Very promising project

Do I understood correctly that I can include only different strategies per one symbol (e.g. GBP/USD 1h) for one portfolio, so that each portfolio is limited with unique symbol and time frame ?

It is important to follow the instructions in the documentation (http://mt4tracker.com/documentation/por … mentation/).  There are additional files that are created and copied to your MQL4 folder.  I suspect you are probably correct that because you are launching MT4 using the "/portable" argument then that could be a problem.  The missing files are located in the folder above the one mentioned in the error.  Once you figure out your build and actually create a *.ex4 file then you will be able to copy it wherever you want.

What I would do is to follow the instructions and get the build to work.  Then you can look at the directory structure and see where all the files are located.  In this way you will understand where the files need to be placed in order for the build to work.

That is correct.  MetaTrader uses data feeds to supply tick data to each chart.  There are 100's of different data feeds --
each using a different symbol and time frame.  By assigning a symbol and time frame to a chart, this is your way of telling MetaTrader which data feed to send to the EA (or indicator) attached to a particular chart.  When you combine multiple strategies into a single "portfolio" EA then MetaTrader treats this as a single EA -- it has no concept of what a portfolio EA is.  The concept of a "portfolio" EA is something new -- created by Popov.

I owe you an apology -- you are correct -- there was a bug in the build script.  You should be able to copy the 'FSBPro' folder to the directory '..\MQL4\Include\FSBPro'.  I'm sorry for my misleading response.

I've updated the installation / setup program for Portfolio Maker.  The download link remains the same:
http://nutsaboutnets-downloads.s3.amazo … _Setup.exe

You can use the license key:
PORTFOLIOMAKER-BETA-20171101

When the official release becomes available at the end of this month I owe you a complimentary license key -- if you are interested...

Hi
I see that there is a setting "input values" Screenshot attached. We have to enter the lots. I am assuming the following:
1. We cannot change the lot size by going to the EA properties.
2. If I have 2 EURUSD strategies, same TF. One adds 0.01 when the trade is successful to a max of 0.05 (same as in screenshot) and the other strategy does not add or reduce. It only opens a trade of 0.01 lots and is NOT to add or reduce. Can I combine these 2 strategies or we are bound by the "input values"

Thanks

Understood that for the portfolio there will be one selection of lot size. So if I choose 0.01 than that applies to all the strategies in the portfolio. No problem there.

On point 2 I am still not clear
one strategy is set to 0.01 but can add up to 1 lot in increments of 0.01 and the other is set to add up to 0.05. Will this be impacted by the values in the input fields.
I understand that the value of the lot size to be traded will be overwritten but what about adding and reduction.

Thanks

Hello Sleytus,

Will you be looking to add % of margin position sizing?

please please please please please hahahaha

I think that should be working in the current version -- I mean, that portion of a strategy's code doesn't change.  The only global, input values that Portfolio Maker touches are the 4 lot sizes that each strategy exposes when you first attach it to a chart.

What I mean is this -- if your strategy currently uses % of margin position sizing then I think that should continue to work and it will ignore lot size values -- just like a standalone strategy ignores lot sizes even though it also has global, input values.

None of my strategies use % of margin position sizing -- and I'm not familiar with using it and what kind of results to expect.  Would you mind doing a quick test?  Create a small portfolio EA that includes one or more strategies that use % of margin position sizing and run it in MT4's back tester.  When the test is completed you can check the 'Results' tab and it should be apparent whether or not it is working as expected.  And if it is not working I can then debug the code to figure out the problem.

Thanks for sending the error log from the MetaEditor build -- that helped a lot.  My apologies -- there was an error in the build script.  It was looking for a particular *.mqh file that is required by only certain indicators, which I think is why I hadn't noticed it previously.

I've updated Portfolio Maker -- so please give it a try and let me know.  The download link and license key remain the same:

Download:
http://nutsaboutnets-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/PortfolioMaker_Setup.exe

License Key:
PORTFOLIOMAKER-BETA-20171101

Hello Dave,

Still testing - had a few issues, not sure if they are on my side. Steve and I are discussing via PM - will update when its all working

OK - so it works perfectly, but there is a little trick.

When using Portfolio maker - you have to make sure you change the Maximum lot size higher (as it overwrites the maximum lot size from the FSB Ea).

I also tested the adding / winner functions - and it works also!

Enjoy guys!

Just so I'm clear -- you're not claiming percentages don't work.  Rather, you are running into a build error -- is that correct?

Referring to lines 68, 70, 71 doesn't help so much because not only do I not have your file, I don't even know what file you are referring to.  And I also don't know what kind of modifications you are introducing.  If you modified the source code so it could build, but then the strategy doesn't make any trades, then you probably inadvertently altered the logic.

I'd like an opportunity to see if we can fix the build error(s) so you can run the portfolio EA to see if percentages work for you.  Could you cut / paste the errors that are reported by MetaEditor and send those to me?  I'm pretty sure I can fix them right away.

Thanks