Bold Bob

[SteveHopwood]

Re my last, bear in mind that I could not test the code properly in CrapergyTester because of the method I used to name trend lines; there may be bugs.

[bazze]

Thanks again,Steve You are one of a kind

[getdown71]

A get well soon to your wife Steve. Our thoughts are with you and your family.

[profitmonitor]

I wish your wife to become healthy.

[Cubic]

Sincere best wishes to you and your wife, Steve. I hope you bring her home healthy and happy and soon.

[jago25]

I'm interested to know how people are getting on with this. Do you trade the positive swap only? Does CSS indicator need to be installed to use CSS in settings?

Here's my .set file if you're interested - what does yours look like?

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gen=----General inputs----
TradingTimeFrame=15
EveryTickMode=false
Lot=0.02
RiskPercent=0.01
StopTrading=false
TradeLong=true
TradeShort=true
MagicNumber=0
TradeComment=BoldBob
IsGlobalPrimeOrECNCriminal=false
MaxSlippagePips=5.0
sep1b=----------------------------------------------------------------
sli=----Stop Loss Inputs----
StopLossPips=0
RangeStopLossMultiplier=1.0
sep1c=----------------------------------------------------------------
tpi=----Take Profit Inputs----
TakeProfitPips=0
RangeTakeProfitMultiplier=2.0
sep1=----------------------------------------------------------------
ldh=----Line drawing/correction----
GmtOffset=3
DrawLondonHour=7
LondonSessionLengthHours=4
LondonLineColour=65535
LondonFinishedLineColour=13688896
DrawNewYorkHour=12
NewYorkSessionLengthHours=4
NewYorkLineColour=16711680
NewYorkFinishedLineColour=16711935
sep1a=----------------------------------------------------------------
sfs=----SafetyFeature----
MinMinutesBetweenTrades=1
MinMinutesBetweenTradeOpenClose=1
sep2=----------------------------------------------------------------
hts=----Stealth stop loss and take profit inputs----
PipsHiddenFromCriminal=0
sep3=----------------------------------------------------------------
tmas=Two MA - 'slowkey'
UseMovingAverageFilter=true
FastMaTdTF=240
FastMaTdPeriod=60
tmame=Method: 0=sma; 1=ema; 2=smma;  3=lwma
FastMaTdMethod=3
tmaap=Applied price: 0=Close; 1=Open; 2=High
tmaap1=3=Low; 4=Median; 5=Typical; 6=Weighted
FastMaTdAppliedPrice=0
SlowMaTdTF=240
SlowMaTdPeriod=240
SlowMaTdMethod=3
SlowMaTdAppliedPrice=0
sep4=----------------------------------------------------------------
slo=----Slope inputs----
HtfTimeFrame=0
HtfBuyOnlyLevel=0.4
HtfBuyHoldLevel=0.8
HtfBuyCloseLevel=0.3
HtfSellOnlyLevel=-0.4
HtfSellHoldLevel=-0.8
HtfSellCloseLevel=-0.3
LtfTimeFrame=0
LtfBuyOnlyLevel=0.4
LtfBuyHoldLevel=0.8
LtfBuyCloseLevel=0.3
LtfSellOnlyLevel=-0.4
LtfSellHoldLevel=-0.8
LtfSellCloseLevel=-0.3
sep5=----------------------------------------------------------------
CSS_Input=----CCS inputs----
UseCSS=false
maxBars=100
CssTf=0
sep6=----------------------------------------------------------------
rst=----RSI-TMA Slope indi inputs----
UseTmaRsi2=false
TmaRsi2TF=0
PinHighLevel=90
PinLowLevel=10
sep7=----------------------------------------------------------------
trh=----Trading hours----
tr1=tradingHours is a comma delimited list
tr1a=of start and stop times.
tr2=Prefix start with '+', stop with '-'
tr2a=Use 24H format, local time.
tr3=Example: '+07.00,-10.30,+14.15,-16.00'
tr3a=Do not leave spaces
tr4=Blank input means 24 hour trading.
tradingHours=
sep8=----------------------------------------------------------------
bf=----Trading balance filters----
UseZeljko=false
OnlyTradeCurrencyTwice=false
sep9=----------------------------------------------------------------
pts=----Swap filter----
CadPairsPositiveOnly=false
AudPairsPositiveOnly=false
NzdPairsPositiveOnly=false
OnlyTradePositiveSwap=false
sep10=----------------------------------------------------------------
amc=----Available Margin checks----
sco=Scoobs
UseScoobsMarginCheck=false
fk=ForexKiwi
UseForexKiwi=false
FkMinimumMarginPercent=1500
sep11=----------------------------------------------------------------
asi=----Average spread inputs----
RunInSpreadDetectionMode=false
TicksToCount=200
MultiplierToDetectStopHunt=10.0
sep12=----------------------------------------------------------------
ems=----Email thingies----
EmailTradeNotification=false
SendAlertNotTrade=false
AlertPush=false
sep13=----------------------------------------------------------------
tmm=----Trade management module----
BE=Break even settings
BreakEven=true
BreakEvenTargetPips=20
BreakEvenTargetProfit=5
PartCloseEnabled=false
PartClosePercent=50.0
sep14=----------------------------------------------------------------
JSL=Jumping stop loss settings
JumpingStop=true
JumpingStopTargetPips=20
AddBEP=false
sep15=----------------------------------------------------------------
cts=----Candlestick jumping stop----
UseCandlestickTrailingStop=false
CstTimeFrame=0
CstTrailCandles=1
TrailMustLockInProfit=true
sep16=----------------------------------------------------------------
TSL=Trailing stop loss settings
TrailingStop=false
TrailingStopTargetPips=20
sep17=----------------------------------------------------------------
mis=----Odds and ends----
DisplayGapSize=30

edit:
I read "IsGlobalPrimeOrECNCriminal=false" to mean that the ECN is trustable. I guess that's the right interpretation.

I love this EA. Hope things are OK on all fronts.

[SteveHopwood]

V 1f is in post 1.

I had a couple of trades sent last week without a stop loss. I think this was probably because the box was very small and so the opposite side of the box was too close to be allowed as a stop loss.

From my edited post 1:

MinStopLossPips; BB turns the box to its 'used' colour immediately if the box height is less than this number of pips. This is to prevent trades being sent with a stop loss that is too close to the open price for the broker to allow.

[jago25]

How do you add using CSS? Do you just check the box or does 10.6 CSS indi need to be available to the EA? (I'm using 10.9 now)

In testing I found today EURUSD opened by this 10.6 BoldBob system while 10.9 alert suggesting to close the trade on 4H.

[milanese]

How do you add using CSS? Do you just check the box or does 10.6 CSS indi need to be available to the EA? (I'm using 10.9 now)

In testing I found today EURUSD opened by this 10.6 BoldBob system while 10.9 alert suggesting to close the trade on 4H.

Pelase read the first post to understand how BoldBob works, than you will have your question responded, CSS is not previsted for this strategy...

Cheers

Tommaso

[SteveHopwood]

Really impressive performance on my demo by BB using my latest sl and tp multipliers.

Please note though that BB is still sending some trades without a stop loss - especially on EU although this may just be coincidence. As of now, I have no idea why this happens, so do not trade the bot on your live accounts yet.