Canldles gapping between close and open on MT4 platform

[ForexShawn]

A good picture is worth a thousand words. Please check out the attachment.

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Shawn

[John Townsend]

ForexShawn:

A good picture is worth a thousand words. Please check out the attachment.

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Shawn

Gaps are a fact of life that all traders live with - for instance when a war starts in an oil-producing country, the oil price is likely to gap up - if a country devalues its currency, there's likely to be a gap ...

Cheers,

John 

[Sergey Golubev]

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies

How to Start with Metatrader 5

newdigital, 2013.07.24 10:00

I just want to remind about how to insert the images to the post - read this small article

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MQL5.community - User Memo :

2. Messages Editor

All your texts in Forum, Articles and Code Base are edited in a single environment with a convenient and easy-to-use interface. Let us take a look at its capabilities.

• You can switch between the visual and HTML text representations by clicking the button. This button changes its name to while viewing the HTML, and it returns you to the visual view of the text. This function allows you to make your text most structured and formalized.

• The drop-down list where you can select one of the three languages ​​in which your message will be automatically translated by the Google Translate service.

  

• The (Ctrl+Z) and (Ctrl+Y) buttons are intended for canceling the last action and redoing the last canceled action, respectively.
• The button is intended to make a bulleted list. (Every item in the list starts with a bullet.)
• The button is intended to make a numerical list. (Every item in the list has an index number.)
• The button is intended to decrease the rank of the element in the list.
• The button is intended to increase the rank of the element in the list.
• The button (Ctrl+H) is intended for inserting a horizontal line into text.

• The button (Ctrl+Alt+L) is used for adding links into messages. The Link window appears as soon as you click this button (shown next).

  

  In the Link field, you should specify the address of the link and then click the Insert button.

• The button (Ctrl+Alt+I) is used for inserting pictures into messages. The Image window appears as soon as you click the button (shown next).

  

  In the Upload image field, you should specify the picture file. To do it, click the Browse button that opens the standard window to choose files. Select the necessary file and click the Insert button to confirm the choice, or click the Cancel button to end without uploading a file. In the Title field, you can specify the comment that will be displayed as a pop-up help if you move the mouse cursor over the picture.

  In HTML mode, it is prohibited to insert external links to images (HTML tag "src"). It is also prohibited to insert text, containing such images.

  When you try to save text that contains external links to images, such links will be automatically deleted. This is done to ensure safety of MQL5.community members.