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Author:  blinkxzero [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:13 am ]
Post subject:  EA's not taking trades?
Hello everyone!

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I've been messing with various EA's over the past few weeks and none of them seem to be taking any trades out.

I've currently got Gday mark 2 on a few charts on demo using Alpari-US as my crim. I was previously on Oanda and found no trades were getting taken so I tried Alpari-US. Same thing :(

I've got all the Empty4 settings currently configured to allow live trading:

Tools -> Options -> EAs ->

Enable Expert Advisors (checked)
- Disable experts on account change (checked)
- disable on profile change (checked)
Allow live trading (checked)
Allow DLL imports (checked)
Allow external experts imports (checked)

The rest is not checked.

However in the past few weeks various EA's have not taken -any- trades. I had scoobs 2.4 running on another account and it did the same thing.

If anyone has any insight that would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if this is a stupid question or if this should go in another section. I really want to get into this and as a programmer by profession, I'm hoping to contribute back once I get my wheels going :)

Thanks!

(awaiting approval of posts so you can see my replies to your questions below)
Author:  fxozgirl [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
Try checking the parameters in the actual EA as well...


Click on the EA name on the chart (this will open the EA's properties)
Click on the Common Tab
Check Enable Alerts
Check Allow Live Trading
Check Allow DLL Imports
Check Allow import of External experts


In the Input Tab, in regards to Gday, you must trade a lot size divisible by 3 (unless you are using the Candlestick TS), then it doesn't matter
If your broker is an ECN then you must also enter True
and if you have said True to OnlyTradePositiveSwaps then this will also reduce the number of trades taken

Not sure about ForexRobot, but pretty sure your problem will be resolved by configuring the Common Tab as listed above
Author:  blinkxzero [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
fxozgirl wrote:Try checking the parameters in the actual EA as well...


Click on the EA name on the chart (this will open the EA's properties)
Click on the Common Tab
Check Enable Alerts
Check Allow Live Trading
Check Allow DLL Imports
Check Allow import of External experts


In the Input Tab, in regards to Gday, you must trade a lot size divisible by 3 (unless you are using the Candlestick TS), then it doesn't matter
If your broker is an ECN then you must also enter True
and if you have said True to OnlyTradePositiveSwaps then this will also reduce the number of trades taken

Not sure about ForexRobot, but pretty sure your problem will be resolved by configuring the Common Tab as listed above
Thanks fxozgirl!

I've got the following settings in Empty4 (see attached screenshot). I believe it's the same settings you've got listed there.

Also, I'm using the default settings for the EA at the moment on Gday just to make sure it's making some trades :D
Author:  fxdaytrader [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
if nothing works, you could post screenshots so we are able to see if everything is checked alright.

Does the "grinning smilie" appear on the right upper corner of the chart? Or does a "sad smilie" appear?
Author:  blinkxzero [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
fxdaytrader wrote:if nothing works, you could post screenshots so we are able to see if everything is checked alright.

Does the "grinning smilie" appear on the right upper corner of the chart? Or does a "sad smilie" appear?
Here you go :D
Author:  fxozgirl [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
That's a bit weird, not sure why you're not getting trades...perhaps someone else can chime in!

Mind you in regards to Gday, it's not a big trader anyway and it's quite possible to go 2 or 3 days (sometimes more) without a valid trade setup, although I think I had an audchf trade yesterday
Author:  fxdaytrader [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
try to set "CriminalIsECN" to true, not sure if that helps (maybe not, because if tp/sl is 0 there should be no problem. but, try).

does the ea take short trades? - long trades seem not to be enabled (see screenmessages) / did you enable the ea (somewhere in the settings)?

or post the ea here (to lazy to search), maybe you missed some other settings to enable/disable?
(i think I remember one shell- or other ea steve commented in the source something like "delete to enable trades", but not 100% sure) ... - so, attaching the ea here could helping, maybe ... ;)

edit: sorry, my english seem to be worser than else. I did not sleep about 24 hours, maybe I am a little overtired now ... Just trying to normalize the rhythm of sleep (again), so I have to be awake about 10 hours more ... need coffee :mrgreen:
Author:  glabbeek [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
You could have problem with your history.

Try using the load history script. It can be found somewhere on this forum.
Author:  blinkxzero [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
fxdaytrader wrote:or post the ea here (to lazy to search), maybe you missed some other settings to enable/disable?
(i think I remember one shell- or other ea steve commented in the source something like "delete to enable trades", but not 100% sure) ... - so, attaching the ea here could helping, maybe ... ;)
Good suggestion so I've attached everything I'm currently using to see if it helps!
glabbeek wrote:You could have problem with your history.

Try using the load history script. It can be found somewhere on this forum.
I've tried running "ForceLoadHistoricalData.mq4" that is in my Scripts folder and it works for some of the charts and not others -- for example, EURUSD. I read in the thread for this script that this is normal and to keep trying a few times a day until it works and loads everything. The current chart in my screenshot above, USDCAD, seemed to load ok with this script. Other charts won't start the EA until the script loads it looks like.
fxozgirl wrote:Mind you in regards to Gday, it's not a big trader anyway and it's quite possible to go 2 or 3 days (sometimes more) without a valid trade setup, although I think I had an audchf trade yesterday
I'll leave it running this week and see if anything comes up again. If not maybe it's worth changing to another broker and trying a demo there? If that's the case -- any suggestions on a broker?
Author:  blinkxzero [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: EA's not taking trades?
glabbeek wrote:You could have problem with your history.

Try using the load history script. It can be found somewhere on this forum.
As per your suggestion, found one from:
http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 392#p18392

That seems to be working much better. I'll give this a try and see how the trades go from there! Thanks for the help! I'll keep you updated if anything changes.
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