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macman replied Feb 10, 2011Off topic post — This is off topic, but I thought it needed posting here. It is NOT intended to be for discussion, it is just posted for information. url Steve - I will remove this if you prefer Cheers
Beastie: a Nanningbob trend and counter-trend auto-trader by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Feb 9, 2011Exactly right
When I calculated the optimum BarCount for AUDNZD it was indeed 20, however that was a long time ago and just looking at the AUDNZD chart, I would think somewhere around 75 is probably about right now. Your 180 default is ...Nanningbob V5 auto-trading robot. Newbies, fearlessly ask your basic questions here
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macman replied Feb 8, 2011Unless you understand exactly what the code is supposed to do, I would be very careful assuming something is an error .... url
Nanningbob V5 auto-trading robot. Newbies, fearlessly ask your basic questions here
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macman replied Feb 8, 2011Take a look at the attached 'helpers' for use with EA's. This may answer most of your questions - list the files for instructions. Best of luck
Nanningbob V5 auto-trading robot. Newbies, fearlessly ask your basic questions here
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macman replied Feb 2, 2011Excellent question - it shows you are trying to understand the concept ...
First a little bit of history. My original idea for this EA was to create a purely price action driven bot. Why? - Because as retail traders we are at the bottom ...Beastie: a Nanningbob trend and counter-trend auto-trader by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Feb 1, 2011CFH Markets They DO NOT take on retail traders, so don't bother asking unless you are trading institutional accounts with a minimum 50K balance
Beastie: a Nanningbob trend and counter-trend auto-trader by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Feb 1, 2011Agreed, you did not mention Steve directly but IMHO you certainly did by inference. If I am reading your post correctly you expect someone else to test a bot on your behalf on a live account ....
or are you going to "resolve the ...Beastie: a Nanningbob trend and counter-trend auto-trader by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Feb 1, 2011It seems to me that it is not Steve's problem if a bot does not work correctly on a live account, but does work on a demo account. If this is the case I suggest you urgently contact your broker and ask them to confirm that their demo & live accounts ...
Beastie: a Nanningbob trend and counter-trend auto-trader by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Jan 30, 2011Hi Whip, The EA logic is not yet working correctly. I will ask Steve to make the changes needed. It may take a while as Steve is busy, but watch this thread ... Cheers, Mac
macman's grid thingy: another production by macman and Steve - a grid auto-trader
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macman replied Jan 29, 2011Probably an even bigger idiot paid for this pearl of trading wisdom

Beastie: a Nanningbob trend and counter-trend auto-trader by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Jan 26, 2011Excellent post - greatly appreciated

ICCE. Bemac's Fib. Reverse Engineered
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macman replied Jan 24, 2011My bad, as I should have added some detail in my original post on how to use the alerts - url Firstly each EA you run must have it's own account. It is pointless trying to run more than one EA on the same account. That said, anyone who does a lot ...
Beastie: a Nanningbob trend and counter-trend auto-trader by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Jan 23, 2011For anyone who has their MT4 properly set up to send email alerts, attached is an indicator I wrote which will give advance warning of a possible margin call. Useful if you run lots of EA's Enjoy ....

Beastie: a Nanningbob trend and counter-trend auto-trader by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Jan 21, 2011Thanks for your concern - in very good health
Recently been busy running a very interesting project for a private equity company. Now back to trading my own accounts for a while, so will have more time to catch up here 
Sixths trading - an EA by macman, Bob and Steve mk 2
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macman replied Jan 14, 2011Subscribed Interesting idea
Not sure the logic is optimal as The Beast in it's original form already contains something Snowball like - that is why the secondary trades are there. That said The Beast in it's current form is a long way ...Trading the Sixths with Snowballs
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macman replied Jan 11, 2011Hi Bob, A quick question which I hope has not already been answered. I know this strategy is your response to the idiotic new rules for US based traders. Assuming you could still use a hedging etc. account, would you still choose this strategy over ...
Nb 1.0 trend trade system
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macman replied Jan 11, 2011Just change the code and see what happens - keep a copy of the original just in case Best of luck

NanningBob V1 Trend auto trading robot by Steve Hopwood
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macman replied Dec 31, 2010Although this question was not directed to me, I hope you don't mind me adding my $0.02 worth. IMHO many people have a far too high expectation of the safe returns possible from a bot. Sadly, unless you have a substantial amount available to trade ...
Sixths trading - an EA by macman, Bob and Steve mk 2