EJ was recorded doing a manual backtest examining all relevant criteria a few hours into the trading session then the rest next morning

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

thanks Steve!

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

Cool! manually I counted 8 wins, 2 losses for EJ and 5 wins 3 losses for EU so a net of 10 wins overall for the day

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

ej intraday — ej

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

It's great everyone is tinkering around with the EA. Do the lookback candles parameter only look back to the close 3 bars ago or does it also take into account all 3 previous closes? Any aspiring coders out there please feel free to also create a ...

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

for the first 2 weeks of October, EJ is showing 58 wins and 42 losses while EU has 72 wins and 53 losses.

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

Trigger Bar Identification — see pic edit: the pic should read that a TB's CLOSE needs to be lower than ALL 3 previous bars' closes

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

hi Rascacio, were you running the bot 24 hours? That sounds like a lot of trades taken especially with a 100tp. Was there more than 1 trade running at a time on each pair?

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

Great! was this 24 hr trading or GMT 9am to GMT 8pm?

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

EJ 13th Oct 2011

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

thanks again zeropoint. Would the code need to allow for for trading E/J and perhaps other yen pairs?

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

Inside Bars ctnd. — In the below pic, we can see Bar 1 is the trigger and so the sellstop would be placed 1 pip below the low. Bar 2 is an inside bar and so the pending order remains. Bar 3 is an inside bar within Bar 2, ie an inside bar ...

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

I was actually wondering earlier whether to alter the rules to allow for this scenario but at the moment just gonna focus on the original setup.

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

Sorry for the confusion. Good question! I was just scanning charts trying to find a situation that matches this scenario, but hard-pressed as it's rare to find inside bars within inside bars following the trigger. For example: just say a large bar ...

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

EU so far today before bedtime thanks zeropoint for your input! I would love to be able to comment on the EA side of things but waiting for more feedback about whether the EA actually is working according to the original rules and following this ...

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

EJ 10-10-2011 — Could someone verify yesterday's potential trades on EJ for me? Trades based on the original rules. Hours to scan for Trigger Bars would be from GMT 9am to GMT 8pm.

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

hi dragosd1, interesting. just wondering why you ran it it from 11.30GMT and for 24 hours? which broker are you using?

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

I'm just curious if anyone is testing using the original rules (scanning hours, 10/10 profit/loss) and on EU/EJ? Yesterday I counted for EU 13 trades total with 7 wins and 6 losses.

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

what pair was this on? Was it using the EA? I haven't manually analysed the charts yet, will do so later and post my findings. cheers Dan

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood

update — breakout didn't occur so order would be cancelled and wait for next Trigger Bar I welcome all feedback!

Trumpcard: a candlestick closing price breakout EA by SteveHopwood