How to calculate average low and high

[Tony Chavez]

I am new to MQL I am trying to calculate average low for a given timeframe, I know how to do it in TradeScript but not sure about MQL.

TradeScript: (Ref(Low,14)) - would give the 14 day average low

[Keith Watford]

Tony Chavez:

I am new to MQL I am trying to calculate average low for a given timeframe, I know how to do it in TradeScript but not sure about MQL.

TradeScript: (Ref(Low,14)) - would give the 14 day average low

Use iMA()

[Tony Chavez]

I tried it but the result I was getting vs the TradeScript on the other platform was night and day different.

On a side note when I run my expert in MT4 (back testing) I get good results except at the end date which I take a huge negative is that normal?

22 trades of $120+ each over a year span then -$4747 at close of dates

[Keith Watford]

Tony Chavez:

I tried it but the result I was getting vs the TradeScript on the other platform was night and day different.

That may make sense to you, it makes no sense to me.

Tony Chavez:

On a side note when I run my expert in MT4 (back testing) I get good results except at the end date which I take a huge negative is that normal?

22 trades of $120+ each over a year span then -$4747 at close of dates

Trades are being closed with profit which looks good.

You have a lot of losing open floating trades that are only closed at the end of the test which reveals the truth.

[William Roeder]

Tony Chavez: I tried it but	Tried what? There are no mind readers her. We can't see your code. We can't see your chart We can't see your result. At the end of a run, all open orders are closed. We can't see your code, but I'll bet you are running without a SL on the orders so instead of seeing the losses periodically, you're seeing them all at the end.

[Tony Chavez]

void OnTick()
  {
//---

   HighV = iMA(NULL,0,PERIOD_W1,0,MODE_EMA,5,0)+0.0015;

   MqlTick LastTick;
  
   if(SymbolInfoTick(Symbol(),LastTick))
     {
   double BuyPrice = LastTick.bid + 0.005;
   double SellPrice = LastTick.ask + 0.005;
     }
     if(LastTick.ask > HighV) {
      if(OrdersTotal() < 5)
         OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,2,Bid,3,0,Bid-0.090,NULL,756,0,Green); }
  

  }

//------------------------- Above MT4 & Below TradeScript

( LAST  <  REF(LOW, 14) )   //-------------Buy Command

( LAST  >  REF(LOW, 5)+.0015) //------------- Sell Command

MT4 Results

Strategy Tester Report

H&L

TradeKing-Demo(R) (Build 1031)

Symbol		USDJPYpro (US Dollar vs Japanese Yen)
Period		Daily (D1) 2016.12.01 00:00 - 2017.01.05 00:00 (2016.12.01 - 2017.01.06)
Model		Every tick (the most precise method based on all available least timeframes)
Bars in test	1032	Ticks modelled	1507510	Modelling quality	90.00%
Mismatched charts errors	0
Initial deposit	10000.00			Spread	Current (81)
Total net profit	-2002.96	Gross profit	1420.34	Gross loss	-3423.29
Profit factor	0.41	Expected payoff	-200.30
Absolute drawdown	2002.96	Maximal drawdown	3570.27 (30.87%)	Relative drawdown	30.87% (3570.27)
Total trades	10	Short positions (won %)	10 (90.00%)	Long positions (won %)	0 (0.00%)
		Profit trades (% of total)	9 (90.00%)	Loss trades (% of total)	1 (10.00%)
Largest		profit trade	159.15	loss trade	-3423.29
Average		profit trade	157.82	loss trade	-3423.29
Maximum		consecutive wins (profit in money)	9 (1420.34)	consecutive losses (loss in money)	1 (-3423.29)
Maximal		consecutive profit (count of wins)	1420.34 (9)	consecutive loss (count of losses)	-3423.29 (1)
Average		consecutive wins	9	consecutive losses	1

TradeScript Results

[William Roeder]

1. Play video	Please edit your post. For large amounts of code, attach it

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2. Perhaps you should read the manual.

   Your code	Documentation
   HighV = iMA(             NULL,             0,             PERIOD_W1,             0,             MODE_EMA,             5,             0 )	double  iMA(    string       symbol,           // symbol    int          timeframe,        // timeframe    int          ma_period,        // MA averaging period    int          ma_shift,         // MA shift    int          ma_method,        // averaging method    int          applied_price,    // applied price    int          shift             // shift    );

   "TradeScript: (Ref(Low,14))" Doesn't use a 10080 for the period, it uses 14.
   Don't know EMA vs SMA.
   "TradeScript: (Ref(Low,14))" uses the Low of each bar, not Typical price, (high + low + close)/3

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"the result I was getting vs the TradeScript on the other platform was night and day different." Why would you expect them to be the same?

[Tony Chavez]

Ok I am very new to both of these languages. It was my understanding that 14 on Tradescript was 14 days.

[Fernando Carreiro]

Tony Chavez: Ok I am very new to both of these languages. It was my understanding that 14 on Tradescript was 14 days.

Correct, but "PERIOD_W1" is One Week expressed in Minutes, namely 10080. So how is 10080 the same as 14?

Even if I try to follow your "logic" how could "One Week" be the same as 14 days?

If TradeScript is new to you, then stop comparing them. Learn MQL from scratch and and learn it as if you had never heard of TradeScript before.