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  • #841
  • Jan 11, 2015 8:01pm Jan 11, 2015 8:01pm
Quoting dgodfrey
{quote} You have it right with the second choice, the trade density implied by GS=30. But that's assuming that we hold the lotsize constant. it's really more about how many lots you trade. The thing you really have to look at is the average entry price of all the trades in the series, and the quantity of lots. If I trade at GS=90 and lotsize=0.3, or GS=30 and lotsize=0.1, I'll be in nearly the same place after a few dollars movement, because both the average entry price and the number of lots traded will be nearly the same. There is something to...
Thanks, dgodfrey. It's all clear, only sinking in slowly with the amount of math to digest.
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  • #842
  • Jan 11, 2015 8:09pm Jan 11, 2015 8:09pm
No problem! And nothing to be ashamed of lol. It's only cause I'm trying to write this code that I am getting this stuff.
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  • #843
  • Jan 12, 2015 7:46am Jan 12, 2015 7:46am
http://www.kitco.com/images/live/nyg...07787682455684

Quoting kosmo
{quote} Not sure what you're referring to, Pipster.
At the time you didn't have any pending orders placed for over 24 hours. I was just wondering why.

~dgodfrey ...having a smaller equity target doesn't necessarily mean smaller gains overall. When you have a straight move, as long as the EA can close and open orders fast enough, it can take profit on every 3-5 trades worth of moves, which add up. Then, when the market doesn't move so much at other times, the target is small enough to still close trades. I understand you have a minimum profit setting that will help take advantage of this, so allow that minimum to be fairly low. Also, it may be a moot point when $10 levels are used for trigger points. ...speaking of which, is your $10 level EA not have any pending orders after hitting $1230? Or did it open them and then profit?
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #844
  • Jan 12, 2015 7:54am Jan 12, 2015 7:54am
Quoting dgodfrey
Looks like it's going to make a stab at 1230, hope I'm getting a reset there on this version.
You got this one right.

The $10 grid is just loving today's bounces between $1230-1220.
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  • #845
  • Jan 12, 2015 8:03am Jan 12, 2015 8:03am
Quoting Thepipster
At the time you didn't have any pending orders placed for over 24 hours. I was just wondering why.
Your question referred to the BET version, but I suspect you meant the $10 grid which only activates around $10 levels, hence the pause in placing the pendings, most probably. There's no manual intervention on either of my TEs.
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  • #846
  • Jan 12, 2015 8:24am Jan 12, 2015 8:24am
@dgodfrey

Would it be possible to incorporate micro lots in the $10 grid for smoother compounding?
I have the target set at 4%, i.e. initially £40 on £1k account/0.1 lot. As the balance grows, so does the gain sought, BUT not the lotsize, which is still 0.1 after nearly 40% account growth. It means that the price has to go a little further each time to reach the target. I understand it'll jump to 0.2 past £2k, but with micro lots it'd be a much smoother ride.
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  • #847
  • Jan 12, 2015 8:26am Jan 12, 2015 8:26am
@Pipster - the version I'm working on now will have times between the $10 lines when no pending trades are out there. It's waiting on the extremes, hopefully.

I've got a partially finished version running on an explorer as Steady Gold SR Grid - took two rounds last night on the GS=30 setting and Profit=2% to net a nice profit I just have to put the BE functions in I mentioned in the last posts and it's time to test this thing.
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  • #848
  • Jan 12, 2015 8:33am Jan 12, 2015 8:33am
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Would it be possible to incorporate micro lots in the $10 grid for smoother compounding?

Sure, that's just changing a number in the code. I might put it as an input option to select since not all brokers do micros.
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  • #849
  • Jan 12, 2015 10:31am Jan 12, 2015 10:31am
Quoting dgodfrey
I've got a partially finished version running on an explorer as Steady Gold SR Grid - took two rounds last night on the GS=30 setting and Profit=2% to net a nice profit I just have to put the BE functions in I mentioned in the last posts and it's time to test this thing.
Quoting dgodfrey
{quote} Sure, that's just changing a number in the code. I might put it as an input option to select since not all brokers do micros.
Fantastic, thanks! x2
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  • #850
  • Edited 1:50pm Jan 12, 2015 1:38pm | Edited 1:50pm
It would be really nice if someone would buy several yards of gold right now...I need 1242 or more to get out!

Early dec. resistance at 1238...
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #851
  • Jan 12, 2015 4:10pm Jan 12, 2015 4:10pm
Just remember if you're using the BE and TP lines, the grid has to extend to them or they're going to be overly optimistic. They calculations assume the grid is there.
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  • #852
  • Jan 12, 2015 11:38pm Jan 12, 2015 11:38pm
Quoting Jstan
Hi Pipsters, Here's my trade explorer http://www.forexfactory.com/jstan#67.
Entered another account with a different broker. Here's my other trade explorer link http://www.forexfactory.com/jstan#29
  • #853
  • Jan 12, 2015 11:41pm Jan 12, 2015 11:41pm
@Thepipster,
just want to confirm the basic idea of this EA after a month running it.

Basically EA will create multiple buy stop and sell stop at the same time, to form a grid. Once the price moves to something, where in Total Profit will exceeds the target or positive, then you'll close all of them at the same time and then start a new cycle. Am I right?

I got this working on my broker, AGEA. Which has .49 (average) spreads. But of course, a modified settings of it. And this is not even using v2.1 or v2.11, this is the version that you've posted on the 1st page which is still buggy with changing timeframe.
Here you go: http://www.forexfactory.com/radityo.ardi/53, age is 25 days.
Below is my settings.

am running another settings with GridStep 11 (instead of 13), and EquityGainMultiple 3.0 (instead of 1.5)
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  • #854
  • Jan 13, 2015 1:36am Jan 13, 2015 1:36am
Thats pretty much the deal on the version on the 1st page. The idea is that if the market lurches away from the current price there will be profits to be made in the trend. The object is to not get a hedge box built wherein all your stops are taken out on either side before you hit your modest target. Your grid step + spread kind of gives you the spacing of the orders. It's been a while since I looked at those inputs, probably Pipster could tell you better what works for that.
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  • #855
  • Jan 13, 2015 2:02am Jan 13, 2015 2:02am
ya, that is what I've stated. I'm using the version on the very 1st page.

@dgodfrey, what is the differences of the 1st page's version and v2.1?
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  • #856
  • Jan 13, 2015 2:38am Jan 13, 2015 2:38am
@dgodfrey, it is weird, my 2.1, some chart have the BE line, and some dont have (both are XAUUSD). how to make the line working back normal?
  • #857
  • Jan 13, 2015 7:19am Jan 13, 2015 7:19am
Quoting radityo.ardi
what is the differences of the 1st page's version and v2.1?
A bit of homework wouldn't hurt. It's all been already explained in detail by dgodfrey in this thread.
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  • #858
  • Jan 13, 2015 7:36am Jan 13, 2015 7:36am
Hah! Price went right up to my target, made me lose 1 dollar, and went back down! Now, it needs to go down some more.

So, here we can look at the 1240 handle with the $10 entry points idea, and see that a bigger buffer might help, but we'll have to see how price plays out. I only like a small buffer because I want the EA to be able to replace orders that can hit profit target quickly as it re-cycles, if price moves in a straight line. Using the $10 entry points idea, there wouldn't be any need for that, so a bigger buffer would not hurt.
Too close for pips, switching to points.
  • #859
  • Edited 11:07am Jan 13, 2015 8:03am | Edited 11:07am
Sort of frustrating, still exterminating bugs lol. At first blush it looked like an account drainer then realized it's only carry more and more hedges, never getting rid of them with the profits. So the balance went through the roof while the equity dropped through the floor, lol. Back to the drawing board on my accounting functions

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@dgodfrey, what is the differences of the 1st page's version and v2.1?

You can read about it here, there's also some more with the 2.11 version as well. Mainly stability issues were solved.

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it is weird, my 2.1, some chart have the BE line, and some dont have (both are XAUUSD). how to make the line working back normal?

I noticed that on one of the ones I was running as well. The same code that handles some of the accounting functions mentioned above is at play here I suspect, but I haven't had time to chase it down. It reads the accumulated hedge loss and the hypothetical gains for a move in one direction or the other and finds where they net zero dollars. The part about hedge loss and hedge pairs is pretty simple, but isn't working despite reliably that. I'll have to write something more robust, probably just grab some of the iExposure code like dambuster suggested. That indi always works to find what I need, so I guess I don't have to reinvent the wheel.
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  • #860
  • Jan 13, 2015 11:05am Jan 13, 2015 11:05am
I went ahead and took down the SR explorer results until I get the code straightened out. Not much point in running buggy code results.
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