An alternative to MT4 related doubts in a MT5 territory

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Rogerio Figurelli 2014.04.18 23:38

The brand new MT4 is very close to the "old" MT5!

The consequence is that we can see several MT4 doubts that looks like interesting to MT5 guys at this Forum.

In this sense, I created this topic to open a new door to MT4 regarding doubts and analysis.

Also, I will collect some top and/or essential questions about MT4 and bring here, to help break the ice.

Maybe we can find a convergence way to join good ideas about these two great platforms!

Jinsong Zhang 2014.04.19 04:05 #1

so, what's the main different between MT4 and MT5? and what's their merit and demerit ?

Rogerio Figurelli 2014.04.19 23:27 #2

song_song:
so, what's the main different between MT4 and MT5? and what's their merit and demerit ?

Hi song_song, in my opinion most of the differences today are regarding functional aspects, since the core platforms looks the same (if don't) with individual business rules for each version.

This is good for developers, since the MT4/MT5 code is more compatible.

Certainly MT5 was far Why automatic function not MQL+ OnCalculate in expert

Rogerio Figurelli 2014.04.20 14:34 #3

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Help ProRealTime code to MQL4

Travelfrog, 2014.04.18 12:14

I am new to MT4 and I am trying to convert some code from ProRealTime to MT4

I get compile warning "possible loss of data due to type conversion". Can't seem to find how to correct the code.

// c1 =abs( high - low)
   double c1=MathAbs(High[0]-Low[0]);
   // c2 = abs( close[1]-high )
   double c2=MathAbs(Close[1]-High[0]);
   // c3 = abs ( close[1] - low )
   double c3=MathAbs (Close[1]-Low[0]);
   // c4 = max(c1,c2)
   double c4=MathMax(c1,c2);
   // c5 = max(c4,c3)
   double c5=MathMax(c4,c3);
   //atr =Average[P](c5);
   atr =iMA(NULL, 0, Nbr_Periods, 0, MODE_SMA, c5, 0);

Help ProRealTime code to type conversion warning How to convert DateTime

Alain Verleyen 2014.04.20 16:14 #4

figurelli:

This use already got a reply.

Rogerio Figurelli 2014.04.20 17:24 #5

angevoyageur:
This use already got a reply.

For sure, and this is the reason to be here.

Alain Verleyen 2014.04.20 19:32 #6

figurelli:
For sure, and this is the reason to be here.

I missed your point, you try to centralized what is regarding mql4 ?

Rogerio Figurelli 2014.04.20 20:22 #7

angevoyageur:
I missed your point, you try to centralized what is regarding mql4 ?

No, this is just a personal radar of MT4 doubts that in my point of view are aligned in some way to MT5.

Rogerio Figurelli 2014.04.23 03:29 #8

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Certainly MT5 was far more improved over MT4. But still majority traders are using MT4........

FinanceEngineer, 2014.02.02 12:54

myfxbook or any other major forex site does not support MT5. It is shame that MT5 is still less popular than MT4.

I was trying to upload my statement on myfxbook using MT5 and they provided some bridging software in beta version for MT5 to read my account info from my MT5 terminal.

The bridging software was totally miscalculated my trading summary but they do provide perfect service for MT4. I asked the site staff for help but no response for 5 days. Other major forex site does not even provide any support for MT5.

It is little shame as I do not want to go back to MT4 anymore.....

Certainly MT5 was far Support for Windows XP/Windows Copy Trades Via IC