In language, there are patterns. Patterns result in consistent and 'knowledgeable' communication. When applied to trading, in theory, the program 'reads' the charts, and when it sees a certain 'phrase', there is a particular 'response' similar to ...

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Well, now that you mention that...we could use news? And just focus on that. However, that means the program would focus on talking like a market news analyst...

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Well, a chart has the following: Time, High, Low, Open, Close, Volume We could just use that to make a 'word' as it were. E.G. Monday January 1, 2000 12:14:00 1.0000 0.9900 0.9910 0.9990 10

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You'd need an external buffer, something like this: SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW); SetIndexArrow(0,160); SetIndexBuffer(0,ResBuffer2); SetIndexEmptyValue(0,0.0); SetIndexLabel(0,label1); I'm not too good with indicator programming, and this is more or ...

Reading a value from an indicator

The whole premise behind an EA is that there are patterns in a market that can be taken advantage of. I'm trying to get a flowchart or something from them regarding programming structure and logic flow. With that, I might be able to build a very ...

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In the context of metatrader EAs, scripts, and indicators, a .set file are the settings of that program. When configuring your EA, indicator, or script, you just click "save" or "load" to create, or retrieve the .set file

Files: .set extension

Those seem fine.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Is that variable in the custom indi being sent to an external buffer? Also, if you wrote that indi yourself, can't you just turn it into a function and have that function completely in the EA already?

Reading a value from an indicator

I'm not sure how you are able to develop a correlation between a timeframe, and the likelihood of profitability. The EA trades based purely on price, not on any indicators which would be affected by time. The only thing that a timeframe change would ...

Old Dog with New Tricks

Put the Hilo Trader Lines version of the EA on your chart. You'll notice that some trades took a long time to hit their TP or SL, during that time, a trailing stop would have ended such a trade in a loss. I realize that a trailing stop can help cut ...

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Higher win percent doesn't always mean a better EA. Look for my thread on "Success Score" Not simultaneously, but yes. It would have opened that many trades if you placed the EA on the chart however many bars ago you used.

Old Dog with New Tricks

For #3, the additional filter was trade overlap. The EA was coded to handle one trade at a time. There are some instances where a particular trade ran for a very long time, on the order of a few hours. During which time other signals were triggered.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Yes. There will be slight differences between brokers regarding the stats generated, but you're very close.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Perhaps we should drop them an e-mail? url

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Startbar 0 will use every bar on the chart.

Old Dog with New Tricks

Try setting minimum success score to 0. I need to double check, but I think when both WinPercent and Minimum SuccessScore are non-zero, both must be satisfied. (One trading style is greater, and one style is lesser). Edit: Confirmed

Old Dog with New Tricks

For those of you having trouble getting this EA to place a trade, here are my trades from last week. Settings should be easy enough to reverse-engineer.

Old Dog with New Tricks

This hilo trader is the first generation of a series of 'smart' EAs.

Old Dog with New Tricks

EA won't work on the daily TF at all. It's currently based on the daily high and low. I suggest 1M charts to start out. Step the timeframe up as you need to.

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