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  • #281
  • Aug 25, 2006 5:26am Aug 25, 2006 5:26am
Quoting humax
I am loaded down by every pair I trade. Floating loss just keeps building up.
Let us hope that next weeks newsrelease can turn the floating loss into winners.
I'm happy you guys are having a bad time!
Not that I want to be sadistic but it's good you experience the risk of Firebird with your own eyes on a demo account.

But now you know what to fix.
Backtest the same period and see if it looks like the forward test.
Print/keep the results.
Now start working on a fix until this bad period can softened to acceptable levels.
Maybe you just have to accept 30% drawdowns when trading Firebird.
It's the longer term performance that counts....
May the pips be with you.
  • #282
  • Aug 25, 2006 5:38am Aug 25, 2006 5:38am
Quoting TraderSeven
I'm happy you guys are having a bad time!
Not that I want to be sadistic but it's good you experience the risk of Firebird with your own eyes on a demo account.

But now you know what to fix.
Backtest the same period and see if it looks like the forward test.
Print/keep the results.
Now start working on a fix until this bad period can softened to acceptable levels.
Maybe you just have to accept 30% drawdowns when trading Firebird.
It's the longer term performance that counts....
No problems here TraderSeven. I have experienced drawdowns of 50% using my own strategy. I am hanging in there. ( or could be hanged.....)
As we all know, trending market is very very bad for firebird.
Now just hope the market will retrace for us to profit.

and pips!
  • #283
  • Aug 25, 2006 5:54am Aug 25, 2006 5:54am
HOW THE DEVIL CAN I TURN THIS "EXCESSIVE LOSS" WARNING FUNCTION OFF ???

I try to chanche the value "pipsloss" in the settings wondow (now 5000)... not work...
I try to chanche it in code to value 5000, also not works...

My Margin is up to 6k, the used margin is 2,3k and floating about $ 900... So where is the problem ????

What is to do to get this fu***** error away ??

Thanks for your help !

mt.trader
  • #284
  • Aug 25, 2006 6:01am Aug 25, 2006 6:01am
Quoting mr.trader
HOW THE DEVIL CAN I TURN THIS "EXCESSIVE LOSS" WARNING FUNCTION OFF ???

I try to chanche the value "pipsloss" in the settings wondow (now 5000)... not work...
I try to chanche it in code to value 5000, also not works...

My Margin is up to 6k, the used margin is 2,3k and floating about $ 900... So where is the problem ????

What is to do to get this fu***** error away ??

Thanks for your help !

mt.trader
I know this drives you crazy and stops the EA from trading.
What I did is, click to modify the EA and use find "excessive" and delete the whole line!
Never "EXCESSIVE LOSS!" for me anymore.

Good luck.
  • #285
  • Aug 25, 2006 6:13am Aug 25, 2006 6:13am
Quoting humax
I know this drives you crazy and stops the EA from trading.
What I did is, click to modify the EA and use find "excessive" and delete the whole line!
Never "EXCESSIVE LOSS!" for me anymore.

Good luck.
Find below in the code

if ( !(IsTesting() || IsDemo()) ) { if (LossCheck()) { Alert("excessive loss!"); PlaySound("alert.wav"); return(0); }} // included by Renato

And comment it out with //.

After you compile all your settings will be reset, so you will need to re-apply them.
Mono
  • #286
  • Aug 25, 2006 6:17am Aug 25, 2006 6:17am
I'm not a programmer..What do u mean comment it out. Could u show example please TX



Quoting mono
Find below in the code

if ( !(IsTesting() || IsDemo()) ) { if (LossCheck()) { Alert("excessive loss!"); PlaySound("alert.wav"); return(0); }} // included by Renato

And comment it out with //.

After you compile all your settings will be reset, so you will need to re-apply them.
  • #287
  • Edited 7:15am Aug 25, 2006 6:59am | Edited 7:15am
Thanks TraderSeven for your response and this EA, as well to all the other programmers and testers. Your assistance and generosity is incredible, and truely appreciated.

I am running 1a on a demo, and have been running about 7 hours now. Of the two closed GBPUSD trades, the first is for 30 pips, the second for 22.

When I check the expert properties the sets for GBPUSD have been changed.

How were they changed?

I used Mono's settings originally. Now ALL currencies have been changed to the following sets: 22/220/11

How?
What happened?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
forexpips
  • #288
  • Aug 25, 2006 7:36am Aug 25, 2006 7:36am
Oh, its very bad weekend. Yesterday o had 1500 profit and 150 float. And now i have 2100 and 2700... i trade live. Have you any ideas? May be close all open trades?
  • #289
  • Aug 25, 2006 7:44am Aug 25, 2006 7:44am
Quoting alsup1955
I'm not a programmer..What do u mean comment it out. Could u show example please TX
Replace

if ( !(IsTesting() || IsDemo()) ) { if (LossCheck()) { Alert("excessive loss!"); PlaySound("alert.wav"); return(0); }} // included by Renato

With
//if ( !(IsTesting() || IsDemo()) ) { if (LossCheck()) { Alert("excessive loss!"); PlaySound("alert.wav"); return(0); }} // included by Renato

Notice the // in front of the line, it comments it out.
Mono
  • #290
  • Aug 25, 2006 7:52am Aug 25, 2006 7:52am
TX Mono. Dah, now I feel stupid



Quoting mono
Replace

if ( !(IsTesting() || IsDemo()) ) { if (LossCheck()) { Alert("excessive loss!"); PlaySound("alert.wav"); return(0); }} // included by Renato

With
//if ( !(IsTesting() || IsDemo()) ) { if (LossCheck()) { Alert("excessive loss!"); PlaySound("alert.wav"); return(0); }} // included by Renato

Notice the // in front of the line, it comments it out.
  • #291
  • Aug 25, 2006 7:56am Aug 25, 2006 7:56am
How did firebird 1a change the settings for all pairs by itself? Was originally using the MONO sets, now after about 7 hours of runtime all pairs are 22/200/11

thanks,
forexpips
  • #292
  • Aug 25, 2006 8:19am Aug 25, 2006 8:19am
There is no perfect software, even MT4 has bugs. I had simmilar case with another expert. In my case it messed up default settings with settings from *.set file. After I reset them again to settings from *.set file it showed all correct settings, but some of them it still took from default settings, like Lot size was from default settings.
Please try to keep your MT4 up to date.
This thing happened to me after I run optimization for several days.

Regards,
Dmitri

Quoting forexpips
How did firebird 1a change the settings for all pairs by itself? Was originally using the MONO sets, now after about 7 hours of runtime all pairs are 22/200/11

thanks,
forexpips
  • #293
  • Aug 25, 2006 8:29am Aug 25, 2006 8:29am
My MT is 4 build 195. The most recent version.

Dmitri, how can i fix this so it doesn't happen again?

thanks
  • #294
  • Aug 25, 2006 8:39am Aug 25, 2006 8:39am
You can't fix it. Try to restart it from time-to-time. I have noticed that after few hours of optimization process, its performance goes down significantly, after restart it comes back to normal. Try to do not push on it too much :-) and it will run smoothly.

Quoting forexpips
My MT is 4 build 195. The most recent version.

Dmitri, how can i fix this so it doesn't happen again?

thanks
  • #295
  • Aug 25, 2006 8:43am Aug 25, 2006 8:43am
Dmitri,

you mean close all positions and restart it?
  • #296
  • Aug 25, 2006 8:50am Aug 25, 2006 8:50am
No, I meant shutdown MT4 and start it up again.
Do not close positions.

Quoting forexpips
Dmitri,

you mean close all positions and restart it?
  • #297
  • Aug 25, 2006 8:58am Aug 25, 2006 8:58am
how often does this need to be done?

thanks dmitri
  • #298
  • Aug 25, 2006 9:03am Aug 25, 2006 9:03am
I believe this happenes very rare, because only you and me noticed that. If you run expert on real account, I would restart it at least once a week during weekend.

Quoting forexpips
how often does this need to be done?
thanks dmitri
  • #299
  • Aug 25, 2006 9:32am Aug 25, 2006 9:32am
Hi all, so after reading the original and this new FB thread plus some of the others linked to other forum sites i downloaded and tested the version v1c beginning Thursday evening at ~Midnight Pacific Time and closed the only remaining two trades out Friday at ~8am that had been initiated early on by the hedge version which i accidentaly got on duplicate charts. Only the EURUSD and USDCHF on 1m charts were traded. (see this link for statement). The only thing i changed was the 30m to 1m in the MA settings.

All in all these were the least "painful" 119 pips i've ever gotten on a demo account in 8 hours time even with the one loss on the hedge EA of -33 pips on the Swissy. So next Sunday will begin my demo in ernest and see if this will suit my personality.

Have a good weekend all.
: ) Thom
  • #300
  • Aug 25, 2006 9:39am Aug 25, 2006 9:39am
hi accrete,

i dont think you have to change the ma setting. it should be left at 30, even on the 1m chart.

anyone please correct me if i'm wrong.

regards,
forexpips
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