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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
Ah, now I know who he is .. Simon yes? — OK, I recall that thread - so he is Simon... yes(?). Well if he is actually helping then you really have top notch expertise. Just don't let him make you do all of the work! Ian
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
Ventana source — No I don't, but its is just a LWMA with colour in a separate window. So you can just code it from scratch almost as easy as converting it to a histogram. Ian
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
i think that she means ... — I think that she means put a 9 Period EMA line on the Trix window. This was suggested in on of the web articles that talk about Trix. But there again they were talking about using it for stocks rather than FX. Ian
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
You can use which you prefer — Use which you prefer. smTrix is the standard MT4 Trix - which is an EMA of an SMA of an SMA. This version has no other alternatives. truesmtrix is an MT4 version of the published Trix formula , which is an EMA of ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
yes, that is one solution — Yes, that is one solution. I didn't say it was impossible, just that you need the code of the indicator to re-write it so that it will work in the backtest scenario. It will work fine for forward trading, just not ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
That might be OK, but.... — That might be OK, but depending upon how the higher TF is coded it might not work in MT4 Strategy Tester. And Strat tester is the fastest way to 'prove' an EA or a strategy. The 'problem' I found is that you can't ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
Looks promising, but more data needed — Hi Irathi, This certainly looks promising, but as Edge says, we really need a lot of data to 'prove' an indicator or setup. Ian
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
You would have to put it on a 1Min Chart — You would have to put it on a 1Min Chart
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 16, 2009
Kalman Filter — Anne, In that case take a look at the Digital Signals thread on the tsd forum. From my (unspecialied) reading of the remarks about Kalman, it doesn't work so good for Market noise. But they do have some good stuff over there. ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
I did — I did hours ago, both morning and afternoon sessions.
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
To help with auto detect of divergence — My contribution to your EA: To help you with divergence detection, go to my thread and take a look at the code in the divergence indicators I posted. They are just a few posts before that message to CB ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
In this special case ... — I'm afraid that in this case the redundancy is the price - the bars are so small you can hardky see them!
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
You are not the only one losing pips — Hi, I lost pips with C4 (in demo not live) both yesterday and today. More today than yesterday. However I was just taking every signal I saw just to see how they worked out. I will have a set of rules ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
45FXguy - there is something strange about your chart — Hi 45FXguy, There is something strange about your chart. The Hull(12) bars indicator should be exactly the same as the lowest line of dots in the 4TF-MT bars indicator (because they are ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Only if you know where to TP — Only if you know where to TP. If you just shot for 10 pips you would be kicking yourself. Did you take the trade? If so where did you exit? ( I had just got stopped out 2 bars before - so did not enter it) Ian
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
C4 rules from page 1 — Hi, Perhaps you meant to write this: For original c4 rules as a signal to buy (example) we take PA crosses 12LWMA(weighted Close) and closes on that side of it {=primer} + signal from TRIX 3,M,M,E,C (standard MT4 Trix) ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
My afternoon session trades — Here are my afternoon session trades. Not good, big mistake was moving SL up too early on EJ trade - but then we are supposed to be scalping rather than doing longer term trades. I also took trade I would not have ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Ok so you played the zero line bounce — Hi revrobwimb, Ok so you played the zero line bounce on the Trix like with CCI , well done. Now tell me why do you have two identical Trix's on your chart? Since you are using the default values for the ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
Okay, forget it. — Okay, forget it. I was not asking to see your setup. I had a similar setup with a Hull and a Hull Histogram and then when I added the MTF Megatrend (=Hull bars for 4 different timeframes, the TF of the chart and 3 longer ...
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- ianf0ster replied Jul 15, 2009
rats!! — I got stopped out of my long EJ after moving up the SL to beneath the TM and the swing low. Now it has just gone and hit what would have been my TP. What a frustrating day it has been (for my demo trading). Ian
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