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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 10, 2009EAs can call data from different timeframes.
One EA signals on two different charts?
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 10, 2009That's an interesting proposal. But consider this... Do all EAs with a low win rate work better when you take the opposite signal?
Has Anyone made An EA to trades the opposite, Inverse or Converse Of another EA ??
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 9, 2009I'm on fxpro and I can go all the way back to Jan 2008 (when I started collecting data)
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 9, 2009I'm curious to know your solution, maybe it's more effective then my own =D
Can an EA "see" what chart its on?
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 9, 2009Use the Period() function. Period() returns the number of minutes in a bar. Then you'll need a small block of code defining all of the relations. Month to week Week to day Day to 4 hr etc.
Can an EA "see" what chart its on?
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 8, 2009Did you download as much data as possible? It sounds like the terminal refreshed the data it has.
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 8, 2009I wonder how much he'll pay for my $189 billion dollar EA. EA: $100 Settings: $1,000,000,000
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 8, 2009Filtering out trades is certainly one option. How do you plan to profit from that gap where you filtered out the trades?
How to define a good EA?
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 8, 2009Well, again it depends on what sort of characteristics you want the EA to have. There are a series of trade-offs you need to take into consideration: Accuracy vs Drawdown Straight vs stepped equity curve Risk vs. Reward General rule of thumb: ...
How to define a good EA?
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 8, 2009Well, the most ideal EA: 100% win rate. If the EA wins all the time, there's no need to worry about drawdown, profit factor, or ROI
How to define a good EA?
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 8, 2009Cheap, easy, and free: Toss a coin, heads long tails short. Manage the trade as you see fit. Close the trade when you think the trade is a bad trade. Go to step 1 Do this until you can double your account in 50 trades or less consistently.
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 6, 2009It also depends on your leverage, which I suspect is in play here. For example: on a 500:1 leverage account, it costs me ~$200 to open 1 lot (I need $200 in that account). In a 100:1 leverage account, it costs me ~$1,000 to open 1 lot. Let's say the ...
Available margin
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 5, 2009You need to hard code those in in advance.
Howto Avoid Shorter/Partial Sessions...
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 4, 2009can't use certain characters in variables.
Using numerical value in external's
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 4, 2009Get a simple moving average, set the period to 1, and then apply whatever price you see fit.
Line chart in MT4 cuts off shadows (newbie ?)
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 4, 2009Perhaps you should take a look if you want an EA =D
3 RSI crossover
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 4, 2009Which brings me to my next question... How bad does the drawdown get? For example, how well does this system fare on March 18?
3 RSI crossover
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Ronald Raygun replied Jun 4, 2009You can run it one line at a time. just put /n after every section.
Feedback on MT4 programming?