Skygod Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I haven't use iWin for sometime, so I can't confirm if build will cause the problem. Fx4_ever, what have you moved on to? I ran iwin live starting this week after a few weeks of demo trading, so far up about 13% for the week with only a couple of stressful moments :) Would be nice if you could limit the number of trades it takes, it might then be possible to leave it running without constant supervision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fx4_ever Posted June 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 fx4_ever, It is very interesting EA. However, i have some inquiries: 1- have you optimized it? 2- have you tried to use limit orders instead of market orders? Thanks for sharing. McGene Fx4_ever, what have you moved on to? I ran iwin live starting this week after a few weeks of demo trading, so far up about 13% for the week with only a couple of stressful moments :) Would be nice if you could limit the number of trades it takes, it might then be possible to leave it running without constant supervision. As I mentioned somewhere in this thread, I am sharing this EA 'as is' . I am no longer trading the system, thus, I don't plan on developing further on this system. I trade this system for many years in the past very successfully, but like any other martingale system, it can be stressful when market moves in the opposite direction and the lot size gets accumulated faster then we like to see. I think this system is best to trade during selective hours (quiet market hours) with combination of setting your own direction - using TC1 and TC2 options, it can be profitable without running 24/7. I now moved onto the system that fits more under CFTC/NFA ruling; i.e. FIFO, low margin, no hedging on same pair, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgene4x Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Thanks for your kind explanation. Good luck for your new trading setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andieliu Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 this my bt from 1999-2011 http://www.myfxbook.com/strategies/xcode-win-10000/6035 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furburr Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Hi fx4_ever, I have been using the EA till now and noticed something which I hope you can clarify.. Sometimes it takes a long time to manually close a set of trades. The EA seems to pause and do nothing for a few seconds before actually closing the trades. Have you experience the same? Â Also does anyone have any experience trading live with the broker FinFx? They have high leverage and are ECN. Im thinking of trying out the EA on them. Any feedback is most welcome. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furburr Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Just an update on the EA, since April the results were fantastic running the EA daily across all 3 timezones with supervision, until mid July. Since then the number of moves that moves completely in one line without any good retrace to reset the EA were too many. As a result I gave back most of the gains made (50+%), and now am below my starting equity. I will have to re-evaluate the parameters and reduce the lot size and do some paper trading again. The EA is sound provided there is enough capital to sustain many levels of scale-ins (up to 10levels) imo. Would love to hear anyones thoughts and experiences on using the EA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musketeer Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 this my bt from 1999-2011 http://www.myfxbook.com/strategies/xcode-win-10000/6035Â it is another (mathematically) confirmation that a grid w/o supervision (aka 24/5) can gain abt 10%/y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freidenker Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Just an update on the EA, since April the results were fantastic running the EA daily across all 3 timezones with supervision, until mid July. Since then the number of moves that moves completely in one line without any good retrace to reset the EA were too many. As a result I gave back most of the gains made (50+%), and now am below my starting equity. I will have to re-evaluate the parameters and reduce the lot size and do some paper trading again. The EA is sound provided there is enough capital to sustain many levels of scale-ins (up to 10levels) imo. Would love to hear anyones thoughts and experiences on using the EA. Hello Here are my stats of this EA: http://www.myfxbook.com/de/members/Freidenker/iwin/90677 It works fine... I have only stopped during my Holidays Greetings Freidenker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furburr Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Hi Freidenker, your results are amazing. I notice you were fortunate enough to stop the EA from mid Jul till Mid August. During this month there were many volatile periods that did not pullback enough to reset the EA. And thats what caused my losses. Do you also run the EA through the day or only during certain times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freidenker Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Hello furburr In the period from mid-July to August, I was on vacation and have switched off all my EAs. I trade only in the time window 17:00 to 23:59 Greetings Freidenker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furburr Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Tks Freidenker, I should try to run the EA only at the quiet hours as well rather than try to run it the whole day. Will see how it goes. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavalius Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 When I am trying to backtest this EA it trades all the time (not only 17:00 to 23:59) and opens lots up to 12. I load the setting from the set file, but I still have the same problem. Â Does anyone else get the same problem? Is it that I am doing something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavalius Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Well great news, I figured out what was the problem and did backtests from 2007 to 2011. So the EA performed very well for the 2007 - 2010 period. Â 2011 is a complete different story, with the account getting wiped clean every other month of the year. Maybe anyone on this forum would have suggestion settings we could use to improve the strategy for this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl205 Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I have set it up with standard values on a demo account. In a second window I am using an equity protection EA (MPTM / Steve Hopwood) to kill any DD below 4% of my account and give it a fresh start. It has done from 2500 to 2583 in 2 days trading 24 h and a bit of manual intervention. Backtesting is BS, you all know. 99% of all EAs are also prone to total failure. So just let this one run, watch it and learn to manually intervene whenever something else goes wrong :) I will report back if this thing survives at least 4-6 weeks inkluding the speeches e.g. tomorrow. Cheers, George musketeer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musketeer Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 I have set it up with standard values on a demo account. In a second window I am using an equity protection EA (MPTM / Steve Hopwood) to kill any DD below 4% of my account and give it a fresh start. It has done from 2500 to 2583 in 2 days trading 24 h and a bit of manual intervention. Backtesting is BS, you all know. 99% of all EAs are also prone to total failure. So just let this one run, watch it and learn to manually intervene whenever something else goes wrong :) I will report back if this thing survives at least 4-6 weeks inkluding the speeches e.g. tomorrow. Cheers, George  report in any case :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl205 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 report in any case :) Ok, after running for 5 days now the account has grown 4%. I have done manual intervention, but not heavy one. On friday after Bernies speach it went wrongfooted itself and got stopped out by my emergengy MPTM management (set to 100€). Thus : Account grown from 2500 to 2600 as we speak, including (!) a 100 € loss already. DD was never over 4% and will never be due to stop loss set. musketeer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musketeer Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Ok, after running for 5 days now the account has grown 4%. I have done manual intervention, but not heavy one. On friday after Bernies speach it went wrongfooted itself and got stopped out by my emergengy MPTM management (set to 100€). Thus : Account grown from 2500 to 2600 as we speak, including (!) a 100 € loss already. DD was never over 4% and will never be due to stop loss set. Please, keep me updated! Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl205 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 I just noticed that in my first post regarding iWin I have written that I use standard values. This is not true, I have to confess. I am using 0.01 / 0.03 lots and I have disabled martingale (buy / sell lots factor both set to 1). Grid steps are 13 / 17 / 25 / 25 / 25, but never seen more than 17 according to the 100 euro SL. I can post setfiles if demanded, of course. Breakeven option is also switched off ... just noticed that this is very unlike to the OOTB settings at all ^^ douggie and musketeer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl205 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Please, keep me updated! Thanks :)Â Since 23rd of August it hast done from 2500 to 2695 as we speak. Close to 8% that is, I think it is quite nice. Let's see further. musketeer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxl205 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Well, what a surprise that it got caught in that enourmous spike, SL was triggered. But I want to hear from one single EA that has survived this. Luck does not count ^^Â We're back on 2620 again, but could have come way worse. I plan on testing it with the preset hours 17-24 to see what this one does. Too much intraday volatility can hurt it easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidiomozi Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) Latest Update on this thread: Jan 3, 2011 2/21/2011: update I am no longer running this system. I have to make a room for other testing. Hallo. Thank you for sharing your EA. I am studying grid trading since months and I am interesting on your method. Since you are not running this system any longer I request if you do not mind to share the .mq4 source in order to let some coders of ours (like me) continue to test and hopefully improve it. Thanks in advance. Lidio Edited October 25, 2011 by lidiomozi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUA Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 Hello forum.. I am trading live with this EA ( iwin) in cent account.. Does anyone here know what is the function of Manual entry parameter..? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitautas Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Grid trading is cool. I run "Indo Run" on the EURCHF pair, due to the peg of this two currencies there will be no large trends. Â But check what the SNB (Swiss central bank) is doing resp. when will they announce news, or it will blow your account... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douggie Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) To XXL205, I have been following this thread for some time, and I am convinced that it has considerable potential, and have tried a wide range of combinations - I would appreciate the opportunity to study your set files, if you would share, Regards, Douggie. Edited December 22, 2011 by douggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUA Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Hello forum.. I am trading live with this EA ( iwin) in cent account.. Does anyone here know what is the function of Manual entry parameter..? Thanks in advance!  I figured it out. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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