What I do is, start Zorro, select Z1fx, run Test, it crunches for 2 minutes, then run Trade and that's it. I didn't tamper with it, or the parameters. I just wanted to see how it trades, but after a week, I'm yet to see the first trade.

Hi Acidburn, the Zorro I've just implemented placed 5 orders about 20 minutes ago. What about yours?

Wow. Still no trades here.

So there is something fishy with my setup, after all. What am I doing wrong?

Here's the screenshot of my Zorro. 6 days without a single trade.

I would have attached an image but I have not been able to do it...

You can display an image with the options under "Switch to full reply screen".

- The account number looks like an US account - in that case the "fx" systems won't work, you need the "nfa" systems.

Wow, can it be that simple?

I opened a demo account on www.fxcm.com, as instructed. I didn't even look at the fine details (like the country), this being just demo acc, right?

Here's what I did in the meantime. After wingino reported that his Zorro placed others while mine didn't, I gave up on Z1fx. Then I started Z2fx, and hey, it took some hours, but it actually opened 2 shorts.

Next thing I'm going to do: test Z1nfa

Would it be possible for Zorro to inform the user that it's not going to trade the strategy on the US account because the strategy is not NFA compliant? I basically lost the whole week waiting for something to happen... it seems I only waited for Godot...

Thanks Jcl but I'm unable to understand why if I select "Switch to full reply screen" in this post I don't have in the "Post Options" the link "File Manager", while it is available in "Zorro Beta Test" section.
Maybe I'm doing some other error.
Thanks

Acidburn: For the trade system it's mandatory that you know if you're in the US or not. If you are no US citizen, you must NOT use the nfa systems - they are for US accounts only. But if you are in the US, you have an US account and can not use other systems but the nfa systems.

Selecting a wrong system might still open trades, but the trades are then not closed correctly. US accounts are not allowed to directly close trades. They must open opposite trades instead.

Wingio: the image must be on an external server, you can then place an image link in your post.

OK, I'm partly to blame because I just haven't been careful enough about that pesky NFA regulation. I guess I should've opened demo account on fxcm.co.uk, but at the time I didn't know it existed. Maybe you could also clarify that in the manual.

Anyway, many hours have passed since I've switched to Z1nfa, but it seems that Z1nfa is also reluctant to open trades. I'll give it a full 24 hours window, just to be on the safe side, before I declare Z1* completely broken for me.

Here's another confusing thing. When I stopped trading Z2fx, it asked me if I wanted to close trades, to which I answered yes. At that time my balance (as reported by Zorro) was 50003. Currently, I see the balance jumping between $49997 and $49998. The question is why is the balance changing if I don't have open trades? Is there any way to ascertain that I don't have any trades open?

Also from time to time I'd like to paste the textual contents of Zorro window here, but it cannot be selected. If you could make the text selectable or put a log of it somewhere it would improve communication here on forum, I guess.