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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Trading

hi Sharmas

If I can be so bold, I think part of the work involved in trading is to really discover the correct mix for yourself. The very top traders in the world spend hours honing a system such...

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January 24th, 2011, 12:30 AM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

late follow up

Slow reply, sorry. A team of us traded a swing system in the late '80s when I was a trader on the London Future & Options Exchange (FOX) which is now defunct. We traded soft commodities using an...

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December 16th, 2010, 11:27 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Sorted

Finally got it sorted; thanks for help everyone, I was close just a few clumsy errors non-developers like me make. All the time in fact.

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December 16th, 2010, 04:14 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Then if I add back some conditions, function...

Then if I add back some conditions, function seems to stop functioning.

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December 16th, 2010, 04:01 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

hi Xeno I am trying to set up a simple function...

hi Xeno
I am trying to set up a simple function that allows me to trigger different times [hours] of the day to trade. Rather than add those times to each separate entry condition I have tried to...

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December 16th, 2010, 05:52 AM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Still can't seem to get this to call in the...

Still can't seem to get this to call in the condition set; the initial idea was to put together a function where I could change times more simply.

the method is at the bottom of OnBarUpdate:
...

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December 14th, 2010, 05:13 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Where do I put the 'void bool'function Mike? ...

Where do I put the 'void bool'function Mike?

protected override void Initialize()
{
CalculateOnBarClose = true;
EntryHandling = EntryHandling.UniqueEntries;
...

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December 14th, 2010, 04:35 AM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

I put together the time validation as a separate...

I put together the time validation as a separate strategy (ValidtimesforTrades) that I could modify simply & call in any other strategy.

It is is the attached 5patt strategy, line 122 but doesn't...

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December 13th, 2010, 06:05 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Creating a function to condense code

How difficult is it to create a method for time series, that I can call?

Rather than have 20 condition sets, there must be a way of a) shortening and b) automating to some degree.

see attached...

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December 10th, 2010, 05:34 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Thx Xeno, finally got it to work. I did...

Thx Xeno, finally got it to work.

I did enter in some print outputs, where do I find those?

Appreciate the patience.

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December 10th, 2010, 08:08 AM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Thx, Xeno I'll have a look. I'm not sure how much...

Thx, Xeno I'll have a look. I'm not sure how much programming I really want to do we shall see. I currently run a fund that uses MT4 servers; I just jumped into NT to have a look as I thought I...

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December 10th, 2010, 05:11 AM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

I re-read your post & took the quotes out of...

I re-read your post & took the quotes out of ManageOrders, that's what you said and it seemed to help.'Obviously I missed something.

Wasn't sure where to put Print/Outputs or even to look for...

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December 10th, 2010, 01:46 AM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Script

Sorry this is the new script, I did do a bit of work on it today; nearly there.

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December 10th, 2010, 01:30 AM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Thx for this Xeno. I've attached 2 jpegs from the...

Thx for this Xeno. I've attached 2 jpegs from the same chart, same code etc. In 1, the code works fine; 3 longs are executed, , lots 1 & 2 reach targets & the stoploss moves up accordingly and is...

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December 9th, 2010, 01:12 AM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Butcher not the block

hey Mike
Wondered if you read this whether you could comment; I've developed a simple strategy using your video as the backbone - 3 simple take profits with a simple feature. I'm not worried about...

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December 2nd, 2010, 10:05 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

hi Xeno All I'm after is a modified version...

hi Xeno

All I'm after is a modified version of what is already here on this site:...

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December 1st, 2010, 11:54 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

I basically wanted to test a simple 3 profit/stop...

I basically wanted to test a simple 3 profit/stop system using an on-stop order system that buys above market. The stops would move to b/e once the 1st lot had been achieved. I wanted this in 2 ways:...

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November 21st, 2010, 06:38 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

UPdate

Thx Xeno: in the end I watched Mike's video & have started to attempt to modify that. The main difference is that i wanted to set targets based on %'s rather than just ticks, & then have entered on a...

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November 9th, 2010, 09:11 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Set Profit and Loss Variables

hi
I currently run a simple automated strategy using MT4, and I want to try & replicate it in NT4, so that I can backtest and refine some of the variables. I'm having difficulty replicating the...

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November 9th, 2010, 12:06 AM

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Stops, trailing and breakeven stops

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Stops & Profit Targets

hi
I wanted to add a question to this; I am looking to set % profit & stops through the strategy builder (rather than coding) but not sure if it can be done. Here is the scenario;

say we enter...

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September 24th, 2010, 11:18 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

hi Alex Do you recall who did this for you?...

hi Alex

Do you recall who did this for you? It would be good to get it to handle those outside bars correctly if possible then I think it lends itself to a really nice mechanical system.

Thanks...

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September 13th, 2010, 10:18 PM

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Posted By brightredmegaphone

Gann Swing Chart

Alex, I downloaded your indicator & ran it, it is pretty close. The only thing it doesn't handle correctly are outside bars, which it seems to ignore. You could certainly work from it though. (I see...

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September 12th, 2010, 09:58 PM

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