Quoting chadDislikedwhat's your strategy ??
something cross my mind. I think there's no point to hold a losing position for 1 month, what would it be if all position are to be closed at the end of each week - thus help eliminates negative swap,
any suggestions?Ignored
Hi guys,
No, I'm trading .1 lots on a standard demo account with InterbankFX.
Yes, I am using the 1.0c version. I remember some people had played with the lots, and I wondered if I should have changed something, from .1 to .5 for example, but I didn't think that would matter because it should still see that the target price is 30. But, I'll be honest and tell you that the 100+ pages I've read are all starting to blur a little
Thanks!
are you trading less than 0.1 micro with IBFX (0.01 or 0.05...)?If you are that is a reason.That happened to me before.
No, I'm trading .1 lots on a standard demo account with InterbankFX.
Which version are you using? If you are using version 1.0c that may have something to do with it.
Yes, I am using the 1.0c version. I remember some people had played with the lots, and I wondered if I should have changed something, from .1 to .5 for example, but I didn't think that would matter because it should still see that the target price is 30. But, I'll be honest and tell you that the 100+ pages I've read are all starting to blur a little
Thanks!
- #566
- Sep 1, 2006 12:04pm Sep 1, 2006 12:04pm
Hi guys,
No, I'm trading .1 lots on a standard demo account with InterbankFX.
Yes, I am using the 1.0c version. I remember some people had played with the lots, and I wondered if I should have changed something, from .1 to .5 for example, but I didn't think that would matter because it should still see that the target price is 30. But, I'll be honest and tell you that the 100+ pages I've read are all starting to blur a little
Thanks!
double value = iATR(NULL,PERIOD_D1,21,0);
if(Point == 0.01) value = value*100;
if(Point == 0.0001) value = value*10000;
TakeProfit = value*2/10;
Stoploss = value*2;
PipStep = value/10;
the value may be very small, sometimes, it can be 0. I have posted this problem for a few times but no one paid attention to it. If it is zero, it will not even open trades for you.
- #568
- Sep 1, 2006 12:38pm Sep 1, 2006 12:38pm
The version set the TakeProfit dynamically using the following code:
double value = iATR(NULL,PERIOD_D1,21,0);
if(Point == 0.01) value = value*100;
if(Point == 0.0001) value = value*10000;
TakeProfit = value*2/10;
Stoploss = value*2;
PipStep = value/10;
the value may be very small, sometimes, it can be 0. I have posted this problem for a few times but no one paid attention to it. If it is zero, it will not even open trades for you.
Hello all,
I have just started testing FB...after having tried coding my own EA for about two weeks. It was fun but I could not turn any of my ideas into a profitable EA. (Backtester really sucks! if you know what I mean )
Anyway, after a day of demo trading with FB 1.0c1 with 30-300-30, I'm having a hard time figuring out what makes it place orders with arbitrary s/l and t/p.
s/l ranges from 15 to 19 pips or so, and t/p 150 to 250 pips or so. My settings are as follows:
MA_length=10
MA_timeframe=30
MAtype=0
Percent=0.05000000
TradeOnFriday=1
slip=100
UseMM=0
Risk=5.00000000
Lots=0.10000000
TakeProfit=30
Stoploss=300
TrailingStop=0.00000000
MaxOpenOrders=10
MinMarginLevel=250.00000000
Fast_Period=23
Fast_Price=1
Slow_Period=84
Slow_Price=1
DivergenceLimit=0.00200000
Use_V63D_Divergence=1
PipStep=30
IncreasementType=0.00000000
DVLimit=10
PipsGoal=500
PipsLoss=500
GMT=0
DST=0
OpeningHour=0
ClosingHour=23
writelog=0
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with my setting?
BTW, I'm using the FB downloaded from Accrete's website.
Thanks. Spa
I have just started testing FB...after having tried coding my own EA for about two weeks. It was fun but I could not turn any of my ideas into a profitable EA. (Backtester really sucks! if you know what I mean
)Anyway, after a day of demo trading with FB 1.0c1 with 30-300-30, I'm having a hard time figuring out what makes it place orders with arbitrary s/l and t/p.
s/l ranges from 15 to 19 pips or so, and t/p 150 to 250 pips or so. My settings are as follows:
MA_length=10
MA_timeframe=30
MAtype=0
Percent=0.05000000
TradeOnFriday=1
slip=100
UseMM=0
Risk=5.00000000
Lots=0.10000000
TakeProfit=30
Stoploss=300
TrailingStop=0.00000000
MaxOpenOrders=10
MinMarginLevel=250.00000000
Fast_Period=23
Fast_Price=1
Slow_Period=84
Slow_Price=1
DivergenceLimit=0.00200000
Use_V63D_Divergence=1
PipStep=30
IncreasementType=0.00000000
DVLimit=10
PipsGoal=500
PipsLoss=500
GMT=0
DST=0
OpeningHour=0
ClosingHour=23
writelog=0
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with my setting?
BTW, I'm using the FB downloaded from Accrete's website.
Thanks. Spa
Hi everyone. Let me just thank you guys for all the work you are doing and sharing with the rest of us.
I have been reading both Firebird and the Phoenix threads and decided to do some tests. I started testing 1.0c yesterday with the default settings. I have had 15 trades, 13 - 0 winners and 2 are still open. I left it on right through NFP just because, and my trades came out ahead, but I'm not really giving that credence one way or the other since I just started testing this.
My question is this. On all of my trades, it is opening the orders and only setting a target price of between 11 - 14 pips. If the default is 30 pips, and it is listed as that, why is it only stopping at such a small number? I looked back over the results from other people testing, and they have trades opening with target prices of 30 pips immediately, as would be expected, so I can't assume it's because I just started demoing. Any ideas?
I'll try to upload my statement also, so you can see.
Thanks
Alright...I took a nice long nap and came back and reread this thread. I realized that because I was using 1.0c, that my trades not always targetting 30 pips each trade meant the EA was working as intended.
I guess it threw me off a little because I had loaded the EA the day before and turned it on briefly (I was making sure I could get it loaded and get a smiley face, etc). When I did, it actually opened a couple of trades with 26 - 30 pip TP's. It also opened trades in the GBPUSD. I turned it off for awhile, and came back a few hours later to start the test. When I left in on for the extended period of time, it only traded the AUDUSD, EURJPY, and USDCAD and USDJPY. I had it set up on GBPUSD, EURUSD, and USDCHF also but no trades were opened, which I thought was a little odd.
I closed everything down, and am going to start testing in earnest next week, leaving it on 24/7. I'm also going to test 1.0a at the same time. We'll see what happens.
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