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z5 phantom trades? #430378 09/27/13 13:02 09/27/13 13:02
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 245 S swingtraderkk OP Member
swingtraderkk OP Member S Joined: May 2013 Posts: 245	Code: [663: Fri 27.09. 09:59] 1.22627 {EUR/CHF::l} Long 32@1.2287 Entry stop [664: Fri 27.09. 10:59] 1.22595 {EUR/CHF::l} Long 31@1.2274 Entry stop [665: Fri 27.09. 11:59] 1.22439 Cancelled Logout... ok Why has z5 entered phantom trades, I was sure Phantom = 0 in my ini. I can see no reason for phantom in z5. Also I saw 2 apostrophes in the status bar, is this new functionality to indicate phantom trades? Last edited by swingtraderkk; 09/27/13 13:04. Reason: apostrophes

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: swingtraderkk] #430379 09/27/13 13:09 09/27/13 13:09
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Sundance User Joined: May 2013 Posts: 627 Bonn	Manual: !/\\' Current trades. ! is a trade with locked profit, / a winning, \ a losing, and ' a pending trade.

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: Sundance] #430381 09/27/13 13:13 09/27/13 13:13
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 245 S swingtraderkk OP Member
swingtraderkk OP Member S Joined: May 2013 Posts: 245	Ah never seen a pending trade before! Just starting to test z5. Its confusing using the {} for phantom and pending.

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: swingtraderkk] #430383 09/27/13 13:15 09/27/13 13:15
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Sundance User Joined: May 2013 Posts: 627 Bonn	Yepp. Some things are confusing and not so obviously. (Something like using a $ sign when meaning � ....)

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: swingtraderkk] #430384 09/27/13 13:23 09/27/13 13:23
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swingtraderkk OP Member S Joined: May 2013 Posts: 245	so are the trades above pending or phantom? Quote: {AUD/USD:CY:s1234} - Short phantom trade (lowercase s and winged brackets). Phantom trades are simulated, not executed. (AUD/USD:CY:L) - Long pending trade (round parentheses). Pending trades are not yet opened and thus have no trade number. Status bar has '' indicating pending, but {} & lowercase indicates phantom? but

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: swingtraderkk] #430385 09/27/13 13:46 09/27/13 13:46
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Sundance User Joined: May 2013 Posts: 627 Bonn	Mmmh. Then you should see only one '

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: Sundance] #430386 09/27/13 13:57 09/27/13 13:57
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 245 S swingtraderkk OP Member
swingtraderkk OP Member S Joined: May 2013 Posts: 245	Code: [663: Fri 27.09. 09:59] 1.22627 {EUR/CHF::l} Long 32@1.2287 Entry stop [664: Fri 27.09. 10:59] 1.22595 {EUR/CHF::l} Long 31@1.2274 Entry stop [665: Fri 27.09. 11:59] 1.22439 Cancelled Logout... ok No there were 2 apostrophes, for the 2 trades.

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: swingtraderkk] #430387 09/27/13 14:00 09/27/13 14:00
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Sundance User Joined: May 2013 Posts: 627 Bonn	Then I don't know why.

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: Sundance] #430388 09/27/13 14:33 09/27/13 14:33
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jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,986 Frankfurt	The {} means a phantom trade and the "Entry stop" a pending trade. So you had pending phantom trades.

Re: z5 phantom trades? [Re: jcl] #430391 09/27/13 14:48 09/27/13 14:48
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swingtraderkk OP Member S Joined: May 2013 Posts: 245	This puzzles me, as I have z.ini and z5.ini set for phantom = 0. Also I have never seen phantom trades listed in the status bar. Code: Z5 (oP group) .. Login FXCM.... at UTC 27.09. 13:02 Demo version Z.ini: MMax 100 Wkend 7 Verb 14 Patch 3 Loading EUR/CHF prices.. 35580 min Trade: Z5 EUR/CHF 27.09.2013 [592: Fri 27.09. 13:02] 1.22477 [592: Fri 27.09. 13:59] 1.22477 {EUR/CHF::l} Long 31@1.2274 Entry stop {EUR/CHF::l} Long 32@1.2287 Entry stop Phantom flag is not set. Last edited by swingtraderkk; 09/27/13 14:51. Reason: include code

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