SteveHopwood wrote:I have done some work on the Stochastic versions.

Flexible: added the feature to operate only at the open of a new candle - EveryTickMode defaults to true and makes the ea operate as originally coded: DisableAfterTradeClose tells the ea to disable itself when the trade closes - setting this to 'false' allows the ea to enter a new trade if the conditions arise.

The versions in the zip. I am concerned about those instances of multiple trades but cannot see what is wrong. This is industrial strength code that we have been using for a few years without a hitch. I have added code to disable the ea as soon as it has attempted to send a trade. We will miss the trade if the order-send fails, but this is better than waking up to a blown account.

Post 1 as usual.

SteveHopwood wrote:I have done some work on the Stochastic versions.

Flexible: added the feature to operate only at the open of a new candle - EveryTickMode defaults to true and makes the ea operate as originally coded: DisableAfterTradeClose tells the ea to disable itself when the trade closes - setting this to 'false' allows the ea to enter a new trade if the conditions arise.

The versions in the zip. I am concerned about those instances of multiple trades but cannot see what is wrong. This is industrial strength code that we have been using for a few years without a hitch. I have added code to disable the ea as soon as it has attempted to send a trade. We will miss the trade if the order-send fails, but this is better than waking up to a blown account.

Post 1 as usual.

nanningbob wrote: One slight problem with Bob's template is that it masks the chart feedback that my bots presents - it is possible to miss the fact that there is an EA on the chart. I have restored some of the usual Empty4 chart display values. There is a downside to that because elements of the irrelevant grid show, but there is nothing I can do about it.

Is it possible to have the EA print to screen "EA ON" ???

SteveHopwood wrote:I have done some work on the Stochastic versions.

Flexible: added the feature to operate only at the open of a new candle - EveryTickMode defaults to true and makes the ea operate as originally coded: DisableAfterTradeClose tells the ea to disable itself when the trade closes - setting this to 'false' allows the ea to enter a new trade if the conditions arise.

The versions in the zip. I am concerned about those instances of multiple trades but cannot see what is wrong. This is industrial strength code that we have been using for a few years without a hitch. I have added code to disable the ea as soon as it has attempted to send a trade. We will miss the trade if the order-send fails, but this is better than waking up to a blown account.

Post 1 as usual.

kwchau wrote:

SteveHopwood wrote:I have done some work on the Stochastic versions.

Flexible: added the feature to operate only at the open of a new candle - EveryTickMode defaults to true and makes the ea operate as originally coded: DisableAfterTradeClose tells the ea to disable itself when the trade closes - setting this to 'false' allows the ea to enter a new trade if the conditions arise.

The versions in the zip. I am concerned about those instances of multiple trades but cannot see what is wrong. This is industrial strength code that we have been using for a few years without a hitch. I have added code to disable the ea as soon as it has attempted to send a trade. We will miss the trade if the order-send fails, but this is better than waking up to a blown account.

Post 1 as usual.

Hi Steve, the amended EA works as intended. Thank you for your kind works.

However, there are still many instances that the trade was triggered at open because it crosses the threshold at the open, then retrace during the bar and continue with the original trend, in other words, the trade is still too early. Could you change it to operate at the close, so order is sent only when the threshold is crossed at the close.

I hope this is not too complicated.

Thanks,
kwchau

SteveHopwood wrote:

kwchau wrote:

SteveHopwood wrote:I have done some work on the Stochastic versions.

Flexible: added the feature to operate only at the open of a new candle - EveryTickMode defaults to true and makes the ea operate as originally coded: DisableAfterTradeClose tells the ea to disable itself when the trade closes - setting this to 'false' allows the ea to enter a new trade if the conditions arise.

The versions in the zip. I am concerned about those instances of multiple trades but cannot see what is wrong. This is industrial strength code that we have been using for a few years without a hitch. I have added code to disable the ea as soon as it has attempted to send a trade. We will miss the trade if the order-send fails, but this is better than waking up to a blown account.

Post 1 as usual.

Hi Steve, the amended EA works as intended. Thank you for your kind works.

However, there are still many instances that the trade was triggered at open because it crosses the threshold at the open, then retrace during the bar and continue with the original trend, in other words, the trade is still too early. Could you change it to operate at the close, so order is sent only when the threshold is crossed at the close.

I hope this is not too complicated.

Thanks,
kwchau

No. There is no way of knowing when a candle is about to close, so we have to use the open of the new one to know when the previous one closed.

Whenever you time the trade doesn't matter a hoot. If you have the same level for,s, a buy and both open above and close below are the same, then you are going to get whipsawed into penury. Nothing I can do about that.

Or have I misunderstood you?

kwchau wrote:This is something I like to avoid. In the enclosed chart, a long trade was triggered at the open of the aqua vertical line, almost immediately, price dropped like a rock because of the whipsaw of the NFP release. If we gave it 15 minutes, the trade would not be triggered. I have noted a few occasions of this situation although the fluctuations were not that profound.