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calculate spead

1 June 2017, 08:09

Jatin Patel

//--- obtain spread from the symbol properties
   bool spreadfloat=SymbolInfoInteger(Symbol(),SYMBOL_SPREAD_FLOAT);
   string comm=StringFormat("Spread %s = %I64d points\r\n",
                            spreadfloat?"floating":"fixed",
                            SymbolInfoInteger(Symbol(),SYMBOL_SPREAD));
//--- now let's calculate the spread by ourselves
   double ask=SymbolInfoDouble(Symbol(),SYMBOL_ASK);
   double bid=SymbolInfoDouble(Symbol(),SYMBOL_BID);
   double spread=ask-bid;
   int spread_points=(int)MathRound(spread/SymbolInfoDouble(Symbol(),SYMBOL_POINT));
   comm=comm+"Calculated spread = "+(string)spread_points+" points";
   Comment(comm);