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  • #881
  • Aug 22, 2016 12:09pm Aug 22, 2016 12:09pm
It looks like the trade was supposed to be taken six hours ago but my ea took the trade 1 hour/30 min ago! Don't know why!? :-s
  • #882
  • Aug 22, 2016 1:08pm Aug 22, 2016 1:08pm
Quoting reubsonline
Hi guys :-) I wondered if any one could help... Its appears the cad/jpy two trades today in Khalil's cross trader were comfortable winners however I thought I was running the same EA on 30 min signal on a 5 min chart the same as Khalil however both my trades were losing trades! (see attached image) Does anyone know what's going on? Thanks! {image}
Hi,

Your SL is 20 (200 points)pips, mine is 50 pips (500 points).
Mine opened 1 trade only on CADJPY but survived the drawdown before going its way, then I closed 1/2 of the deal at 1%.
This why it may appear as 2 trades in TE.

I hope this is clear.
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  • #883
  • Aug 22, 2016 1:12pm Aug 22, 2016 1:12pm
Quoting reubsonline
It looks like the trade was supposed to be taken six hours ago but my ea took the trade 1 hour/30 min ago! Don't know why!? :-s
It depends on the time you activate it. If a signal is still valid (although late) it will open a trade.
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  • #884
  • Aug 22, 2016 1:36pm Aug 22, 2016 1:36pm
Quoting abokwaik
{quote} It depends on the time you activate it. If a signal is still valid (although late) it will open a trade.
Thanks for the reply mate :-)

Thanks for the clear explanation too.

My EA and MT4 has been on all day so I can't work out why it took the trade so late. The only thing I can think is I was running it on a VPS but the VPS has to be AWFUL to make a trade 5 hours later!? Really confused!
  • #885
  • Aug 22, 2016 1:47pm Aug 22, 2016 1:47pm
Also my SL looks like it's on 500 not 200 so not sure what's going on there either... (see pic)
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  • #886
  • Aug 22, 2016 2:25pm Aug 22, 2016 2:25pm
Would it maybe be possible to post a screen shot of your full MT4 EA trading settings box like mine above but yours as this hasn't been shown in this feed for a long time?

Thanks

Reubs
  • #887
  • Aug 22, 2016 2:37pm Aug 22, 2016 2:37pm
Quoting reubsonline
Also my SL looks like it's on 500 not 200 so not sure what's going on there either... (see pic) {image}
Based on your settings, you have the ATR-based levels "Enabled" which in turn "Disable" the Pip-levels.
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  • #888
  • Aug 22, 2016 2:39pm Aug 22, 2016 2:39pm
Quoting reubsonline
Would it maybe be possible to post a screen shot of your full MT4 EA trading settings box like mine above but yours as this hasn't been shown in this feed for a long time? Thanks Reubs
Actually the EA is running at my PC at work (so I am running it during work hours only as I mentioned earlier in the thread).
However, I will setup one here at my laptop and post it.
Just give me 5 minutes.
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  • #889
  • Aug 22, 2016 2:55pm Aug 22, 2016 2:55pm
This from my memory, I downloaded the settings from post # 718
with modifications of few settings (which I think I mentioned on weekly basis).
btw, last and this week I increased the variable lot size % to 2% instead of 1%.

As you see, I don't have a final satisfying settings yet, I am just forward testing and evaluate on weekly basis.
The objective is to get reasonable number of trades with reasonable RR.

I wish that you guys do the same and share your findings.

All the best,

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tomorrow I will post the actual settings running at the trade explorer.
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  • #890
  • Aug 22, 2016 4:10pm Aug 22, 2016 4:10pm
Thanks bud!
I take it where we can't see it off the screen your higher time frame is 1 hour and MA period is 200, Ma method exponential and enable heiken ashi on higher tf false?

Thanks again
  • #891
  • Aug 22, 2016 4:23pm Aug 22, 2016 4:23pm
I'll be putting the yen trader an a VPS 24/7 and I'll be sharing my results so just wanted to get the settings spot on correct :-)

Thanks for the quick responses Khalil :-)
  • #892
  • Aug 23, 2016 6:31am Aug 23, 2016 6:31am
These are the settings from my PC at work (linked to TE).

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  • #893
  • Aug 23, 2016 7:01am Aug 23, 2016 7:01am
As per my continuous observations, the Cross Trader is "ungenerous", even when running on 14 pairs on M5 time frame.

Very few trades in the week.

This comes by nature, because we are looking for a correlation divergence which rarely happens, on major moves.
I am stopping my self from testing in on M15/M1, with small TP, as a scalper, although very tempting. But I think the spread will kill it.

I am also still very interested in the complement of the cross trader idea, "the Majors Trader".
Where for example we trade EURUSD & USDJPY based on EURJPY movement.
If EURJPY is UP we by both EURUSD & USDJPY.
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  • #894
  • Aug 23, 2016 7:06am Aug 23, 2016 7:06am
Quoting abokwaik
As per my continuous observations, the Cross Trader is "ungenerous", even when running on 14 pairs on M5 time frame. Very few trades in the week. This comes by nature, because we are looking for a correlation divergence which rarely happens, on major moves. I am stopping my self from testing in on M15/M1, with small TP, as a scalper, although very tempting. But I think the spread will kill it. I am also still very interested in the complement of the cross trader idea, "the Majors Trader". Where for example we trade EURUSD & USDJPY based on EURJPY...
definitely has potential
  • #895
  • Aug 23, 2016 7:54am Aug 23, 2016 7:54am
Quoting abokwaik
As per my continuous observations, the Cross Trader is "ungenerous", even when running on 14 pairs on M5 time frame. Very few trades in the week. This comes by nature, because we are looking for a correlation divergence which rarely happens, on major moves. I am stopping my self from testing in on M15/M1, with small TP, as a scalper, although very tempting. But I think the spread will kill it. I am also still very interested in the complement of the cross trader idea, "the Majors Trader". Where for example we trade EURUSD & USDJPY based on EURJPY...
I dont know if the logic behind this idea will hold, if the EURJPY is up it is because of 1 of two things..
a. JPY is strong EUR is weak or sleeping,
b. EUR is strong JPY is weak or sleeping.

So if for instance it is the EUR that is asleep or weak, buying the EURUSD might prove unwise.

I was thinking of finding a way to determine which currency is in control in any selected pair:
My idea is: When (EURUSD -- up & GBPUSD -- up) USD is weak & in control, so we check if this is occurring > (EURJPY -- dn & GBPJPY -- dn) JPY is strong & in control

If both happen, we SELL USDJPY asap.

Just thinking out loud
  • #896
  • Aug 23, 2016 8:36am Aug 23, 2016 8:36am
Quoting sinqua
{quote} I dont know if the logic behind this idea will hold, if the EURJPY is up it is because of 1 of two things.. a. JPY is strong EUR is weak or sleeping, b. EUR is strong JPY is weak or sleeping. So if for instance it is the EUR that is asleep or weak, buying the EURUSD might prove unwise. I was thinking of finding a way to determine which currency is in control in any selected pair: My idea is: When (EURUSD -- up & GBPUSD -- up) USD is weak & in control, so we check if this is occurring > (EURJPY -- dn & GBPJPY -- dn) JPY is strong & in control...
Your idea is based on currency's strength/weakness, and to work properly it is better to get applied to all pairs related to our pair.
For example, to Sell USDJPY, All other JPY pairs should be down, AND (EURUSD, GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD) should be up and (USDCAD, USDCHF) should be down.

Which is the basic concept of buying the strongest against the weakest, or selling the weakest against the strongest. Many indicators and systems were built around this concept.

The major drawback is the LATE entry.

I am also thinking out loud !
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  • #897
  • Aug 23, 2016 8:40am Aug 23, 2016 8:40am
by Buying both EURUSD and USDJPY in my example, we are hedging USD.
With TIMED entry and PROPER Money Management we can catch the true mover.
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  • #898
  • Aug 23, 2016 8:44am Aug 23, 2016 8:44am
Quoting abokwaik
by Buying both EURUSD and USDJPY in my example, we are hedging USD. With TIMED entry and PROPER Money Management we can catch the true mover.
Ah brilliant, that's quite a sneaky way to rake in good pips
  • #899
  • Aug 23, 2016 8:45am Aug 23, 2016 8:45am
TIMED ENTRY

  1. BreakOuts
  2. Major Support/Resistance areas (for a reversal entry)
  3. non-USD High Impact News

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  • #900
  • Aug 23, 2016 10:22am Aug 23, 2016 10:22am
I like what you're discussing here, sounds like it could work!
Thanks for the pictures of your settings Khalil it's very helpful. So you've actually been testing 1hour signals on a 5 min time frame not 30 min signals on a 5 min time like the trade explorer title suggests? :-)
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