You'd need an external buffer, something like this: SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW); SetIndexArrow(0,160); SetIndexBuffer(0,ResBuffer2); SetIndexEmptyValue(0,0.0); SetIndexLabel(0,label1); I'm not too good with indicator programming, and this is more or ...

Reading a value from an indicator

The whole premise behind an EA is that there are patterns in a market that can be taken advantage of. I'm trying to get a flowchart or something from them regarding programming structure and logic flow. With that, I might be able to build a very ...

NELL... Never Ending Language Learner

In the context of metatrader EAs, scripts, and indicators, a .set file are the settings of that program. When configuring your EA, indicator, or script, you just click "save" or "load" to create, or retrieve the .set file

Files: .set extension

Those seem fine.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Is that variable in the custom indi being sent to an external buffer? Also, if you wrote that indi yourself, can't you just turn it into a function and have that function completely in the EA already?

Reading a value from an indicator

I'm not sure how you are able to develop a correlation between a timeframe, and the likelihood of profitability. The EA trades based purely on price, not on any indicators which would be affected by time. The only thing that a timeframe change would ...

Old Dog with New Tricks

Put the Hilo Trader Lines version of the EA on your chart. You'll notice that some trades took a long time to hit their TP or SL, during that time, a trailing stop would have ended such a trade in a loss. I realize that a trailing stop can help cut ...

Old Dog with New Tricks

Higher win percent doesn't always mean a better EA. Look for my thread on "Success Score" Not simultaneously, but yes. It would have opened that many trades if you placed the EA on the chart however many bars ago you used.

Old Dog with New Tricks

For #3, the additional filter was trade overlap. The EA was coded to handle one trade at a time. There are some instances where a particular trade ran for a very long time, on the order of a few hours. During which time other signals were triggered.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Yes. There will be slight differences between brokers regarding the stats generated, but you're very close.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Perhaps we should drop them an e-mail? url

NELL... Never Ending Language Learner

Startbar 0 will use every bar on the chart.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Try setting minimum success score to 0. I need to double check, but I think when both WinPercent and Minimum SuccessScore are non-zero, both must be satisfied. (One trading style is greater, and one style is lesser). Edit: Confirmed

Old Dog with New Tricks

For those of you having trouble getting this EA to place a trade, here are my trades from last week. Settings should be easy enough to reverse-engineer.

Old Dog with New Tricks

This hilo trader is the first generation of a series of 'smart' EAs.

Old Dog with New Tricks

EA won't work on the daily TF at all. It's currently based on the daily high and low. I suggest 1M charts to start out. Step the timeframe up as you need to.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Trade Trigger "None" means no trade signal at that very moment. Trading Style is what you should look for. 18 bars for 1 day? What timeframe? And yes, I'm familiar with cognitive bias.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Not true. Currencies can indeed go to 0. The Icelandic Krona was 0 for a time due to Iceland's bankruptcy.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Did you count the number of bars in the history centeR?

strategy tester history issues

EA re-calculates its stats at the beginning of each new day ( During the period when the EA is also calculating the new day's starting range). Yes. As I mentioned earlier, I did it with multiple EAs running simultaneously instead of trying to code ...

Old Dog with New Tricks