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Hello, does anybody know the system "D1 Index System Dow S&P500 FTSE100 DAX". I atach the picture and link: http://www.elmtrader.co.uk/DayTrader1.php

How does MT manage timezones and day light saving when importing history files into history center ? What happens if a history file contains data of different months where day light savign is not in effect (January) and months where day light saving is in effect (August) ? Does MT use timezone and

Hi, It seems that the tester handles the expiration parameter in OrderSend only in a resolution of minutes. For example using the value of t0+90 will cause the order to expire at t0+60 and t0+30 will cause it to expire immediately after t0. Is this behaviour intended? Is this also the behaviour of

I would like to incorporate some extra data to the tick data I use for backtesting which I create myself (in the form of an fxt file). Since I don't need the volume data, I thought to use the volume field in the tick structure for this purpose. My question is would this pose any problem to the...

I've developed an include file that can be added to any EA that works on the shorter timeframes (eg 1M, 5M and 15M) to give them the opportunity to be out of the market during news events. It has a detailed explanation of how it works included in the file, including the following suggestion on...

I've developed an include file that can be added to any EA that works on the shorter timeframes (eg 1M, 5M and 15M) to give them the opportunity to be out of the market during news events. It has a detailed explanation of how it works included in the file, including the following suggestion on...

Hello all, Can a 2 dimention array be sorted by the value in second dimention? If so, can someone provide an example? Thank you, -charliev

Hi, It's a simple question, I want to write a expert based on a custom indicator. I use the iCustom() funcrion to call my indicator but differents buffers generate some prices values unusable to generate good signals. The only good indication comes from the indicator color itself. I looked at...

I want an indicator can create txt file contain common information of bars, such as open, close and so on. I don't really know to handle files. Can anyone give me an example?

After updating to build 195, the expert does not work anymore and I receive the following error message when recompiling in metaeditor. ---'lasttime' - expression on global scope not allowed---- Is there an easy fix to this error?...

How to keep the cross line cursor (even if you click on the chart) ? Thank you.

Below are two results: one obtained through live testing and the other through backtesting. They are from the same EA but I notice the following problems: 1) backtesting ticket numbers 1202, 1203, 1204, 1222, 1223 and 1224 are off by one hour compared to the live test results 8764720, 8764728,...

Good article on why 90% of traders fail... http://www.esignallearning.com/education/marketmaster/default.asp sorry if its' been posted before... -CS

hi forum i am develop system using ASCtrend, BrainTrend and WPR so the name first is "ABW v.1" i make little change at Braintrend so maybe Braintrend here is different and i wish anyone interesting make it into EA Time Frame 15 minute and meeting from indicators have strict goal like this: Signal...

I am using the C++ version of the MT3 api. I have 2 problems/questions: 1. Closing orders. I have 2 sockets in my application, one in pumping mode and the other I open and close as needed. When I close an order on the second socket, I get an UPDATE_TRADES message on the pumping socket. When I...

Dear Slawa, Will you think about making an option so that all chart windows can have a 1/2 height title bar? It would be nice to be able to use 1/2 height title bars in Win XP without changing the entire computer to smaller title bars. Having all charts with the title bar the size of the terminal...

Hi when i backtested using M1 timeframe, modeling quality was 25%. I thought M1 was most accurate in all timeframe. Why is it 25%? Is this backtest of 25% modeling quality not reliable?

I have seen some Strategy Tester reports with 100% modeling quality. How is that possible? With tick data/chart?

Hello all, I have attempted my first EA and amazingly enough it actualy works,sort of. The idea behind it is that when the price ,Hourly candle, closes below the 26 EMA it opens a short position and when the price closes above the 26 EMA it closes the short and opens a long position. The problem I...

Can someone please help me with an EA that I could place just before news releases that would straddle the market with the ability to specify how far above and below the market I want to straddle it, and with the ability to specify how big of a stoploss I want on the position. Is this possible?...

Can someone please help me with an EA that I could place just before news releases that would straddle the market with the ability to specify how far above and below the market I want to straddle it, and with the ability to specify how big of a stoploss I want on the position. Is this possible?...

Hi, combining several different indicators for this system looks very promising. I would be grateful for some help of modifying 3colorMACD, mq4 file and image attached. Requirements: 1. Red signal line needs to be broken into 2 colors, Red part -corresponding to red histogram, Blue line -where...

Hi All, Can anyone help me reading the profit of the last closed trade? Many thanks in advance and good trades! X55

I have a long test string that I want to display, but it cuts off at 64 in length, although the documentation says it can be up to 256. BTW, does anyone know the difference between OBJ_TEXT and OBJ_LABEL?

Hi, It would be great if MT4 expert advisers had a password feature to protect our expert advisors. This would allow our company to employ traders to execute our expert advsors but not let them copy or read our source MQL4 codes. MetaQuotes used to have this feature for DealSmart product (product...

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? This part of the code works in backtesting but does not work properly in live testing. TH total = OrdersTotal(); for(int i = 0 ; i<total ; i++) { OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES); ticket = OrderTicket(); //----BreakEven Code if (OrderType()==OP_BUY...

Does an EA need to have the indicator placed on the graph to reference the data from the indicator?? If the indicator is only showing under navigator>custom indicators but not placed on the graph - is this enough?? This is a question that has come up because a guy says his EA runs without the...

I was recently told about a strategy that has a 90% success rate and I'd like to see if someone could code an EA for it. Here are the rules... 1) This only works on the GBP/USD & only on the 15 minute charts. 2) Take the High & Low of these 3 candles - 08:15, 08:30, 08:45 (EST-NY time) 3) Buy when...

I just recently was told about a strategy that has a 90% success rate and I'd like to see if someone could code an EA for it. Here are the rules... 1) This only works on the GBP/USD & only on the 15 minute charts. 2) Take the High & Low of these 3 candles - 08:15, 08:30, 08:45 (EST-NY time) 3)...

1-id like a trailing stop like that: profit: 100 trailing: 5 so only after profit is 100 it starts to trailing 5 to 5: if market back to 95 close trade 2-maximum spread if spreads is greater than x (3 for example) then don't trade PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!...