Dibs method auto trading robot by Steve Hopwood MOD

[Dennis4x]

There is only one reason why it's on the screen.
StopTrading was set to true. Should be false.

[Dennis4x]

I think this is what happened. You edited the .mq4 file while the EA was turned on. This is a bad idea as the EA will revert to default settings without you realizing it. You will find your lots, and other settings reset to the default by the EA.
Next time, close the EA before you compile and then open it again after.

[fx800]

I think this is what happened. You edited the .mq4 file while the EA was turned on. This is a bad idea as the EA will revert to default settings without you realizing it. You will find your lots, and other settings reset to the default by the EA.
Next time, close the EA before you compile and then open it again after.

Dennis4x

You are absolutely right. I wonder how I didn't spot it. I went through the ea input several times last night looking for some silly mistakes like that when Jjgengis PM me asking if my ea was trading.

I shall correct the ea input and UPDATE IN POST 1.

Thank you very much again for your help.

Regards
Peter.

[Dennis4x]

Hi Peter,
You don't have to correct the MQ4 file. It should be set to true in your MQ4 file, but set to false in your settings. Otherwise, it will not be able to catch your EA when it accidentally reverted its settings.
This may not be easy to understand but once you have this happen to you a couple of times, a light bulb will be turned on.

[fx800]

Hi Peter,
You don't have to correct the MQ4 file. It should be set to true in your MQ4 file, but set to false in your settings. Otherwise, it will not be able to catch your EA when it accidentally reverted its settings.
This may not be easy to understand but once you have this happen to you a couple of times, a light bulb will be turned on.

Hi Dennis4x

I have just set the stop trading to false and compiled it, like many other ea's in the forum. Many people will just load the ea onto the charts and missed the stop trading input and then wondered why the ea is not trading. I have come across it in the FF in the past.

I haven't changed the code.

Regards
Peter

[SteveHopwood]

Ehup Guys.

Sorry I was a bit grumpy the other night. Great to see you helping each other out.

I have moved this thread to the Automated section, so it does not get buried in the Dummies section. fx800, if you object, then I can move it back again.

[Anonymous]

Ehup Guys.

Sorry I was a bit grumpy the other night. Great to see you helping each other out.

I have moved this thread to the Automated section, so it does not get buried in the Dummies section. fx800, if you object, then I can move it back again.

No apology needed, Steve. I trust in your judgement that by moving it to the Automatic trading section would help to improve participation by other members and thus help to improve this ea further.

This bot has a sound trading logic and I can see no reason why we can't make it to trade profitably.

Besides, Dennis4x has very kindly offered his expertise and I sincerely hope other members would chip in too.

Peter

[fx800]

On another matter, since changing the stop trading input to false yesterday evening, the ea has sent one pending order on H4 TF.

There has been no trade setups for the H1 demo, so I am waiting to see if any po when there is one.

Peter

[Anonymous]

Hi Dennis4x

I just received a PM from Jjgengis regarding a coding error in his suggested fix earlier :

I found an error on my modify.....
Say 0.0002 or 20*points isn't the same thing. Because on pairs with jpy , you never have 4 decimal numbers.

So, the modify is this:

at the end of "-Trade management module-" put this row:
CODE: SELECT ALL
extern int AvoidStopLevel=2;



At the and of the list of variablexxxx *= multiplier you put this row:
CODE: SELECT ALL
AvoidStopLevel*= multiplier;



and in place of 0.0002 you put: AvoidStopLevel * Point

Would you be kind enough to cast an eye on the above amendment before I incorporate it into the ea in post 1.

Thanks.

Peter

P.S. I am leaving any offer of code fixes in your safe pair of hands unless they are from regular contributors in Steve’s forum because I do not wish to inadvertently introduce bugs into the ea.

[Anonymous]

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