Pipcruiser's Pipmasher

Post by **boldtrader** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:12 am

ok, this crazy Empty4 has me puzzled on this one.. Everyone once in a while I get stumped..

No orders. Have run through 20+ pairs.. and nothing..
If I am reading it right, there should have been pending placed on several pairs such as AUDCAD, AUDJPY, GBPAUD, GBPNZD, NZDCHF & NZDJPY.

I have set the time ranging from 22.01 to 02.59 and blank (24 hour trading). Broker new day is 00.01. No pending orders. Even when matched to Broker time (+00.05, -00.25) (5:05 pm edt), EA says "Outside Trading Hours". So either I am not reading something correctly or Empty4 is giving me crap. Still no pending orders.

Image attached to show settings.. so not sure what this issue is.. Time periods seemed pretty simple to me.
I removed the extra "+", recompiled ok.. version 711.

Any ideas?

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wynkins · Post by **wynkins** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:13 am

boldtrader » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:12 am wrote:ok, this crazy Empty4 has me puzzled on this one.. Everyone once in a while I get stumped..

No orders. Have run through 20+ pairs.. and nothing..
If I am reading it right, there should have been pending placed on several pairs such as AUDCAD, AUDJPY, GBPAUD, GBPNZD, NZDCHF & NZDJPY.

I have set the time ranging from 22.01 to 02.59 and blank (24 hour trading). Broker new day is 00.01. No pending orders. Even when matched to Broker time (+00.05, -00.25) (5:05 pm edt), EA says "Outside Trading Hours". So either I am not reading something correctly or Empty4 is giving me crap. Still no pending orders.

Image attached to show settings.. so not sure what this issue is.. Time periods seemed pretty simple to me.
I removed the extra "+", recompiled ok.. version 711.

Any ideas?

I had the same problem. I think it is related to the fact that my VPS time (as opposed to broker time) is GMT-5. So when the Tuesday candle opens on Global Prime, it is still Monday on my VPS. Disabling Monday trading prevents trading the open of the Tuesday candle. I resolved it by enabling Monday trading.

Post by **fxozgirl** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:17 am

boldtrader » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:12 pm wrote:ok, this crazy Empty4 has me puzzled on this one.. Everyone once in a while I get stumped..

No orders. Have run through 20+ pairs.. and nothing..
If I am reading it right, there should have been pending placed on several pairs such as AUDCAD, AUDJPY, GBPAUD, GBPNZD, NZDCHF & NZDJPY.

I have set the time ranging from 22.01 to 02.59 and blank (24 hour trading). Broker new day is 00.01. No pending orders. Even when matched to Broker time (+00.05, -00.25) (5:05 pm edt), EA says "Outside Trading Hours". So either I am not reading something correctly or Empty4 is giving me crap. Still no pending orders.

Image attached to show settings.. so not sure what this issue is.. Time periods seemed pretty simple to me.
I removed the extra "+", recompiled ok.. version 711.

Any ideas?

The screen comments indicate 'this is not a trading day' which means you have TradeMonday set to false (I can see you have). Sorry for the dumb question, but was it still Monday when you took the screenshot?

Post by **boldtrader** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:21 am

fxozgirl » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:17 am wrote:
The screen comments indicate 'this is not a trading day' which means you have TradeMonday set to false (I can see you have). Sorry for the dumb question, but was it still Monday when you took the screenshot?

It was Monday calendar time, ie: local time.. but, Tuesday Broker time.

Post by **zader** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:42 am

boldtrader » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:21 am wrote:
It was Monday calendar time, ie: local time.. but, Tuesday Broker time.

No pendings for me either, I used the OOTB settings with Monday set to false & I'm with GP so trading time 22.10, 22.25 was start of Tuesday candle but also Monday local time

Would changing >

Code: Select all

   //Today's trading status
   int day = TimeDayOfWeek(TimeLocal() );

to

Code: Select all

   //Today's trading status
   int day = TimeDayOfWeek(TimeCurrent() );

get around this problem?

Also had the Pipmasher demo shut itself down 2am ish and when starting it up again this morning only half the charts had the expert running on them

Post by **fxozgirl** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:13 am

boldtrader » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:21 pm wrote:
fxozgirl » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:17 am wrote:
The screen comments indicate 'this is not a trading day' which means you have TradeMonday set to false (I can see you have). Sorry for the dumb question, but was it still Monday when you took the screenshot?
It was Monday calendar time, ie: local time.. but, Tuesday Broker time.

That's you're problem then, the ea works off local time ie. the time your PC says

Post by **boldtrader** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:23 am

fxozgirl » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:13 am wrote:
That's you're problem then, the ea works off local time ie. the time your PC says

Sometimes.. I just can't see it.. too much going on here..Thanks

Post by **pipcruiser** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:43 am

Hi there,

I can confirm that the EA works fine and places correct pending orders.

The time issue :

The EA looks at the local time on your computer, so if you have an Australian broker and lives in the US for example, you need to figure out the settings. Also Tuesday mornings can be a challenge, as the EA (if do not trade Mondays set to true) will not trade, as the EA correctly detect that it is still Monday in US, even its Tuesday in Australia etc. So better turn Monday trading on.

So you have to figure out the settings that will work best in your specific timezone/brokerzone.

As the EA only places pending orders once every 24 hrs, its not critical if orders are send at midnight (ie. 00.05) or a bit later at ie. (01.05). I always give the EA a few mins extra, to be sure that the previous candle are closed, hence 5 min delay.

Best,

PC

Post by **zader** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:13 am

pipcruiser » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:43 am wrote:Hi there,

I can confirm that the EA works fine and places correct pending orders.

The time issue :

The EA looks at the local time on your computer, so if you have an Australian broker and lives in the US for example, you need to figure out the settings. Also Tuesday mornings can be a challenge, as the EA (if do not trade Mondays set to true) will not trade, as the EA correctly detect that it is still Monday in US, even its Tuesday in Australia etc. So better turn Monday trading on.

So you have to figure out the settings that will work best in your specific timezone/brokerzone.

As the EA only places pending orders once every 24 hrs, its not critical if orders are send at midnight (ie. 00.05) or a bit later at ie. (01.05). I always give the EA a few mins extra, to be sure that the previous candle are closed, hence 5 min delay.

Best,

PC

pipcruiser have you been trading this system long enough to see any downside from trading the Monday candle?

Post by **pipcruiser** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:30 am

In short no!

The reason I initially wanted to avoid Mondays was the huge gaps which sometimes are seen and to await "stability" = Tuesday.

Might work well also trading Monday candles...

PC

pipcruiser have you been trading this system long enough to see any downside from trading the Monday candle?[/quote]