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Author:  SteveHopwood [ Sun Jan 12, 2020 1:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
I read through the user guide yesterday and found a lot of typos. Most of them originated from a global search and replace that went magnificently wrong. Some of them would have caused confusion, so redownload it if anything confused you.
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
V 4e is in post 1.

This is an essential download/DIY fix folks because it fixes the bloop that was preventing immediate sell trades - a bloop I could not spot.

wallywonka spotted the bloop. It is genius-level proof-reading. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

It is also a classic example of how the tiniest thingy missed out or in the wrong place in computer programming, causes chaos.

DIYers, do a search for:
}if (AllTradesWaitForAReversal && waitForCandleReversal(up, symbol))

Clearly this should be a comment that matches the conditional that started off the snippet but the "//" is missing, so the compiler is regarding it as code rather than comment and it altered the way in which all the subsequent coding was compiled. Change it to this and all will be well again:

}//if (AllTradesWaitForAReversal && waitForCandleReversal(up, symbol))

The code will have turned gray as is proper in a comment.

On such teensy thingies does a coder's sanity rest and is frequently lost. Hey ho.

Fantastic spot, ww. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Author:  SteveHopwood [ Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
There is a teensy update to Desky in post 1. nwesterhuijs sent me a code block to display the global basket trailing stop when UseBasketTrailingStopPercentage is enabled.

You can add the block easily. Do a search for: //This came from DigitalCrypto. Thanks David.

I put nwesterhuijs' contribution immediately above:

Code: Select all

   //This extra display block was coded by nwesterhuijs
   if(TreatAllPairsAsBasket && UseBasketTrailingStopPercentage)
   {
      string descr = "All pair basket Percentage Trailing Stop active";
      if(bTSActivatedCash)
         descr += ": Basket Cash Stoploss Value: " + DoubleToStr(bTSStopLossCash, 2) + " Current Cash Proft: " + DoubleToStr(totalCashUpl, 2);
      else
         descr += ": Distance to cash target ("+DoubleToStr(BasketTrailingStopStartValueCash,2)+") = "
               + DoubleToStr(BasketTrailingStopStartValueCash - totalCashUpl, 2);
      SM(descr + NL);
   }
Thanks nwesterhuijs. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Author:  SteveHopwood [ Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
Lately, I have dealt with a moron unable to read Desky's user guide and another unable to read SPB's user guide. He was stupid enough to send me a pm about this. He is not going to enjoy my reply.

They both made the same stupid mistake of being unable to work out the Friday global basket closure thingy.

Only an idiot tries to use either of these EA's without fully understanding how they work. They are not toys for simpletons. I believe I might have mentioned this from time to time? In passing? Tangentially?

Understanding the EA's involves reading the fucking user guides. PROPERLY. I wrote the bloody things so I would not have to answer moronic questions posted by lazy and stupid space-wasters.

I put you on notice folks, that I will ban people whining that their Friday global basket take profit displays are wrong, and delete their registration here. Read the bloody manual and work this stuff out for yourselves.
Author:  Vokin [ Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
Hi Steve,
I have one request for you. Is there a possibility how to set TDesk Trading Partner for TradingDoneForTheDay after one basket is closed (with DailyCashProfitTarget 0)?
What makes me do that:
I have Basket TP set to something, but before this TP is reached, some pairs from this basket are closed. Therefore some small loss is created, thus DailyCashProfitTarget is no reached and another Basket is opened.

Thank you for your patience.
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
Vokin » Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:03 pm wrote:Hi Steve,
I have one request for you. Is there a possibility how to set TDesk Trading Partner for TradingDoneForTheDay after one basket is closed (with DailyCashProfitTarget 0)?
What makes me do that:
I have Basket TP set to something, but before this TP is reached, some pairs from this basket are closed. Therefore some small loss is created, thus DailyCashProfitTarget is no reached and another Basket is opened.

Thank you for your patience.
Sorry, but no. I do not understand your post. I will not attempt to code something I cannot understand.

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Author:  SteveHopwood [ Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
V 4f is in post 1.

4f is an attempted fix for those of us using: scaling out; scaling back in; hidden take profit and stop loss.

Imagine this scenario:
  • Your hidden take profit is 150 pips.
  • Your hidden stop loss is 100 pips.
  • Your NoOfLevels is set to 4.
  • Desky sends a buy trade:
    • The market falls 25 pips, so Desky closes a quarter of the trade and places a buy stop 25 pips higher. This is the same price as the original full trade, so its sl and tp are equivalent.
    • The market falls a further 25 pips, so Desky closes the second quarter of the trade and places a buy stop 25 pips higher. The problem here is that Desky would calculate the tp and sl from the fill price of the stop order, not of the original. Its tp would be 25 pips lower than that of the original order, as would its sl.
The solution I have come up with is to store the tp and sl of the original trade in a couple of Global Variables. For those of you unfamiliar with these, GV's are tiny files that Empty4 places on your hard drive and that can be created, accessed and deleted by EA, indis and scripts. Press the F3 key to see what you have on your drive. There will be lots of them if you are using Desky, holding the value of lots of spreads etc. They are automatically deleted after a month if not used, so leave them alone unless you know what you are doing.

Code checkers and DIYers, do a search for this comment: "//Scale back in sltp correction" to take you to the code. Lines:
  • 256/7 declare a string variable to hold the name of the Global Variables.
  • 2026+ deletes GV's if there are no open orders any more.
  • 2078+ is the code block that closes order that have hit their hidden tp or sl.
  • 2501+ creates the GV's for the first buy order and stores the tp/sl in them.
  • 2553+ ditto, but for a sell order.
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Author:  SteveHopwood [ Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Bloop alert
It is only a teensy bloop but would have the effect of immediately closing orders with HideStopLossAndTakeProfit enabled. It is one of my usual copy/paste/forgot-to-edit bloops, found by one of our bloop spotters in chief pivotter. Thanks Ben. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

I have updated 4f with the fix. To DIY, do a search for: GlobalVariableSet(gvFileName, hiddenStop);

The first search will take you to a correct line. Repeat the search and it will take you to the first incorrect line:
GlobalVariableSet(gvFileName, hiddenStop);

Change this to:
GlobalVariableSet(gvFileName, hiddenTake);

Search a third time to reach the next correct line, then a forth to take you to the next incorrect line and repeat the correction.

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Author:  Siwy [ Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:50 am ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
Hello ,

I have such a situation that , a trading drone randomly stop execution of "Jumping stop loss".
First few orders are "supported" properly , and then there is no action.

I've tested values from low to high , and Yes i know how it works:
JumpingStopPips: the number of pips to jump. For example, my default
of 300 works like this:
• Market price hits order open price + 300: moves sl to break even.
I've been lookin for some leaks in performance of VPS , but everything is fine.
All "trailing SL" options are switched off. Even SL is not executed at the execution of order.
Magic numer is unique and any instance of others EA shoul not block...

Maybe someone have some advice , which type of leaks/settnings/logs I should look into it.


Thanks for any advice
Author:  thomas1386 [ Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Desky. TDesk's trading drone.
Hello Steve,
maybe I am doing something wrong - but it seems to me that deskys "maximum trading pairs safety feature" at version 4 does not work properly. The last version I have used is 3x and it worked as it should. Then I updated to version 4 and noticed that desky opened much more positions than allowed. I have updated to version 4f to use the latest version but it is the same problem - desky opens more orders than allowed.
I am using grid trading with only one grid stop order atr calculated.
Ii is no great problem because I can still use V3x. I just wanted to let you know about this.
I will attach my desky setfile.
Thomas
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