So far I've taken a quick look at the Jforex system (perhaps an hour). I have very little programming experience, so before I take the plunge and spend a lot of time trying to learn how to create things, I'd like to know if it will actually do what I have in mind.

I'm not interested in creating a system that actually places buy and sell orders. At least not at this point.

But I'm very keen on creating a (somewhat) sophisticated popup alert system. Probably 3 of them. Here is what I have in mind, and I'd like to know if it's possible to do this with JForex ...

-must work across 5-6 currency pairs and 3 timeframes regardless of which chart is being watched at that moment
-I would have all 5-6 pairs loaded onto the platform while trading
-pairs: EUR/USD ... USD/JPY ... EUR/JPY ... GBP/USD ... AUD/USD ... (maybe) NZD/USD
-timeframes: 15m, 1h, 4h

1. Parabolic SAR (PSAR)
-popup alert when touched at 15m, 1h, and/or 4h with a message noting that it's PSAR at the appropriate timeframe

2. Hilbert-Transform Instantaneous Trendline (HTIT)
-popup alert when touched at 15m, 1h, and/or 4h with a message noting that it's HTIT at the appropriate timeframe
-optional but nice to have: select a threshold up to 5 pips away from HTIT itself for the popup trigger

3. Fast Stochastic (FS)
-popup alert when the value <20 or >80 at 15m, 1h, and/or 4h with a message noting that it's FS at the appropriate timeframe
-optional but nice to have: select a threshold of <10 or >90 for certain pairs and timeframes

-must be able to temporarily shut off HTIT and FS at certain timeframes so they don't trigger repeatedly as the price flip-flips across HTIT or stays in the <20 or >80 FS zones.

So can I do this with the Jforex system? Or is it not suited for this idea at all? Any replies appreciated, thanks ...

Yes it is possible, but it would be much more convenient to implement your logic as a strategy. For strategy development start here:
https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/#Create_a_strategy
https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/#Strategy_API
See if you can make use of the strategy tutorial:
https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/#Strategy_Tutorial
For popup alerts see:
https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/#Create_Alert/Play_sound_on_order_open_and_close,_Popup_on_price_change

Thanks for the suggestion and the links. I know basically nothing about Java programming, so it looks like I'm going to have to learn at least some. Have just downloaded 'Introduction to Programming in Java' by David J Eck so I guess that will keep me busy for awhile ...

When you get bored with reading, check out this article, and the follow ups. Helped me to get starting...

Hi all:

Thanks tcsabina for the publicity to my articles

Just to inform i found other great tutorials available on youtube and less "boring" than the one i refer done by Stanford University. You can read them here ando others related to programing.

I hope you like them. Also i will place this link on my first article about the subject.

Trade well

JL

Thanks for the great resources. Much appreciated

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