Hendrick, On forward demo tests that have been running a week or two - do you want us to immediately implement new settings when you post them in the thread? or Do you want us to keep the old settings for comparison against the new settings others ...

Phoenix 2007 (new thread)

You can also try the NormalizeDouble() function see reference http://docs.mql4.com/convert/NormalizeDouble for info. A couple of examples from Hendrick's Phoenix code: lot=NormalizeDouble(AccountFreeMargin()*Risk/1000.0,1) ...

Programmers I'm stumped Help Me Please !!

Let me combine a few things here. I don't want to fill the whole thread with my posts. I am looking forward to the new thread. Hendrick could you give me a hint as to which settings to change, in my tests, to get more trades out of Phoenix. In an ...

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I'm going to need a bigger hint. Unlike Bemac I don't have over a 1000 posts. I still wonder why buy and sell is different. How about a bone for a slow dog.

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Things are looking good in the trading competition. Phoenix looked great today. Congratulations Hendrick! I wish you well in your interview. Phoenix worked great for me today. I switched to a live account quicker than planned because the test I ...

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If you only have ALERTS, MAILBOX, JOURNAL showing you are not connected / logged in to the server. MoneyTec demo server is having problems today. Your SBFX charts are not updating and you can not place trades. Compare them after SBFX starts working.

Differences in TERMINAL in MetaTrader and StrategyBuilder...

I got my IBFX mini account to start trading micro and smaller lots with Phoenix. This post is based on trading micro and smaller lots on a mini account with 'InterbankFX'. I do not know if it is applicapable to other mini accounts with a micro lot ...

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Here is the second test I started today. This test uses the new test settings for both USDJPY and EURJPY. I started this test just before I made post #782 to the thread. The first trade opened a few hours later.

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It has not been 24 hours but I like to print the report around 0 GMT if I am near my computer. This test is for the new setting on USDJPY - the open trade. NOT the closed EURJPY which is the old settings. I opened the account the same time I made ...

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Hendrick, Please advise. When you request a pair to be tested do you want a test with only that pair? or Can I test several pairs with new settings on the same demo account? Thanks

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I just started a test on USDJPY with the new settings. The default in Phoenix is set equal to the following setting from your backtest report? Correction1=0;

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Best of luck in the trading competition! Moving right up I see. I'm glad you are going to continue with the thread. Here are my results from a test using default parameters on 15min charts. The test is on 11 pairs for the period 09/28/06 - 10/04/06. ...

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Read this thread. This is how I change servers. It might be of interest.

Free servers available for MT4

I have an observation / question. Some brokers such as IBFX have mini accounts where 1.0 = 10k lot and .1 = 1k lot and .01 = $100 lot. Some brokers will not allow you to trade a $100. lot. Some brokers have you enter .01 = 10k lot because they base ...

Firebird EA - fixed version -

GREAT information. I've wasted a lot of time trying to get the modeling quality above 90%. Your information on backtesting is very helpful. Thanks again

MetaTrader BackTesting, Reliable or Not??

Try opening the 'Market Watch Window' then right mouse click in the window. Select 'show all' from the right-click drop down menu.

Which type of account shows NZD

When testing for a number of months is there a way to get the modeling quality higher than 90%? Does anyone out there get into the mid to upper 90s?

MetaTrader BackTesting, Reliable or Not??

Make sure there is a smile not a frown in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Check the 'experts' tab and the 'journal' tab in the terminal window. Any errors? Make sure the time frame on the screen is not too large. 4hr and daily trades a ...

Firebird EA - fixed version -

Hendrick, Glad to see the promising test results. Keep up the good work. It is appreciated.

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IBFX will no longer allow more than 500 open trades at one time on one account. They were having problems with some EAs. I phoned them to confirm that it was open trades not open accounts. They sent out some emails this is the only one I can find. ...

FYI: InterbankFX has integrity