Bob's Biggest Balls Ever

[niepce]

@Lifesys

Hello,

What app are you using to place numbers on the source code of the EA? Empty4 Editor doesn't have that capability as far as I can tell.

Thanks,
-Frank

Whatever
http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... f=15&t=627
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
....

[fmuir]

@Baluda (Paul)
@niepce

Thanks! Much appreciated.

-Frank

[Wiggy1965]

awsome, thx Paul

[boldtrader]

Thank you for a great piece of work.
Demo on ATCBrokers, with .20 lot size.

Setup all three sessions.
12 trades, 6 winners; +$353

Nice way to start.

Did get a few repeating error messages:

09:41:23 '32016': modification of order #7926087 buy 0.20 EURJPY at 119.181 sl: 119.187 tp: 121.181 -> sl: 119.188 tp: 121.181 failed [Trade context is busy]
09:41:23 '32016': modify order #0 buy 0.00 at 0 sl: 0 tp: 0 -> sl: 119 tp: 121
09:41:23 '32016': modify order #0 buy 0.00 at 0 sl: 0 tp: 0 -> sl: 119 tp: 121
09:41:23 '32016': modification of invalid order #7926087
09:41:24 '32016': modification of invalid order #7926087
09:41:24 '32016': modification of invalid order #7926087

Great NY session today.

Awesome!

[SteveHopwood]

A fair few of you will have seen the repeating error messages today. They happen because multiple instances of the bot are all trying to manage the trades at the same time. I have sorted this out and the fix will be in the next release.

[fmuir]

@SteveHopwood

Thanks Steve! Your changes for v1c of BBBE handled my concerns beautifully.

-Frank

[Lifesys]

Some quick observations for tweeking.
(i) Of BBBE (10.3) trades failing so far, 3 could have been saved by 50, 25 & 22 pip SL's, another 3 simply traded wrong direction. Increasing (20pip) SL to 30 for this small sample would have reduced net losses by 70pip.
Unfortunately as is, significant +ve trades do not yet cover losses.
(ii) I think trades dropping out at around -0.2 to 1.1 pip do so, because the NegativeIncrementPips pulls SL to near BE which then gets hit on retrace. These went on to reach an average 56pips, so R:R of 1:1 without jumps would have net gain of 80pip.
(iii) Only 10.2 trade (WTI buy) went down (-127) through 100pip SL; another retracement to a solid support (6 tails) level.
If traded manually, SL would wisely have been placed just below that S/R region - very difficult to code.
This is where (Sangmane's) EasyOrder is very handy after a 10.2 triggers - simply drag SL or TP.
EasyOrder is brilliant for setting pending or modifying any order. [Not as dynamic as Bobs EAs though.]

One thing I am sure of, is the many silent members/guests who accept without comment the brilliance of Paul(Baluda) & Steve(piano doodler who may live in an insignificant village but) with Bob make a significant contribution to our 'hobby'. The challenge of logically coding that experience & observation is monumental.

[xrismak]

Some quick observations for tweeking.
(i) Of BBBE (10.3) trades failing so far, 3 could have been saved by 50, 25 & 22 pip SL's, another 3 simply traded wrong direction. Increasing (20pip) SL to 30 for this small sample would have reduced net losses by 70pip.
Unfortunately as is, significant +ve trades do not yet cover losses.
(ii) I think trades dropping out at around -0.2 to 1.1 pip do so, because the NegativeIncrementPips pulls SL to near BE which then gets hit on retrace. These went on to reach an average 56pips, so R:R of 1:1 without jumps would have net gain of 80pip.
(iii) Only 10.2 trade (WTI buy) went down (-127) through 100pip SL; another retracement to a solid support (6 tails) level.
If traded manually, SL would wisely have been placed just below that S/R region - very difficult to code.
This is where (Sangmane's) EasyOrder is very handy after a 10.2 triggers - simply drag SL or TP.
EasyOrder is brilliant for setting pending or modifying any order. [Not as dynamic as Bobs EAs though.]

One thing I am sure of, is the many silent members/guests who accept without comment the brilliance of Paul(Baluda) & Steve(piano doodler who may live in an insignificant village but) with Bob make a significant contribution to our 'hobby'. The challenge of logically coding that experience & observation is monumental.

Lifestyles,

Thanks, Simply A Good Idea... because I was already Contemplating a Manual closure of these Profitable trades.

Happy Trading ,

xrismak

[SteveHopwood]

Just to let you know guys, that the latest version is cooking nicely in the background

Coming up is:

• code to deal with those repeated error messages. They are caused by having multiple instances of BBBE running. When they spot the opportunity to update a stop loss, they all try to do so at once and so errors proliferate. Live with this for now; the fix is coming.
• Double Big Mac-style Adx.
• Pinbar (Doji) recognition to try to avoid trading in the teeth of a retrace signal.

I am posting this now because I promised a fix for the repeated error messages thingy. At the same time, I am coding the next two features. The Pinbar stuff is incomplete. Lifesys is helping me to add this. I am doing one of my 'I am merely the mechanic' thingies here and do not fully understand what he is getting at in the code, and so await some clarification before posting the latest update.

So, go with what we have for the time being and put up with inconveniences - turning off the sound on your machine is probably vital to your sanity. The next update is coming soon.

[xrismak]

Hi Steve,
Thanks for all the Hard work, I suppose what we have at the Moment is Still working Wonders at the moment.
I forgot to turn off the experts Advisor tab on Empty4 after I manually closed the other Profitable trades and so I got these trades Again... Still Profitable at the moment...


Happy Trading,

xrismak