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Bbands contrarian strategy (problem solved)!
marceizi
 Post subject: Bbands contrarian strategy (problem solved)! Post rating: 0   New post Posted: Fri 23 Dec, 2011, 07:36 

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Hello Support,
I used a bolinger strategy formely posted by you guys and made some changes so I fit my strategy rules.
It is to be a contrarian strategy, so when the price (I used bid price in all I think) hits upper bolinger band (the part of the line that is still being draw over the current candle - I think it's shift 0, but I don't know if it really exists) it triggers a sell order with a stoploss previously set. The same happens if it hits the lower band triggering a buy order. I don't understand why the strategy doesn't work. And also I would like to insert a trailing stop so every time the price goes in my favor 10 pips the stop loss would change with it the same amount (should be configurable in best case).
Thanks in advance and happy hollydays in case we don't get in contact till then!! :D :D


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marceizi
 Post subject: Re: Bbands contrarian strategy (problem solved)! Post rating: 0   New post Posted: Tue 27 Dec, 2011, 10:57 

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Hello guys!
I thought that it was working but the strategy still doesnt work fine. It doesn't open positions on the right price and sometimes it doesn't open any at all when it crosses the bolinger bands (on both sides). Also I am having trouble to make it open just one position at a time (it sometimes has many opened positions on the same side).

If someone could help me out I'd appreciate it!
Thanks and good luck to everyone!
 
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 Post subject: Re: Bbands contrarian strategy (problem solved)! Post rating: 0   New post Posted: Tue 27 Dec, 2011, 12:35 
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Consider logging all the relevant values (i.e. prices, indicator values, messages and orders from onMessage etc.) to see what actually happens, see https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/ section Strategy API/Console/Logging values.
 
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 Post subject: Re: Bbands contrarian strategy (problem solved)! Post rating: 0   New post Posted: Thu 29 Dec, 2011, 19:06 

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First of all THANK YOU ALL!!
You guys are very helpfull!!!

And sorry but I am not capable of doing that log thing....not yet...
I've just started looking on Java programing this month and started on Jforex last week......and I don't know any other language at all...
Still could have made a couple of strategies and used a lot of things posted here (some by you guys and some buy other users), but far beyond being a good programer... :((

And here is my question, since I'm not able to logging....
Does bolinger bands, trenenvelopes and indicators like that do not return a value on the current candle or on tick time? I noticed that on my strategy casualy the order is not triggered and most of the times (if not always) it happens (maybe) because the current candle has not been finished. For example: strategy is to sell when tick bid price is >= than upper band of bolinger band (shift 0)......but the order is only triggered if the current candle gets finished (and the next candle starts) and the price is still above the upper bband.

Thanks again....and I am going to ask a lot more!! (I'll try my best to not ask stupid things)
THANKS!
 
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 Post subject: Re: Bbands contrarian strategy (problem solved)! Post rating: 0   New post Posted: Mon 09 Jan, 2012, 10:58 
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In BBandStrategy2 orders are triggered immediately when the price (not bar) is above (or below) BBAND line.
When BBANDS lines are formed they move up and down. Therefore, there may be a situation when highest price of a finished bar is above the BBAND line but the price itself has not been above BBAND.

Also, please check that same time period is used in chart and in strategy parameters, that are specified when running the strategy.

Logging means printing messages from the program.
This article describes how to do it:
https://www.dukascopy.com/wiki/#IConsole
 
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