- Search Energy EXCH
- jimbo61 replied Apr 30, 2007
Ex. Price is currently between the upper 10% and the 20% lines.... You can place a Sell LIMIT order on the 0% and 10% line. The order for the 20% would have to be a Sell STOP order.
Sedona- A system for inactive hours
- jimbo61 replied Apr 30, 2007
If i am right I think you need to wait until the UK session closes (1700 GMT) before you place your pending trades.
Sedona- A system for inactive hours
- jimbo61 replied Apr 27, 2007
Make sure to re sync your clock before you load the script. You can also just sync it to the Market Watch clock on the MT4 platform. I keep it within 2-3 sec. This way the script time and the Computer time should be in sync.
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 27, 2007
Go back to the 1st post on this thread and make sure you have the latest version...READ the 1st post. It will explain that you will need to enter the time of the news event into the script and set you own straddle distance, TP and SL settings. This ...
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 27, 2007
I actually use it on a 5 min chart to trade off of. I will initiate an order when the dot changes sides of the price. I am testing an EA that I built that will trade when this happens. Not bullet-proof, but it has made some small trades that were ...
Parabolic SAR
- jimbo61 replied Apr 26, 2007
JPY News releases — With a slew of releases happening at the same time (6:30 pm central time) There has got to be some movement this time around. Set up the script with a distance of all 8's, stop loss of 30, Take profit of 30. The USD/JPY ...
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 26, 2007
Free builder site. — Try this... url You can build your own EA. I have worked a little with it and made a simple EA that trades off the Parbolic SAR switching sides of the price. You will have to work it for a while to get use to how to build ...
Expert Advisor Builder
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Beige Book results
Started Apr 25, 2007|Trading Discussion|0 repliesAnyone seen how the EUR has responded to the Beige Book release? I was looking for a historic ...
- jimbo61 replied Apr 25, 2007
Todays "HIGH" impact releases — Well, so far not a good day. I am 1 for 2. The EUR/$ play on the German Ifo Business Climate Index release did not move much. JUst enough to get triggered and only brok-even before I killed it ...
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 24, 2007
$$$$$ — All in all it adds up to the same thing? ....Did you have more cash today then you did yesterday???? That is what REALLY matters. Personally I trade with several different lot sizes, on different currencies. The only thing I look at ...
:: Pips are not what counts ::
- jimbo61 replied Apr 24, 2007
Have downloaded the LATEST version from page #1 of this thread? If you have an older version it will state "EXPIRED". The new version is shareware and will only allow up to 5 mini lots max trades. Also as for the Time issue of trying to set the ...
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 22, 2007
Working fine for me...If I could only get the SL setting right next time. Been stopped out the last 2 time immediatly after the fill. SL a little too close plus the egnormous spread that IBFX had at the news time.
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 20, 2007
STRADDLE is the way to go .... but.... Only on HIGH IMPACT news releases. The Meduim News releases have to be investigated more before you decide to trade it. Need to look at past preformace at the time of the release and then take a conservative TP ...
Do you enter after or before the news?
- jimbo61 replied Apr 20, 2007
SAME HERE!!!!!!! I was sitting with the script to trigger at 10 pips +/-. Got filled and watch the candle keep dropping past the "Sell Line"...
but still showing a negative balance.
The spread was at 14 until the next 5 min candle came out. I ...Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 20, 2007
Saw the same thing when I tried to sync. I just manually adjusted it right before I start the script. I snyc it with the Market Watch Time on the MT4 platform.
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 20, 2007
Got knocked out..GBP — When the news for the GBP came out this morning I was immediatly in Profit, then was knocked out by the combo of my 22 pip sl and the wide spread (10+ pip). I set the distances at all 10 away, and was filled (sell) ...
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 19, 2007
Par-SAR Switch EA — I am testing out an EA that I built that will trade off the switch in directions of the Parabolic SAR. Let me test this a couple more days to see how it works. I have noticed the the EUR/JPY and the GBP/JPY has had some ...
EA for SAR Parabolic
- jimbo61 replied Apr 19, 2007
I have set a standard to only trade the "High and Medium Impact" news articals on the Calendar. Not all the trades go off. There has been a few that the script will timeout before activating the trade...I have found out the hard way...DO NOT try to ...
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 18, 2007
All of their spreads will widen durring a news release. Same thing this morning withe GBP. Spread widened to 10 pips for a couple minutes.
Burger Straddle Script
- jimbo61 replied Apr 18, 2007
20-30 pips per trade...LIVE. This morning I only made 10 pips off the GBP/USD. The spread had widened to 10 pips for about 3 mins and I closed it manualy near the peak of the 3:30 candle (central time.. DST) oh well it still $50...
Burger Straddle Script