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I have not seen this question asked anywhere, so I'll ask. I see alot of references to backtesting and uses of the strategy tester. My question is simple, if one downloads and EA, how do you set up the backtester and strategy tester? Does anyone have a link to how to set these up? Any help...

I came across a number of trading systems that are designed to achieve high returns in a very short period of time but with large maxDD too. There are some fund allocators with, in my opinion, very stupid mentality of selecting traders using these systems with the belief of allowing some of their...

Hi - could anyone code an indicator which either paints the bar a different colour or shows an arrow if the bar closes within x% of high or low. eg: if bar closes in top 33% (top third) show up arrow or paint bar colour or if bar closes in bottom 33% (bottom third) show down arrow or paint bar...

Apart from "Pop-up Prices" and adjusting font sizes, dpi, and screen resolution in Windows, is there a way to increase the size of the font in the Market Watch view of MetaTrader 4? Any feedback is much appreciated.

Will Meta Trader ever be upgraded to include more than just FX? Share your thoughts, I would like to know what everyone thinks.

Talk about being caught between a rock and hard place. The European Central Bank’s hands appear to be tied, given high inflation in the euro zone, at a time when it is expected that economic growth in the 15-nation currency bloc will slow significantly this year. Economic sentiment was off sharply...

I found an interesting indicator with the name Adaptive Price Zones. It would be awesome if someone could code it. Here's the link. Trading With An Adaptive Price Zone Also, hi all. I'm new here. Not new to forex but new to EA's and MT4.

Now Available With FXCM: MetaTrader 4 by MetaQuotes New York, May 6, 2008 FXCM (Forex | currency trading | forex trading | forex broker) announced that clients can now choose between trading on the FXCM trading platform or on MetaTrader4 platform by MetaQuotes. After numerous...

Looking for a forex feed for TS8.3/owndata that is reasonably priced stone9

can someone make alert for me its like this.. so when stoch 14,3,3 cross line 76.4,50,23.6 there will be pop up window that says"euro/usd stoch cross line 76.4 from up" "gbp/jpy stoch cross line 76.4 from down""usd/jpy stoch cross line 23.6 from up""stoch cross line 23.6 from down"."gbp/chf stoch...

Hi Traders Have you ever felt like the market is just waiting for you to enter, then it goes the other way? Then just as you get out, the market seems to reverse and go exactly where you thought it would when you entered? It almost seems that the pros know where your emotional decisions will be made...

Hello MT4 support, i was developing a helper script which does create Stop orders on prices of VERTICAL-LINES i put. During this i noticed that if i place VLINES manually to charts, the OBJPROP_PRICE1 is too precious. Lets say VLINE on EURUSD is at 1.5561, i see on chart visually the right number 1...

My first post stars here. I'm new here and I want to thank you for this useful forum. So would you some body help me.I want to convert a indicator into EA. How can I do that .

Please could a coder help me with this EA. I must state from the beginning that this is NOT my EA, i found it on the forum somewhere so i'm not sure of the implications of changing the code. All i need is for someone to add the "majic number" field so i can trade on multiple currencies. I'ts a slow...

Ok guys this is not my EA but, I have made adjustements for different time frame which I think is better. What I'm looking to do in this EA is add as an OPTION is PSAR as an ENTRY (maybe exit) filter and PSAR Trailing stop Now what I would also like to add is Close on signal reversal as an option...

I'm seeking for a help to convert the following 3 lines of MetaStock Code to MQ4 script BB:=Mov( (H-L),15,S); SS:=StochMomentum(5,3,3)< LLV(StochMomentum(5,3,3), 15); If(Ref(SS, -1) AND C-O>BB,1, 0)

Hi Everyone, I've recently discovered the MetaTrader4 lanuage and it is awesome. I've written an EA which I think is very promising - but I have a problem. It seems to me that the only way I can test my EA (i.e. run it) is with live ticks coming in from my broker's server (I have a demo account)....

do you think someone can code this to stepMA

Hi all, Does anybody know how to set the default playback speed in Tester's Visual Mode? Its default value is 26, I have to change it EVERYDAY when I start Tester. Thanks.

Hi guys over there. i use 2 RSI cross for enter the market. can someone make me 2 RSI cross with an alrert? Thankz. GBU! Regards.

I have a question about Moving Average indicator. I got wrong result from "Moving Averages" indicator in some case. (It was happened after recovery from network trouble) I checked the code of indicator, and I found strange part. ---- Original start ----- void sma() { double sum=0; int

Hi Guys Sitting in front of the PC and having nothing much to do except watching the charts from time to time and checking if the EAs are really doing what they are supposed to do... Its boring at times... So why not open a little thread here to track progress of my trades and EAs... It could be fun

In my History Center: EURUSDm,M1 I have Data gap between: 2008.04.22 16:52 and 2007.10.12 00:26 If I try "Download" it tells me: "There are no new data for symbol 'EURUSDm'" How can I fix that? I have Build 206, April 16, 2008 I have noticed similar gap problem on prior releases in M1 time...

Hi, I've found an interesting program on google which makes life much easier for the people who need to capture and send their charts on net or share with others. I thought it may be useful for others , here it is : ShareMyChart.com - Professional Chart Hosting the most thing I like about this...

i REALLY NEED HELP. i am looking for any indicator that is similar to the silvertrend indicator. i need an indicator that has two lines, tha cross each other and depending on which one is above which it indicates which way the trend is. but the indicator has to be : 1) on the price. not in seperate...

Hi guys, I am tired of the regular look of the charts on mt4. I tried to mess around with the properties but I can't come up with something that is visually pleasing. This thread is for everybody to post their chart templates to see who has the nicest one. Post a screenshot and the template itself...

Hi, I am new to this forum, but while browsing it I found so much helpful info. It is so greate to have people that are willing to share their knowledge and experience with others. I have been looking for ATR indicator with alarm that can be triggered at a level set by input to indicate when market...

The Consumer Confidence Index fell to a 5 year low, amid soaring inflation reflected in rising gasoline and food prices - and fears of a weakening jobs market. Reduced consumer confidence leads naturally to reduced consumer spending. Consumer spending accounts for over two thirds of the US economy....

Hi Everyone, Can someone explain to me how a trailing stop works and buy stop/limit and sell stop/limit? I Use Metatrader4 and I entered a buy order at say 104.30 I set my trailing stop in Metatrader when I right click on the order to 15 pips Is this what happens? The market moves 15 pips up...

I want to learn how to analisys the chart with Statistic Method. Anybody knows ?