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  • #441
  • Dec 11, 2014 8:41am Dec 11, 2014 8:41am
http://www.kitco.com/images/live/nyg...07787682455684

Quoting msdogan
{quote} I havent turned lots to closed. Interesting when i look my explorer it says it opened to public
It will say public on the general settings, but if you look down, you'll see where you can itemized lot size, account balance, etc, and it will say private.

~dambuster...thanks, that seems about the same as mine right now.
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #442
  • Dec 11, 2014 9:20am Dec 11, 2014 9:20am
Quoting Thepipster
{image} {quote} It will say public on the general settings, but if you look down, you'll see where you can itemized lot size, account balance, etc, and it will say private. ~dambuster...thanks, that seems about the same as mine right now.
It was saying just budies and i changed it to public. Thanks for your help i hope now you can see.
  • #443
  • Dec 11, 2014 10:16am Dec 11, 2014 10:16am
Live aacount closed all trades on that last spike down and a +/- 10% retun in 6 trading days is nice, thanks Pipster!

Shutting it off now for the festive season but will leave the demo running

GLA
  • #444
  • Dec 11, 2014 10:34am Dec 11, 2014 10:34am
Quoting dambuster
Live aacount closed all trades on that last spike down and a +/- 10% retun in 6 trading days is nice, thanks Pipster! Shutting it off now for the festive season but will leave the demo running GLA
Congrats on that...mine is showing what happens when you wait for good things...

I would consider bringing the EA back online at least on the first day of the year, if not a couple of days before. Gold can make some long distance moves. Look at the beginning of this year.

~msdogan...nice to see, and good results!
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #445
  • Dec 11, 2014 10:46am Dec 11, 2014 10:46am
Quoting Thepipster
{quote} Congrats on that...mine is showing what happens when you wait for good things... I would consider bringing the EA back online at least on the first day of the year, if not a couple of days before. Gold can make some long distance moves. Look at the beginning of this year. ~msdogan...nice to see, and good results!
Thanks. I hope this goes on for long time. And we can make money. Thank you.
  • #446
  • Dec 11, 2014 11:05am Dec 11, 2014 11:05am
Bummer on my VPS demo. Just went down far enough to hit last sell order then headed back up. If it doesn't head down I'll be in lockdown. I'm up to 28% DD.
I've switched to a .2% equity profit on this one.
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  • #447
  • Dec 11, 2014 11:17am Dec 11, 2014 11:17am
Mine's gone completely pear shaped today. All buys triggered, and only a few sells left. It'd have to go straight up another $40 or so to dig itself out of the hole.

The present settings surely are spike friendly, if the EA is activated at the right time (e.g. manually), otherwise it's a little bit of a hit and miss.

Regardless, I'll continue testing it as is, until it either blows or doubles.
mind over matter
  • #448
  • Dec 11, 2014 11:48am Dec 11, 2014 11:48am
Quoting kosmo
Mine's gone completely pear shaped today. All buys triggered, and only a few sells left. It'd have to go straight up another $40 or so to dig itself out of the hole. The present settings surely are spike friendly, if the EA is activated at the right time (e.g. manually), otherwise it's a little bit of a hit and miss. Regardless, I'll continue testing it as is, until it either blows or doubles.
Time will tell. We have a mixture\variety of configurations with the testers here, and we'll be able to see how smaller spreads\gaps compare to larger ones.
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #449
  • Dec 11, 2014 12:04pm Dec 11, 2014 12:04pm
I'm a sucker for grids so really love this EA and the thinking behind it. However, it's somewhat of loose cannon in it's current incarnation and needs quite a bit of refining yet I am confident it will turn out to be quite a nice little EA to have in your portfolio
  • #450
  • Dec 11, 2014 12:10pm Dec 11, 2014 12:10pm
Quoting dambuster
I'm a sucker for grids so really love this EA and the thinking behind it. However, it's somewhat of loose cannon in it's current incarnation and needs quite a bit of refining yet I am confident it will turn out to be quite a nice little EA to have in your portfolio
Yep, this EA solves the problem of hangers\stragglers of standard grids. You just have to figure out how many open trades your account can withstand over the long run, to determine appropriate grid size. Having them too close appears to cause problems of having too many trades. However, if they are too far apart, we may be waiting a very long time for trades to come to profit.
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #451
  • Dec 11, 2014 12:59pm Dec 11, 2014 12:59pm
Quoting Thepipster
{quote} Time will tell. We have a mixture\variety of configurations with the testers here, and we'll be able to see how smaller spreads\gaps compare to larger ones.
Absolutely. For me, this is the baby steps phase with the EA. There's no doubt in my mind, though, that it's a powerful tool. The rest is just fine-tuning.

Just to confirm, Pipster; the equitygain setting = 1.0, equals 0.1% of equity as the target, right? Thanks.
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  • #452
  • Dec 11, 2014 1:00pm Dec 11, 2014 1:00pm
Quoting kosmo
{quote} Just to confirm, Pipster; the equitygain setting = 1.0, equals 0.1% of equity as the target, right? Thanks.
yes! that calculation is correct!
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #453
  • Dec 11, 2014 1:06pm Dec 11, 2014 1:06pm
Quoting Thepipster
{quote} yes! that calculation is correct!
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  • #454
  • Dec 11, 2014 1:27pm Dec 11, 2014 1:27pm
Quoting Thepipster
{quote} yes! that calculation is correct!
I have mine set @ a full 1%
  • #455
  • Dec 11, 2014 2:16pm Dec 11, 2014 2:16pm
Quoting dambuster
{quote} I have mine set @ a full 1%
Are you sure? that would mean you have a setting value of 10.
This means on a $10,000 account the trades would close to leave you with $100 profit instead of $10 with value of 1 setting.
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #456
  • Dec 11, 2014 2:45pm Dec 11, 2014 2:45pm
Yep, remember that I use a trade manager to babysit the trades as I got burned with the EA closing trades seemingly at random and for a loss

The 10k demo closes whenever the equity reaches + 1%
  • #457
  • Dec 11, 2014 3:01pm Dec 11, 2014 3:01pm
Quoting dambuster
Yep, remember that I use a trade manager to babysit the trades as I got burned with the EA closing trades seemingly at random and for a loss The 10k demo closes whenever the equity reaches + 1%
ok, well it will help avoid getting stuck with too many trades if you move it to 0.1% ...it's up to you. even with 0.1%, the volume can still give you decent profit, i.e. 100 trades closed at 0.1%, instead of 5-6 at 1%
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #458
  • Dec 11, 2014 3:16pm Dec 11, 2014 3:16pm
I would absolutely agree Thepipster, 0.1% is better but...

The EA is currently not stable enough to be reliably left to it's own devices and run unnatended, immediately reopening orders once the 0.1% has been achieved. So, the only way for me is to have the trade manager do it's thing, then manually reset everything which means a minimum delay of 2 minutes (resetting start/stop time) before new orders are set. During that 2 minutes, which could easily be 3, 4, 5 or more if you are not at your desk or paying attention, you might miss several profitable close cyles in a fast moving market
  • #459
  • Dec 11, 2014 3:25pm Dec 11, 2014 3:25pm
Quoting dambuster
I would absolutely agree Thepipster, 0.1% is better but... The EA is currently not stable enough to be reliably left to it's own devices and run unnatended, immediately reopening orders once the 0.1% has been achieved. So, the only way for me is to have the trade manager do it's thing, then manually reset everything which means a minimum delay of 2 minutes (resetting start/stop time) before new orders are set. During that 2 minutes, which could easily be 3, 4, 5 or more if you are not at your desk or paying attention, you might miss several profitable...
I see...yep, then you gotta do what you gotta do.

I will be here a couple more hours, then I'll be out until saturday. Please feel free to comment or ask questions, I'll respond when I'm back.
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #460
  • Dec 12, 2014 10:40am Dec 12, 2014 10:40am
Right... the few remaining sell stops have been triggered today. With no pendings left, and the negative floating P/L of over 50% of the starting balance, there's no point in waiting for recovery.

I'll start a new tester on Monday, with some more sensible settings this time. Will provide the link when ready.
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