Bob and Shelley Again

[SteveHopwood]

BASA has just taken a gbpnzd re-entry trade on a live Cowboy Cowboy Go Markets account using v1q.
No SL set by the EA.

I am using the ATR Stop Loss settings.

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I will look into this.

[RxCape]

I got the same trade with version 1r. I am also using ATR SL and BASA did set the SL.

[SteveHopwood]

BASA has just taken a gbpnzd re-entry trade on a live Cowboy Cowboy Go Markets account using v1q.
No SL set by the EA.

I am using the ATR Stop Loss settings.

I did not expect to be able to sort this out until tomorrow, but I saw the bloop as soon as I looked at the code. I had enclosed the ATR conditional within the conditional that checked that StopLossPips > 0, so when SLP = 0 the ATR sl did not kick in.

Fixed in V 1s in post 1. If you do not use ATR for your stop, you do not need the update.

I suggest you all download the update guys. At some stage, you will lose contact with the update that was/was not essential to you, and land yourselves with a version that is not trading as expected. I would not even begin to contemplate trading BASA on my live account without all the latest fixes.

[forextra]

Can you post some screenshots?

Hi shelley - after updating to 1q (and now 1s) BASA is now taking trades as expected.
Like you I have opted for ATR stop loss.
Thanks to you and others for your input.
Allan

[fxozgirl]

Can you post some screenshots?

Hi shelley - after updating to 1q (and now 1s) BASA is now taking trades as expected.
Like you I have opted for ATR stop loss.
Thanks to you and others for your input.
Allan

That's good Allan, now update to 1r

Edit: Oops yep 1s

[fxozgirl]

Ok, I've had a busy weekend reviewing BASA...I'm still really happy with the progress being made and the way the EA is behaving. I'm also feeling quite confident the EA will perform well once the markets pick up after the northern summer holidays.

With that being said, I'm sure we're still missing out on some potentially good trades mainly in relation to the re-entry trades.

To that end I have set up 2 new demo's to run side by side with some new configurations (I'll share in a couple of weeks if they do as well as I expect).

So now I have the following demo's set up:

Global Prime | GMT 0 | $5000 | Leverage 1:100

Demo 1: Original BASA demo
(started 27/7/13), updated at (almost) every version - currently v1y
New Demo (started 25/9/13) - currently v2a
Main Entry / Re-entry: Both On
MA Stacking for Main/Re-entry Trades: Off
MA Stacking for Stack Trades: On
Trade Stacking: On Max Trades Allowed: 5 StackDistancePips: 50 StackStopLossDivisor: 2 StackBreakEvenProfitPips: 5 StackTrailingStopPips 20
Slope Settings: HTF Time Frame: 240, HTF BuyOnlyLevel: 0.6, HTF BuyHoldLevel: 0.8, HTF SellOnlyLevel: -0.6, HTF SellHoldLevel: -0.8
Trade Management: TP 300, SL 100, JS 50, BE+2 30
HalfCloseEnabled: True
StopOpenPositionsFridayEvening: True
All other settings default
Edit: updated to v1u, turned MA stack on for stacking trades - 130913
Edit: updated BE settings, turned on halfcloseenabled, turned on slope for stack trades - 180913
Edit: updated to v1w - 200913
Edit: updated to v1x - 260913
Edit: updated to v1y - 270913
Edit: updated to v2a, updated BE settings, increased StackTrailingStopPips to 20, turned on StopOpenPositionsFridayEvening - 031013



Demo 1a: BASA using ATR for SL
(started 6/08/13), updated at (almost) every version - currently v2a
Main Entry / Re-entry: Both On
MA Stack: On
Trade Stacking: Off
Trade Management: TP 300, JS 50, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2
Half Close Enabled: True
StopOpenPositionsFridayEvening: True
All other settings default
Edit: Turned HalfCloseEnabled to True - 220913
Edit: updated to v2a, turned on StopOpenPositionsFridayEvening - 031013



Demo 1b: BASA with MA stack & Stacking Trades
(started 8/08/13), updated at (almost) every version - currently v1x
Main Entry / Re-entry: Both On
MA Stack: On
Trade Stacking: On Max Trades Allowed: 5 StackDistancePips: 50 StackStopLossDivisor: 2
StackBreakEvenProfitPips: 5 StackTrailingStopPips 10
Slope Settings: HTF Time Frame: 240, HTF BuyOnlyLevel: 0.6, HTF BuyHoldLevel: 0.8, HTF SellOnlyLevel: -0.6, HTF SellHoldLevel: -0.8
Trade Management: TP 300, JS 50, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2
Half Close Enabled: True
All other settings default
Edit: Updated EA to v1w, turned slope on for Trade Stacking, turned HalfCloseEnable to true, AllowedTradeStackingBreakEven - 22/09/13
Edit: updated to v1x - 260913
Edit: updated to v1y - 270913


Demo 2a: BASA using ATR for SL
(started 26/08/13), v1t
Main Entry / Re-entry: Both On
MA Stack: On
Trade Stacking: Off
Stochastic Settings: 4, 2, 2
Trade Management: TP 300, JS 40, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2


Demo 2b: BASA using ATR for SL
(started 26/08/13), v1u
Main Entry / Re-entry: Both On
MA Stacking for Main/Re-entry Trades: Off
Trade Stacking: Off
Stochastic Settings: 4, 2, 2
Trade Management: TP 300, JS 40, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2
Edit: updated to v1u - 130913


Demo 3: BASA using ATR for SL
(started 0/09/13), v1t
Main Entry / Re-entry: Both On
MA Stacking for Main/Re-entry Trades: Off
Trade Stacking: Off
RSI TMA Tf: 60
Stochastic Settings: 4, 2, 2
Trade Management: TP 300, JS 40, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2


Demo 4: DBASA
(started 23/09/13), v1
Main Entry / Re-entry: Both On
MA Stacking for Main/Re-entry Trades: Off
MA Stacking for Stack Trades: On
Trade Stacking: On
Stack Break Even Profit Pips: 5
Stack Trailing Stop Pips: 10
Slope Settings: HTF Time Frame: 240, HTF BuyOnlyLevel: 0.6, HTF BuyHoldLevel: 0.8, HTF SellOnlyLevel: -0.6, HTF SellHoldLevel: -0.8
Stochastic Settings: 4, 2, 2
ATRE: Period 34, Multiple 1
Trade Management: TP 300, JS 40, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2
Half Close Enabled: True
Edit: updated to v1a - 260913


Edit: updated Demo 3 set file with correct ATR SL settings 250913
Edit: updated Demo 1 & 1a set file. Remember my FridayCloseTimes are set to Melbourne time!

[Aussiedoc]

Trade Management: TP 300, JS 50, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2

Shelley, hi!

Top marks for the work you have done developing this!

I'm able to understand everything so far except one thing; so I'd like to ask what may well be a dumb question - but it has me totally stumped!

When you say that your BE is +2 30; what does that relate to, please? .

Thanks. Cheers

[Xeroforex]

Trade Management: TP 300, JS 50, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2

Shelley, hi!

Top marks for the work you have done developing this!

I'm able to understand everything so far except one thing; so I'd like to ask what may well be a dumb question - but it has me totally stumped!

When you say that your BE is +2 30; what does that relate to, please? .

Thanks. Cheers

Hi Doc,

I think you will find it means that when a trade is 30 pips in profit a stop loss is set at positive 2 pips.

So eg: buy at 1.0020 when price at 1.0050 SL is set at 1.0022

Cheers...Ted

[fxozgirl]

Trade Management: TP 300, JS 50, BE+2 30 ATR for SL: 20, 240, 2

Shelley, hi!

Top marks for the work you have done developing this!

I'm able to understand everything so far except one thing; so I'd like to ask what may well be a dumb question - but it has me totally stumped!

When you say that your BE is +2 30; what does that relate to, please? .

Thanks. Cheers

Hi Doc,

I think you will find it means that when a trade is 30 pips in profit a stop loss is set at positive 2 pips.

So eg: buy at 1.0020 when price at 1.0050 SL is set at 1.0022

Cheers...Ted

Exactly, thanks Ted

[fxozgirl]

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