Hi.
I have made a start developing a strategy, but the section I've completed does not open any trades.
Clearly there is an error in it, but I have not got enough understanding of the system to find a solution.
If I were to attach the vfs file would someone be able to take a look and tell me what the problem, or problems, are.
I could also send the strategy in text form, to enable you to understand what I'm trying to do .
I realise this is a big "ask" of anyone, so I am very appreciative of any help.
Thanks,
Ted

Hello

Post your .vsf and an explanation of what your strategy is suppose to do and we will check it out.

Hi.
The strategy uses the indicators DMI and Stochastic.
Instrument used is EURUSD, Period Hourly, Stochastic 5,3,SMA,3,SMS, DMI=14, and a scaling factor which I have called g with the initial value of 0.1, and the calculations should be done on the hour.

The strategy should BUY when the following conditions hold: -

+DI(now)>+DI(previous).(1+g) AND
-DI(now)<-DI(previous).(1-g) AND
%K>%D.

Close the trade if any one of these 3 conditions fails.

Thanks,
Ted

I've gone the next step, converting the statement "Close the trade if any one of these3 conditiond fails.
That is,
if A<B, or C>D, or E < F then close the trade.

These conditions have been put into VJF boxes, as shown on the attachment.

I am having a look at it.

2 things:

- try to be tidy! Just separating the modules is a challenge

- when you see a module with a red bar like this one:



It means something is wrong!

Could you please explain that:




What is gee and how its value is suppose to change? I assume it is fixes (0.1)

TemVar95 is also fixed (1).

So the result is not a variable.

ScaleUp will alwas be 1.1 and ScaleDown -0.99.

Is that what you wanted to do?

Compiling a strategy is always a good way to spot bugs.

Look at the strategy attached.

Look here:



If you change from "Less" to "More", the strategy will open positions.

The first condition for a Buy trade is
+DI(now)>+DI(prev).(1+g), and has been transformed in VJF to
posDInow>posDIprev.(1+g),
where g is a number that is to be entered before running the strategy.
The initial value of g has been set at 0.1, so that
posDInow > 10% of the value of posDIprev. That is, I'm looking for a rising value of +DI.

The second condition for a Buy trade is
negDInow < negDIprev.(1-g), that is, I'm looking for a 10% fall in the value of -DI.

I have attached a tidied up version of the strategy, and added explanatory notes to show what I've been trying to do.
But I still have 2 boxes with red bars at the top, the Stoch and the Close and CancelPosition.
1. I cannot see where the error is in Stoch.
2. The Close and CancelPositionbox would need some ID of the opening transaction, an output variable that could be the input of the Close and Cancel.
I couldn't get anything to work.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you very much for VLForex2310, and after a minor adjustment, changing g-1 to 1-g, I can hardly wait to run it. I can't run it now because the login/password are not authenticated.

There are 2 items I do not understand.
1. In the Open at Market box, there is an Output variable, Mu_pos, which does not seem to be used anywhere else. Why then is it defined?
2. Position Viewer seems to be out of the blue, unexpected and not understood.
As well, input is Open Position, where I would have expected Mu_pos.
Thanks,
Ted

Greetings.

Open at Market box Output variable saves that opened position. Then you can use it in Set SL, Set TP or Cancel boxes.

Position Viewer is cycle box. It goes through massive of positions(All,Open or Pending) and makes something on each of of it.
Example: Cancel all Pending orders, then open Buy.

if it is not used anywhere, than no need to define it. This variable is not created by default.



This module takes ALL open positions and "agglomerates" them into one variable. The point is to use the outpu (Open_pos) in the Close and cancel position module.
You could have more than one position opened.