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- LongBar replied Oct 11, 2009
Hi Jaula, Well, good question - I'd say this is something up to your decision & comfort level... In terms of fuctionality I believe the EA offers all what Mr ED described and a bit beyond. In terms of code quality I am not really the one to make a ...
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- LongBar replied Oct 11, 2009
Hi PRkash, You're looking for a users guide
Mister ED's 4 hour Heikin Ashi systemwhich is I am afraid the thread itself... Maybe you want to go through the first pages of the EA source code (right click the EA name in the Navigator window & select Modify), the history of changes ...
- LongBar replied Oct 11, 2009
Check out the ExitMethod parameter. Default value of 1 fires a single position on a trigger, value 2 and 3 go for 2 positions per trigger
Mister ED's 4 hour Heikin Ashi system
- LongBar replied Oct 11, 2009
If you suggest not to set TP/SL levels and instead to rely on the EA to monitor and execute them ... then I am not too sure. These levels could be close enough to cause major headache if the EA looses connection to the broker for a couple of hours, ...
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- LongBar replied Oct 11, 2009
Hi yan7181, This message simply a result of that MT was lacking of history data for the chart & period you run the EA on. Once the EA refers to that particular chart/period MT should start downloading the historical data and in few tick/second this ...
Mister ED's 4 hour Heikin Ashi system
- LongBar replied Oct 11, 2009
Hi specialOnefx, the difference is as you just defined: ... and the difference is difference between the high and low of that candle? ==> yes you talk about the signal candle here
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- LongBar replied Oct 7, 2009
As far as I can see you use FXCM account which does not accept initial SL & TP with the market entry order. You will have to set EA parameter TwoStepOrderSubmit to true so the EA will not set SL/TP with the market order but will set those in a ...
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- LongBar replied Oct 6, 2009
Hi Forexaccount, Please note that MisterED strategy triggers trade only if certain things lined up - you would probably see days when no trigger is found while on other days there could be multiple ones. As per the picture you attached, the INFO ...
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- LongBar replied Oct 5, 2009
the signal candle is the price candle or the heiken Ashi smoothed candle? ==> price candle and the difference is difference between the high and low of that candle? ==> yes signal candle is between 50% and 200% of the ATR value ==> difference / ATR ...
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- LongBar replied Oct 5, 2009
The EA will trade only that pair it is attached to, so if you want the EA to trade EURUSD and USDJPY pairs then open two charts (EURUSD and USDJPY) and attach the EA to both of them. To filter for certain days and candles just use the EA parameters ...
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- LongBar replied Oct 5, 2009
Seems to me then the broker's platform did not follow through the SL settings. What broker do you use for this demo?
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- LongBar replied Oct 4, 2009
Hi Randy, Did the orders have SL set in these cases? Would you show the order details from the Account History tab (copy & paste)? I just want to understand whether the SL was not set or the broker server did not action the SL. Cheers longbar
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- LongBar replied Oct 2, 2009
Hi rcbarlow & Atlas1, Would you describe the situation in detail? Do you mean that the SL was hit but only on of the orders (having the same SL) got closed? Cheers Longbar
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- LongBar replied Sep 27, 2009
Lovely - appreciate sharing them! Now I'll have something to read
Mister ED's 4 hour Heikin Ashi systemThanks JR!
- LongBar replied Sep 27, 2009
Use the EAPeriod parameter to select the right TF for your backtests, eg EAPeriod=6 for 4H TF. If you want the EA to act on the same TF as the EA is actually running on then set EAPeriod to 0. In this case whatever you select in the "Period:" ...
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- LongBar replied Sep 27, 2009
I would suggest to open up the EA source file (.mq4) in an editor and review the first few pages. You will see there breakdown of changes for each version. If the EA is installed on your MT then right click on the EA name in the Navigator window and ...
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- LongBar replied Sep 27, 2009
Hi kellera6, Here you go: I added ExitMethod = 3 which just does that
Mister ED's 4 hour Heikin Ashi systemEA version 1.4: New feature of ExitMethod=3 which pulls SL to break even when TP1 is hit and then trailing SL as per HAS on new bars LB
- LongBar replied Sep 26, 2009
Hi JR, I'd love to see the MT reports - not much time left for me to actually manage the EA on demo accounts. Is it possible to post those reports here - I am not sure about the site policy re this? Might sound a bit stone age but alternatively in ...
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- LongBar replied Sep 26, 2009
Hey Scalpz, The EA checks up to 3 bars to see colour change. If the trigger bar becomes mixed colour (body colour differs from the wicks) then the EA will wait until next bar and checks for complete colour change over the last 3 bars. Also the EA ...
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- LongBar replied Sep 26, 2009
Hi Stumpy1, Just place the EA in to your <Path to MT install>/experts folder, restart your MT. The EA should show up in the Navigator window (Ctrl+N), see Expert Advisors node. If you run the EA on a demo account then you could use the submitted ...
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