crossy, if someone takes spread into account twice, that would be wrong. If someone subtracts spread from bid instead of adding spread to bid, that would be wrong. this is why I use my indicators to judge the rest against. I count spread and ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

mithras, the other setup on your chart: when price goes back above the MA, then when it goes back below MA, the same setup you saw before with lower indicator going below 50 happened. Is this correct? (not saying that I could code it, since MA is ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

TO EVERYONE: As far as profitability: Even with ALL the screw-ups that my personal EA made this week, I still was able to get out with 10% gain (first lost 5%, then gained 15%, and that 15% was less than or about half the move short this week, so ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

Actually, I have made other EAs, and none of them are trading right. Profit-locking has stopped working on my latest ones too. For this reason, I'm quitting programming. I can't even program the free ForexSuperSonic EA and it work correctly (PDF was ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

zz, Kos' broker Alpari UK opens one hour later than other brokers I've tested. IBFX opens the same time EDT, although Alpari UK is GMT+2, whereas IBFX is GMT+0. To add GMT, you can choose to have a user input Broker_GMTOffset where the user inputs ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

Kos, If you're saying use bar closing on top side of TM being for Buy, with SL below last swing low, and BuyClose being with MACD crossing down and closing would exit trade, those rules could be put into EA easily. The last EA Robert uploaded could ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

Kos, Yes, I was going by older numbers that I had found Julius posted before last year. So I used old numbers mistakenly, and must apologize to Julius for asking why he didn't post the newer numbers, when he did and I just missed it. Understandable ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

revised profit-locking numbers — hazelj80 brought to my attention the newest-posted profit-locking numbers which were revised and posted over a year ago and I missed that post. Bottom line: These are the profit-locking numbers to use and ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

hayseed, The difference I've found is that when using: iOpen(Pair[j],PERIOD_W1,0); ... I get a different open price than I get if using: iOpen(Pair[j],0,iBarShift(Pair[j],0,StartBarTime)); Samir uses the first code pretty much, and I use the last ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

letbe, I actually use the open price of the first bar of the week on the current chart according to the individual broker's MT4, where Samir uses the open price of the week according to the individual broker's MT4. GMT time is not taken into account ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

letbe, The Samir indicator uses the wrong bar for week beginning on current chart because of MT4 glitch IMHO. Maybe because of the Samir built his indicator, mmine might be wrong. I use the open price of the first bar of the week on this timeframe. ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

Kos, If that would have worked, then turning off 'UseTFforTrendConfirmation' in user input on Robert's last-posted EA (not the last EA I posted) should have caught those trades. Also, profit-locking wasn't mentioned, but instead exit by MACD cross ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

Look everyone, Kos may have made his strategy, but you all act as if the coding part is nothing. If it is nothing, then why did it take someone (me, an amateur) to code Kos' strategy? SOMEBODY HAS TO DO SOMETHING FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN. You talk of ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

Kos, An EA is NOT a Toy! Maybe you treating it a such is what upsets me and has produced an EA that is a piece of crap when it comes to trading it. You have been asked for rules, I made an EA with the 4 rules you gave, the rules didn't produce the ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

Don't waste your time testing my EA. I have said multiple times what it needs, and frankly I don't know if I'll ever make those changes and nobody looks to be stepping forward to make those changes (guess those pictures Kos has been posting isn't ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

My charts get corrupted all the dang time, so I'm not enthused to use any offline chart even if they would be the best to use. Let me say that in a different way: If they worked consistently for me, then I would be enthused to use them since they ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

Kos, That's great, but discretionary as can be really. Is there a rule or some reason you put on profit-locking now vs before now? Did you use MACD divergence to get into this trade? Do you ALWAYS use MACD divergence to get into all trades? You ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

hazelj80 is right, we need to be working on offline charts by finimej. If zz's charts gave option for user to choose IBFX pairs and also options to reverse certain pairs, I might recommend his. At this point though, since the EA is set up like it ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

hayseed, Yes it is a pain for the coder. Since you've been here since the beginning, has there been ONE EA that has been created and is profitable and running on a live account profitably? Regards, Don

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method

I'll add this which I read in Master the Markets pdf: "I have met several successful traders who say they are using a so-called secret system that is making them money. This is 'their' secret system; it is working for them. However, in every case, ...

Indicators development for T101's not very simple method