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I often get misleading information in the summary reports from strategy testing, large losses (or false gains) because positions are "closed" at the conclusion. In my opinion, a position that is open should not be considered. Or, at least it should be an option to the tester as whether...

Hi Does anybody have an indicator that calculates retracements as follows or can anybody do this? Once the market moves say 100 pips in a direction it then retraces say for example 50 pips, it then continues to make a new high/low and the next time it starts to retrace again (say 25 pips which is 50...

I realise I am going to come in for some stick here and get the usual there is no Holy Grail etc. However I have read a lot about the Delta EA by Bluto and it sounds very consistent. I know a copy has been given to a struggling trader recently. I have been struggling for a number of years as some of

The broker I plan to sign up for is allowing me to have my funds denominated in other currencies (EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD). I just wanted to know if you guys think it would be a good idea for me to have it in one of those currencies instead of the dollar since the dollar is depreciating in...

Any idea where to find indicator that shows Yesterday, last Week and last month high low. Thank-you

Hi i just bought the registration code licensed.but i everytime i turn off metatrader se on my cell and turn it back on it keeps asking me to enter the code. Its really bothersome. Is there a way i can have so that i just enter the code one time and have it keep the code so that i dont have to...

Hello, Is there any way to control the amount of logging done by the client terminal while running expert advisors? We have an EA that is supposed to run for weeks without interruption and we noticed that after couple of days the log files are laready huge (order of GBs). Best regards, Levente

Is there any way to define the length of an array with a extern variable? thanks

Hello, I would like to find out more about the way the ticket numbers are generated for trades. Are these numbers unique per client terminal or per EA instance? If the EA is started and stopped multiple times, and in each run it creates multiple trades, will those trades get unique ticket numbers?...

Is there a crosswalk somewhere to whow which object properties can be used with which types? If so, could you post it somewhere? Some are obvious, but many times I have to write a quick little script to see what works with what. The documentation needs to be made more complete. For example, when...

ArrayCopyRates(rates, Symbol(), PERIOD_D1); will return rates of the previous day, but on a Monday this will be useless. How do i force it to use the last trading day of the previous week.

Hello people. Still new in this business. Am looking into learning forex, obtaining the necessary skills then start trading. Looking forward to learning from all of you guys out there

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED SCREENSHOT! I have two accounts open at different MT4 brokerages and was shocked to see the differnce in varible rates at NFP on Friday morning. Please look at the large gaps in IBFX spreads across the board compared to UGMFX. I know UGMFX just changed their spreads to variable...

The help file provided does not show examples on using order expiry in the OrderSend() function. I need to cancel all outstanding orders at midnight next business day.

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First I want to say I really appreciate this forum! I am fairly new to forex and have already learned a lot from just this one forum alone. Having said that... I am looking for a custom indicator. The only way I know to describe what I am looking for is to give an example. I use a 5 minute...

Hello i am looking an EA that will close all open positions after net profit is being reached. can someone direct to me? thanks

Can anyone code an indicator to calculate and display daily pivot points the formulas are as follows Resistance 3 = High + 2*(Pivot - Low) Resistance 2 = Pivot + (R1 - S1) Resistance 1 = 2 * Pivot - Low Pivot Point = ( High + Close + Low )/3 Support 1 = 2 * Pivot - High Support 2 = Pivot - (R1 -...

I know he pretty much abandoned trying to help people on the forums since it cost him so much time and energy. I have a programming problem that I know he's solved before. I can't figure out anyway to contact him, however. The Gmail account he has listed (on this or another site) returns email as...

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I wanted to build new indicator with two EMAs. parameters : 20 EMA and 30 EMA Output Required : Whenever the difference pip value between above 2 EMAs is 50 or greater, then I wanted to alert a signal short or long. Can any one give me an idea or any similar indicators available, please let me know

Just recently, when I view this forum, I must use the scroll bar to scroll right to read the rest of the page, it gets to be very annoying. I don't have this problem with other sites. Does anyone know how to rectify this annoying issue

Hi, When selecting the trades from the history pool by position, are these trades returned in any specific order? What do the position numbers 0, 1, 2 ..., mean in this case? Can we say that trade with position 0 in the history pool is the last closed trade? Best regards, Levente

Hello I get this when I try to look back further than 8 May !!? http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/459/eurusdic9.jpg What the?

The following indicator is a Moving average indicator with arrows and alerts. When a second moving average is plotted on the chart, the arrows of the first moving average disappear and are replaced with the new moving average arrows. Is it possible to modify the indicator to keep all arrows on the

Hay all okay i see signal .And i want share it okay lets put gold order in monday. Please open 2 positions same time make 2 orders then 665.05 LONG (Buy) GOLD and please TP is 675.05 , 2 position no tp let it run when i say exit. Please no stop loss 2 first day please . Thank you and enjoy pipses!

I am looking for an EA that work regarding RSI indicator, wich we can set the the RSI level for buy and sell entry, and also to set the RSI period.It would be nice if it already include the MM.I hope someone can help me, THANKS

for different price bars that form. say example I want to know when a bullish outside bar forms on a 4hour chart of course a alert at the close of the bullish outside bar if criteria are met. or say a doji or inside bar alert these are high prob. patterns I trade in conjuction with stochastics

The amount of mondy you make or lose on a trade is dependant on lots and leverage. That said, evaluation of a strategy should be based on the number of pips made on a trade. This is the best way of determining the effectiveness of a strategy. Although you can get this instead of money on the...