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10-09-2008, 03:43 AM

Yes, I run it 24 hrs, but i manually closed all trades on friday before close, regardless of whether they were in profit or not.
No I havent gotten margin called, and I haven't even gotten close that I have noticed. It's gotten a bit worse having the 3 pairs, as audusd and nzdusd were getting a bit out of control, so tonight I shut those two pairs down. I am running it from this point on only with eurusd. Eurusd seems to be making most of the profit anyhow.
Maybe you are running too many pairs at once, or don't have enough capital to cover it. even if mine opened a 13 lot trade, that's only about $950 of margin required, so my 5k - 8k balance can cover that no problem. If that happened on all 3 pairs or more pairs, then yes, a serious problem.
I have posted my results daily, so you can take a look and see what it's done for me. The largest eurusd trade I have seen open has been 7.9 lot or so, if I recall.

----- Original Message -----
From: nvnt
To: MetaTrader_Experts_and_Indicators (A...oups (DOT) com
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MT_E and I] FXI-Beta

Hello Jim,
Do you let the EA running 24hr ? Your acct started out w/ $5000 but
somehow never get margin call. Your max ordered lot was 4.8, mine was
7.4 before running out of money for a net martingale level 13.3 . But
my demo broker is different to yours.

Warm regards.

--- In MetaTrader_Experts_and_Indicators (A...oups (DOT) com, "Jim"
<tazmaan@...> wrote:
>
> My daily results as of 09/25 (and some of 09/26 slipped in there).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tihon
> To: MetaTrader Experts
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [MT_E and I] FXI-Beta
>
>
> To Empryean Software,
>
> I ran the FXI beta version w/ default setting except the
Account.Pips.Factor=1.
> I started w/ $20,000, Alpari, 0.1 lot 1 pip =$1. The EA won
most of the time but only need 1 time lost to take it to negative
P/L. It look like after 6 or 7 time of martigale level trying to
recover its lost, it ran out of margin with an order of 13.30 lot. It
was negative P/L around $1800s, and - 1700s as I am typing this.
>
> So I think overall it will kill the account sooner or later.
>
> Best regards.
>

10-09-2008, 03:43 AM	#19 (permalink)
Jim Guest Posts: n/a	Re: [MT_E and I] FXI-Beta Yes, I run it 24 hrs, but i manually closed all trades on friday before close, regardless of whether they were in profit or not. No I havent gotten margin called, and I haven't even gotten close that I have noticed. It's gotten a bit worse having the 3 pairs, as audusd and nzdusd were getting a bit out of control, so tonight I shut those two pairs down. I am running it from this point on only with eurusd. Eurusd seems to be making most of the profit anyhow. Maybe you are running too many pairs at once, or don't have enough capital to cover it. even if mine opened a 13 lot trade, that's only about $950 of margin required, so my 5k - 8k balance can cover that no problem. If that happened on all 3 pairs or more pairs, then yes, a serious problem. I have posted my results daily, so you can take a look and see what it's done for me. The largest eurusd trade I have seen open has been 7.9 lot or so, if I recall. ----- Original Message ----- From: nvnt To: MetaTrader_Experts_and_Indicators (A...oups (DOT) com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [MT_E and I] FXI-Beta Hello Jim, Do you let the EA running 24hr ? Your acct started out w/ $5000 but somehow never get margin call. Your max ordered lot was 4.8, mine was 7.4 before running out of money for a net martingale level 13.3 . But my demo broker is different to yours. Warm regards. --- In MetaTrader_Experts_and_Indicators (A...oups (DOT) com, "Jim" <tazmaan@...> wrote: > > My daily results as of 09/25 (and some of 09/26 slipped in there). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tihon > To: MetaTrader Experts > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:57 PM > Subject: Re: [MT_E and I] FXI-Beta > > > To Empryean Software, > > I ran the FXI beta version w/ default setting except the Account.Pips.Factor=1. > I started w/ $20,000, Alpari, 0.1 lot 1 pip =$1. The EA won most of the time but only need 1 time lost to take it to negative P/L. It look like after 6 or 7 time of martigale level trying to recover its lost, it ran out of margin with an order of 13.30 lot. It was negative P/L around $1800s, and - 1700s as I am typing this. > > So I think overall it will kill the account sooner or later. > > Best regards. >