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Author:  pacinvest [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:17 am ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
Steve just checking in here to say a big thanks for all your efforts. This EA and Bob's work is looking good and can clearly be used in a number of ways. I am trying various things with timeframes and it all seems to be working with ver 1e. I have 24 pairs on H1 trading both ways today up to London open I am 180 pips up. Impressive indeed. Make that + 220 pips and not quite London open yet.
Author:  Gertje [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:29 am ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
Woke up to see 233 green pips in the bank, a nice way to start this week!

DD went as far as 12% last night.
Also I see that margin can become an issue (26 pairs, max 5 orders) as I'm at 800% already.
DD is around 3% right now, with 61 orders running.
Author:  tommiho [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:14 am ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
Morning guys,
just noticed this. AUDCHF trade, I restarted platform and as soon as it opened the long trade was closed.
No opposite trade was opened and I don`t see an arrow indicating one. Also the SL wasn`t hit.
Refer to attached.
Of course, Steve and Bob big thanks. :good:
Author:  Gertje [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:29 am ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
tommiho » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:14 am wrote:Morning guys,
just noticed this. AUDCHF trade, I restarted platform and as soon as it opened the long trade was closed.
No opposite trade was opened and I don`t see an arrow indicating one. Also the SL wasn`t hit.
Refer to attached.
Of course, Steve and Bob big thanks. :good:
Hi Tommi,

I had the same when markets opened.
I restarted during the weekend while orders were left open.
Apparently sometimes conditions change after a signal is given, and no arrow is given the second time.

For me this is a reason to close all before the weekend when going life, so I can restart Empty4, VPS etc.
Author:  tommiho [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:46 am ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
Gertje » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:29 am wrote:
tommiho » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:14 am wrote:Morning guys,
just noticed this. AUDCHF trade, I restarted platform and as soon as it opened the long trade was closed.
No opposite trade was opened and I don`t see an arrow indicating one. Also the SL wasn`t hit.
Refer to attached.
Of course, Steve and Bob big thanks. :good:
Hi Tommi,

I had the same when markets opened.
I restarted during the weekend while orders were left open.
Apparently sometimes conditions change after a signal is given, and no arrow is given the second time.

For me this is a reason to close all before the weekend, so I can restart Empty4, VPS etc.
Hi Gertje,
thanks.
Don`t tell me you don`t like DD :O).
Author:  Gertje [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:51 am ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
tommiho » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:46 am wrote:
Hi Gertje,
thanks.
Don`t tell me you don`t like DD :O).
I don't mind some DD, if it's functional. :smile:
Author:  Gertje [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:03 am ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
Gertje » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:29 am wrote:Woke up to see 233 green pips in the bank, a nice way to start this week!

DD went as far as 12% last night.
Also I see that margin can become an issue (26 pairs, max 5 orders) as I'm at 800% already.
DD is around 3% right now, with 61 orders running.
Back to 42 pips, some trades from last week (mainly GBPJPY ) closed for a loss.
Author:  Radar [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:36 am ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
Hey Steve,
SteveHopwood » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:43 am wrote:Here is a version inspired by the chart Bob just posted in the main thread.

2 new inputs in the '240 BUY.SELL.NOW.ALERT inputs' section, allowing you to control whether SB closes trades following an opposite direction signal:
  • CloseTrendTradesOnOppositeSignal: close a trend buy following a ct sell signal, or the chart time frame trend changes, and vice versa.
  • CloseCtTradesOnOppositeSignal: close a CT buy trade following a sell signal.
The purpose is to allow you guys to play with leaving trend trades open through some ct trading. It will result in both trend and ct trades being open at the same time, and so cannot by used by US citizens.

DO NOT USE THIS VERSION ON A LIVE ACCOUNT. The code has yet to be tested.

:xm:
Love the idea :)

The question now, is, at what point do we decide that the last CT trade is actually the first trade of a new trend? My lazy thinking would say that it is when price hits the last trend trade's entry price (or BE).

That's as far as my fuzzy brain can go at the moment :( I'm sure better minds will come up with a codable answer :)

I tried making a multi-pair version of FB, with built-in basket management, but I've been having a hard time concentrating lately :( It's a bit of a bugger, 'cos from there, it would be easy to modify it to do any of the Thingy Bobs ;)

Anyroad, time for me to went.

Take care,

&

Have fun!

Radar =8^)
Author:  trader689 [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
started 2 demos just before market open yesterday evening, basically OOTB apart from lot size 0.1 and have turned margin check off. m30 demo took a hit early in last nights session and is now recovering, H1 demo seems to be in greater drawdown so far

lets see how this develops
Author:  boldtrader [ Mon Oct 20, 2014 4:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Secret Bob. Sometimes trendy, sometimes not.
nanningbob » Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:30 pm wrote:I think Bold trader is talking about his chart of daily Forex volatility. This is the average for 1 year of pips per day. I updated this the last week of Sept. so it is current.

Bob, yes, this is what I was referring to. I have my primary profile setup for the top 20 highest volatility pairs.

Cheers
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