No, you were doing nothing wrong. Only if you use BB(3.0) and together with STO indicator. That will be a very strict condition for triggering a trade. Do you know it only has 1/1000 of probability that the price will reach upper or lower line of ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

For couple weeks of incubation, my little Robin is hatched out from its egg. Last weekend, I was training her to fly. My training environment is to do back testing from 3/22/2021 to 4/23/2021. The reason I take this period to be a back test window ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

Icarus modifications note: Icarus_2.2.1_modified is OK, but the default value of ATR multiplier 1.5 is too small, you have to set 15000 to make effect. Icarus_2.2.2_modified is same as Icarus_2.2.1_modified only added an additional setting to switch ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

Hello all, here is my thoughts on Flying Robin EA: I hope this robin can dynamically adapt to the wind to chase high, chase low, or hover to keep profits. It adopts virtual TP and virtual SL which are similar to Icarus. The calculation of virtual TP ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

The indicators I put in the list are those can be used to decide when to buy and when to sell. A single MA or CCI indicator give no definite buy or sell signal to us. For instance, we can set EMA(144) and EMA(169), then the two EMA line will form a ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

First of all, I am not sure whether or not it could be publish here? Secondary, the Flying Robin EA is still under testing and debugging. If MaPi allow, maybe I could state the idea of Flying Robin firstly here, so that everyone can give me valuable ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

OK, MaPi, I change Icarus_2.2.1_Modified to Icarus_2.2.2_Modified as attached. I give you another choice to enable Alert Yellow directory without changing max_position setting. When you set "Enable Alert Yellow Directly" to 'true,' you will have ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

I try to not change Icarus' logic as much as possible, thus, I didn't embed codes into its mainly parts of grid trading logic. So that you can used Icarus as usual except you can decide the timing of opening cycles by employing indicators. Before I ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

If as you mentioned so, it seems that you don't have to employ any EA to achieve your goal. You can just put a market order for buy and set the TP at the price 109,194. The lots of the buy order depending on how much your account can hold on when ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

What are you going to do when the price reaches a certain specific value? If you want the EA start to run at this value, you can set an alert on your MT4 terminal, when the price reaches the given value, give a notification to your smart phone and ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

Our topic of this thread is "Free Grid EA Ikarus," but guys here should aware that Ikarus or Icarus is not a traditional Grid EA, and it had been modified by many peoples. After I have been traced the source codes of it, I would like to call it a ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

OK! MaPi Trigger is removed. Also Invert the MaPi trigger. The fast one is the Main Line, the slow one is the Signal Line. It has been changed to the Signal Line. It should work now. Just miss an "else." I didn't change any part of that. I ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

Still under debugging, not finished yet! Perhaps, it is just my naive thought.

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

Hello, genasea, Thanks for creating this thread. The topic is just I want to understand more. Now I am trying to find a control logic that can switch between two types of grid trading strategy, with_the_trend and against_the_trend, such that a grid ...

Grid trading system, keeping DD to a minimum

I think the unbalance control mode in Icarus is meaningless. However, because I am just a newbie to Forex trading, what I think it is meaningless may not be really meaningless. Icarus intend to handle unbalance by increasing the initial lots size ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

The purpose of this thread, I think, is to modify Icarus such it can be used more flexibly. To better understanding of how to flexibly use Icarus, we have to realize its behavior in advance. When Icarus start, with a hedging pair of a buy order and ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

[quote = FX6588;13504192]Hello my friend, I am using your default settings and no parameters have been set. I am looking at the code so that I can better understand the internal parameters and principles. Thank you for your reply and answer. I am ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

I don't get your point from the figures you post, what it is wrong?

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

I run back test on MT4, it will open positions. I am not using VPS yet, you know, I just a newbie to Forex trading. No positions opened means the trigger condition is not reached, the EA should work indifferently whether or not VPS is used. If you ...

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero

The time frames of each indicator are default current chart time frame, it you do not use the current just choose you like to use. Indicators give different value on different time frame.

Free Grid EA Ikarus - From zero to hero