Why didn't my PSAR EA execute this trade?

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  • #275138
    Heather
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    Shouldn’t the PSAR Pro EA have caught this trade as a sell, where the first top green dot appeared? This was a 4 hr chart. Image and set list attached. Please advise why this trade did not execute for a sell.

    #276262
    greatness
    Participant

    Hi Heather,

    You have your SAR trend filter also set to true.
    I’m pretty sure that must’ve been the reason.

    #278294
    Yannick
    Keymaster

    Greatness is right. It’s probably the PSAR filter blocking the trade.
    But also make sure your chart is H4, since you fixed it to H4.

    #293831
    Heather
    Member

    Thank you for your replies. I’m still confused though… what does the PSAR filter do then and why would it prevent trades from opening? If it’s set to true, isn’t it supposed to execute trades from the timeframe listed once the first dot appears? I notice sometimes the trade won’t even open until 2 or 3 dots. Why?

    For example – I like the 15 minute chart, but I want the hour chart as a filter so if the 15 minute chart opens a sell then prices moves up, but hour chart is still down, I want to stay in the trade. Isn’t that the purpose of the Psar filter? but instead is prevents trades from open. Why should this be set to false?

    I guess I am confused. I see some success with this EA but my settings and understanding of some terminology must be wrong even after reading the glossary.

    Next – regarding the trade on new bar function – I have this is set to true, but a new bar appears and a trade doesn’t open. I was under the impression if that is set to false, it will open a trade up randomly (like 8 minutes into a 15 minute bar or 26 minutes into a 60 minute bar)… please clarify.

    Thank you.

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    Yannick
    Keymaster

    For example – I like the 15 minute chart, but I want the hour chart as a filter so if the 15 minute chart opens a sell then prices moves up, but hour chart is still down, I want to stay in the trade. Isn’t that the purpose of the Psar filter? but instead is prevents trades from open. Why should this be set to false?

    The filter does only prevent the EA to open a trade if the market is not in the filters direction. Please also notice that the filters settings are 10 times lower than the normal PSAR:

    • PSAR: {step: 0.02, maximum: 0.2}
    • PSAR Filter: {step: 0.002, maximum: 0.02}

    Next – regarding the trade on new bar function – I have this is set to true, but a new bar appears and a trade doesn’t open. I was under the impression if that is set to false, it will open a trade up randomly (like 8 minutes into a 15 minute bar or 26 minutes into a 60 minute bar)… please clarify.

    Can you please upload your settings? On what timeframe to you use the EA on?
    https://quivofx.com/school/settings-file-set/

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