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Can anyone help me on this one with the programming ? I have an ea that would go into a BUY trade if the blue and red lines touches at the meeting point (crossing point) of the Stochastic Oscillator when it goes below 20. I want to fine tune the entry coding of the ea so that the EA would only...

I am backtesting an expert advisor using MetaTrader 4.00 build 2.15. A backtest for a single year of 30 Min data is taking nearly 24 hours to execute. This seems terribly long and I would like to know what might be causing the issue. Here are the performance specs for my PC: OS: Windows Vista RAM:...

Hi Folks, Please be tolerant of my naive request ... I'm new to trading but already require a Custom Indicator. It should be relatively easy; it's just that I have no working experience with editing and coding. I currently run a JMA Slope for two different periods. This requires 2 separate...

Hi, Recently I started a website where anyone can publish their trading results from MetaTrader terminals automatically. It's completely free - no demos, no trials, no strings attached . The address is http://sm-forex.com/. It's still in beta testing so if you find any bugs and have a suggestion...

Hello all, I'm SineWave08 and I'm here to learn as much as possible to eventually become an Elliotician (Elliot Wave Technician). Glad to be part of any community which promotes the sharing of ideas. It helps to build confidence which is what trading Forex is all about. That balance between greed...

I have all my indicators programmed by Optimu, so that they generate beside the sygnal also a warning alert. For this, it should be nice if we made here in this thread a collection of nice women voices availeble that speak a in series of frasez that can be used in Forex Trading . In stead of

Does anyone know if MT4 will run on Pro 64 and if there are any issues with doing that since MT4 is 32 bit? Thanks, Carl

double iHigh( string symbol, int timeframe, int shift) i am using a indicator on a 4 hour chart with ihigh, ilow, iclose based on the 1hr "int timeframe" and for some reason its not working correctly. when i switch to 1hr, then the indicator works fine, but anything other than 1hr, the indicator...

Automatic Cruise Control I have an Automatic routine that can eleminate all those "what time do I set the Expert at if I am in XXX Time zone? Every time an EA is writen that depends on a time setting to operate, that thread will gets filled with "What Time Setting Do I Use" questions. I have done a...

Someone Please Help me with this indicator Hello, All programmers! I have a thing for triangles. I see them in all the pairs and timeframes. I see them everywhere. and I need an indicator that will show me all of them So, I need a triangle identifier Indicator. I have used a few that have continuous...

I am considering creating a joint account in order to have the $500,000 needed to open an Institutional Account at MIG Investments. I can invest up to about $100,000 of my own money, but I am unable to reach $500,000 with my own equity, even if I sold my house and put the whole thing in! But with a

I recently found this indicator and found it kinda kooky so i watched it now its my main indicator I has an uncanny knack for filtering out flat markets and showing a breakout up or down I have only used it on lower time frames and the default seems to work well on 5 min charts EURUSD especially so

Hello, I have searched this forum and others. I have not come across any EA or fully mechanical system that makes reasonable profit with relatively low drawdown over 2-3 years. So I would like to offer this to everyone. If you have a system that meets the criterias above, EA or not, but must be...

With support from MetaQuotes Software Corp., the first textbook on programming in MQL4 is now ready. You can read the book from the website free of charge. The book is intended for high readership interested in developing of automated trading programs for MetaTrader 4 Clent Terminal. At the same...

In Trade tab I can see only a currency (i.e. $) result of trading. I need to see how many pips I am doing during the trade and than in the Trade History. Is it possible. Maybe there are some custom indicators that can do this for me? I'll appreciate any help or advise. Thanks! Greg

Hi, I'm trying to use an EA on offline chart (for example such as created by period_converter). They don't recive ticks which needs to use while() loop inside. However, after few minutes the offline charts shows "Waitnig for update" and is not updated anymore. I suspect it is a kind of deadlock,...

Hi Gals This strategy produced 1891 cents profit from 1/1/2007 to 16/2/2007 , for 50 trades ,with a drawdown of 200 cents,and average average profit per trade of 37.82 cents....................1750 cents net after spreads over 35 working days = 50 cents per working day Determine the 10.00 CET – 14...

I need a pretty simple MA crossing audio alert. Needs to be user selectable as to type of MA; AND MOST IMPORTANT -parameters of MA-i.e. based on close, hi, lo, Median, typical, weighted close,etc. Idea is to filter chop of basic MA crossings. Another simple indicator that i have not found is a CCI

i make a indicator for plot P&F Charts (XO)... when i draw object in chart window all rigth but if i put in separate windows not work fine... figure 1 : #property indicator_chart_window (work fine) figure 2 : #property indicator_separate_window (where are the circles?) NOTE: this bug appear only in

Pls, do anyone have probability ratio calculator by Mark Rae. I have the ebook but cant get my hand on the PRC

Hello, I want to create an indicator that would keep me out of choppy markets. I only want the indicator to help me enter trades that have moved at least 1 pip per 1 minute during a certain (variable input) time frame. I want the indicator to record the price ('benchmark price') immediately after...

function require: press ENTER, H8 to open 8 hour period chart, etc.

If I open two trading accounts at InterbankFX and Alpari respectively, would the metatraders downloaded from these two companies conflict with each other during the installation? Will they mess up the registry keys and dll?

HI ALL, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY MT4 PLATFORM: I`M NOT ABLE TO SAVE A DETAILED REPORT, AND I CAN`T UNDERSTAND WHY. WHEN I LOOKED IN THE JOURNAL, THEY TOLD ME THAT SAVING THE FILE HAS FAILED. BECAUSE MY ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CHANGED , BUT I DIDN`T MODIFY THE ACCOUNT, I HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR 3 MONTHS. DO...

Hi there, I need to execute 3 currency pairs almost at the same time in entry and liquidate positions with EA. Anyone can assist? Most appreciate. Lionel99

Is there a way to reopen the alert window after it has been closed, or do I always need to wait until the next alert to see it again? Thanks,

Has anyone seen a problem with iCustom where it unloads and reloads the indicator for every call? Normally iCustom loads the indicator once and keeps it in memory. However with one indicator I'm working on for a client, the call to iCustom reloads the indicator everytime, making startup very slow....

Hi Slawa, Is there a way to display an indicator arrow above the buffer's actual value? If I have an arrow whose value is the high of a bar, can I cause the indicator arrow to draw 5 pips above the actual buffer value? This would be like making an indicator display the way that the native fractals

I have had this problem a couple of times. I leave and EA running on metatrader 4.0 build 215 and it locks down and stops processing orders. In order for it to restart i have to close down the platform and open it again and it resumes activities. What could be causing this problem or is it a bug on...