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I found this great EA (thank you Ron) and i need to include the next sentence: if(OrderType()==OP_BUY) if(Bid => iCustom(NULL,0,"JFatl",JFA1S,5,0,i)); closeOrder I need help to include this sentence (correctly written) (and the same for OrderType()== OP_SELL)) in...

Hi, First I'd like to thank 'codersguru' for writing an excellent tutorial on how to program in MQL4. I am re-writing the entire tutorial in 'Plain English' complete with illustrations and more; I will publish it in PDF format so it's easy to make a printed book. It is evident that codersguru wrote...

OK ive been having issues with the strategy tester it just alll out stopped working for me. In addition I kept getting a live update alert and it wouldint connect. So I downloaded the platform again. Dropped all my old experts back into the experts folder and nadda, nothing, zero, zilch. The old...

Dear Fellow Traders, Can anybody tell me how I can get Gann Swing Charts with Metatrader. I have looked all around but never managed to find anything on this. Regards

Hi! I use auto ternd chanell from Dolly system but it is set to hours interval. Is there another auto trend chanell which can be set to minutes interval? Boogie.

Hi! I tried to use ReadFromFile code from this website "MQL4: Working with Files. An Example of Important Market Events Visualization" but it does not work. Is someone using that code already? If it so then tell me what to do to make it work? Boogie

When I backtest something I not only want to see the end balance shooting to the moon but also the consistency of the EA. Maybe it would be possible to get more data out of the end results? Like split by month, week, day. One your backtest makes you $100k but you want to see how are they made up by...

Hello all, Does anyone know where I can find "Coppock Indicator" for Metatrader 4.0. Thanks nick

How can I close all open trades and pending orders together ? Thanks for help.

Great GBP/USD Strategy for Swing Trades Dear all traders, I have been asked in a few chat rooms what strategy do i use for swing trades. Therefore i decided to share this strategy of mine to anyone who is interested. Average 300-400 pips a month. Things you need: 1) Daily Chart on GBP/USD 2) 4 hours...

hi, bad result (( account will kill it! thank you from ocm * sorry poor english

need someone point tech me. how from the below function return to call above operate? like int start() { xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ^ ^ ^ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in below here to call above to operate? thanks tytian

I have been testing the bag-it EA from fukinagashi since monday. It's an EA that has it roots from the bagovino method http://forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=7603 So far so good. I will try to be punctual in posting my latest statements every week. I will just be posting forward test statements...

After installing new build 203 I noticed that while trying to download new data from brokers I get message, that data I want to download are from Metaquotes and not from the broker I'm logged on. It happens for MIG Investment and X-Trade Brokes. Is it a bug or is it possible that for some reason...

Hi, i use a bar close timer which prints for example 1:45 (means 1 Min (m) 45 Sec (s) left until bar close). What I'm trying to do is play once a sound if m<1 && s<40 for example. Two problems 1) MetaTrader only changes the bar close timer if there is a price printed -> Ok, not good but I can live

The scripts "Trade" or "send_pending" don't open any trade. What is wrong ? Thanks for help.

For example, during some high market volatility I might get 10 ticks per second. What if my EA would require 2 seconds to calculate and execute? Does it mean that 19 ticks are ignored until EA is ready for next run? And while you are at it how can I stop the EA from running further? For example,...

Hi, can someone put Boolinger bands around FAMA indicator insted of regular MA ? Maybe it will be better with trend bands.

I'm calling MtCloseOrder to close orders via the MT3 API. 95% of the time it works absolutely fine, however some times (it seems like when the market is moving faster than normal), the function seems to absolutely refuse to work. It will always return error 3 : RET_INVALID_DATA. A few times the...

Hello everyone, Can someone show me how to change the time to Pacific Time Zone in the MetaTrade 4? It shows a different time zone in my chart. Please help. Thanks a lot

How can I use External Variables (extern) in Scripts so that I get the dialog box like the one for EA's?

Hello there! I have been lurking some time in beack round and now finaly got my self to register of course in a need of something. Well not complitely tru but it at least the inicitive. I have been only Trading litle time 3 months with demo account. and still making beatyful equidy curve...only in...

Hi everyone, I have thoght of an idead for hedging which can take care of huge drawdowns and still come up with a profit. I have tested it manually but want an EA for it. I don't want people to steal the idea and leave me waiting for the EA , therefore i need your suggestion as to what is the best...

Hi, I want to know highest for each day. So i wrote this code: int start() { int i, begin_bar; double high_value; begin_bar=iBars(NULL,PERIOD_D1); for(i=0;i<=begin_bar;i++) { high_value=iHigh(" GBPUSD ",PERIOD_D1,i); Print("HIGH = ", high_value); } return(0); } But why the code give me result like

I have an EA that I want to trade only certain times of day. The EA is designed to trade only between 18 and 23 GMT and 0 to 9 GMT, but I can't seem to get it working correctly. I can get it trade between 18 and 23, but it won't generate any trades between 0 and 9. Here is part of the code:...

Hi all, I would like to ask if there is custom take profit script. I know that we can set T/P at 10 pips at MT4 but I'm looking for a script that execute exit at any pip such as 2 or 3. I found one but I've deleted it since I cannot use it. Try to compile it back but still cannot use it so I delete...

The development of MetaTrader 4 Mobile SE is at full speed. According to our lead developer, Denis Mezentsev, the mobile terminal is half ready. By the present moment, the following components have been realized: MarketWatch, trade history, alerts, mailing system, and news. Tradefunctions and charts...

Banks Set To Open Hi-Tech Forex Trading Programs To Funds 29.03.07 16:03:00- BNEU By Katie Martin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--In what is looming as the next big trend in foreign exchange markets, more banks are expected give out their 'secret weapon' computer-based trading programs...

hi folks, ive been looking into MT and EA but having a hard time go get a grip on the coding thing... my interest lies into testing a simple (?) EA for a 5min to 15min tf on USDCHF with an Parabolic SAR...i want to test different SAR settings and different entry rules within the european and part of

New MetaTrader 4 Build 203 has been released. What’s new: 1. Corrected drawing of object FiboFan based on closely-located anchoring points. 2. Tester: Added checking for pass counter overflow in optimizer. 3. Tester: More economical use of memory when generating a testing sequence. 4. Tester:...