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by orionsbelt
Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:56 am
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

does anyone know how to write Ultra_Smooth_Momentum into a "function" that i can then place into our system here #compute trading signal -------------------------------------- signal1 = Buttonwood_Signal(8,34); signal2 = Channel_Breakout(5); signal = signal1 + signal2; as maybe a 3rd signal or to re...
by orionsbelt
Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:01 am
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

here is what i did.i added the parameters to the input line as below. does this seem correct? input:progressed_thresh(3),spherical_thresh(6),astro_once_per_day(true),len1(8),len2(34),len3(5); signal1 = Buttonwood_Signal(len1,len2); signal2 = Channel_Breakout_v1(len3,0.5,0.65,0.85); and here are the ...
by orionsbelt
Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:02 am
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

i am running some numbers now but probably won' be able to post something until tomorrow
by orionsbelt
Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:28 am
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

sorry, but i have never used the optimizer before and i have no idea how to change the scripts or whether or not i am to change the indicators or the functions. i watched all the videos i could find and messed around with some of the scripts and even attempted to use the optimizer to no avail. is th...
by orionsbelt
Tue Oct 27, 2015 1:10 am
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

i will watch the instructional video on optimization and see what i can do.
thanks
by orionsbelt
Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:09 pm
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

first off thanks for everyone's help. so, in my attempt to place the AMA into the channel_breakout function instead of the simple average i modified it into the following function and named it Channel_Breakout_v1. #length: 5 input:length,f1,f2,f3; if (barnum==barsback) { signal=0; } high_channel=AMA...
by orionsbelt
Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:58 am
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

i was trying to create a system that uses the AMA with the channel breakout instead of the average and i want to know if anyone thinks i did it correctly. first i needed to create a "function" for the AMA, correct? so here it is and is it correct? i called it "AMAv1" #returns the AMA of "price" inpu...
by orionsbelt
Sun Oct 25, 2015 11:31 pm
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

thanks sbank, i got it to work now. and just to clarify, channel_breakout needs to be a function and not an indicator correct? also, what would happen if #compute trading signal -------------------------------------- signal1 = Buttonwood_Signal(8,34); signal2 = Channel_Breakout(5); signal = signal1 ...
by orionsbelt
Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:06 pm
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

thanks Earik. i got the buttonwood_v4 indicator to open and run system reports. now, i am attempting to redo what sbanks did with his channel_breakout. so, first i created the "Channel_Breakout" function as follows #length: 5 input:length; if (barnum==barsback) { signal=0; } high_channel=average(hig...
by orionsbelt
Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:31 pm
Forum: Mechanical Systems
Topic: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system
Replies: 116
Views: 426653

Re: Systems Workshop: "Buttonwood" E-mini daytrading system

i still can't get the Buttonwood_v4 technical indicator to load on an intraday es chart. i have uploaded all of the previous buttonwood v1-4 scripts/functions and "replaced" the individual scripts/functions as prompted with each newest version up to v4. i get the following error message: FATAL ERROR...