MADTrader

Post by **trader689** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:34 am

i can report similar experiences on global prime demo usings the ma37 setfile, also wondering what im missing

keydcuk » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:03 am wrote:Hello People,

After abandoning one of my demos of something else, I've decided to give MAD-EA a try. I have gone through the manual and the 52 pages of this thread and have setup MAD-EA with Gilead's MA37 set file as well as with the TM APTM. So far bare in mind it has only been about 10 hours or trading, the EA has opened 44 trades and has closed 43 of them at a loss. Approximately -405 pips later I need to ask. "Am I missing something here?"

I have seen other people use Gilead's set with good results alongside a TM and to be fair it is not really what is puzzling me. What is puzzling me is the amount of trades MAD-EA finds to trade and then closes them at a loss. Is this normal? Is this the kind of DD to expect and then have times of extremely high positive pips?

Many Thanks & Best Regards,

Daniel

Post by **919gilead** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:56 am

I don't know why you folks are having that many trades. My EA has not taken any M30 trade and only took the attached M5 AUDJPY trade (with the same setting except I added M1 TF with 6 signals) since almost 12 hours now and the trade has gone nowhere as you can see. It briefly went into a 10 pip profit and reversed. I am testing M5 entry to see whether I get an early trade but no conclusions yet.

I suspect it may be your trading time that is making the difference. I partially allow the EA to trade Asian session from 15.00 pm to 19.00 pm PST and Frankfurt/London from 22.00 pm to 2.45 am PST and US session from 5.50 to 6.45 am PST, 7.30 to 11.45 am PST. I am 7 behind GMT. I try to avoid trading major news events.

Post by **keydcuk** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:18 pm

919gilead » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:56 am wrote:I don't know why you folks are having that many trades. My EA has not taken any M30 trade and only took the attached M5 AUDJPY trade (with the same setting except I added M1 TF with 6 signals) since almost 12 hours now and the trade has gone nowhere as you can see. It briefly went into a 10 pip profit and reversed. I am testing M5 entry to see whether I get an early trade but no conclusions yet.

I suspect it may be your trading time that is making the difference. I partially allow the EA to trade Asian session from 15.00 pm to 19.00 pm PST and Frankfurt/London from 22.00 pm to 2.45 am PST and US session from 5.50 to 6.45 am PST, 7.30 to 11.45 am PST. I am 7 behind GMT. I try to avoid trading major news events.

Thanks for your reply. I am trading 0:00 - 18:00 GMT so it could be the case I have had more trades than you. What I am not understanding is the closes. Have I missed something like trades close on a reverse signal or possibly an expiry of trade if it is in a loss?

Post by **919gilead** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:25 pm

keydcuk » Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:18 am wrote:
Thanks for your reply. I am trading 0:00 - 18:00 GMT so it could be the case I have had more trades than you. What I am not understanding is the closes. Have I missed something like trades close on a reverse signal or possibly an expiry of trade if it is in a loss?

I have not found the best exit strategy yet and therefore cannot comment on this part of your trade but I'm sure those with good TM settings will advise you. I still manually manage the EA trades.

Cheers

Post by **keydcuk** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:28 pm

919gilead » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:25 pm wrote:
I have not found the best exit strategy yet and therefore cannot comment on this part of your trade but I'm sure those with good TM settings will advise you. I still manually manage the EA trades.

Cheers

Ok, thanks anyway. I don't want to exploit this thread without doing any work. I will play around with this and hopefully will be able to comment on my results.

Best Regards,

Daniel

Post by **919gilead** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:33 pm

keydcuk » Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:28 am wrote:
Ok, thanks anyway. I don't want to exploit this thread without doing any work. I will play around with this and hopefully will be able to comment on my results.

Best Regards,

Daniel

You're welcome and look forward to your results

Post by **jasonckb** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:00 pm

The 3rd basket.....My time zone is GMT+8

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Post by **szfxtrader** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:49 pm

jasonckb » Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:00 pm wrote:The 3rd basket.....My time zone is GMT+8

Thank you for sharing your settings files.

neocount · Post by **neocount** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:37 pm

keydcuk » Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:28 am wrote:
Ok, thanks anyway. I don't want to exploit this thread without doing any work. I will play around with this and hopefully will be able to comment on my results.

Best Regards,

Daniel

Wow. Great attitude!! Rarely run across people who say something like this. Kudos Daniel.

Here are my weeks results for Georges set file and the APTM settings I use. So far using ATR has worked well for an exit strat. It followed Guppy and GA for a lot of pips yesterday. I turn it on 30 minutes after London Open and back off at 3pm NY time. Friday might just be a bad day for this EA. Personally I never trade Fridays because historically I give all my profits back on that day lol

Post by **Wavegarrick** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:18 pm

Friday might just be a bad day for this EA. Personally I never trade Fridays because historically I give all my profits back on that day lol

Here is the thing for me.....thursdays are reversal or retrace days so the general feeling is that currencies are turning...well it so happens that friday Ny either goes in in the direction of the reversal or back into the trend soaking up the retrace....we are either contrarian traders or trend traders,,,,I have tried both and find that trend trading is better for me...I will not be surprised if most currencies make a concerted effort in the trend direction from here into market close.....My best days have been week end closes....anyway besides all these factors trading never is easy

So if you say that friday afternoon is not a good day for you means you are a contrarian trader

Tc