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Author:  alex_forex [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
talr wrote:
APQN wrote:I've been running the EA on all pairs in the last few days but noticed that the EA needs to be restarted from time to time to ensure that trades get triggered.

I came home from work today, closed the platform and re-opened straight away. A new trade was triggered as soon as the platform got restarted. This has happened to me twice. Has anyone else had the same problem?
You do that on LIVE ??
Does it matter ?
Author:  luiz.faro [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
cuzgeorge wrote: - I would'nt suggest running less than 1 hr charts.
I understand the EA only uses the D1 and H4 Slopes, and the Daily, Weekly and Monthly Pivots...

So, the timeframe of the chart the EA is attached to should only impact the value of the 5.1 MA and the Bollinger Bands (if you are using the BB range-trading mode), right?

Are those the reasons for the differences between your H1 and H4 instances, George?

All the best,

Luiz
Author:  talr [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
Alex,

For the bottom line not really :-)

But if someone use it on live I can just assume he used it on demo for sometime to be sure it will not drain it's live account....
Author:  APQN [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
talr wrote:For the bottom line not really :-)

But if someone use it on live I can just assume he used it on demo for sometime to be sure it will not drain it's live account....
Hi talr,
I'm still running on my demo and I'm glad it's only on my demo. There is a fair bit to learn and I rather do the learning without losing real money.
Author:  talr [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
APQN wrote:
talr wrote:For the bottom line not really :-)

But if someone use it on live I can just assume he used it on demo for sometime to be sure it will not drain it's live account....
Hi talr,
I'm still running on my demo and I'm glad it's only on my demo. There is a fair bit to learn and I rather do the learning without losing real money.
I know what you mean... I was with NB early trade methods , used them on demo then on real
and lost it all :cry: I was glad to see Bob didn't stop developing and searching although I never figured out how he do that while managing school :lol:

I was more then glad to see Alex taking the manual system and put it into Auto one.... but it seems that while there is no 100% success still some manual work should be done since the EA got into long loosing trades... ( I'll cut the SL pips in half to 100 first of all)...

Glad to be back....
Author:  dextroze [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
APQN wrote:I've been running the EA on all pairs in the last few days but noticed that the EA needs to be restarted from time to time to ensure that trades get triggered.

I came home from work today, closed the platform and re-opened straight away. A new trade was triggered as soon as the platform got restarted. This has happened to me twice. Has anyone else had the same problem?
Same problem here ... Kinda wondering what causes the inactivity ... have pair running on nzd and aud ..
Author:  cuzgeorge [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
Hey Alex Forex, i forgot i had another one running on 4HR. It was the first and second time i ever had a BB trades, one on gold and eurcad. both profitable. Check the screenshots for the closed positions.

:oops: i'm still on v1.1 here and will update shortly, but here's the link for the record.

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Author:  cuzgeorge [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
luiz.faro wrote:
cuzgeorge wrote: - I would'nt suggest running less than 1 hr charts.
I understand the EA only uses the D1 and H4 Slopes, and the Daily, Weekly and Monthly Pivots...

So, the timeframe of the chart the EA is attached to should only impact the value of the 5.1 MA and the Bollinger Bands (if you are using the BB range-trading mode), right?

Are those the reasons for the differences between your H1 and H4 instances, George?

All the best,

Luiz
Luiz,
yes, i believe thats how the indis are read. I have OOTB settings which by default has all the trade methods on. I think pivots are weekly though.
I cannot say why there is a small difference in the trades. I was curious to see if there would be a one, and why i've only ever had 2 BB trades on v1.1 and not again since. ? i'm sure the setup has'nt arrived since for the ea to take the trade, but i know this ea works.

in the passed, (other ea's) I often would get what happened to APQN, where the Empty4 would need a restart, or reboot the computer.
I read that DietCoke does that too every morning at 10-30 local time for him, to prevent memory leak.

the reason i ran the two side by side, was to see if Empty4 would have any identical errors at the same time. This would tell me there is a code error somewhere as i like to troubleshoot and see if i can find a fix. good way to learn. this has not happened yet, it's still early days, but so far, this ea seems to be clean as a whistle.

Al3xx would be best to answer or confirm how the indis are read. I get very confused trying to 'track' the code but i can deduce from this;

Code: Select all

void ReadIndicatorValues()
{
   //Called at the open of each M1 candle
   
   //Slope
   D1SlopeVal = GetSlope(PERIOD_D1, 0);
   D1SlopeTrend = ranging;
   if (D1SlopeVal >= 0.4) D1SlopeTrend = buyonly;
   if (D1SlopeVal <= -0.4) D1SlopeTrend = sellonly;
   if (D1SlopeVal >= 0.8) D1SlopeTrend = buyhold;
   if (D1SlopeVal <= -0.8) D1SlopeTrend = sellhold;

   //Calculate the angle
   static datetime OldD1BarTime;//Use this further down as well, so reset at the end of the function
   if (OldD1BarTime != iTime(NULL, PERIOD_D1, 0))
   {
      PrevD1SlopeVal = GetSlope(PERIOD_D1, 1);      
   }//if (OldD1BarTime != iTime(NULL, PERIOD_D1, 0)
   
   D1SlopeAngle = unchanged;
   if (D1SlopeVal  > PrevD1SlopeVal) D1SlopeAngle = rising;
   if (D1SlopeVal  < PrevD1SlopeVal) D1SlopeAngle = falling;
   

   if (LowerTimeFrame != PERIOD_D1)
   {
      LtfSlopeVal = GetSlope(LowerTimeFrame, 0);
      LtfSlopeTrend = ranging;
      if (LtfSlopeVal >= 0.4) LtfSlopeTrend = buyonly;
      if (LtfSlopeVal <= -0.4) LtfSlopeTrend = sellonly;
      if (LtfSlopeVal >= 0.8) LtfSlopeTrend = buyhold;
      if (LtfSlopeVal <= -0.8) LtfSlopeTrend = sellhold;

      static datetime OldChartBarTime;
      if (OldChartBarTime != iTime(NULL, LowerTimeFrame, 0))
      {
         PrevLtfSlopeVal = GetSlope(LowerTimeFrame, 1);      
      }//if (OldChartBarTime != iTime(NULL, PERIOD_Chart, 0)
   
      LtfSlopeAngle = unchanged;
      if (LtfSlopeVal  > PrevLtfSlopeVal) LtfSlopeAngle = rising;
      if (LtfSlopeVal  < PrevLtfSlopeVal) LtfSlopeAngle = falling;
   }//if (Period() != PERIOD_D1)
   //Calculate the angle

   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   //Woh trend
   D1WohVal = GetWoh(PERIOD_D1, 0);
   
   if (OldD1BarTime != iTime(NULL, PERIOD_D1, 0))
that D1, and '0' are used. The indi is read in the minute form so as not to burden the cpu with tick mode.
this tells me that the chart i'm using stands for the '0'. i cant find in the code where '0' becomes (? -which TF) , so i try run my demos to deduce what happens, which helps to 'read' the code. Still learning, but getting there.

I think the Pivots come from the weekly TF;

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  //Pivots. Calculate at the start of each week
   static datetime OldPivotBarTime;
   if (OldPivotBarTime != iTime(NULL, PERIOD_W1, 0) )
   {
      OldPivotBarTime = iTime(NULL, PERIOD_W1, 0);
      CalculatePivots();
   }//if (OldPivotBarTime != iTime(NULL, PERIOD_W1, 0) )


If anything, its impossible for al3xx to know what could happen in every scenario, and i like to help by doing these tests. Something i find insignificant, can mean something completely different to al3xx and Steve.


Hope my response does'nt confuse. trying to answer as clearly as i can and with my logic behind all the testing.
Author:  effluvium [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
cuzgeorge wrote:jasonckb,
thank you for the basket demo, its great to see different approaches for Alex's EA.here are two demos i'm running to see if there is a difference in running the charts on 1hr and on daily. They are on same criminal, ava, OOTB, and identical pairs. criminal type is ECN=true.
.....
Hi Cuzgeorge, I'd like just to notify you an error in your EA setups. You put ECN= True with AVAFX account, and this broker is not ECN but market maker. So ECN should be = False
Author:  forexripper [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Nanningbob 10.2 Autotrader's new home
cuzgeorge wrote:Thank you Alex,
These are my results so far with screen shot showing 'D1 trend' trades, also the pairs i'm running and settings, ootb. first trades i also never saw the risk setting was at '2', changed it now to '0'.
risk=0, and lot size 0.06 as per orig.

regards
george
Hi George,

Is it possible to get the extreme spike indi on your chart. Thanks
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