- ForexEAdvisor.com contains lots of problems. see https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/139865
- What are Function return values ? How do I use them ? - MQL4 forum
- Do you have history for the H4 chart (your iMAs) and M5 (your TSL) for the period of you backtest?
Thank you for the responses. I will review the posts you sent.
Yes I have the correct history data loaded. I erased the history files altogether and then shifted back using M1, M5 and H4 timeframes to re-download the most current history for the past 2 months. Perhaps someone could run a quick 2 month backtest for the EURUSD and see if it works for them or not? Regardless of the results, I just want to see that it sells, and where I could make improvements, seeing as how I can't seem to do it for myself :S Thanks for the support! I will try to add the time constraints to my code and report back.
I was able to get the time working. I used:
if (Hour() > StartTime || Hour() < Endtime)
I was making the mistake of using && instead of ||. Couldn't believe I didn't notice.
But anyway I'm still having trouble getting it to open a sell order. I would really like to know why. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Retesting the above, you are right WHRoeder. Derp.
I am out of ideas. When I used:
if (Hour() > 19 && Hour() < 10) ... BUY/SELL
...it would not open any orders. And using || it opens orders at any time. Not sure if I will even worry about the time constraints anyway but I would just like to know how to get it to work for future reference. Any ideas?
Also, I re-made my EA using http://sufx.core.t3-ism.net/ExpertAdvisorBuilder/ and it now opens buys and sells. Thank you WHRoeder for letting me know forexEadvisor was garbage. Now I should be able to tweak it. Thanks again.
Also, I re-made my EA using http://sufx.core.t3-ism.net/ExpertAdvisorBuilder/ and it now opens buys and sells. Thank you WHRoeder for letting me know forexEadvisor was garbage. Now I should be able to tweak it. Thanks again.
Retesting the above, you are right WHRoeder. Derp.
if (Hour() > 19 && Hour() < 10) ... BUY/SELL...it would not open any orders.
Of course not. if the hour is above 19 then it will never be below 10. the IF will never be true.
try if (10 < Hour() && Hour() < 19) to trade between 11:00 and 18:59
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Hey all. Could really use someone's help.
I'm having trouble with a couple issues on my EA. When I perform a backtest from Septemeber 1, 2012 to today, the EA only opens long positions. It will not create sell orders, and I have no idea why. My backtest settings are set to create long and short positions so I am at a loss?
Also, I want to add time constraints on when the EA is allowed to trade. I want it to trade between 12:00am (Midnight) to 12:00pm (Noon) New York time. I am using FXOpen as my broker server and they are using GMT +3 as their time. Not sure if that's relevant or not but ya.
I have attached my code hoping someone can play with it and help me figure out how to fix it. Thanks a million!