I've just modified to code to prevent this and also include the highlight in red for trades over 10% (upload today after verification). Will make a special effort in the next video to use my best Aussie slang to say "No". My wife knows how to say it ...

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I had a go at the Set Files and Optimization video yesterday but it was too long (about 28 minutes - Take #4). Try again today and may have to separate the subjects, but Set Files will be first on the list.

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Updating an EA while there are active trades has the effect of resetting the program and one of the variables being reset, controls the update of Stop Loss and Take Profit. MQ4 has control of the display of trade information and I suspect that in ...

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I have reproduced the Log File of each of the duplicate trades and it is indicative of the MT4 platform losing the connection during the opening of trades. Even though these programs are running on a VPS, I will need to do some recoding to prevent ...

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Todays Discussion: Min Pip Gain for Reset This setting represents the number of pips that you wish to have regarded as a sufficient Profit to have the Wager reset to the original value. An Example - Buy Trade at 1.0000. StopLoss = 80, ...

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Hello Patrick. That is a great contribution and it certainly has me thinking about how to tackle this problem. The one problem about the multi dimensional optimizations is precisely what the article alludes to, and that is what factors need to have ...

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Your request is one of so many I receive on a daily basis by email, PM and posts such as yours to include a pet strategy into Traders Gift. The short answer is no. At the moment, there is a degree of stability in the code for Traders Gift EA and ...

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I have revisited this event and looked at the mechanics behind the $10,000 loss and whether 10 pips breakeven was a good idea. Whenever an optimization is made using a genetic algorithm, some shortcuts and assumptions have to be made and if you ...

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Yes, I saw that myself and I know in my own trading, I have interfered with EA's when I have seen something which I strongly disagree with. Tomorrow I will have good look at the optimization and see whether this was a good move because from my way ...

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Thanks for that explanation and I understand. It would help in lining up trades on my demos (which are hosted by Global Prime) with viewers demo accounts.

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I'm sorry, I still don't get the sender part or the issue with the Date. Can you try data which doesn't end today?

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I don't understand all your message. What does this mean - if GP is this good...might as well set it as a "Sender" Can you please try the following data which is part of the 2015 downloadable zip file and let me know if you have the same problem. ...

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Todays Discussion: Set Stop Loss to Break Even Pips This is probably one of the least understood settings and involves a lot of time with support issues. Here is a quick example and I will discuss it after the example. Buy Trade at 1.0000. ...

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Here's the second video. Let me know what you need next Introduction to Traders Gift EA. url

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It looks like a data error. The data used must be 1 minute data in the following format yyyy.MM.dd,hh:mm,open,high,low,close,volume an example below 2015.02.23,00:06,0.78379,0.78382,0.78365,0.78381,46 (comma or space separated values are OK) Please ...

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Todays Discussion: Take Profit Multiplier This value can be used in conjunction with the TakeProfitATRPeriods and used to calculate a Take Profit based on the ATR value as discussed yesterday. If the TakeProfitATRPeriods is left at zero, ...

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Just a prompt to encourage you to use the advanced statistics information on myfxbook. I have reproduced the information on the CCI Strategy which is currently running. url

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Thanks for your kind comments and I'll now push ahead with more videos so some guidance on what is most important to you will help me.

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This is my first attempt at a video help file so please be kind and I'd appreciate some input. It's an introduction to Strategy Optimizer. At times the mouse gets a little ahead of the narrative but I'll get that sorted out. url

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Todays Discussion: Take Profit ATR Periods This discussion is very similar to the discussion on StopLossATRPeriods and the same considerations apply. ATR stands for Average True Range which is an exponential moving average (EMA) of True Range. True ...

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