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mcassara 2017.03.21 21:23

When building an EA, what are some of the better techniques to use to detect up trend and down trend.  Is there a slope function available in MT5?
Thanks,
Mike

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William Roeder 2017.03.22 01:57 #1
mcassara: When building an EA, what are some of the better techniques
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