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  • #681
  • Jun 12, 2016 8:02pm Jun 12, 2016 8:02pm
Quoting ben.deschain
{quote} Thanks a lot to take time to explain so meticulously...Have a better understanding now...will do research on my side to improve my knowledge... Meanwhile did realized your last TDI's preset was customized as per my request...Then l suppose l had nothing to touch...So l am trying it actually on low TF to see if trades occurs as l desire... What version do you recommend me for this TDI preset... l may have an old version as l am running 10 MT4 at the same time l may be out of date for some... Thanks
Always the download at Post #1
  • #682
  • Jun 13, 2016 4:41am Jun 13, 2016 4:41am
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} Please try this. {file}
Well done Dave! The PENDING ORDER is now working well as desired.

Thank you so much and more grease to your elbows.

Keep up the good work.

Regards

MM.
Patience, Persistence and discipline = Holy Grail.
FUNDED FEEDER All Time Profit: $104
  • #683
  • Jun 13, 2016 5:18am Jun 13, 2016 5:18am
Hello Dave,

I have an idea of using MACD with CCI, this is not anything new ofcourse, but can you help me with adjusting the Agility trader so that it to use MACD and CCI and to open sell orders only when MACD is below 0 and the CCI crosses the red line from above as heading lower and buy only when MACD is above 0 and CCI crosses the MACD red line going up. Is this possible?
Please let me know.

Thank you

Senan Fuchedzhiev
  • #684
  • Jun 13, 2016 8:21am Jun 13, 2016 8:21am
Quoting Senan7
Hello Dave, I have an idea of using MACD with CCI, this is not anything new ofcourse, but can you help me with adjusting the Agility trader so that it to use MACD and CCI and to open sell orders only when MACD is below 0 and the CCI crosses the red line from above as heading lower and buy only when MACD is above 0 and CCI crosses the MACD red line going up. Is this possible? Please let me know. Thank you Senan Fuchedzhiev
Enclosed

Rename to CCI_MACD.set
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  • #685
  • Jun 13, 2016 8:29am Jun 13, 2016 8:29am
General update at Post #1 to fix deletion of Stop Buy and Stop Sell pending orders.
  • #686
  • Jun 14, 2016 6:11am Jun 14, 2016 6:11am
Hey there!

Can someone tell me how the alert function works? I'd like the Agility Trader to give an auditory or visual alert instead of trading directly. I have changed the AlertMode options to "beep"and "onscreen message", but both doesn't work. Doesn't matter if I have selected discretionary trading or advisory only.
Can someone help me? Thanks in advance
  • #687
  • Jun 14, 2016 5:11pm Jun 14, 2016 5:11pm
Quoting Sunwitch
Hey there! Can someone tell me how the alert function works? I'd like the Agility Trader to give an auditory or visual alert instead of trading directly. I have changed the AlertMode options to "beep"and "onscreen message", but both doesn't work. Doesn't matter if I have selected discretionary trading or advisory only. Can someone help me? Thanks in advance
Have you enabled Expert Advisors and can you see the smiley face on your chart because I cannot re-create your problem.

If you have, can you post a copy of your set file and advise the chart and time frame. As a test, just set the EA with one condition, Close > Open on a 1 minute chart on a demo account and you will have a signal within a couple of minutes.
  • #688
  • Edited 12:37am Jun 15, 2016 12:08am | Edited 12:37am
Aloha dave,

Thanks for the great primer on post #679! To progress that discussion and drive home my understanding, I would like to focus this post on the NonLagDot (NLD) indicator and its integration with Agility Trader.

Parameters - Firstly I have highlighted the 7 Parameters in NLD. My Understanding is that the key Parameter for this indicator is Length which is position number 2.

Buffer - Not so sure about this one. My assumption is that the key Buffer is MABuffer in position 1

Buffer Values - Lastly my assumption base on the screenshot is that MABuffer value of 1 in for long trades and -1 is for short trades

Putting it all together in Agility Trader

In the General Section of the Management tab I use one Custom Indicator Slot and list the overall number of Parameters and their position. 7 and 2 respectively. The buffer is listed as 1.

Buy Conditions - In the screenshot a custom indicator length of 30 is nominated Parameter 1 field and I have said the nominated value is equal to 1 to trigger buy (this would be -1 to trigger a sell).

Are you able to correct or confirm my assumptions thus far and or step through the correct setup.

Thanks !
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  • #689
  • Edited 4:06pm Jun 15, 2016 12:33am | Edited 4:06pm
Quoting modo7777
Aloha dave, Thanks for the great primer on post #679! To progress that discussion and drive home my understanding, I would like to focus this post on the NonLagDot (NLD) indicator and its integration with Agility Trader. Parameters - Firstly I have highlighted the 7 Parameters in NLD. My Understanding is that the key Parameter for this indicator is Length which is position number 2. Buffer - Not so sure about this one. My assumption is that the key Buffer is MABuffer in position 1 Buffer Values - Lastly my assumption base on the screenshot is that...
The Buffer Number is taken from the the SetIndexBuffer. (Diagram enclosed)

The Up and down values are taken from the MABuffer which is Buffer Number 0. these values are transferred to the Up and Down buffers which only differ by the color of the dot.

The real issue is your assumption of the +1 or -1 which is incorrect. The values held in the buffer are the actual prices corresponding to the dot level. If you look at the included nonlagdot set file at Post #1 you will see how to handle these values. The +1 and -1 are just pointers which determine whether the MABuffer is assigned to the Up or Down Buffer.
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  • #690
  • Jun 15, 2016 4:25am Jun 15, 2016 4:25am
Hello Dave,

This is a great EA which can be modified so versatile, Thanks for your efforts and sharing it.

I have been backtesting this on my strategy since 4hours and few things are not working as expected.

-- "Highest price within X bars" does not work for (Stoploss Type_), whereas "Lowest price within X bars" WORKS.

-- Buy Condition does not work for "open price" Greater than "open price" of previous candle. I used shift 1
but still does not work.

-- "Buy Exit condition" does not work in following scenario.
"Low price" LESS THAN "Lowest price within X bars"
"Low price" Crosses Below "Lowest price within X bars"
Same with Sell exit condition too. It does not work. Hope you check it and make the changes to the code.

Thanks
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  • #691
  • Jun 15, 2016 5:51am Jun 15, 2016 5:51am
Hello Dave,

There are still 2 issues in using the PENDING ORDER. Hope I'm not bothering you too much with this but I think it will also be in the interest of the Agility to have it perfected.

 

  1. There are times when we have a signal and P.O is placed (false signal), then the market reverses and continues in the previous direction and forms a new closed candle that qualifies for a signal, before the nominated number of DurationBars is reached, thus preventing entry for the new signal.


Solution: The P.O should be automatically cancelled at the emergence of a new signal and place a new P.O for the new signal.

Let's assume we are trading a strategy based on the CANDLE CLOSE ABOVE/BELOW 20EMA

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2. The trade buffer calculation for the pending order should be done from the HIGH/LOW of the signal candle instead of from the CLOSE, depending if it is a BUY or a SELL order. E.g P.O should be set at the HIGH for a BUY order (plus the required TRADE BUFFER) and set at the LOW for a SELL order (minus the required TRADE BUFFER). This is because the probability of price continuation in our direction is highly determined if the HIGH/LOW of the signal candle is broken, not the CLOSE.
There are several instances where the pending order is triggered and then reverses without reaching the required HIGH/LOW, indicating a FALSE SIGNAL.


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Keep the Agility more Agile.

MM
Patience, Persistence and discipline = Holy Grail.
FUNDED FEEDER All Time Profit: $104
  • #692
  • Edited 4:07pm Jun 15, 2016 2:03pm | Edited 4:07pm
Quoting akash14
Hello Dave, This is a great EA which can be modified so versatile, Thanks for your efforts and sharing it. I have been backtesting this on my strategy since 4hours and few things are not working as expected. -- "Highest price within X bars" does not work for (Stoploss Type_), whereas "Lowest price within X bars" WORKS. -- Buy Condition does not work for "open price" Greater than "open price" of previous candle. I used shift 1 but still does not work. -- "Buy Exit condition" does not work in following scenario. "Low price" LESS THAN "Lowest price...
I don't believe changes to the code are necessary at all.

It is important when you have a problem that you post your set file and relevant time frame and currency pair so that I can provide support. As an example, Highest Price within X bars as a stop Loss will not work with Buy Orders but I am unable to determine whether your set file just contained Sell orders. You also made a statement that Open Price > Previous Open Price as a Buy condition does not work when it does work. You need to understand that these conditions are only evaluated on Bar change, not mid bar and I suspect your other statements are erroneous in the same manner.

One of the problems I constantly encounter is the attempt to adapt other trading ideas to Agility Trader which simply do not fit into the concept of Agility Trader and as a result, invalid conditions are being created which will cause the combination of conditions to fail overall.

As you can see I respond to every request and constantly remind posters of the requirement to provide as much detail as possible instead of a generic post.
  • #693
  • Edited 7:24pm Jun 15, 2016 4:05pm | Edited 7:24pm
Quoting Murysco
Hello Dave, There are still 2 issues in using the PENDING ORDER. Hope I'm not bothering you too much with this but I think it will also be in the interest of the Agility to have it perfected. There are times when we have a signal and P.O is placed (false signal), then the market reverses and continues in the previous direction and forms a new closed candle that qualifies for a signal, before the nominated number of DurationBars is reached, thus preventing entry for the new signal. Solution: The P.O should be automatically cancelled at the emergence...
This is the type of strategy used to handle the Non Lag Dot type of scenario.

It is not always apparent where posters are headed when they have an agenda and I usually try to keep the code as generic as possible. Unfortunately in your case you did not elaborate this requirement as I already had made allowance for this scenario with nonlagdot. To make a differentiation, I used an absence of a trade buffer as the trigger for the nonlagdot scenario. Since you were specifying a trade buffer, your scenario was excluded from this concept. That is not to say that the next person would require the calculation to be different again. So at times I have to make a decision which is generic from a programming point of view.

I make reference to my previous post where I reiterated the problems of trying convert other trading ideas to Agility Trader. Nevertheless I accept your concept as being in the general interest and will remove the restriction of the trigger of the trade buffer as the differentiation. It's just that the majority of posters expect trades to be opened on the basis of the last close price and I cannot continue to create exceptions for individual posters.

As an example, I have pointed out to a number of posters in PM's that multiple adverse movements in price, increase the likelihood of a trade reversal and I believe it is foolish to increase the likelihood of a pending order being filled by lowering the margin of the stop buy or sell from the current price. I have enclosed the amendment below but I would implore you and other posters to think about my above statement because it is now coded to cancel a previous stop order and increase the likelihood of a trade being filled because of the lower gap in the stop order expectation rather than the original predication.
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  • #694
  • Jun 15, 2016 5:42pm Jun 15, 2016 5:42pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} I have enclosed the amendment below but I would implore you and other posters to think about my above statement because it is now coded to cancel a previous stop order and increase the likelihood of a trade being filled because of the lower gap in the stop order expectation rather than the original predication.
Thanks Dave,

You did not enclose the amendment as mentioned in your last post.

MM.
Patience, Persistence and discipline = Holy Grail.
FUNDED FEEDER All Time Profit: $104
  • #695
  • Jun 15, 2016 9:29pm Jun 15, 2016 9:29pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote}Highest Price within X bars as a stop Loss will not work with Buy Orders but I am unable to determine whether your set file just contained Sell orders.
The set file has only sell orders. Attaching the set file, backtest image.
what works here : condition 1,2 for sell are working. BUT
You can see the "Highest price within x bars" does not work as stop loss. It places SL at random place for first trade and it does not put SL.TP to second trade at all.
Highest price within x bars also does not work as exit condition.
http://www.megafileupload.com/ba0x/sell_only.set
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  • #696
  • Jun 15, 2016 9:55pm Jun 15, 2016 9:55pm
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} You also made a statement that Open Price > Previous Open Price as a Buy condition does not work when it does work. You need to understand that these conditions are only evaluated on Bar change, not mid bar and I suspect your other statements are erroneous in the same manner.
http://www.megafileupload.com/ba1a/buy_only.set
If you consider this set file. I am backtesting this since 1 jan 2015.
EA is supposed to open trades when "open price" greater than "open price" of previous candle. But sometimes it opened trade even though this condition is opposite.

Let me know whats wrong with my set file and my concern. If i am using wrong condition which cannot be full filled by this EA? or is it really not working.

Thanks
Believe in your thesis and stick to the plan, don't get scared with moves
  • #697
  • Edited 10:46pm Jun 15, 2016 10:19pm | Edited 10:46pm
Quoting akash14
{quote} The set file has only sell orders. Attaching the set file, backtest image. what works here : condition 1,2 for sell are working. BUT You can see the "Highest price within x bars" does not work as stop loss. It places SL at random place for first trade and it does not put SL.TP to second trade at all. Highest price within x bars also does not work as exit condition. http://www.megafileupload.com/ba0x/sell_only.set {image}
As a side issue, I received a virus warning with the file download from megafileupload and would appreciate any download to be uploaded to Forex Factory (.set files renamed to .txt). EDIT: also a virus warning on the latest download as well.

With regards to your issue, I have examined my code and cannot find any error. The information you supplied lacks a copy of the journal which will show any error and also you have not supplied the currency and timeframe details as requested. I suspect that the lack of a second Stop Loss will supported by an Order Send error which will able to be resolved by an examination of the relative chart.

I take very seriously any problems with my coding, but the tone of your request ("hope you check it and make the changes to your code" and your statement in boldface at the bottom of your most recent post), failure to supply the requested information, and failure to upload the set file correctly in spite of many posts throughout the thread to this effect, indicate that you may not have approached this problem with the correct frame of mind.

If you upload the set files in the normal manner (renamed to .txt) and provide the requested information including a copy of your journal, I will resolve your problem.
  • #698
  • Edited 12:56am Jun 16, 2016 12:39am | Edited 12:56am
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} As a side issue, I received a virus warning with the file download from megafileupload and would appreciate any download to be uploaded to Forex Factory (.set files renamed to .txt). EDIT: also a virus warning on the latest download as well. With regards to your issue, I have examined my code and cannot find any error. The information you supplied lacks a copy of the journal which will show any error and also you have not supplied the currency and timeframe details as requested. I suspect that the lack of a second Stop Loss will supported...
First of all I dont understand why are you taking this so offensive mate. I appreciated your efforts to create such a versatile EA, but may be its just that my condition is not working out as expected and you are helping me out. DONT TAKE ME WRONG.
Also I used bold words just to make it easier for you to understand the actual problem with selections as the terminology seems mixed with usual sentences.
Second, its only a 43kb file which i uploaded to a random file hosting website. I dint know what others were doing here by changing the extension to .txt, if i knew i would have done that.
Second stoploss, Do you mean stoploss trial_ ? Is it compulsory to give some value in it?
Anyways I am attaching the set file.
Pair is EU, TF 4H.
I dint mention these details before as I thought you would do the backtest with .set files and look out for results.
Anyways hope you look into this matter.

Thanks again for your efforts.
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  • #699
  • Jun 16, 2016 5:24am Jun 16, 2016 5:24am
Quoting Dave_C
{quote} Have you enabled Expert Advisors and can you see the smiley face on your chart because I cannot re-create your problem. If you have, can you post a copy of your set file and advise the chart and time frame. As a test, just set the EA with one condition, Close > Open on a 1 minute chart on a demo account and you will have a signal within a couple of minutes.
Hello!

I don't know why, but now it works, thanks

But I have another issue I hope you can help me with? :/ English is not my native language so understanding the options (and the pdf file with your explanations) is sometimes difficult. I have changed my settings and included other indicators, and since I started the trader again, the orders are placed, but the S/L and T/P are always 0.00000. Did I put in something incorrectly?Here's a screenshot of my settings so you can have a look at it. Thanks again! This is really a great program with many possibilities and I appreciate you still tweaking it and taking your time to answer such noobs like me
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  • #700
  • Jun 16, 2016 7:27am Jun 16, 2016 7:27am
hello
good post thank you...

i need help, with this indicator "arrozag_arrow"
faster ema 1
slower ema 5

I tried but did not succeed, can you help me?

thank you
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