I don't know because I have also use other strategies to trade, but I have won most of the trades. One day I had a loss in the other direction so when I got a new signal I set the target to 40 pips and won. I don't have exact exit rules. Sometimes I ...

Trading the EUR/USD in the US session

I usually wait until I have a signal in the other direction.

Trading the EUR/USD in the US session

Is that with the first or second EA? I think it's a good idea to test both of them. Andante is currently testing the "fixed" version.

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I don't know what the average is but today I have got 4 signals and that is not unusual. You can expect anywhere from 3 to 7 signals depending on how choppy the market is

Trading the EUR/USD in the US session

I just use the most recent high and low and if a high has just been broken like on the picture below I will wait until either a new high has been formed and broken or until the low is broken. So on this picture I would either wait for the price to ...

Trading the EUR/USD in the US session

I have not asked what your opinion is so please keep it to yourself unless you have something constructive to say. This is not meant as trade signals. It is just a trade journal for myself so I can go back in time and see what I have done in the ...

Gamblers live trades new system

I chose to close manually for a profit of 237 pips.

Gamblers live trades new system

The EA has now been fixed. A stop loss of 31 now means that the price only has to move 28 (31-3 pips) to close the position, and a target of 14 means that the price has to move 17 pips to close the position (14+3pips). If you don't have any open ...

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Thanks a lot it works, You just made my day

How to count the spread?

Here is the link url The problem is the spread. In the EA you use if TP = 14 then the EA will close orders when the market has moved 14 pips but it should move 17 before taking profit because of the 3 pips spread. I don't think it is a big ...

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I just tried to do it but I get compiling errors. I have absolutely no idea what I am doing. Is someone able to help?

How to count the spread?

I don't understand that. I nearly don't know any html at all but I know the problem is in these two lines. OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask, 4,Bid - SL * Point, Bid + TP * Point,0,Magic,0,Green); OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid ,4,Ask + SL * ...

How to count the spread?

Something is wrong with the EA. I have just created a new thread to solve the problem.

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How to count the spreads — I did something wrong. sorry. I wanted to create a new thread. Just ignore this post.

Currenttime() - Orderclosetime() problem

I have just done a backtest on the EUR/USD pair with TP at 8 and SL at 22 and it creates an exponential curve in the backtester. That is with 90 % modelling quality.Relative drawdown was only 8.61 %. and max drawdown was 7.57 %. The backtest was ...

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The current system sucks so I have decided to use a new strategy. As you can see on the picrure below it is just a simple straddle strategy. Red =sell, green=buy, blue=the price when I made the pending orders and grey = take profit. image

Gamblers live trades new system

Great. Then the EA is still very good.

Great EA. Anyone interested in forward testing?

Now it is changed to "OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,4,Bid - SL * Point, Bid + TP * Point,0,Magic,0,Green);" and "OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,4,Ask + SL * Point,Ask - TP * Point,0,Magic,0,Red);" and I still get similar results. Have I ...

Great EA. Anyone interested in forward testing?