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Author:  hilavoku [ Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
Hi Zyp,

can you give me the info about one or two of the taken sell trades? Did you delete the .ex4 file or recompiled the indi?!

thx
Guido

PS: I added the EA to AUDCAD and it immediately trys to take a BUY order. Which fails with error 130... :o


2012.08.20 21:52:03 Slopey Slope_repaired AUDCAD,H1: Alert: AUDCAD Slopey Slope_repaired OP_BUY order send failed with error(130): invalid stops


(A backtest shows that the EA takes long and short positions.)

sincerely
Guido
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
hilavoku wrote:Thanks for the feedback Zyp. I just changed some lines in the 'ReadIndicatorValues' function. Even when Steve's version seems to work at the moment it calculates the wrong values as i stated above. This doesn't also mean that my version is 100% right :-|
Just so you know, Guido, the values calculated are those of the 10.2 TMA slope v.1.4B 4.30 indi and are correct on my charts.

The EA is doing as I want it to, for now. What I want it to do may change.

:D
Author:  hilavoku [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
SteveHopwood wrote:
hilavoku wrote:Thanks for the feedback Zyp. I just changed some lines in the 'ReadIndicatorValues' function. Even when Steve's version seems to work at the moment it calculates the wrong values as i stated above. This doesn't also mean that my version is 100% right :-|
Just so you know, Guido, the values calculated are those of the 10.2 TMA slope v.1.4B 4.30 indi and are correct on my charts.

The EA is doing as I want it to, for now. What I want it to do may change.

:D
Hope the best ;)

The TMA value calculation itself is correct thats for shure but the time the values are updated isn't. As i stated above, the lower timeframe previous tma value is only updated every higher timeframe...

Code: Select all

if (OldBarTime != iTime(NULL, HtfTimeFrame, 0) )
      {
         PrevLtfSlopeVal = GetSlope(Symbol(), LtfTimeFrame, 2);
      }//if (OldBarTime != iTime(NULL, HtfTimeFrame, 0)
That is not correct 'PrevLtfSlopeVal' should updated every 'LtfTimeFrame'. When the 'LtfSlopeVal' changes then also 'PrevLtfSlopeAngle' must change like i posted here: http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 5&start=26

Would be nice if someone else can look at the function 'ReadIndicatorValues' and give his thoughts to us. I also spent a lot of time into this before i post something where i say that a calculation is wrong. Especially when its from you Steve! :?


see you
Guido
Author:  Zypip [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
hilavoku wrote:Hi Zyp,

can you give me the info about one or two of the taken sell trades? Did you delete the .ex4 file or recompiled the indi?!

thx
Guido

PS: I added the EA to AUDCAD and it immediately trys to take a BUY order. Which fails with error 130... :o


2012.08.20 21:52:03 Slopey Slope_repaired AUDCAD,H1: Alert: AUDCAD Slopey Slope_repaired OP_BUY order send failed with error(130): invalid stops


(A backtest shows that the EA takes long and short positions.)

sincerely
Guido
Hi Guido,

Sorry for being bother. Did not recompile the EA as I thought Empty4 should do that when the restart during initialisation, which I did. I thought it was not an issue at my end on the basis that Steve's version was opening correctly short/long trades according to whether the H4 slope was rising or decreasing. Also, I did not upgrade yet to the 432 build but will do soon.

At the mo I have the slopeyslope EA running on about 18 pairs and Baluda's basket management EA running on another pair so that I would take profit whenever the total profit reaches X pips.

Anyway, I does seem to take longs and shorts on your machine so it is probably something I have to sort out at my end.

Cheers,

Zyp
Author:  hilavoku [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
Thx for the info Zyp.

Hope the EA serves you well and will take some longs for you. Read my thoughts about a threshold. I think it would be an usefull addition.

sunny greetings from germany
Guido
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
hilavoku wrote:
SteveHopwood wrote:
hilavoku wrote:Thanks for the feedback Zyp. I just changed some lines in the 'ReadIndicatorValues' function. Even when Steve's version seems to work at the moment it calculates the wrong values as i stated above. This doesn't also mean that my version is 100% right :-|
Just so you know, Guido, the values calculated are those of the 10.2 TMA slope v.1.4B 4.30 indi and are correct on my charts.

The EA is doing as I want it to, for now. What I want it to do may change.

:D
Hope the best ;)

The TMA value calculation itself is correct thats for shure but the time the values are updated isn't. As i stated above, the lower timeframe previous tma value is only updated every higher timeframe...

Code: Select all

if (OldBarTime != iTime(NULL, HtfTimeFrame, 0) )
      {
         PrevLtfSlopeVal = GetSlope(Symbol(), LtfTimeFrame, 2);
      }//if (OldBarTime != iTime(NULL, HtfTimeFrame, 0)
That is not correct 'PrevLtfSlopeVal' should updated every 'LtfTimeFrame'. When the 'LtfSlopeVal' changes then also 'PrevLtfSlopeAngle' must change like i posted here: http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 5&start=26

Would be nice if someone else can look at the function 'ReadIndicatorValues' and give his thoughts to us. I also spent a lot of time into this before i post something where i say that a calculation is wrong. Especially when its from you Steve! :?


see you
Guido
Thanks again, Guido. I misunderstood what you were saying. I had not noticed the lower time frame problem because I have not used the ltf yet.

Version 1b is in post 1, with the time thingy corrected. I noticed a couple of other oddities whilst doing this, and fixed those as well.

:D
Author:  hilavoku [ Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
Hi Steve,

good to hear that i'am not nuts and my brain is still functional although it's very hot here in germany...
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
Version 1c is in post one, in preparation for next week.

I am finding that SS will open trades that become profitable when they are taken after a turnaround. Eventually, there is a further turnaround and the profit disappears.

I want to use mptm to close the whole position a la basket trading, at x% profit, so I have to tell SS not to immediately enter fresh trades.

So, as an example of what I have done, imagine SS detects a rising angle that might trigger a buy, so:
  • - the angle at the close of the previous candle must be > that of 2 candles ago.
    - I have added the condition that the angle of 3 candles ago must be > that of two candles ago, indiating that the angle first fell, then rose again. If not, the chart feedback will show the angle as, "Rising, but not tradable."
:D
Author:  glabbeek [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
Hi Steve,

How do you plan to filter out ranging markets? I would expect that your last addition to the EA might cause a lot of whipsaws.
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Slopey Slope
glabbeek wrote:Hi Steve,

How do you plan to filter out ranging markets? I would expect that your last addition to the EA might cause a lot of whipsaws.
How?

:D
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