How MANY types of swaps ?

Bogdan Caramalac 2006.11.20 21:11

I thought I knew about how to apply swap points as it's presented here : http://www.eforex-asia.com/swap_rates.html Now with this new MODE_SWAPTYPE, i'm not so sure... thought it was only one kind of representation for data retrieved with MODE_SWAPLONG and MODE_SWAPSHORT. I'd appreciate to see some formulas and examples for each of them so I could use them properly...

Slava 2006.11.21 09:24 #1

See https://docs.mql4.com/constants/marketinfo

MODE_SWAPTYPE

Swap calculation method. 0 - in points; 1 - in the symbol base currency; 2 - by interest.

Bogdan Caramalac 2006.11.21 17:10 #2

Now, perhaps I didn't made myself understood... I read the documentation. I just didn't understood. The problem is distinction between 0 and 1 (in our EAs). I guess both methods return swap points. Normally, if base currency is USD, there should be no difference between results. I guess that in the case base currency would be EUR, the results would be already divided to EURUSD rate (for the 1 case)... Probably when the value is 2 the interest is gained in the currency bought in a trade and converted at paytime in account currency. But these are just my guesses. .. And there shouldn't be place to guess when you're programming an EA and must know exactly what a function returns...

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Slava 2006.11.22 09:32 #3

Calculation method is applied on the server (or tester) side. Calculated swaps are presented in deposit currency

Bogdan Caramalac 2006.11.22 17:22 #4

Ok Stringo, so the server should do the magic and me getting results in "deposit currency". For example InterbankFX MarketInfo("EURUSDm",MODE_SWAPTYPE) returns 2 so these should be interest rates. We have, when applying MarketInfo with MODE_SWAPLONG and MODE_SWAPSHORT. EURUSD -0.8650 0.72 USDJPY 1.30 -1.46 USDCHF 0.99 -1.15 EURCHF 0.55 -0.63 and the list goes on... What they have on website at http://www.interbankfx.com/swap_rates.php is very very different... I just wanted a formula to convert results from what I get out of MarketInfo into what they displayed (or around there, cause swap points are marginally affected by forex rates fluctuations)

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Slava 2006.11.23 09:40 #5

Use OrderSwap() function to get really calculated swaps.

Ask question about swap calculations your broker.

Bogdan Caramalac 2006.11.28 20:10 #6

Just as side topic, on FXDD , MarketInfo("EURUSD",MODE_SWAPTYPE) returns 3...and that's not one of the standard values

Slava 2006.11.29 08:05 #7

It is non-standard value. They calculate swaps by their own way

Bogdan Caramalac 2006.12.13 22:03 #8

Well, as providers of the platform you should have forbid them to do anything that could damage the MetaTrader's reputation...

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