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Author:  cuzgeorge [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

Evaluator wrote:
james666 wrote:Guys - anyone been watching the ExtremeTMA thread on FF? It's just like this system (I.e looking for a confluence of factors before placing a trade). Perhaps there is a thing or two you can use from there? I've been trading their system for the past few weeks, awesome results!

james666,

Extreme TMA is nothing like Symphonie. First is the Indikators all repaint badly...some up to 35 bars back at a time. (or more!) Second Alorente does not use stoploss. Third the system is so bad they had to create a new section called recovery program to offset the huge flating negative carries that Extreme TMA has because you leave all orders open regardless of loss size. Fourth....from what I am told the system has been totally scrapped and rebuilt 4 times using totally new methods and indiaktors because the system has failed soo often.

That is NOTHING like Symphonie! In the 9000 posts of Symphonie NOT one thing has changed since post one...with the exception of the layout/format of the way the same indikators are used. (line versus matirx) Every piece of Symphonie has remained the same and only addons have been added in effort to improve and only after they were extensivley tested and proved their worth. Even then the core of post#1 has remained the same and NEVER changed.

Symphonie is a focal point of 4 indiaktors which have a max repaint of maybe 10 bars and that is only the extreme indikator that is forward looking an zigzag based.(also sometimes Sentiment) Second, Symphonie utilizes a stoploss ALWAYS and is totally focued on account balance protection with a dynamic stoploss and also uses ARS to make sure one operates with minimal exposure to protect against margin call. There is nothing in the Symphonie System structure that can blow your account on one trade....!

Extreme TMA does none of that!

If you read the Symhonie Thread you will see that Alorente tried to push is program from within the Symphonie Thread and I politely told him to take is plan elsewhere because his method was NOT Symphonie and promotng leveraging accounts way too high, no stoploss, and the indiaktors he was using were unreliable and had no grounding that kept with price action trend.

I see no value in his method and if you read extrenally of his thread there are people loosing largely on that method. I tried his method once he started his new thread and he provided a complete plan and the absolute BEST results I had was a 30% win to 70% loss. I see no value in the indikators he is using and highly recommend NOT using any of these indikators in building a Symphonie EA because simply it is not Symphonie.

Evalautor. :geek:
Hi Evaluator James66,

Eval, i cant thank you enough for refreshing us with your detailed explanation, pictures and all, of your symphonie system. you will see Steve has acted on it, and we're starting the week shortly with one step closer. thank you again.

James, i was on the FF symphonie thread round about the time TMA came about. i followed Alorente's trading for one of the holidays in the states, where he stopped trading with 180 pips up. sorry i cant recall the exact page , but i think it was in the 500 odd. He explaines how he traded for the day, live as all was happening, and it was very interesting. but, at the end of some of his trades, he would mention something like this
'
Alorente
Member

Member Since Aug 2011
2,673 Posts

Quote:
Originally Posted by realjumper
That is very impressive. I'm 3 for 3 +67
I cheated a bit. I exited at D1 R3, before the red bar closed on the MA cross. It´s a habit for me to exit at S/R levels.
__________________
Observation is the path to discovery.

EUR/USD USD/JPY

This just shows you that he has his own 'style' or 'experience' that he adds when he trades. He did the same in the Symphonie thread and i realised that he does have a winning way, but it is his way of trading, thats what we're all trying to find here. He found his way, but is is'nt symphonie, and he does use EA's along the way. I also followed how he set up those EA's, the 5M and the 15M, and wehen he had them re-written and decided he would use the 15M there-after. this is before TMa was started, it's all on FF.

I personally, might prefer to mix Symphonie with something else, and that would be breaking away from Eval's genuine symphonie, so i cant call it' symphonie' then. Here, we are trying to stick to Evals method, and nothing else. Exactly as he posted right from the beginning with strict rules to follow.

Im sure you have read this thread as it is not so long, and i also questioned if we were straying away from Eval's method. You can see he takes the time to guide us here also, but we wont try to change his method, the test are showing us the direction and Eval will throw his input if he feels it's not right. Eval has NOT endorsed this as symphonie, but we hope to get as close as posiible to this. thats the goal, until then, we'll keep testing different settings and it would be great to have your results too.

i Have not tried Alorente's sytem, i prefer a more structured approach like symphonie. TMA needs more experience like i quoted earlier. symphonie can be used by a beginner, just stick to the rules.

LhDt, who also gave the symphonie thread his signaller had this to say to me when i mentioned alorente in another thread,

Let's stick the rules !
For your info, the Alorente method is more gambling than trading !

Cheers,
LhDT


LhDt is well versed in the threads and understands trading better than i do.

hope this helps and i dint go on too much,
regards
cuzgeorge
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

Just starting up the demos in anticipation of Cowboy IBFX getting out of bed, and spotted a daft bloop immediately.

Fix in post 1.

:D
Author:  cuzgeorge [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

="SteveHopwood"]George, the error means you do not have the required indicator in your indi folder. An EA cannot open a file that does not exist.
WOW, thanks Steve,
did i tell you i was the 'thickest plank' :oops:

will check all charts again and d/l again.
regards
Author:  Evaluator [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

Khalaad wrote:Had Evaluator kept his money-making private, it would have been none of our business to ask.

But he chose to drone on and on about the Midas-like money-making ability, and the power of the system in public:
Posted: Sat 10 Dec 2011 1:28 am
But I trade my real account this way long before I started the thread but I am not going to tell you how much I made. First, because it is none of your business and second you would not believe me anyway.
Posted: Sat 07 Jan 2012 4:43 am
That is what makes this System SOOO powerful.
Posted: Tue 07 Feb 2012 1:44 pm
I have a successful record using Symphonie Trader System.
Therefore, moral imperative:

• he provide verifiable evidence of the performance; or at least
• assist others to help achieve what he claims is achievable.

Simply maintaining he has made full disclosure of the method in a Post 1 is not good enough Forum behaivour.

Khalid

Khalaad,

Care to explain further your post??? Are you calling me and the Symphone thread a lie?? I suggest you look at all the other people who are posting success following the Symphonie System. There are many...not a select few!

Also, if you do not believe the numbers in Post#1 and the posts of others; then why do you not try it yourself???? Use a demo account and you risk nothing but alittle time and much to gain if you are successful using Symphonie. (you will need about 6 weeks of STRICT trading time by Symphonie rules) There is no super secret magic pill or postion....Symphonie is a process that helps others learn to be patience, use discipline, and obtain pattern recognition in trend. This plus a strong money management system to keep your risk low and profit potential high does one thing.....it instills trade consistancy in ones trading habits. That is what makes Symphonie a very POWERFUL way to trade forex.

You are corerct....I do post that Symphonie can produce positive pip results...why??? Because IT DOES WORK!!! But since you are to many blinded by some bias...maybe you need to search for another system that you feel more comfortable.

Evaluator. :geek:
Author:  slowkey [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

Slowkey,
i have started to make use of FXbook and hope all will be able to see results without those silly pics i've been trying to get my results through to you all. I'm not done yet, so please be patient until all are up and running in the course of the week.

No problem George, I enjoy your comments and enthusiasm. I am retired and a most patient guy. I find the development of these bots a blast. The beast proved to me that we could make these bots works for us with a lot intervention and understanding. I have been building computers since the 1980's and anytime I can get them to make a little money for me it is a blast. When I am not doing this I am a semi-professional horse player. I have an extensive data base system I use for that. But just like trading I did not become a successful horse player over night. It took time to do that and a lot of mistakes. There are a lot of similarities. I am a cancer survivor and just like a little kid. I do not want to go to bed at night. Life is beautiful. Every day is a gift.
Author:  cuzgeorge [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

SteveHopwood wrote:Latest update in post 1:
  • - I realised that I had not coded closure by Extreme spike properly. I have added code to ensure that the spike must be at least 4 candles back before closure happens. I am not sure yet whether this should be exactly 4 candles and have coded it this way to take care of server disconnections, computer exploding, meteor strike etc.
Hi Steve, ,
the four bars are why i'm going to run this on low TF, please don't take me wrong, we're just testing here. I'll be running larger TF's once i get the hang of fractals and that ZIGZAG thingy, hehe.

ciao bello,
george
Author:  Evaluator [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

Khalaad wrote: Evaluator,

Please do not put words in my mouth. I meant as I wrote, choosing my words carefully so they say exactly what I mean. And I do not wish to get into an argument.

But I stand on what I stated about the onus of evidence. I think technical analysts and market researchers in general, and promoters of trading methodologies in particular, are bound to the same ethical rules as scientific and academic researchers. When they claim something they have the responsibility to cite evidence so that people have the ability to judge for themselves.

Rhetoric is not the same as evidence.


Caveat lector.

Khalid
Khalaad,

I am not taking your post out of context nor putting words in your mouth as you accuse. I am answering your post with a question. I am asking you to explain further your post because your ''not good enough Forum behaivour'' makes it appear you are saying that I am not truthful in my method. You also say I ''drone on and on about the Midas-like money-making ability''. I have actually done just the opposite because I have said constantly that Symphonie WILL make bad trades as well as good one. I have said that Symphonie is NOT a get rich quick system and requires work for the trader. I have also said that Symphonie over time will be more winning trades than bad ones and that Symphonie teaches traders consistancy and proper structure in money management that makes one profitable and a better trader.

So, I disagree with the premise of your post because I am not mislead anyone about the potential of the Symphonie System.

Therefore, I request you better clarify your post.

Evaluator. :geek:

P.S. The below chart is not Rhetoric! This is performance using Strict Symphonie Rules in 5 min timeframe for 5 weeks of trading...!!!!! THIS IS EVIDENSE!
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

garyfritz wrote:
SteveHopwood wrote:
garyfritz wrote:If it would be helpful, I would be happy to provide a quick summary of what the [MathXXX functions] do,
That would be fabulous, thanks.
OK, here are all the MathXXX functions. Some are probably obvious but I'll cover them all.
etc
Cheers Gary. Got it.

:D
Author:  cuzgeorge [ Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

Hi Steve, all and Eval,

i noticed this part of the code for Option 1;

//Exit Strategy 1: Close the trade on an opposite direction Extreme spike
if (UseExitStrategy1)
{
if (HtfMajorCycleSell > 0 && HtfExCandleCount >= 2)
{
CloseThisTrade = true;
}//if (HtfMajorCycleSell > 0)
if (LowerTimeFrame > 0)
{
if (LtfMajorCycleSell > 0 && LtfExCandleCount >= 2)
{
CloseThisTrade = true;
}//if (HtfMajorCycleSell > 0)
}//if (LowerTimeFrame > 0)
}//if (UseExitStrategy1)



in this code, you are waiting for both the TF5 AND the TF60 to be the same before CLOSING the position. i think this might be very bad to the position and explains why the EA does'nt get out of a losing position sometimes.
please can you throw some light on this Eval. I would think 5M at candle close if i got the POST 1 thingy right.

also, does the CODE wait for the candle to close, and if it does, i can't find which TF it waits for to close.
sorry, my in-experience kicking in here.

ps: PLS ignore the "2" for the candle count, its just me messing with the bars, Standard setting as per Steve is "4". Sorry Eval, i'm not intentionally breaking the rules, it's just testing again. i got other charts on other Empty4 installs running the '3 and 4 bar rule. this one happens to be the 2 bar rule Empty4.

regards
cuzgeorge
Author:  slowkey [ Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Symphonie EA

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Well Laptop up and running the latest code by Steve for 5 minute 60-5. Still committed to getting this to work per Evaluators system. This will be running just oob setting with no targets so I can keep things pure for code development.

Cannot leave the higher time frames alone so running all EURUSD with several settings on the server this week.

60 minutes 100 stop only 0 target Extreme stop exits only
60 minutes 90-60 target and stop
60 minutes 120-200 target and stop
60 minutes 150-190 target and stop
All of these using a 50-5 Break-even and 1440 rsi 20 filter

Than a
HTF-LTF 15-60 setup and a
HTF-LTF 60-240 setup which I am still looking at.

If the higher time frames are successful on EURUSD than will try to optimize on other pairs. It will be nice to see this run for a full trading week. Of course nothing at this point means anything as far as the MYFXBOOK results until this all has a chance to cook a while. All of these are running magic numbers and I am turning off use ars for now just to make double sure there is no interference among all these setups.
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