Firebird EA - fixed version - | Page 18 | Forex Factory

Options

Go to
Permalinks
Print Thread

Similar Threads

Firebird EA, please test this one, it is one of the greats 1,228 replies

which version of firebird are you using on live account? 12 replies

Firebird V1.0 an amazing EA ! 33 replies

Going live with Firebird 38 replies

My firebird is a roast cornish game hen 3 replies

Attachments: Firebird EA - fixed version -
Exit Attachments

Firebird EA - fixed version -

  • #341
  • Aug 25, 2006 5:44pm Aug 25, 2006 5:44pm
Looks good. I think overtime Firebird 1.0b will be the winner of all the other versions. How can you lose with positions being opened in both direction? It should shine even in strong trends.



Quoting tomstaufer
Hello,
This is my first short test on Firebird v1.0b.
Timeframe: M1
Pairs: USDJPY, EURUSD, GBPUSD, EURJPY, AUDUSD, USDCHF, EURGBP, USDCAD, EURCHF

I will apreciate your comments.
Thanks.
  • #342
  • Aug 25, 2006 5:46pm Aug 25, 2006 5:46pm
Hi Mono,

The 63G file you attached to the results for the IND version, it has the divergence fix?

The code looks identical to the 63G file you attached to the 30/300 version.

Please advise.

regards,
forexpips


Quoting mono
Firebird 30-300 has 1 setting for all pairs and the EA has not got the divergence fix, which affects the jappy pairs.

Firebird Ind has individual settings for each pair, and the EA has the divergence fix.
  • #343
  • Aug 25, 2006 6:31pm Aug 25, 2006 6:31pm
I am attaching my report for the past 3 days.



Quoting Yardie
If you were trading version b of Firebird you would have had profits this week. I booked 2580 the past 3 days and my float is about -1500 pips. I am trading 6 pairs EURUSD, USDJPY, EURJPY, GBPUSD, USDCHF and USDCAD. PIPstep, SL etc is same at Mono's original 30-300-30.
Attached File(s)
File Type: zip Firebirdb.zip   13 KB | 719 downloads
  • #344
  • Aug 25, 2006 7:14pm Aug 25, 2006 7:14pm
This is the Firebird document v0.27. This PDF file is the same as the HTML file posted in other threads. It was not written for the newer versions of Firebird but it explains some of the Firebird settings now in use. In this thread there are a lot of posts where people share what values they are using for the current versions of Firebird posted here. I think Mono probably has the most widely followed settings. This document helped me gain a better understanding of Firebird even though some parts do not apply directly to the Firebird versions in this thread.
Quote
The numbering of the document has nothing to do with the versions of the EA.

All Firebirds have been the same. Most versions are just debugging, fixing typing errors, cleaning code etc. So the logic never changed so the document is still valid up to Firebird v0.65 but not for the versions >0.65 and all versions with a letter. None of them are mine.

TraderSeven
Attached File(s)
File Type: pdf Firebird Document - v0.27.pdf   106 KB | 1,118 downloads
  • #345
  • Aug 25, 2006 7:53pm Aug 25, 2006 7:53pm
Quoting Yardie
If you were trading version b of Firebird you would have had profits this week. I booked 2580 the past 3 days and my float is about -1500 pips. I am trading 6 pairs EURUSD, USDJPY, EURJPY, GBPUSD, USDCHF and USDCAD. PIPstep, SL etc is same at Mono's original 30-300-30.
Yardie,

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm checking into ART1's statements as well. You guys don't have the full week (which might be skewing the results). What I am in the process of doing now is going through different results from different versions to get their float to gain ratios.

Gain/Float (loss) = Ratio (1= equilibrium - any value above 1 is good and below...well you get the idea)

So far from ART1's results (thanks ART1)
V.A = 2.4
V.B = 1.5
V.C = .9
63g _ TS =3.7
63g (mono 6 pair set) = .9

So my next obvious question would be...can someone post a functioning version of Firebird TS please?

Thanks in advance.
  • #346
  • Aug 25, 2006 8:50pm Aug 25, 2006 8:50pm
in the first post is only firebird a and c. where is firebird b?. tnx
Have a good day and a good trade!
  • #347
  • Aug 25, 2006 9:06pm Aug 25, 2006 9:06pm
Quoting jtacher
in the first post is only firebird a and c. where is firebird b?. tnx
Read these 2 posts. I can't remember if Wackena posted any other changes.

Original
http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...33&postcount=8

Then
http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...&postcount=167
  • #348
  • Aug 26, 2006 1:37am Aug 26, 2006 1:37am
Thanks forexpips and Yardie for the reply, though i've read through the original thread and this one i'm a serrious newbie when it comes to EAs! In my reading i had gathered the perception that matching the MA info up w/the chart's time frame was normal practice...my bad. But i'm suprised i'm doing so well mentally at this point after reading hundreds of posts in the last day and a half. haha. (oh yea, and all of the Phoenix thread! my eyes need a rest)

Having fun learning and taking it all in. Will begin a forward test in at least a couple new demos this Sunday. Not yet sure of the versions or settings i'll run. More re-reading to do before then.

: ) Thom
  • #349
  • Aug 26, 2006 2:11am Aug 26, 2006 2:11am
Mono - Firebird IND has MA set to 15!!!
TRADE FOR SWAP
  • #350
  • Aug 26, 2006 2:39am Aug 26, 2006 2:39am
Quoting nvwine
Read these 2 posts. I can't remember if Wackena posted any other changes.

Original
http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...33&postcount=8

Then
http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...&postcount=167

Tnx... as usual, you are very kind
Have a good day and a good trade!
  • #351
  • Aug 26, 2006 5:56am Aug 26, 2006 5:56am
Hi,
Thanks for great work by Wackena and others. In Post 91, Wackena mentioned a bug in version b as

Quoting wackena
I've noticed that Firebird v1.0b is only placing hedge orders on initial sells, but not on buys. I will look at code today to try to find out why.

Wackena
This seems not fixed in the newer version b. In this version b, hedge orders will still only be placed on initial sells. The bug is, in the code, the value of variable ret will never be 2 before "Go SHORT". so it will never place the hedge buy order for initial sells. I tried to use another two if statements after open initial orders (including sells and buys) before the return, the issue seems gone.

Perhaps, Wackena already found the bug and fixed it.

Thanks!


Quoting nvwine
Read these 2 posts. I can't remember if Wackena posted any other changes.

Original
http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...33&postcount=8

Then
http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...&postcount=167
  • #352
  • Aug 26, 2006 6:00am Aug 26, 2006 6:00am
I tested Firebird v1.0b (settings: variable) and v1.0c (setting: 30-300) for a full week. I used M15 timeframe on the four majors only. Lot size: 0.1.

Firebird 1.0b showed the better performance: 44 trades, all were winners. There is an xls file attached to this post with breakdown of the trades by currency pairs etc.

The floating value is higher than I would like it to be. Almost 63% of the float in value has been given by USDJPY, this pair was trended up steadily last week. The period of one week is too short to draw deeper inference, though USDJPY seems to be the pair that most should improve its trading efficiency.

I suspend Firebird 1.0c test from next week because of its poorer performance. Instead of that I am about to start a test with Firebird 1.0b on a mini account using M1 timeframe.
Attached File(s)
File Type: zip Statements.zip   14 KB | 510 downloads
  • #353
  • Aug 26, 2006 6:03am Aug 26, 2006 6:03am
Hi all!

I would need your help please i am running firebird live now on my mini account on IBFX. Everything seems to work good but there are no pipsteppositions opened on Yenpairs. I use version 1.A but changed the settings to monos settings (TP and SL) but with an higher pipstep. Others pairs open the mainorder and pipsteporder, but unfortunately YEN pairs dont. ANY ideas???

Thanks for your help!!!!
  • #354
  • Aug 26, 2006 9:55am Aug 26, 2006 9:55am
I think what is being missed here in the ongoing discussions is what was posted earlier with ART 1 and someone else the results regarding Firebird V63g-TS (28,560 bytes).

As stated this EA prior to the others has a gain float ratio of 3.7 as discussed below this is critical on a live account say of $5,000 because it may avoid 3 times as many open postions, I don't know if this EA is better than 1b, however it appears based on limited thus far foward testing that this may be the best EA of all the Firebird's Posted, any comments would be welcome. I don't know what causes this excellent gain to ratio basis, but this should be discussed more fully in the forum.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
process of doing now is going through different results from different versions to get their float to gain ratios.

Gain/Float (loss) = Ratio (1= equilibrium - any value above 1 is good and below...well you get the idea)

So far from ART1's results (thanks ART1)
V.A = 2.4
V.B = 1.5
V.C = .9
63g _ TS =3.7
63g (mono 6 pair set) = .9

So my next obvious question would be...can someone post a functioning version of Firebird TS please?

<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
  • #355
  • Aug 26, 2006 9:58am Aug 26, 2006 9:58am
For me the key is the booked pips and account growth...and MOno has proved that 63G with custom settings grows faster even with the ratio thingie you are talking about. Besides a few days of testing aby ART is not enough to come to a definitive conclusion.
  • #356
  • Aug 26, 2006 10:47am Aug 26, 2006 10:47am
Yardie I completely agree, will test this 24/7 next week using the Firebird IB and the Firebird V-63G-TS and post the results using the 30-300-30 settings, I think Float is important due to Margin requirements, as some of the guy's I would assume may be opening live accounts with less money that is needed to for success. Moneybags who ran (4) curriencies as discussed in this thread used V-63G-TS from August 7-23 (three weeks) had profit closed of $2,307 and at this point Float was $102.37 (EURUSD, USDCHF,USFCAD,AUDUSD). Skyline who ran with the 30 minute chart claimed total pips of 1,066 with Maximum float drawdown of about $300 as posted earlier. This still may have no merit, but will check it out anyway
  • #357
  • Aug 26, 2006 12:14pm Aug 26, 2006 12:14pm
I want to attach the results file for the past week but I am a bit "duh"...
Can anybody tell me how - I have no WINZIP
  • #358
  • Aug 26, 2006 12:40pm Aug 26, 2006 12:40pm
Quoting Benna
I want to attach the results file for the past week but I am a bit "duh"...
Can anybody tell me how - I have no WINZIP
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/downloader/fwzip.html

Quik zip perhaps. It's free.
May the pips be with you.
  • #359
  • Aug 26, 2006 3:30pm Aug 26, 2006 3:30pm
You can have less float by using higher time fram charts etc... But you wins are lower and if your trades go against you with the 300 pip stop loss your gains could be wiped out in no time. Still it will be interesting to see how the different settings work over time.



Quoting txsundevil
Yardie I completely agree, will test this 24/7 next week using the Firebird IB and the Firebird V-63G-TS and post the results using the 30-300-30 settings, I think Float is important due to Margin requirements, as some of the guy's I would assume may be opening live accounts with less money that is needed to for success. Moneybags who ran (4) curriencies as discussed in this thread used V-63G-TS from August 7-23 (three weeks) had profit closed of $2,307 and at this point Float was $102.37 (EURUSD, USDCHF,USFCAD,AUDUSD). Skyline who ran with the 30 minute chart claimed total pips of 1,066 with Maximum float drawdown of about $300 as posted earlier. This still may have no merit, but will check it out anyway
  • #360
  • Aug 26, 2006 4:08pm Aug 26, 2006 4:08pm
Is there a fixed version yet of 1.0b that hedges long AND short?
TRADE FOR SWAP
3 traders viewing now