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Pooler2 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 6:45 pm wrote:Hi all,

Also started live trading this week 15/11--changed to M5H1D1 Live Set file as per TJF's recommendation. Same EA as my prev. posts. Starting balance $7191.94--closed a small basket this morning manually that was at 0 profit because I don't want open trades going into the weekend. Finished at $ 7728.48 --$536.54 profit which is 7.46% growth in 4 days of trading which is 1.87% per day. EA closed 6 baskets in 4 days which is exactly my target of 1.5 baskets per day, x 4 days a week =6, x16 days a month = 24 baskets--that I'm aiming at. That's an average of $90 a basket which at basket TP of 1% is higher than what I was aiming for--but I closed 1 basket manually which may have skewed things a bit. If I look at my spread sheet calculation where I compounded the growth of 1.5% per basket--after 6 days its slightly ahead. :yahoo:
Draw down max was 3.47%. This is the most exciting aspect of this strategy/method--it lends itself to pretty accurate trading behaviour...which is very seldom seen in trading...never mind investing.

Baskets Balance x 1%
1 7191.94 71.92
2 7263.86 72.64
3 7336.50 73.36
4 7409.86 74.10
5 7483.96 74.84
6 7558.80 75.59
7 7634.39 76.34
8 7710.73 77.11
9 7787.84 77.88
10 7865.72 78.66
11 7944.38 79.44
12 8023.82 80.24
13 8104.06 81.04
14 8185.10 81.85
15 8266.95 82.67
16 8349.62 83.50
17 8433.12 84.33
18 8517.45 85.17
19 8602.62 86.03
20 8688.65 86.89
21 8775.53 87.76
22 8863.29 88.63
23 8951.92 89.52
24 9041.44 90.41

Lets see if I can reach $9 000 balance in 16 basket trading days :smile:

Tweaked some EA Settings
"Max open trades per symbol-- 6
"Max one open per Candle in Timeframe"--4 Hours
"Timeframe to base ATR on for lotSize and TP/SL calculation"--4 Hour
"Period to base ATR on for lotSize and TP/SL calculation"--4Hour
"Factor if Calc using ATR"--1

Hope this info helps someone.
:good: :cheer: :smile:
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Chaps - the forex 'bloodbath' mentioned by Steve-O many times, involving the CHF pairs.... if that weee to happen today, in theory, how would this EA react??

I guess we would be stopped out if we were in the wrong direction.....or our 1.5% basket would simply close at a profit?

Correct?
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Vivforex » 19 Nov 2016 01:14 wrote:Chaps - the forex 'bloodbath' mentioned by Steve-O many times, involving the CHF pairs.... if that weee to happen today, in theory, how would this EA react??

I guess we would be stopped out if we were in the wrong direction.....or our 1.5% basket would simply close at a profit?

Correct?
It depends on your settings.
If you do not use TP/SL or BasketTP/SL etc then what can it do?
It is there both as daily operation if wanted or at least as one safety net in case of...
It is not bullet proof, if some pulls the plug totally then there is no EA or manual routine that can do anything...
Instead it is then more important not to use too high lotsize and not too many trades per symbol.
So in the end it boils down to your own risk analysis and what exposure you are willing to accept.
You can select the symbols you want, and you can remove the ones you are not sure about etc.

But when trade TP/SL are touched then Empty4 should react automatically.
And if any Basket TP/SL is reached then it will try to close all those trades.

I will look into other more advanced mechanisms later on but this is the current situation.
BR
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Post by Vivforex »

Thanks for replying Mathias.

Regardless, it's a fantastic bit of work.
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Post by jaboulet »

During this particular CHF move the market was halted (CHF pairs) for 45 minutes-1 hour. SL's were not respected/filled, so only if you had enough margin you could have survived this move.

best Jab

Vivforex » Sat Nov 19, 2016 12:14 am wrote:Chaps - the forex 'bloodbath' mentioned by Steve-O many times, involving the CHF pairs.... if that weee to happen today, in theory, how would this EA react??

I guess we would be stopped out if we were in the wrong direction.....or our 1.5% basket would simply close at a profit?

Correct?
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Post by murysco »

Hello everyone,

I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all contributors to the progress of this masterpiece. Great work you guys have been doing here... Its really amazing.

Please, can somebody refer me to a post or a link where i can find this report indicator?
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murysco » Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:18 pm wrote: Please, can somebody refer me to a post or a link where i can find this report indicator?
Check this TradeChart
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Post by acostafulano »

Hi Pooler!
Quick question: What lot sizes are you typically getting accross different symbols as per the settings you're trading?

mind sharing a screenshot of your open orders to see what it roughly looks like (considering your current 9K'ish balance?)

Thanks! :)

Diego
Pooler2 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 1:45 pm wrote:Hi all,

Lets see if I can reach $9 000 balance in 16 basket trading days :smile:

Tweaked some EA Settings
"Max open trades per symbol-- 6
"Max one open per Candle in Timeframe"--4 Hours
"Timeframe to base ATR on for lotSize and TP/SL calculation"--4 Hour
"Period to base ATR on for lotSize and TP/SL calculation"--4Hour
"Factor if Calc using ATR"--1

Hope this info helps someone.
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Post by murysco »

Thanks Rene. I appreciate it. :good:
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Post by Pooler2 »

Sure Diego,

I need to update anyway.

Since my post Friday (closed 6 baskets)--I have closed another 3--total 9. Balance from $7728.48 to 7812.99 ($84.51). 9 baskets in 6 trading days—still maintain target of 1.5 per day. Aim after 9 baskets to be on $7787.84—so $7812.99 still ahead of the curve. I have changed my basket TP % to 1.5%...so the spreadsheet calculation below from basket 10 onwards is 1.5%.

I have been stuck in this basket since yesterday morning 04h57 and has been down to -$700 which has dropped the draw down to 9%. I’m waiting for the EA to trade its way out of this scenario.

Baskets Balance x 1%
1 7191.94 71.92
2 7263.86 72.64
3 7336.50 73.36
4 7409.86 74.10
5 7483.96 74.84
6 7558.80 75.59
7 7634.39 76.34
8 7710.73 77.11
9 7787.84 77.88
10 7865.72 x1.5% 117.99
11 7983.70 119.76
12 8103.46 121.55
13 8225.01 123.38
14 8348.39 125.23
15 8473.61 127.10
16 8600.72 129.01
17 8729.73 130.95
18 8860.67 132.91
19 8993.58 134.90
20 9128.49 136.93
21 9265.42 138.98
22 9404.40 141.07
23 9545.46 143.18
24 9688.64 145.33

Diego,

Open trades as requested. Account not $9k yet—that’s the aim after 16 trading days. But this should give you an accurate idea of lot sizes with an account size of $7813.

Symbol Action Lots
EURJPY Buy 0.18
AUDCAD Sell 0.23
EURAUD Buy 0.13
CADJPY Buy 0.2
AUDUSD Sell 0.26
CADJPY Buy 0.2
EURCAD Sell 0.14
EURJPY Buy 0.18
AUDCAD Sell 0.23
AUDCAD Sell 0.23
EURAUD Buy 0.13
GBPCAD Sell 0.09
AUDJPY Buy 0.19
GBPCAD Sell 0.09
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