Many thanks for your reply, I don't have time to investigate at the moment. See my reply to pips4life below for more info. Hi Kent, Your post appears daunting for a tired old man like me. So many items to investigate and fix! Recent News has been ...

Plot News / Downloader version 4.00

I've just downloaded the upcoming weeks' news on my computer without any obvious issues (see news plotted for Jan 3 in screenshot). However, I've received a couple of emails saying that the downloader is still failing. Can anybody confirm whether ...

Plot News / Downloader version 4.00

Update: The downloader app no longer uses curl, instead it downloads the webpage using native autohotkey code: URLDownloadToFile, https://www.forexfactory.com/calendar.php?week=%start_str%, ffcalout_%A_Index% ;download requested webpage

where to find FF "actual" calendar data within the xml file?

Not a good start to 2020. The year is not obtainable from the body of the FF calendar, and at the start of each new year I have to manually update the code. I will patch the code temporarily** once again, and then fix it permanently ...

Plot News / Downloader version 4.00

I assume you mean for mt4? Google "value area indicator mt4" finds links like these: url url url url url These are just a few links, I'll let you find the rest yourself. If you want the indicator coded, you'll need to find a ...

looking for value area lines indicator

I still stand by all of my earlier comments in this thread, they reflected my thoughts at the time. However, it appears that the situation might have meanwhile changed. That's all I'll say for now. Let's see what, if anything, happens over the next ...

(binned per thread starter’s request) Is this guy trustworthy?

Google found a later version that allows selectable colors and widths. file file __________________________________________________ Sorry, but I no longer perform coding requests, and especially when there's no point. Assuming you want the alert ...

Indicator Request - Please help

Imo your suggestion re FF's sister sites' calendars is a good one, but there could be more work involved than merely alternative URLs. Just for starters the entries in the Country column are different, and that would mean new mapping and wingdings ...

Plot News / Downloader version 4.00

Thanks for the feedback. When I originally wrote DLB, some brokers had different numbers of hourly Sunday candles (not sure if this is still the case), which complicates this even further. So I simply decided to count back X clock hours (as opposed ...

Daily Boxes/Lines indicator

My 2c fwiw: Excellent posts by topherhk88 here and merlin here. Bruce Babcock, a well known futures trader during the 1980s-90s, wrote a lot of good material about optimization. I found this as a starting point; you might be able to find more of his ...

Curve fitting vs optimization

Don't know which vq bars indicator/calculation you mean, but I found a vq-bars indicator here (code appears complex; anyway, the result appears in the screenshot at the end of this post), and a simpler version of the calculation here (ProRealTime ...

I will code your EAs and Indicators for no charge

Hi Jeff, Hedging math basics are well explained by FF member 'mathematician' in this thread. Perfect circular hedging — which delivers nil result minus any costs — requires maintaining correctly balanced position sizes across all of the pairs ...

Asymmetrical hedging (Algo FX)

What do I think of this blog? It simply echoes material that can be found in many trading psychology books. I'm fairly sure I know who the author of the blog is, and yes, he's a member here. He provides links to this particular blog, exclusively, in ...

What do you think of this blog?

I've been running this software for several months now without any problems. It's still working ok on my (Windows 7 64 bit) computer as the recently taken screenshot below demonstrates. However, I take any malware reports seriously, and hence I've ...

Plot long/short retail positions (from myfxbook) on MT4 chart

It repaints because it necessarily applies the higher TF RSI values retrospectively. Anyway, I don't want to spend a lot of time on this, but try the attached. Install only the EX4 file unless you want to change the code yourself. The MQ4 file is ...

Plot long/short retail positions (from myfxbook) on MT4 chart

I think "discipline" depends largely on the extent to which your trading approach is quant or discretionary. A quant approach implies that the trader has a rule-based system of entries and exits that he's already tested to his satisfaction as ...

The word DISCIPLINE is overused

Thanks MaryJane (sorry, I can't find a 'blushing' emoji to insert here). I read a recent comment of yours about selling EAs as being "too much hassle for little money". I totally agree, even if the code is bugfree, the programmer can spend many ...

Hanover replies to PMs

Thanks for your kind comments. I'm glad you find the indicator useful. Sorry, but I'm no longer performing coding requests. There are many programmers who will work either for payment, or for free. I have listed some possibilities in the 'MT4 ...

Hanover replies to PMs

Indicators and repainting I guess this should be obvious, but TA can work only with past data. It can't possibly know the future with certainty. Hence if an indicator is repeatedly signaling local turning points with uncanny accuracy, it MUST be ...

Q&A about my free indicators in Platform Tech......

Thanks for your kind comments. I can't message new members either, until their post count reaches a certain number (5? 10? I'm not sure). Anyway, all of the indicators and EAs that I've shared publicly are listed in the 'Hanover MT4 ...

Hanover replies to PMs