:16am May 16, 2016 3:16am
Quoting keydcuk
{quote} I'm not sure about spread, I could look into this but the buys and sells already have a max slippage of 4 pips. They are just not there in the options. Here is a version where you can adjust the slippage yourself if you wish to do so. Thanks, Daniel {file}
thank you, max. overnight spread on GJ was 16.7, do you have any clue whether/how such a high spread might influence Piggy's performance?

Thanks, Franz
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  • #776
  • May 16, 2016 3:27am May 16, 2016 3:27am
Quoting jdva
{quote} thank you, max. overnight spread on GJ was 16.7, do you have any clue whether/how such a high spread might influence Piggy's performance? Thanks, Franz
Depends how you trade it. For me if I was trading it as a 24/5 EA, I wouldn't care as I would accept this as an occasional happening that grids are going to be triggered outside main trading times and for something I am not needing to pay attention to, it will do what it does. For some, it will be an issue for them. If this would bother me, the first thing I would do is find another broker because even overnight, this is a large spread. I get about 10 pips on this pair during quiet periods of non-volatility.

It really all depends when the grid steps get triggered and will always be a game of hit and miss. Some times you will have grid steps triggered at night and for me I just accept it the way it is. Who is your broker by curiosity?

Daniel
  • #777
  • May 16, 2016 3:34am May 16, 2016 3:34am
Quoting keydcuk
{quote} Depends how you trade it. For me if I was trading it as a 24/5 EA, I wouldn't care as I would accept this as an occasional happening that grids are going to be triggered outside main trading times and for something I am not needing to pay attention to, it will do what it does. For some, it will be an issue for them. If this would bother me, the first thing I would do is find another broker because even overnight, this is a large spread. I get about 10 pips on this pair during quiet periods of non-volatility. It really all depends when the...
OK...it makes sense what you have said especially when using 200 pips grid step...my broker is JFD brokers!

Happy trading, Franz
I never lose - either I win or I learn...
  • #778
  • May 16, 2016 5:22am May 16, 2016 5:22am
Quoting 119761700
{quote} HI,what edition EA do you use this set? i use "Piggy n The Middle v4-2"now, how can i set

Hello,

I wanted to use your settings , but mt4 says this :

2016.05.16 10:20:04.975 Piggy n The Middle v4 GBPJPYmicro,M1: New trade error: Trade is not allowed in the expert properties (4109)

How to resolve this? I am using a micro Account at XM.com the pair is GPBJPYmicro for example with this "micro" tail
  • #779
  • May 16, 2016 5:25am May 16, 2016 5:25am
Quoting keydcuk
{quote} My problem has always been the same, entering code in fxdreema. It can be done and people do it very successfully but as for me, I struggle BIG TIME!
Perhaps we will still get Edorenta's coders version as promised in his post #608...
I never lose - either I win or I learn...
  • #780
  • May 16, 2016 6:59am May 16, 2016 6:59am
Quoting lololo
{quote} Hello, I wanted to use your settings , but mt4 says this : 2016.05.16 10:20:04.975 Piggy n The Middle v4 GBPJPYmicro,M1: New trade error: Trade is not allowed in the expert properties (4109) How to resolve this? I am using a micro Account at XM.com the pair is GPBJPYmicro for example with this "micro" tail
I've not encountered this before. I am wondering to myself "Does xm.com need you to be FIFO compliant?" This could be the problem. I am not sure.
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