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I was wondering if anyone knows how to change the time settings for the time displayed along the bottom of the chart. It should be simple but I can't seem to figure out for some reason. The default setting is standard GMT time and I would like to change the time zone to reflect where I am located

Is there a way to tell if a downloaded mq4 file is a Expert, Indicator, Script, etc type file? I have downloaded lots of files, but do not know which directory to drop them into. I know Experts will not run if in the "indicators" folder and Indicators will not work in the "experts" folder, but its a...

Hi folks I've tooling around with the platform now for over a month and I'd like to know from people here who (brokers, esignal etc) support Meta Trader. I cannot find a listing anywhere - and the good folks who developed it won't share - which I found odd. They have over 100 banks and brokers -...

I have a simple idea for a reversal idea. This idea will also work GREAT in five minute scalping. It is based off a candle formation known as an "engulfing pattern". Do any form of backtesting on engulfing patterns and you will see they are correct over 80% of the time. Here is what would need to...

Is there a way to run another script, EA or multiple scripts from a script? An example will be very much appreciated. Maji

I either get a red line or empty window when I load those to a chart Do I need to have any other files for the aroons to work?

My MT4 platform dont show demo history. It used to show it and now...nothing. fxdd, interbank, MIg....doesn;t matter. i dont know what is causing this

can someone here modify that indicator to make envelopes out of them?just like the moving average envelopes that come with metatrader( adjust the envelopes left and right and capable of seperating them as much as we want? i don't know how to discribe what i am saying. i hope one of you understand

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Hi to all! Can the experts here comment on what is the best indicator to achieve reasonable accuracy with targets? I use the Donchian Channels which seem to work ok but it gives a small range and does not allow for 2:1 RR. I attached it and a screen as well

Hi, I was only getting 40-50% modelling quality. This might depend on EA, but when I've started testing from date I have 1 minute data from.....I get 90%. Unfortunatelly I don't have enough of FXDD 1min data... just since beginning of 2006, what is not enough to backtest strategy. Also it doesn't...

I have a couple print lines.... Print(" index value high:",sLocatorHighs[p]," P is:",p," high matches:",highMatches," High is:",HIGH," index value low:",sLocatorLows[p]," P is:",p," low matches:",lowMatches," Low is:",LOW); and it will print ok unless I ask it to print the same line in two places in...

Does anyone know a way that I can get a display of all the values of my indicators in one place using MT4? I know that when you place the cross-hair over one of the indicators a small box will be displayed giving only that indicator's values. I would like a way to get all of the info from all of my...

Can someone program a simple alert (text message or alarm) for this lsma indicator for when the line changes color. Thanks //---- indicator settings #property indicator_chart_window #property indicator_buffers 3 #property indicator_color1 Yellow #property indicator_color2 Chartreuse #property...

I'm not sure if this has been discussed... a stop loss on the upside of the price always seems to trigger too soon, even though price has not even hit it. I'd say maybe 2-3 pip difference. A stop loss on the donwside however will trigger when price has touched it only, hence doing what is...

hello, i want to knoe how i can use sendorder method , and how i can get the ticket id from the sendorderinfo stract that is passed for this function. any body can help me thanks

i want to use MtSetPumpingMode method from the mtapi.dll file that found in the interbank version 3.

In the OrderModify functoin for order type OP_BUY, I can increase the OrderTakeProfit() value, but If I try to lower the OrderTakeProfit() value, I get Message "unknown ticket for OrderModify function", and the reverse is true for the OrderModify function for order type OP_SELL. The following gives...

Does anyone have the indicator by Woodie called the "Sidewinder"? I've searched through this forum but I haven't come across it. Thanks!

I am trying to come up with a profitable strategy using this indicator--4 period ma. I used to trade live successfully using a similar indicator that I don't have access to anymore. I can't seem to find the optimal settings on 4pma i.e. ma length, method, etc. Would anybody who can read MQL4 code be

Due to the many demands by friends, I've decided to have this thread for testing purposes of the two EAs I've developed recently. Namely: 1) Trend-Rider : Based on jumping on trends and using them (long-term) 2) ExtremeScalper : The name suggests it has too many orders per day, which is incorrect

hello, i want to know how to use some functions in MT3APIdotNet.dll file i have some problem in (sendorder,getopentrades)methods.i need any help for this function or an simple example use this function on dot net .

I need help from an expert for my EA..I would like to open 2 lots and: - close the first lot after 10 pips (take profit) - leave run the other lot How I have to modify my file? Thanks in advance

hello, is there anyone who can tell me how to backtest on the platform metatrader ??? i have heard it it possible. i hope you can help me. best regards

It appears that I can not run multiple Experts with a single broker, even with multiple accounts. Does that mean I have to open demo or live accounts for each Expert with a different broker? If I have multiple brokers, do I have install multiple versions of MT? Do I also have to install a multiple...

Could someone recommend any good educational material on Fundamentals. How and why the news reports/economic data would effect the market etc... Any ebooks etc? any help would be appreciated Thanks.

Hello, I want to use the sendorder method that is found in the .net mtapi.dll , this method take one parameter is orderinfo this is a struct and also it passed by reference, then it must modify the order id with the real order id. any body use this method and get from it the real id can help me

hello, I have the mtapi.dll wrapper and use it in .net , i can connect,login ,send order and close order, but I want to close and modify an orders ,i can't get the id for the ticket order , any body know how i can get the id for an open order

hello, I want to close and modify an orders ,but i can't get the id for the ticket order , any body kow how i can get the id for an open order