Cowabunga system MT4 indicator

[europeanson7]

Originally Posted by The7

Ok...When i was getting close to get crazy, i found out what is wrong with the indicator.
After installing the indicator to my MT4, all i saw was blue and red lines...NO DOTS- NO ARROWS.(i know i know...GPD/USD, 15 min chart) .Just simple lines. I am using Ibfx's Mt4( mini demo acoount).Then i went to metaquotesnet and downloaded the platform from there.The indicator was working just fine..dots, arrows...everthing visible.What bugged me was what the brookerages firm have to do with it? I opened a "standart demo" with ibfx and YESSSSSSSSS...its working....but no luck with the "Mini Account"
Does anyone have a clue what might be wrong?I contacted ibfx, they had no answer to that...

Yeah, it's so wierd. The first time I put the indicator on I saw red and blue arrows but everytime I load it after the first time it is only thick red and blue lines. I tried installing a new version of MetaTrader and it did it again, worked once then went wierd. Anyone have any idea wtf is going on?

[mastersnap]

Hey,

I have read everything that I can find on Cowabunga and have set up and applied the indicator to MT4 but have a few questions.. help would be appreciated!

1. Can someone do a new post that has a compiled list of the latest downloads for the indicators? There are many, some old, some new.. an updated response with those clearly posted (dated maybe?) would be great.

2. Admin of this thread---is it just me, or is the entire thread double posted?

3. I have successfully set up the email alert which gets sent to my cell phone so that I can have it wake me up for trades, and successfully sent test mails, but when I go into the Cowabunga properties it is defaulted to False every time I look at the email alert. I change it to true, click ok, open it again and it is already set to false. Is this right? Will I get alerts? I know that it has to be reset after each one, but it dosn't seem right that it would go to False immediately after change it and before any signals have been sent. Clarification on this would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks!

[scott087]

I'm having an issue with the email alerts also. I am using the cowabunga any pair indicator, and it seems to sometimes not email me. For an uptrend, usually the first blue arrow will email me an alert, but sometimes it doesnt. Every blue arrow after that i get nothing.

Ultimately, I want to get an email every time the chart paints an arrow.

Someone please help! I think other people were having issues with email alerts so if someone could clarify that would be great.

edit: i also agree with the guy that posted asking for someone to compile all versions of the indicator into 1 post--this would be very helpful.

[soap3000]

hello all,

I've been using this system (with a couple of extra rules) to trade quite successfully on a live basis.

My trades do not exactly match pipsurfer as I have 'tweaked' the entry and exits rules - but then again I am trading my own money so perhaps extra caution is not a bad thing..... With good money management I am making around 3% on my account per month.

I am not an mql4 programmer but it would be great if one of you boffins out there could turn this indicator into an expert advisor so that we could do some automated backtesting on other pairs (I am only confident trading my system on AUD/USD as it is a pair I know).

Here is the strategy.
1) Wait for cowabunga indicator to 'confirm' a trade set up (blue arrow = long, red arrow = short). This bar is now the 'setup' bar.
2) Enter trade if the very next bar breaks the high (or low for short trades) of the setup bar. If the high of the next bar trades only as high as that of the setup bar then it is not a valid entry. (opposite obviously for short trades).
3) Stop loss/take profit with very basic trailing stop indicator (attached).
4) Also - if there is a position open, ignore all subsequent setup bars until that trade is closed (even though they are sometimes a good point to 'add' to the position...)

I have shared this in the hope that someone could please turn this fabulous indicator into an expert advisor so that we can allow automatic trading and thus automated backtesting. That way we can all benefit and ride them waves together!

reply or PM me if any of this is unclear or you would like more info.

S.O.A.P.

1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, .......... , 1.307E+308

[scott087]

Could anyone who is successfully using these indicators clarify the email alert portion?

My test emails go out fine, but when the arrows (buy/sell signals) show up on my 15 minute chart I get no emails.

my settings--
indicator displacement 15
only show valid triggers: true
strict 4hr trend: false
send mail: false

[Jeppo]

gday guys.

when trying to load the script onto my chart i get this error 2008.07.18 16:08:22 Expert 'Cowabunga' is an indicator and cannot be executed

Can anyone help me with this? email me at jesse.smythe@gmail.com

CHEERS!!!

[SpaceKid]

So I have Cowabunga Anz pair V2 installed on MT.
I have some blue and red dotted lines above or below the current trand and some red or blue arrows. How should I interpret this?

[kadafi]

Could someone tell me if I enable the send mail function, will it also send mails when my MetaTrader is shut down, or does it only send alerts when i'm logged in?

Thanks a lot

[lorenzoq]

Hello, AndyK

I installed your EA on Metatrader 4.0, and I just have a couple of questions:

Is the 26th November 2007 version the latest?
Your comment in the code says email sending is enabled. Line 216 reads:

Send_Mail=false;

Is this right, or should it be set to Send_Mail=true;

Thanks and keep up the good work, lorenzoq

[linalm]

Originally Posted by kadafi

Could someone tell me if I enable the send mail function, will it also send mails when my MetaTrader is shut down, or does it only send alerts when i'm logged in?

Thanks a lot

Metatrader has to be up and running and connected to the server in order to send the e-mails.