Subscription settings change for MT4
11061118:
My signal provider is using a broker whose gold symbol is "XAUUSD.r" but on Pepperstone the gold symbol is "XAUUSD.a".
When there is a difference in symbols MQL checks and tries to match the symbols, however certain conditions need to be met. According to number 3 if the margin calculation is set to CFD then MQL will not copy the signal to the different symbol. I have checked XAUUSD.a on my MT4 and it is set to CFD margin calculation how can I change this to Forex calc so I can receive the signalsYou can use https://docs.mql4.com/strings/stringsubstr function to extract the first 6 characters and do if(str1==str2). You will be able to validate if the two pairs are same
Raphael Adetunji Olaiyapo #: You can use https://docs.mql4.com/strings/stringsubstr function to extract the first 6 characters and do if(str1==str2). You will be able to validate if the two pairs are same
The OP is referring to Signal subscription, not about coding. Your answer is irrelevant to the issue.
11061118:My signal provider is using a broker whose gold symbol is "XAUUSD.r" but on Pepperstone the gold symbol is "XAUUSD.a". When there is a difference in symbols MQL checks and tries to match the symbols, however certain conditions need to be met. According to number 3 if the margin calculation is set to CFD then MQL will not copy the signal to the different symbol. I have checked XAUUSD.a on my MT4 and it is set to CFD margin calculation how can I change this to Forex calc so I can receive the signals
You can't change it. Only the broker can do that.
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My signal provider is using a broker whose gold symbol is "XAUUSD.r" but on Pepperstone the gold symbol is "XAUUSD.a".
When there is a difference in symbols MQL checks and tries to match the symbols, however certain conditions need to be met. According to number 3 if the margin calculation is set to CFD then MQL will not copy the signal to the different symbol. I have checked XAUUSD.a on my MT4 and it is set to CFD margin calculation how can I change this to Forex calc so I can receive the signals