4/12/24  11:30pm

Ugh terrible day today, made some code alterations in the morning which broke the code and wasn't able to get the EA to make any trades at all for the rest of the day.  Spent the rest of the day tracking down the problems.  It all resulted from the AI making code alterations without first analysing and understanding the code to ensure core functionality is maintained.  I thought this bug had been fixed in Claude since it had not done it so far but no it is still an issue.  So to account for this I have provided detailed instructions for Claude to follow when analysing and making code suggestions as a permanent artifact (reference file).
Hopefully a better day tomorrow.

On the upside I did learn a bit more about the trading filters the code is using (standard trading indicators) to improve trade entry such as RSI (Relative Strength Index, measures the speed and magnitude of price changes), ADX (Average Directional Index, measures trend strength), ATR (Average Trade Range, measures market volatility), and I also learned about the importance of market volatility in avoiding a flat or 'horizontal' market.  Higher volatility means bigger price movements and profits.  These periods usually coincide with the Japanese, London, and New York sessions.

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