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hello everyone, we all love the idea of martingale, but there is no EA's that i know of that are martingale based that produce money over the long haul, i have tried with some success and have yet to conquer this beast, im very close, hopefully by sharing some of my experiences i can bring to light...
Hello, I tried close my positon at a given time this code, but it's unsuccessful. Do somebody any idea? brasil [{OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,0.1,Bid,0,0,Bid-TakeProfit*Point,0,CLR_NONE); } if (Hour()==15&&Minute()==00)...
Some time passed without adding a new tip. So here you are. The tip today will be on how to deal with stop losses and stop orders hunters. What I mean with hunters are brokers who hunt for your stop losses. I have received many emails from people who use to follow the up with my live trading orders...
Is there anyone out there who has witten (or can write) an indicator that will add the price of two pairs together and plot the sum of the two prices as a line on the chart. I'd like to be able to add the sum of AUD/$ and CAD/$ and use it as an indicator. I promise I'm not lazy, I just don't know...
I have picked this up whilest trading with one of those bucket shop brokers(not Meta based). The coder stated that by building the EA to calculate the SL and TP on the client side, you reduce the risk of being spiked out of trades. The logic is that instead of pre-sending your orders to the broker....
I'm starting to learn Forex from fxcm.com and it's interesting, but there is one thing that my brain just doesn't want me to understand... it's a real basic thing: -A buyer wants the price to go up -A seller want the price to go down To me this doesn't sound logical, because normally a buyer wants...
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Hey, I've got a question for some really good metatrader programmers. In my EA, I switch between timeframes depending on a function. If the EA determines I should be using the 15 minute timeframes, then it calls on RangePrefetch() right after start(). If I should be using 1-hour charts, then the EA...
I get message in a pop up window that says file has been damaged or a unknown error has occured
Is FXIgor on this board Igor Toshchakov ? I was wondering, because I just discovered the following book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Beat-Odds-Forex-Trading-Percentage/dp/0471933317/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/103-9396629-1404626 Well, if yes, I would buy it right away...I am very interested in the TSR...
Hi, I've been working on a system and I'm in need of an EA that will close all orders (active and pending) as soon as a profit target is hit (lets say 30 pips, or an $ value). I'll be running a set of EAs for my testing so this EA should close all orders regardless of magic number. Anyone seen such...
MetaTrader 4 data files is under 'history' directory, such as usdcad1 .hst is 1 minute chart usdcad5.hst is 5 minute chart usdcad15.hst is 15minute chart usdcad60.hst is 1hour chart usdcad240.hst is 4hour chart usdcad1440.hst is 1day chart usdcad10080.hst is 1week chart usdcad43200.hst is 1month
can anyone help me with how to place an alarm to an indicator. im looking to place an alarm on the following indicator when it moves from above the candles to below the candles and vice versa. PSAR ( Parabolic SAR)---which is the indicator in all mt4 platforms any help is appreciated--thanks
And another question, I have a function and I want to switch the timeframe used in the variables depending on the value of another parameter. if((MathAbs(FastTrend-SlowTrend)<RangePoint*Point) && (TFTime!=iTime(Symbol(),PERIOD_M15,1))) { RangePreFetch();...
  Metatrader 4  (2)
Hey all, I am new to forex trading and came across recommendation that metatrader is the best or one of the best trading software. I would like to know how do i use metrader long term, is there some subcription invloved. I am using the demo version now. And the charts don seem to be moving at all
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Hey guys I'm have some frustrating problems and I need your help. I have a function and I want to switch the timeframe used in the variables depending on the value of another parameter. if((MathAbs(FastTrend-SlowTrend)<RangePoint*Point) && (TFTime!=iTime(Symbol(),PERIOD_M15,1))){ RangePreFetch();...
i'm trying to write my own EA, but ran into confusion extern double TakeProfit=25.0; extern double StopLoss=20.0; extern double Lots=0.1; ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,10,StopLoss,Bid-TakeProfit*Point,"pip-catcher SHORT",12345,0,Red); ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask...
I have a serious problem that came up suddenly and I have no idea what to do. I try to optimize this EA but the further it optimizes the slower it goes. So I stop it, and check the log files, and every time the log file is 4-5 GB in size. Is there something in my expert causing this? Or is this
  The tightest spreads available  (24   1 2 3)
Hi all. Wanted to let you know about the sweet trading conditions and the daily free trades at my site http://forextradersinc.com check us out, we even offer a rebate on the one point fixed spread. FYI I have been trading FX 5 years and am finally happy with this broker.
  Complimentary pairs?  (12   1 2)
Is there a list of complimentary pairs, like USD/JPY generally moves opposite to EUR/USD etc?
i have a made a simple calculation that would show the OPen for the date.. but it shows me example: cadjpy open 99.25 but it shows in my window 99.250000000 how do i remove the zeros? what code do i need? please help.. thank you
Is it possible to download all the histoy from all currencies from one location? I'm after the history for as many pairs as possible dating back to Jan 2006 - Current. Thanks in advance!
Maybe the coolest forex economic calendar on the face of the earth. Featuring easy to use predictor and user interface. Use it online now (free) Forex economic calendar link P.S. I don't know if linking to other forum or site is allowed or not. Please remove this thread if it's not.
This Long Term FX Game starts on April 2,2007 and ends on December 31, 2007. This 9 months game is open to all participants irregradless of whether you are a novice trader or a professional or an expert or a discretionary or a system trader. The objectives of this game are the following: (1) To test...
I hope someone can help me. I am trying to open buy and sell orders with an EA that I am working on. When I open buy orders it works fine, but sell orders only open if my Stop Loss is "0". Example... double StopLoss = 25; OrderSend(Symbol1,Symbol1OP,Lots,MarketInfo(Symbol1,Symbol1Mode),Slippage...
Can anyone identify this indicator? It may be Vegas Tunnel but in a Reverse Mode. In other words "Sell/Buy in Fibo levels and take profit at tunnel". Can anyone identify the indicator? Could be i great start
  Currency Correlations  (13   1 2)
Is there a place to find out how the different currencies correlate with each other on different time frames? I would like to know short term (5 days or so), medium term(1 to 3 months), long term (6 months +). Thank you
  How to start in forex  (45   1 2 3 4 5)
Hi,everybody I'm Monann.Who can tell me about how to start in forex trading ? Please advice me. very thank you
Hi, I wonder if you could do me a Directional Movement Histogram. In MT4 you get the DI+ line, DI- line and ADX line. When the DI+ and DI- cross it is the Zero point. What I'd like is the histogram of these two, similar to MACD histogram. It is more easily readable. So you'd have green histogram
Hi all, I need help to put together the following indicator. If any of you can help me, I will greatly appreciate it.
  Newbie Question  (2)
Hello, I have seen on MetaTrader charts where when a trade is concluded either for profit or loss dotted lines connect the opening trade to the bar where the trade closed. Does this sound familar? I would like to use this function if possible. Thanks, Mark