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- devogel replied Aug 24, 2010
no finally, the set-up I described does not work that way. 4H E/U one year back test results: ---------- Initial deposit 10000.00 Total net profit 19574.55 Profit factor 2.22 Total trades 248 Profit trades (% of total) 56 (22.58%) Loss trades (% of ...
- devogel replied Aug 24, 2010
Still playing with it — Yes, still playing with it, but ignoring a couple of the system rules. Use daily and 4H. Change money management to floating equity, and move the stops on winning positions. Too soon to assess results. no TP is a long ...
- devogel replied Aug 19, 2010
My final 2 pips worth — To all traders still viewing, This post is a bit off-topic but seems fitting. I agree with recent posts that Ashraf's system has been thoroughly discussed and is not much of a winner when traded precisely by his rules. ...
- devogel replied Aug 18, 2010
Good going! Not so bad for one day's work. No signals at 21:00 GMT.
- devogel replied Aug 18, 2010
Your "2 pips worth" is most appreciated and welcome here. Normally I would agree with your assessment of the SL as does Billy Williams who opines that such a SL leads to Death by a Thousand Small Cuts. However, the rules in this thread require us to ...
- devogel replied Aug 18, 2010
13:00 GMT — 13:00 GMT Your most recent posts are very constructive. Searching for reasons why a trade is not working helps us tweak the system. And I agree with many traders' remarks that this system could benefit by diverging from the basic ...
- devogel replied Aug 17, 2010
Good days, bad days — I am also seeing two black days with nine signals traded on demo. I try to keep in mind that this happens, even with strong trading systems. But yes, it is discouraging. Many traders see potential outside the basic rules. ...
- devogel replied Aug 17, 2010
Prospective signals — At 20:20 GMT five prospective signals: - GBPUSD short - USDCAD short - EURJPY long - AUDJPY long - EURCHF long Many pips to you traders
- devogel replied Aug 17, 2010
Time is confusing — Times are confusing. I struggled with it for two years until a 20-year veteran trader showed me the easy way: Go to url and find the current GMT time. Click the button "Switch to 24 hour display" example: 13:23 GMT Look ...
- devogel replied Aug 17, 2010
Candle begins 2100 GMT — roundrock, Ashraf's daily candle times are discussed on post #40: ashraff999 wrote, "I live in Saudi Arabia and the trading day according to FX Solutions starts at 9:00 PM (GMT)" and again on post #54: webglobe wrote, ...
- devogel replied Aug 16, 2010
Platform and daily candle times — Iplus3, I like your screen name plus it sounds like you are a coder. Many traders here are using MetaTrader 4 but some are on other platforms. This thread's strategy stipulates that the daily candle ends at ...
- devogel replied Aug 16, 2010
There could be an indicator running on a one hour chart that would show the proper daily signals for people not GMT+3. The user would only need to input broker GMT offset. Anyone volunteer to code that indicator?
- devogel replied Aug 16, 2010
EA doesn't work on 5-digit brokers — NederPip, Thanks much for your feedback. I also saw the same problem at beginning of candle with FXDD (5-digit broker) but EA did open the short on IKON (4-digit broker). I will solve the problem, test to ...
- devogel replied Aug 16, 2010
Ashraf Daily Candles EA — I have not yet had time to see if the EA works properly with fractional pip pricing (5-digit brokers). It works fine on 4-digit brokers. Watch your tester log. If you find bugs, please PM me. Input parameters ...
- devogel replied Aug 16, 2010
roundrock asks for EA — Hello roundrock. Welcome to the discussion. And you are so right: manual testing is laborious and prone to mistakes. I will gladly post the EA, however, I have some uneasiness. Accurate back testing with EA has become ...
- devogel replied Aug 16, 2010
charvo -- good ideas you have — charvo, Thanks for your suggestions. And back testing proves you're right for the most part. At the expense of going far off topic, RRR around 1:1 is a definite improvement over 3:1 on the GJ but fails to pull ...
- devogel replied Aug 16, 2010
Back test for whatfx — whatfx, Here are your test results using TP 30 and SL 100: Testing GBPJPY from 2009.07.26 to 2010.07.24 using TP=30, SL=100 and 2% risk of $10,000 account balance ---------- trades = 36 in one year shorts win rate = 90% ...
- devogel replied Aug 15, 2010
Fixed TP and SL — Thanks for the suggestion. I'll put that on the coding list along with several other things I want to try. Meanwhile, perhaps you can try manually back testing your suggestion on the GBPJPY to get a sense of whether or not it ...
- devogel replied Aug 14, 2010
GBPJPY back testing — I have only tested 3 of 5 yen pairs. GBPJPY shows best so far. I coded money management risk into the EA, not an activity I prefer on a sunny Sunday morning, but... One year back test results on GBPJPY, 07/09 to 07/10 ...
- devogel replied Aug 14, 2010
Back test results (more detail) — Hello finally, I have not yet coded money management into the EA. Consequently, the 36 trades were a fixed lot size of 0.10. However, some profitability conclusions can be projected. The average money ...