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Has anyone seen a problem with iCustom where it unloads and reloads the indicator for every call? Normally iCustom loads the indicator once and keeps it in memory. However with one indicator I'm working on for a client, the call to iCustom reloads the indicator everytime, making startup very slow....

Hi Slawa, Is there a way to display an indicator arrow above the buffer's actual value? If I have an arrow whose value is the high of a bar, can I cause the indicator arrow to draw 5 pips above the actual buffer value? This would be like making an indicator display the way that the native fractals

I have had this problem a couple of times. I leave and EA running on metatrader 4.0 build 215 and it locks down and stops processing orders. In order for it to restart i have to close down the platform and open it again and it resumes activities. What could be causing this problem or is it a bug on...

I have an idea for an indicator/EA and was wondering if I could get some help coding it. It would work on any time frame, probably hour The basic guidelines are these: 1. If the order is long then it will stay long until the price drops below 50% of the previous bar. Ex. from hour 0-1 the price...

Hi there - I have a simple problem and figured this was the bast place to turn to for some helpful advice. I have a very simple ea I put together from the following website: Expert Advisor Builder for MetaTrader 4 I'm not a programmer, and thought this was the best place to put my ideas to work...

Hi Traders We are tired with all trading gurus telling us that we need to predict future price behavior to survive in the market .... I think that's not a true ... Fact is, we don't need to predict anything. To succeed, we simply need to identify the current trend and jump into that trend with...

hi.. I've modified the default script (trade.mq4) in metatrader platform to execute martingle based trade.. the condition is like below: Starting lot: 0.1 Multiple: 2 Pips: 8 TP: 10 Max trade: 5 and here's the code.. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //|...

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I have an EA that seems to only work on alpari (but does real well on my demo account there). The problem is that my live account is with interbankfx, and when I try using it there, I don't get any trades. So I was wondering if I could make my account with interbankfx make the same trades as my...

Hi Every Body, I Am New In The Forum, I Hope We Can Share The Best,, I Have Some Questions On The Calendar 1. So I Enter The Market 30 Minutes Before The News Are Release? 2. Any History From Jan, Feb And March On The Results On All The Entries? 3. Can You Explain To Me Please How Does The Straddle...

I have a problem...................how to add different setting of stoch in a window? example:I want to use stoch(5,3,3)and(20,10,20)when I add the indicator,,,,stoch (5,3,3)in window2 and stoch(20,10,20)on window3.....

saw this on another forum: Van K Tharp's new free test: What type of trader are you?

I need help please, I am trying to close orders from different currency pairs ( long and short ) but with the same magic number when the profit reach define target " lets say 15 pips" without touching the other orders with different magic number so I wrote this code to check open trades and count...

Hi, I got a very interesting question in my mind that will probably have very interesting results and I hope the discussion will help in inventing new methods for mechanical trading. So the question is.. If you must trade so that you couldn't see price at all, just a selected bunch of indicators

Where can i get the 214 version. I need it as fast as humanly possible

I ran into a problem that I dont know how to solve. My program has a few open orders and closes them all together but sometimes I think that some of the orders are not filled therefore it keeps waiting till they are filled and that locks up my program. What have you guys found to be the best way to...

Hi I have made this as several people have requested it on the forum Enjoy cja 28/03/2008 I have updated the internal indicator name as it read MA Candles as i used the basic code from that indicator & overlooked changing the name - now the name correctly reads SAR Candles sar_candles.mq4...

Hello I'm trying to add the Shift or MA_Shift to my code e.g Shift= -8 extern double Lots = 1.0;//---- Set stoploss to 0.0 if you don't want to use itextern double StopLoss= 30.0;//---- Set ProfitTarget to 0.0 if you don't want to use itextern double ProfitTarget = 50.0;//---- Set TrailingStop to...

has anyone pucrhased EA that they are happy with would yu mind sending their info to me if it can not be posted here my emial is kianamini@gmail.com thanks

Does anyone know how to setup MT4 to connect to Interactive Brokers, any help would be appreciated Peter

check out this post in its entirety, from start to finish, including the text file i included... then look at how he tries to justify all his action with contradicting statements. I'm writing this so that you guys wont make the mistake i did and be treated like garbage afterwards. This is by no...

I am looking into forming a Forex trading company. Where I will be trading spot forex on an intraday basis. I am looking for the state which will be the most beneficial and least intrusive. I have been trying to find the different legislation, rules and tax laws on the states here in the US. It is

I have a strategy that need to be coded Does anyone know how I can get help to getting this coded... do not know where to start from my email kianamini@gmail.com Thanks

Please can any body guide me on how to use the robots, I have been trying manually and when I went live I lost a lot of money

Has Wall Street lost their edge? Last week, traders were gloating over JPM’s coup over Bear Stearns, without taking any consideration for the fallout. If someone offered you $100 for your home, although there was toxic waste in the backyard, would you accept? Of course, not – you would not sell...

Has Wall Street lost their edge? Last week, traders were gloating over JPM’s coup over Bear Stearns, without taking any consideration for the fallout. If someone offered you $100 for your home, although there was toxic waste in the backyard, would you accept? Of course, not – you would not...

Metaquotes I realize that what I am about to ask was addressed in part a few posts back. Although some have experienced compiling issues with the new 213 update, as yet I have not. I have 6 terminals downloaded and sure do not wish to go through the hassle of uninstall/redownload if it is not...

Hello all, Is there any way programatically to determine whether or not a given object is currently selected in the chart window? Also, One can select multiple objects using ctrl+click but how does one move these multiple selected objects en masse?. For example I can select three horizontal lines...

Hi All I wonder if anyone can help me. I have read all the posts on this subject on the forum, and I know there are problems trying to compare doubles. I have also looked at the function in stdlib which compares 2 doubles, which . Is it possible to compare more than two doubles at a time I have...