gifog, we do not have the same issue. I'm glad yours is no more. but mine has been a lot more persistent.

FFcal - Plot News indicator

update — I've just installed this indicator on another computer, and the same error message popped up right away. this problem seems to be system-independent.

FFcal - Plot News indicator

hanover, thank you for this nice creation of yours. I've been using it daily to keep up with the news. it has been working greatly until today. I don't know what I did, but one minute it was working properly, the next it refused to work any more, ...

FFcal - Plot News indicator

Hi Loopy! thank you for this nice addition to MT4. I was going to do sth similiar but hadn't really figured out how to proceed. you've given me an example to stduy at. if I could make a better one I'll also post it. otherwise I guess I'll just use ...

Tradestats!

Hello DerkWehler! thank you for this great gadget! I've been using it since the last NFP report which got me completely by surprise. with this indicator of yours I can at last say I won't be surprised by the news again. image I trade with many ...

FF Calendar Indicator for MT

I know there are realatively not many trades at all. but my system is a trend-following system. and the 80+ trades are generated over a 5 yr period. the curve is even more impressive when I turn on fixed ration MM for the EA. see attached picture ...

why curve fitting doesn't work?

it sure sounds interesting. I once had a similiar idea and tried it out but the result wasn't very promising. however it might be just because of my EA. it could very well work out for you. please keep me posted about your experiment if you will. ...

why curve fitting doesn't work?

oh, why is that? I've designed my EA to make decisions only on completed bars, and my entry is always a stop order well above or below market price. that's why I could use open prices only to backtest. as far as I know, this is the most reliable way ...

why curve fitting doesn't work?

I also believe that better conviction can only be obtained by forward testing. however even if a system has been proved by forward testing, there is still the nagging suspicion of "how long will it continue working?". in a sense, forward testing is ...

why curve fitting doesn't work?

Hello philmcgrew! "Optimization is like playing with matches. If you know what you're doing you can cook your dinner and heat your house. If you don't, you're going to burn your house down." I can't agree with you more. yet I've also found it very ...

why curve fitting doesn't work?

Hello Jedi, to answer your 1st question, I think you can program your EA to keep monitoring the TP level. once price reaches that level, it's a trigger for your EA to start modifying SLs of your remaining two positions. I have a template for that. ...

Help with some logical progressions

this is like the Montcarlo analysis I've done for my trades. the analysis re-arranges my trades randomly tens of thousands of times and produces a report on returns, drawdowns, etc. of the different combinations. I've found it particular useful to ...

How to build a successful EA from scratch

this is also my approach. when implementing my strategy I found out that there were some contingencies where my EA alone could not handle (due to my very limited programming skill). so I developed a new EA with the same logic to work together with ...

How to build a successful EA from scratch

Hello Mr.Trend, thanks for the reply. the backtest is done on 5 minutes data from December 2002 to December 2006, my EA has generated about 815 trades during this period. I've used price only to determine entry and exit. no complex indicators ...

why curve fitting doesn't work?

image for the 1st phase of my trading career, I tried to stay away from the market and let a program trade for me. it didn't work out. recently I've read an excellent book by Dr. Brett Steenbarger. he hammered home a point that in trading nothing ...

why did EUR/JPY drop during NFP?

Hello, Mr. Warper. Thank you for taking your time to answer my question. I've read your post several times since yesterday, and I'm happy to report that each time I read it, it kind of makes more sense image . however there are still some points I ...

why did EUR/JPY drop during NFP?

hello SeekingLight! I was trading the 5 min charts of EJ, EU and GU, and believed that all three would go up based on a couple of moving averages. how did you make correct assessments of the directions of those pairs? what charts were you looking ...

why did EUR/JPY drop during NFP?

wow, I think this really lights a bulb for me! thank you Sgrig! I've encountered the term carry trades before, but deemed it irrelevant since I'm a chart trader and believed that price tells everything. I somehow feel that your answer here is very ...

why did EUR/JPY drop during NFP?

sorry I've contributed so little since my joining the forum... at 1st I spent most of my time developing mechanical trading systems, unfortunately I could not bring myself to trust any of the systems I've developed. then I began following other ...

why did EUR/JPY drop during NFP?