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Author:  WorldsEnd [ Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:10 am ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
Hi Steve,

can you please comfirm the .set file is still the one you are using for you live trading strategy? When setting it up this morning on a 1000€ demo I recognized that there is no hard TP/SL anymore but a basket cash TP of 1000. Did you change parts of the strategy in the meantime?

BR
Sebastian
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
WorldsEnd » Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:10 am wrote:Hi Steve,

can you please comfirm the .set file is still the one you are using for you live trading strategy? When setting it up this morning on a 1000€ demo I recognized that there is no hard TP/SL anymore but a basket cash TP of 1000. Did you change parts of the strategy in the meantime?

BR
Sebastian
Thanks for spotting that. Nope, SL should be 50 and TP 100. I have replaced the setfile in post 1.

The $1,000 basket global position TP is deliberate. I am trading 0.05 lot sizes on a starting balance of $1,000. I want to grab the loot if enough trades are open and the overall profit is $1,000. Unlikely, but you never know.

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Author:  nrforex [ Fri Dec 27, 2019 3:31 am ]
Post subject:  this is a bug?
Hello.
In function getPeaky(). I see this code:
//Long
if (peakyStatus[pairIndex] == peakylongtradable)
if (ask > HalfWay)
peakyStatus[pairIndex] = peakylonguntradable;

//Short
if (peakyStatus[pairIndex] == peakyshorttradable)
if (bid < HalfWay)
peakyStatus[pairIndex] = peakyshortuntradable;
and i think it must be:

if (peakyStatus[pairIndex] == peakylongtradable)
if ( MarketInfo(symbol,MODE_ASK) > HalfWay)
peakyStatus[pairIndex] = peakylonguntradable;

//Short
if (peakyStatus[pairIndex] == peakyshorttradable)
if (MarketInfo(symbol,MODE_BID) < HalfWay)
peakyStatus[pairIndex] = peakyshortuntradable;

Thank you!
Author:  Yannis [ Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:15 am ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
Merry Christmas to all.
@nrforex, Steve always uses a replacement for all standard functions like bid/ask, it is called getBasics(symbol) and it is in all his EAs.
You can do a search inside the code for bid and ask, and you will see where they lead you.
HTH
Author:  isabek [ Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:17 am ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
please look at getBasics() procedure
Author:  nrforex [ Fri Dec 27, 2019 8:47 am ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
Thank you all for your reply.
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Tue Dec 31, 2019 11:55 am ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
I will be updating my report at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 29#p168729 soon.

There are some failures and some surprising successes but the runaway winner by a huge margin is this one. There are no trades currently open and the balance is just shy of $30,000 i.e. a nearly 50% increase on the $20,000 deposit.

Two things have turbo-charged the demo recently. The first is changing the take profit to 150 pips whilst leaving the stop loss at 50.

The second is the scaling out stop loss. This saves a fortune when a trade goes to SL. I noticed this earlier:
EURUSDH1.png
The starting lot size is 1. The blue rectangle marks the lowest point the price reached. 50% of the trade had closed by then. You can see the value of scaling back in if the market changes direction in favour of the trade. The extra profit would have been huge.

I have added scaling back in to the Slopey Peaky Bob.mqh include file, downloadable from Slopey Peaky Bob's thread. Irritatingly, this necessitated sending the function an extra parameter, so I had to add this to all members of the SPB tribe. Remember to re-download the trading EA if you want to take advantage of the scaling back in feature.

You can save yourself some time by editing the EA yourself:
  • Save your inputs as a set file.
  • Unload the ea from the chart.
  • Download Slopey Peaky Bob.mqh
  • Load the trading EA into your code editor and press F7 to compile.
  • Double click on the error message to be taken to the error.
The error code is:
if (scaleOutStopLoss(OrderTicket()) )

Add the extra parameter:
if (scaleOutStopLoss(OrderTicket(), MagicNumber) )

Recompile and reattach the EA to the chart. Go into the inputs window and you will see the new inputs: ScaleBackIn and ScaleBackInTradeComment


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Author:  SteveHopwood [ Thu Jan 02, 2020 1:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
V 1a is in post 1, with the hidden stop loss and scaling back in code added.

You need the "SPB core library.mqh" file in your platform's Include folder. Download it from viewtopic.php?p=159559#p159559


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Author:  SteveHopwood [ Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
V 1b is in post 1. I have added the D1 moving average filter that I describe at viewtopic.php?p=169489#p169489

Code checkers, DIYers and those who want to add this filter to other members of the tribe, find the relevant code by doing a search for this comment:
//D1 moving average filter

I have added it everywhere I have added code for the filter.

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Author:  SteveHopwood [ Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Slopey Peaky Bob's Candle Power
Time to remind you folks about this one.

It has been running on demo since 24th June 2019, so just shy of a year. The results:
XAUUSDM30.png
Interesting to see it losing not far off 3,000 pips yet gaining 27% in cash terms. Pips ain't everything. :lol:

Follow along if you want:
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