dudest » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:08 pm wrote:
Hi Gertje,

For a USD-denominated a/c, the pip value is constant for the USD quoted pairs
E.g: EURUSD always works out to $10 per pip per standard lot

But for the same a/c, the crosses will have different pip values, and it will change with price (!) (due to conversion back to your deposit currency, i.e the USD). Had your deposit currency been the CHF, the pip-value would have been standard.

Wrote a simple pip-value indi sometime last year (attached).
Watching it on a couple of pairs (+ coding for risk-based lot-size management in my EAs before that) is what made me realize the variation

The pip value for GBPCHF has definitely gone up as price fell, it used to be below $10/pip/lot

Cheers

acostafulano » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:17 pm wrote:Hello,

4 Wave trades within a 10 pip period, with WaveMindistancebetweentrades=10

Using MARKET ORDERS (no pendings)

Experiencing the same in 8 other demos, accross all pairs.

Any explanation for this? I read that this was fixed in 2i, which is the one I'm using.

Diego

sponn » Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:28 pm wrote:

fchaman » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:19 pm wrote:I was so lucky to remove all CHF crosses in my trading pairs last week, except USDCHF...that pair alone cost my balance 25% loss today...can't complain, it could be much, much worse.

I removed this USDCHF pair as well...what SNB did to the market was a pure criminal act. Never seen anything like this in my 15yrs of trading forex!!!!

Where have you been when SNB set eur/chf to 1.20 flat 3 years ago ?

SteveHopwood » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:25 pm wrote:

acostafulano » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:17 pm wrote:Hello,

4 Wave trades within a 10 pip period, with WaveMindistancebetweentrades=10

Using MARKET ORDERS (no pendings)

Experiencing the same in 8 other demos, accross all pairs.

Any explanation for this? I read that this was fixed in 2i, which is the one I'm using.

Diego

Hmmmmm. Perhaps you failed to notice that the markets went mad today?

And you think that HGB is immune to anomalies in this kind of market?

Dream on, fella. There is only so much that an ea coded with CrapQl4 can cope with. Or maybe you think I am joking when I start something with, "Crap". Probably best if people actually start taking notice of the 'Serious warning' in all of my posts 1.

currymonster » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:51 pm wrote: So ridiculous market behaviour, but thanks to Nabbingbob, Steve , Millanese, and all the talented traders and coders we have collected together here, with realistic lotsizes this EA will make us good money in the coming Months.

SteveHopwood » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:42 pm wrote:The Forex market is a vicious beast. It will ruthlessly punish every mistake you make. Unfailingly. Every time.

acostafulano » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:33 pm wrote:
I'm not complaining about the losses (sorry if my post was misunderstood). I've gotten several winning trades this way, but that's not my point.

My question is only about the parameter "mindistancebetween trades" that seems to be not working properly, (same-type trades opening within 2-3 pips from the previous one without reason).
Just to bear in mind