I am a Beginner in MQL4 and I have some questions

[finki24]

Hello,

I am a beginner in programming MQL4. I know basic stuff already and I programmed my first EA already but a very simple one.

The problem I have is to find out if there are functions to analyze historical data first to get a basis for a trade decission. For example

how do I get all highs and lows of a 5 minutes candle from the last 5 days? Then I like to calculate a standard deviation or something else.

Compared to excel I would get the data in the excel sheet and then I would do the calculations on them. But in MetaTrader there is no place

for that. It should be done in one formula. Is that correct?

Thanks

Jens

[Simon Gniadkowski]

WinthorpeIII:

Hello,

I am a beginner in programming MQL4. I know basic stuff already and I programmed my first EA already but a very simple one.

The problem I have is to find out if there are functions to analyze historical data first to get a basis for a trade decission. For example

how do I get all highs and lows of a 5 minutes candle from the last 5 days? Then I like to calculate a standard deviation or something else.

You an use iHigh and iLow and a loop that goes back during the last 5 days . . . store the highs and lows in 2 arrays. In iHigh and iLow you can specify the period, so even if your EA is on H1 you can still look at M5 data.

Std Deviation . . . there is already a function, iStdDev

[brightzay]

how do i start as a beginner i need help

[Mehrdad Jeddi]

Hi ,

So you would search about MQL4 learning to find what you want,

These articles may help you to find out what you want,

https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1475

https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1503

https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1483

https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1496

https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1500

https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/81