...tis fine — Sorry Paul I forgot to set the Magic Number Did so and it is now sweet - it sent the pendings Now to watch to see how it trades I believe you are in Australia - as I am in NZ our time settings should be 2 hours different assuming ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

...ummm — I have some trades open on the same platform as this EA for GJ When I load the EA it draws the boxes but does not place the orders. Is this because of other open trades which suggests that the EA will need to run on another MT4 if ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Hi Paul This wont compile Error 'PrintConvertedPendingExpiryTime' - variable not defined

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Can you see the reason.. — ..that the EA does not place the pending trades? This is the set file gen=----General inputs---- Lot=0.01000000 TakeProfit=100 StopLoss=50 MagicNumber=65 TradeComment=Nicotina CriminalIsECN=0 RangeLineColour=65535 ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Thanks for the time you put into backtesting the system but with respect I am doubting that you have the logic right. Some reasons I say that are: largest loss - the SL should have kicked in before a loss of that amount the average number of bars - ...

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Hi Steve, did you find any error in the code?

Sixths trading - an EA by macman, Bob and Steve mk 2

Stop Loss — One of the strategies of this EA is the recovery and also hedging facility predicated on the basis that a stop loss cements in a loss rather than makes one a profit The attached article while it is based on stock market trading and ...

Sixths trading - an EA by macman, Bob and Steve mk 2

Anyone offer a view of the wayward TP figure on the highlighted ticket in the attachment

Sixths trading - an EA by macman, Bob and Steve mk 2

Hi Steve Did you find that Matt's code worked? On my platform (I'm GMT +12) Matt's EA drew the box between 5 GMT 27 April and 13 GMT 27 Apr

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

MohSeth - you appear to be on a 5 min chart whereas the strategy is run off a 1H chart

High & Low 8 Hours (GBP/JPY)

Have the EA loaded The Range High & Low equate with that published by Nicotina on his thread today (broker variance excepted) The box has been correctly drawn However no pending trades were loaded by the EA - I have TradeMonday as False Tuesday ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Before answering I would like to monitor the EA for a few weeks to see how things pan out. What I would like to see is how the EA functions where the distance between the Hi & the Lo is less than or close to 50 pips when it hits the 50 pip SL and ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

If 1st SL hit then new pendings are placed in both directions — Originally Posted by Nicotina image No , but if the 1st order close in SL i open once more time the sell stop and buy stop with the same prices. This from post in Nicotina's ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

The spread I was referencing was between Hi & Lo not Bid & Ask. I had assumed that it did not set the pending when it hit SL because it was already trading above the Hi where the new pending would have been placed. I note Steve that you say your ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Agreed though some thought might need to be given to the situation where the spread between Hi & Lo is so close to 50 as it was today

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Steve I think that the latest version is not running correctly If I load on a new chart the box is immediately drawn based on the current candle when I would not expect any box to be drawn until the RangeCalculationHour arrived

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Hi Steve Can you confirm that the CloseHour variable will close OPEN trades at the nominate time based on my computer clock What value would I input if I did not want it to close an OPEN trade but say instead I wanted to ride the baby until it hit a ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Hi a2xm The way Steve has programmed the EA you can chose which group of bars you use to calculate the Hi & the low On my platform today the hi was 135.45 and the low 134.372

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

At post url Nicotina confirms the following UK time: 6:00 pm to 1:59 am, 8 one hour bars starting from 6 pm I understand that BST changes for daylight saving and currently BST is GMT + 1 If that is correct then the current bars would be 17:00 GMT ...

Nicotina GJ Breakout strategy: an auto-trader by SteveHopwood

Nicotina Would you be so kind as to go to this thread url and answer the question at post #23 Thanks

High & Low 8 Hours (GBP/JPY)