Articles on MetaTrader 4 integration using the MQL4 language

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Traders meet interesting challenges which often require an innovative approach. This category features articles that offer the most unexpected solutions for evaluating, analyzing and processing price data and trading results. The articles describe various integration solutions, including connection of databases and ICQ, use of OpenCL and social networks, use of Delphi and C#.

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Identifying Trade Setups by Support, Resistance and Price Action
Identifying Trade Setups by Support, Resistance and Price Action

Identifying Trade Setups by Support, Resistance and Price Action

This article shows how price action and the monitoring of support and resistance levels can be used for well-timed market entry. It discusses a trading system that effectively combines the two for the determination of trade setups. Corresponding MQL4 code is explained that can be utilized in the EAs based on these trading concepts.
ZUP - universal ZigZag with Pesavento patterns. Graphical interface
ZUP - universal ZigZag with Pesavento patterns. Graphical interface

ZUP - universal ZigZag with Pesavento patterns. Graphical interface

Over the ten years since the release of the first version of the ZUP platform, it has undergone through multiple changes and improvements. As a result, now we have a unique graphical add-on for MetaTrader 4 allowing you to quickly and conveniently analyze market data. The article describes how to work with the graphical interface of the ZUP indicator platform.
Deep neural network with Stacked RBM. Self-training, self-control
Deep neural network with Stacked RBM. Self-training, self-control

Deep neural network with Stacked RBM. Self-training, self-control

This article is a continuation of previous articles on deep neural network and predictor selection. Here we will cover features of a neural network initiated by Stacked RBM, and its implementation in the "darch" package.
Managing the MetaTrader Terminal via DLL
Managing the MetaTrader Terminal via DLL

Managing the MetaTrader Terminal via DLL

The article deals with managing MetaTrader user interface elements via an auxiliary DLL library using the example of changing push notification delivery settings. The library source code and the sample script are attached to the article.
MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor exchanges information with the outside world
MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor exchanges information with the outside world

MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor exchanges information with the outside world

A simple, universal and reliable solution of information exchange between МetaТrader 4 Expert Advisor and the outside world. Suppliers and consumers of the information can be located on different computers, the connection is performed through the global IP addresses.
Synchronization of Expert Advisors, Scripts and Indicators
Synchronization of Expert Advisors, Scripts and Indicators

Synchronization of Expert Advisors, Scripts and Indicators

The article considers the necessity and general principles of developing a bundled program that would contain both an Expert Advisor, a script and an indicator.
Information Storage and View
Information Storage and View

Information Storage and View

The article deals with convenient and efficient methods of information storage and viewing. Alternatives to the terminal standard log file and the Comment() function are considered here.
Reading RSS News Feeds by Means of MQL4
Reading RSS News Feeds by Means of MQL4

Reading RSS News Feeds by Means of MQL4

This article deals with an example of reading RSS markup by means of MQL4 using the functions for HTML tags analysis. We will try to make a work piece which can then be turned into a news indicator or just an RSS reader on MQL4 language.
MQL4  as a Trader's Tool, or The Advanced Technical Analysis
MQL4  as a Trader's Tool, or The Advanced Technical Analysis

MQL4 as a Trader's Tool, or The Advanced Technical Analysis

Trading is, first of all, a calculus of probabilities. The proverb about idleness being an engine for progress reveals us the reason why all those indicators and trading systems have been developed. It comes that the major of newcomers in trading study "ready-made" trading theories. But, as luck would have it, there are some more undiscovered market secrets, and tools used in analyzing of price movements exist, basically, as those unrealized technical indicators or math and stat packages. Thanks awfully to Bill Williams for his contribution to the market movements theory. Though, perhaps, it's too early to rest on oars.
How to Use Crashlogs to Debug Your Own DLLs
How to Use Crashlogs to Debug Your Own DLLs

How to Use Crashlogs to Debug Your Own DLLs

25 to 30% of all crashlogs received from users appear due to errors occurring when functions imported from custom dlls are executed.