Scripts: VisualizeTheUseofPoints

 

VisualizeTheUseofPoints:

If you are like me and have difficulties to remember how to use the Point() function?

Author: Johan Gerard W Martens

 

PIP, Point, or Tick size are all different in general.
          Ticks, PIPs or points in the GUI. Make up your mind. - MQL4 programming forum #1 (2014)
          Percentage in point - Wikipedia

Unless you manually adjust your SL/TP for each separate symbol, using Point means code breaks on 4 digit brokers (if any still exists), exotics (e.g. USDZAR where spread is over 500 points), and metals. Compute what a logical PIP is and use that, not points.
          How to manage JPY pairs with parameters? - MQL4 programming forum (2017)
          Slippage defined in index points - Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - MQL5 programming forum (2018)