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Read var from another EA.. ?! Sometimes, I use short scrips to activate special operations while trading. To do that I need to get some values of the variables (some are 'extern vars ') that are used in my main expert. What is the recommended way to

Is there a way to alter 'extern vars' in such way that calling F7 window, will show the altered values ? (I mean, without saving and calling the file) James

Greetings, I wrote an EA that supposed to help 'dismember' losing trades that got 'too fat' ,bearing heavy loss. I do that by comparing to another 'profitable' trade, and when I gain enough with the 'profitable' trade, I releases 1 part of the losing

Greetings, I built a part in my sound() routine that will force 'full play' of the file it plays (some of them are more the 5 sec). It does it by extracting the length part that I added to the filename as [6] meaning - 6 sec full play

Greetings, Something doesn't match between the formula result to the graphical plot view. I run an EA routine that notes me when there is a cross event at each of my indicators. The problem is that sometimes (not always), I get the crossing signal

Greeting, Sometimes, I get a 'zero devide' error while running my EA. I've narrowed the possibility and found out that when I disable a routine called trend_watch( ), the 'zero devide' doesn't happen anymore. I looked into that

Greetings, I would like to know if there is a function to convert text from Uppercase to Lowercase and vise verse. something like this: Let's say string variable 'a' might contain some version of the word 'buy'; instead:  if (a=="buy" or

Greetings, I would like to buy a tablet computer that can run the MT4 scripts. (I read that the Android types, can run the MT4 application, but can't run the script) Is there anyone that already using such a tablet computer and can verify that it

Greetings, I use three CCi's - Pink(9), Yellow(19), Green(50) I use the known formula - iCCI(Symbol(), PERIOD_M5 ,9,PRICE_CLOSE,0); (sorry, in this example it is M5 not M15 - but the difference shows in all periods) Oddly, when I calculate the

Greetings, Sometimes, when the price reaches to buy a limit order and the trend is pointing to the opposite direction, I 'push' the trade's price further. This method works fine except when the price moves fast. In such cases, the script is too slow

Greetings, (Lots of questions lately... ) Anyway, I like the system that MT4 paints the price tab in red or green 10 pips before it takes an action (SL, TP or buy/sell if pending) It works fine with currencies like EURUSD, but in some commodities

Greetings, I would like to calculate the value of one 1 lot (in US dollars) of each pair or commodity that I trade on, and to place that value at the corner of my screen. Is there such script already ? James

I wonder if there is a function to read a var that its name is constructed with StringConcatenate() Note: AFAIK, arrays not allowed as external variables So, let say we have 16 external variables called 'trade1' to 'trade16'. Each such var holds an

Greetings, Definition : chart height - the value that changes when you hold the Left_Mouse_Mutton while pulling upwards or downwards on the right edge of the chart window. I am searching for a way to write a script that will set the height of my

Greetings, Attached is a part of my script that is suppose to scan throw the open trades and 'snap' when condition is true. For some odd reason, the condition sets to true even when the terms are not true. Basically, I know how to go around it by

Hi Guys, Currently I am evaluating two forex companies. One is Alpari and the other is FXCM I wrote my script while using Alpari demo, the script used all it's functions but when I installed FXCM demo, some parts of the script did not perform the

Hi guys, I run the same EA on several currency-pairs. Will the EA's perform on higher speed if I'll duplicate the executable and let each currency-pair to run a different file? Thanks, James

Hi Guys , I would like simplify my EA and use a string made v ar as the timeFrame value in a eMA formula. example : I extract a string from the trade comment, let's say it is ' PERIOD_H4 ' into var 'timeFrame' Now I want to use that var in the eMA

Hi guys, I got a recommendation for a ' Strategy Trader ' trading platform. Did anyone try that 'Strategy Trader'? Does it has any superiority's over MT4? Thanks, James