Z7
Hi.
I have a question regarding Z7 and if the current situation is within the parameters of Z7.
At the moment I have a EURUSD sell 0.05 at 1.13965 and a EURUSD buy 0.1 at 1.14369.
Is this okay? I haven't seen this behaviour since I started Z7.
thanks in advance...
Posted By: jcl
Re: Z7 - 09/18/15 10:20
That's ok - just a temporary disagreement between the two pattern systems PA and PG. Z7 uses no virtual hedging, that's something to activate for the next update.
From what I see, PA has changed its mind meanwhile and also went long, at least my own instance.
Posted By: Sundance
Re: Z7 - 09/18/15 10:27
Thanks for the info. Good to know. Till now Z7 looks okay to me...
The same here, now long EUR/USD in both algos,
USD/JPY is eating the profit. Yesterday I was tempted to close the position just before the FED interest rates news release, as the position gains was the average trade gain for the 2 weeks of trading..
Posted By: Sundance
Re: Z7 - 09/18/15 11:41
Yepp same here. I did a backtest before I set the sliders and when I see that I have now 0,15 lot as a buy and my account has ~1300€ I hope that the SL is very near...
My settings:
Margin: 65
Risk: 10
Sundance, same account here ~1300,
Z7s with Margin at 80 and Risk at 10 and Phantom trades off,
I have to play more with the sliders in testing,
looking to start new Z7 instances with different settings in following weeks if this works..
Posted By: GPEngine
Re: Z7 - 09/18/15 14:11
Is there a way to set Margin and Risk slider programatically ? For instance, via the command line or Z.ini?
Posted By: GPEngine
Re: Z7 - 09/18/15 15:08
I do not understand the Risk slider and the Margin slider.
I've read the Z systems page. Can we try again? Let's say I am starting Z7 on a new account with $X. What do i set these two sliders to, what are the factors in this decision
Then lets say later on i need to adjust them. Why? what are the conditions and factors?
Posted By: Sundance
Re: Z7 - 09/18/15 19:56
Wow. The two trades ended up in a loss of ~170€. Today Z7 drops my 1300€ account down 194€ ! Thats way to much for that little account but backtest showed me that my slider settings are okay.
@jlc: Can ou confirm that the settings are okay. I can't see that i did something wrong. Till today Z7 only took 0,05 lot and made wins and losses about 10 to 20€.
Posted By: Sundance
Re: Z7 - 09/18/15 19:57
And yes GPEngine. You can sett the sliders within the corresponding INI file.
Posted By: GPEngine
Re: Z7 - 09/19/15 03:06
What are the variable names?
I tried adding "Margin = " and "Risk = ". It had no effect.
Posted By: Sundance
Re: Z7 - 09/19/15 08:29
In the strategy folder you create a Z7.ini. Mine looks like:
NFA = 0
FXOnly = 0
MMax = 65
Phantom = 1
Hedge = 5
Weekend = 2
Verbose = 2
BrokerPatch = 0
Preload = 0
So when I restart Zorro the margin slider can't move to a higher value then 65.
Posted By: Sundance
Re: Z7 - 09/19/15 08:41
@jcl: Can you confirm the last both trades?
Backtesting with my margin setting tells me that the highest loss of a trade could be ~132€. This is nearly exactly the amount i lost with one of the trades yesterday. So it seems to be in the expected range.
I let the margin slider stay at 65 and see what will happen...
Posted By: GPEngine
Re: Z7 - 09/19/15 16:10
So how would i set Margin slider to exactly 90, no higher or lower, using config or command line? I believe it cannot be done and it requires manually using the MOUSE. Also MMax is (Zorro S only).
Posted By: Sundance
Re: Z7 - 09/19/15 17:05
Ah. Okay. Sorry i think you are right. It starts with margin 10. I don't know if there is a difference between Zorro and Zorro S.
Posted By: jcl
Re: Z7 - 09/21/15 09:38
As to my knowledge, MMax also works without Zorro S, but only with values at or less than 100.
Sundance, Z7 is promissing, has recovered 50% of last week's losses..
Do I need to train Z7 frequently to detect new price pattern?
Posted By: MatPed
Re: Z7 - 01/31/16 15:33
3 months, accordingly with the manual. Ciao