Posts made by Pipologist

I have the same problem with the "Time Filter" block. I have to reload EA to adjust times. I does not take effect using input setting while EA is running.
This cant be right.

I Deleted block 1 (Once a day) and block 14 (variable Block) and re-entered the same information because I could not get the blocks to pass, Now EA works again.

Did you work on these blocks recently? Why would I be having these problems with them?

Also using block "Once a Day/Server Time/At Certain Hour" If I want to change the time, I have to remove EA from chart and re-load it with the new time. If I just change it in inputs while it's on the chart it does not work. Is that a bug?

Just left click on the block number it self. You can then edit it. after your done, left click off of the block to save it.

Just loaded it on another broker MT4 account, 4 decimal (the other one was a 5 decimal) and got the same result using the tested, but in live demo it looks like block 1 is passing every candle:

Block 1, is Once a Day/Server Time/At Certain Hour, followed by a Variable block (LastStoredEquity), then a draw arrow block.

Why would it update LastStoredEquity value and draw an arrow every block?

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My EA stopped working. This has happened a few time in the past with other EA's, but i assumed that is was because of a MT4 update, but I never confirmed that. And I don't remember seeing an update in the last 3 or 4 days.

EA - Follow the money. ----the string off of block 1. This part starts my trade cycle

This part was taken from your shared https://fxdreema.com/shared/rmsdqn0uc . which does not work anymore either.

referring to the snap shot of Equity and setting it as a Variable (LastStoredEquity).

In tester my EA took 5 trades for the month tested (normal 4 or 5 a day) and very rarely takes a traded in live demo even though all conditions are meet. Most of the time LastStoredEquity shows 0, so trades would not trigger.

This worked fine up to last Wednesday ish

I have given up on this. I am up to 10 blocks and it still doesn't work correctly , and that is just the math for long positions not shorts. all that for what should be 1 or 2 blocks

The bottom line is that I am just not that smart, so I can not figure it out. As I said before, I am not a coder that is why I use Fxdreema.

With the exception of you teaching me a little about Variables, that was a waste of 3 weeks of my life that I will never get back

Here is what I have so far if anyone wants to continue with it:

https://fxdreema.com/shared/AlJIi6rFc

If you ever make the blocks like you said in you were going to do in your first post of this thread please let me know.

That's great information, but since I asked the question you can probably figure out that it did not. so what can I try now.

I want Variable "TotalTradePips " value to be added to Variable "PipHold" value every time Block 5 is triggered.

so it Variable TotalTradePips Triggers 3 time at 10 16 and 14, Variable PipHold value should be 40.

How do I do this?

EA Variable

Block 5 is not putting the result in Variable "TotalTradePips". why not?

How do I subtract Variable SnapPips from Variable LivePips and put that value into Variable TotalTradePips

I'm sitting here banging my head on my desk in confusion so I decided the read this thread from the first post to the last and I realize that for almost two weeks it reads like two people having two completely different conversations.

So lets start again, and I will focus more on trying to figure out how to use Variables and less of trying to get some useful blocks made.

So I assume we both know what my desired action is. so lets break this down sections.

1. how to figure out how to calculate what the earned or lost pips are.

   • I assumed this could be done by looking at Price. So I used your example with "LastStoredEquity" but used Market properties/Ask,Bid,Mid/Ask and I called the Variable "SnapPips (Block- Modify Variables - Start of Trade Price) and put it following a "Buy Now" block so it would only see it once when trade was opened.

   • Next made a Variable named "LivePips" (Block- Modify Variables - Live Price) with the same Market Properties and let it hit every tic.
     So now using the Comment block I can see both numbers.

   • Next, and here is where the train starts to come off the tracks, I want to see the total pips for the current trade is, so I used a Formula block to subtract SnapPips from LivePips and "Put the results into this Variable: CurrentTradePips" to see the total pips earned or lost.
     I tried using Terminal Variables (This is NOT for Variables)/LivePips-SnapPips, but i would assume that the part where is says "This is NOT for Variables" is the reason that it didn't work. I also tried using Value/Numeric/V1-V2 (because I saw it listed that way in the Variable tab on the formula block) with no luck.

So in the spirit of going step by step, unless you think I'm on the wrong path, what would I use in the Formula block to get the difference between the LivePips and the SnapPips variables?

See my EA - Variables

Wow, I'm sorry. It seem that if I could have talked you in to making the blocks in the first place I would not have taken so much of your time.

But the bottom line is that I guess I'm not that smart. I looked through each block in your example and loaded into my MT4 and watched it work, but I have no clue how that is supposed to help me accomplish my desired result. If I was a coder I'm sure using Variables and Constants It would make sense, but if I was a coder i probably would not need fxdreema.

So myself and the 100+ people viewing this thread are not going to get the two blocks to accomplish this action easily, So I guess I'll resort back to the "workaround" and only be able to use just this EA on a MT4 account.

So I think I got it to work, except that I can not adjust the amount of profit per trade cycle via the EA input. So I would have to have a different EA for each profit amount.
Can you think of a workaround for the workaround so I can adjust it via the EA input.

Using your example with "LastStoredEquity" I made a "Condition" block Account/Equity > Value/Numeric/LastStoredEquity w/Adjust 1000.

Is that going to work? and is there a way to make the "Adjust" 1000 adjustable via EA input?

After some thought, the Example that you gave is a work around. And by that I mean I think it will work.I still have not figured it out yet, but the fact that you can take a snapshot of the equity and use it for reference to compare against, makes sense. so far i think i can figure out how to see it it's greater than >, but I'm still a little confused how to figure out how to say that it is X amount greater than (ie. >1000) I used the "Adjust" field but that is not adjustable in the input field of the EA.

But here's the problem, because it looks at the equity, so any other trading on the account will effect this EA. Now this might be okay, but it might not.

I started looking at Equity because I could see it in the terminal window, and thinking that it would be easy to reference, but I like the idea of Pips(price) better.

So I guess the question is, is there a way to record price that starts at a set time and sees the total accumulated values of all trades taken regardless if the trade is closed or running?

If so, then I would think that filters can be applied (Group, Market, and Type(Buy/Sell)

It would also be nice to be able to use Equity. Maybe this could be done by the math of Lot size verses price. That way it will only see Equity of the trades taken by EA.

Does any of this make sense? What do you think?

I understand the problem with making blocks and giving them enough options to be useful and hopefully make your life easier by not having to help/answer the same question all of the time, as I'm the one that talked you into making 4 of your EA Generator blocks (Single Candle Template, Turn ON Blocks, Turn OFF blocks, Toggle Blocks) which I'm sure your users use all the time, and I would guess because this tread has 86 views at this point , they would use these two blocks too.

But it is what it is, so before I have to hire a coder to make this EA lets see if you can help me figure this out how to put this together.

So again, the end goal is to turn on and off some blocks (stop taking trades and close orders) when X amount of profit (Pips/$) is made from all trades (open or closed) through out the set trade Cycle. This would take 2 blocks with the requested blocks.

I took my best guess at it with these 5 blocks. Can you please take a look at them and tell me what you think.

EA - "Follow the money fixed"
Area 4 - "Time to"

Somehow I got confused.

I asked "Is there a way to turn off the EA after a set number of profit ($ or Pips) is made"

You said "It's like every third question is about how to find some profit these days I think I'm gonna make some** block **tomorrow for this, because I'm tired to explain this over and over."

You did give two examples:
https://fxdreema.com/shared/vG2Mmhzjd - as far as I can tell took trades and set SL/TP, also implies the trade would be closed before calculating

https://fxdreema.com/shared/rmsdqn0uc - Which show that it can add Equity, but I have no clue how to make this work for how I need it for. and is only one piece of what i need this block to do, I need it to Not Pass when "x" amount is reached, and time not just a candle

As I said before "variables and "Bucket of Closed Trades" are above me." If I could do this I would assume that I could code my own EA. Which I'm guessing most of the "every third question " people fall into.

When you asked "What do you want to do exactly?" I figured that you were still gonna make the Blocks, which is why I said:

"I'm thinking it would be best to set this up like your "Counter Blocks/Reset

First Block, lets call it "Profit" Block - When block is "Reset" The EA takes a snapshot of the account Equity (block passes) then monitors Equity until pre-selected increase/decrease in Equity is hit (then block does not pass)

Second Block, "Profit Reset" - It would be nice if this block could be triggered by another block passing to it, or Time, ie. 09:00 chart time

It would also be nice if the Profit Block could have the option of monitoring: Balance, Equity, or Pips."

I hope you reconsider making these blocks, If not to save your time trying to explain this every third question, but because I'm sure a lot of people will find these blocks useful.

Thx

That shows that the EA can see the info that is needed for the Equity option of the block, and I assume the same can be done for the Balance option of the block. Can This be done for the Pip option also?

I just finished the rest of my EA, just waiting for you to make the last two blocks.

Do you have an estimate on When you will be able to make the blocks?

I'm thinking it would be best to set this up like your "Counter Blocks/Reset

First Block, lets call it "Profit" Block - When block is "Reset" The EA takes a snapshot of the account Equity (block passes) then monitors Equity until pre-selected increase/decrease in Equity is hit (then block does not pass)

Second Block, "Profit Reset" - It would be nice if this block could be triggered by another block passing to it, or Time, ie. 09:00 chart time

It would also be nice if the Profit Block could have the option of monitoring: Balance, Equity, or Pips.

I downloaded your example and ran it. It took trades and set TP/SL but looking at the blocks and watching the EA work I still could not figure it out.
"variables" and "Bucket of Closed Trades" are above me.
That being said, "Bucket of Closed Trades" implies the trade would be "closed" to get the info (profit/Pips) and I would like it to update per tick.
When pre-set profit/Pip is meet, i want it to close all trades and don't take any new trades until next trade cycle/day

Is there anyway that i could talk you into making a block that works as previously described:

"If there was a block that could calculate equity/pips made when the block was on, and another block that could reset that block, like in the "Counter" blocks.

So the block would pass until the set number of profit/Pips were made, then it would not pass"

I want the EA to stop taking new trades after x number of pips are made for that day or trade cycle

If there was a block that could calculate profit /pips made when the block was on, and another block that could reset that block, like in the "Counter" blocks.

So the block would pass until the set number of profit/Pips were made, then it would not pass

I tried to play with those ideas, but variables are not my thing i guess, so I would need some examples.
I would guess that waiting for you to put a block together will be easier.

Please let me know where you put the block and it's name when you get done making it.

thx