FAQ for Fapturbo - Page 2

mikeh · #11 12-08-2008, 07:40 PM

Now my fap turbo 20 is only trading .01 lots although the settings are all the same as I had with fap turbo 16. This sucks. I have MM set to true and LLR set to 2. Any ideas on this?
Thanks.

^eagle^ · #12 12-08-2008, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by markowiec

ok so my broker shows now 16:00 and GMT is 21:00 and date is the same so offset is 5 ? Or perhaps 5 modulo 24 = 19 ? Sorry for lame question but I'm still not sure I understood. Thanks.

You know what?

You are right not me.

If you have the same date and are behind Greenwich meantime then your Offset will be -5.(minus 5)

I've never seen a broker with a date behind GMT. You are using the time in the chart arnet you? That is take eur/usdM1 and blow it up to its highest magnifcation and you will see the exact time in minutes of the current price.
The broker's time zone makes no difference. Its the time on the chart that matters.

Attach turbo to eur/usd m1 chart
Put minus five as your offset and then look at the wording turbo prints on the eur/usd m1chart

towards the bottom you will see "Actual server time". make sure that time matches the time of your eur/usd M1 chart.

lET ME KNOW IF THE -5 IS CORRECT OR NOT SO i CAN CHANGE THE faq

tHKS

alan · #13 12-08-2008, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeh

Now my fap turbo 20 is only trading .01 lots although the settings are all the same as I had with fap turbo 16. This sucks. I have MM set to true and LLR set to 2. Any ideas on this?
Thanks.

See this post:

http://www.forexautopilotforum.com/showthread.php?t=824

markowiec · #14 12-09-2008, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ^eagle^

You know what?

You are right not me.

If you have the same date and are behind Greenwich meantime then your Offset will be -5.(minus 5)

I've never seen a broker with a date behind GMT. You are using the time in the chart arnet you? That is take eur/usdM1 and blow it up to its highest magnifcation and you will see the exact time in minutes of the current price.
The broker's time zone makes no difference. Its the time on the chart that matters.

Attach turbo to eur/usd m1 chart
Put minus five as your offset and then look at the wording turbo prints on the eur/usd m1chart

towards the bottom you will see "Actual server time". make sure that time matches the time of your eur/usd M1 chart.

lET ME KNOW IF THE -5 IS CORRECT OR NOT SO i CAN CHANGE THE faq

tHKS

For that calculation I used time from so called Market Watch in MT4. And yes, time on the chart is the same. BTW the broker I was refering to is FXCM - they seem to use US EST time (New York) as Market Time. I tested yesterday and it seems to work fine with -5 at least with FAPTURBO16. No loses and behaviour comparable to other account opened with FXDD. So probably "-5" theory works

Thanks!
Marek

musicag · #15 12-10-2008, 01:21 PM

Hi experienced traders,

I'm still trying to get FAPTutbo working on my demo. It did not trade at all on my FXDD demo using the scalper strategy. As a result I singed on a demo with Interbank FX.

My questions is FAPTurbo16 still not restricted 1 demo/1live accounts? I have already used one on the FXDD demo. Can I use v16 on IBFX demo also? Thanks for your help. It is much needed.

musicag

Pluto2 · #16 12-11-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ^eagle^

The number is always positive. Never negative. that is why you have to check your date too.

GMT is the end of time soto speak basically you always subtract GMT from the platform time but If the date is different you have to take that into account.

This will vary depending on what time it is.

Eagle, can you please confirm the GMT offset in the fapturbo EA
for FXCM. Is it 5 or -5?

Thanks

alan · #17 12-11-2008, 12:03 PM

GMT offset for InterbankFX = 0
GMT offset for ForexMeta = 2
GMT offset for FXDD = 2
GMT offset for Alpari = 1
GMT offset for FXCM = -5

BidieFAP · #18 12-11-2008, 12:56 PM

GMT for IBFX is ) no wonder it wasn't trading very much-
It did trade some however-
I guess it got messed up when the day changed-

WarbladeR · #19 12-11-2008, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alan

GMT offset for InterbankFX = 0
GMT offset for ForexMeta = 2
GMT offset for FXDD = 2
GMT offset for Alpari = 1
GMT offset for FXCM = -5

Thanks for the great info Alan. appreciate it.

Currently now Im on fap turbo V23 somehow my Scalping pairs didnt seem to trade last night. Any faults so far with the new V23?

Cheers

alan · #20 12-11-2008, 10:52 PM

Not sure yet, I just upgraded today. Keep in mind that it does not trade every day. Sometimes the market conditions are not right for it.