This video shows how we can generate a strategy with Forex StrategyBuilder and to send it for automatic execution to Forex StrategyTrader. We are using forex rates for the strategy from MetaTrader. There are several steps in this process: Loading historical rates in Meta Trader Exporting the rates...
Thanks to everyone for all your help. Has been fantastic. When I try to code the result of many custom indicators to an EA, I can never get the EA to recognise EMPTY_VALUE If I replace EMPLY_VALUE with "zero" in the indicator, it works, but creates problems with the indicator, so I do not want to...
Hi guys I have an indicator that will delete off all the trendlines I have drawn when I change the timeframe of the chart. Is there anyway for it not to remove off the trendline?
I have been told times without number that when a major news like Non-Farm Payrolls comes out good for US, it will affect US dollas positively and when the news is bad, it will affect US dollas negatively. But what I saw last week friday(6th November 2009) when Non-Farm Payrolls was released left me...
Dear Forum Friends, I would like to open a thread on sharing experience on "practical liquidity" of symbols other than 8 Majors and how much it depends on the broker you trade with. By "practical liquidity" I mean that you can easily enter and exit position with orders of one to two lots.By 8...
First of all, hello. this was the my main website for the last 2 months, and here is my first question. i have read a lot about the bad quality of backtesting cause of broker "cheats" or over-optimization. i developed a lot of scalpers in the last months, more or less successful on demo accounts,...
Hi, I’m trying to figure out how to utilize an EA without it being attached to a chart. ! see in the Tools menu of MT4 that there is the ability to make a trade from there with no charts. The question is now how to utilize an EA without any charts? Thanks to any and all for any assistance with this...
i have gmt set from my website and all i want to do is setup a page that just transfers variables into mql here is an example of my idea, the website is php <? $month = Date(m); $day = Date(d); $year = Date(y); $hr = Date(h); $min = Date(i); $sec = Date(s); echo "int gmt_month = $month<br>"; echo...
Hi Guys I would to write some data on a csv.file that i write on I am able to open the file because I have the alert "i print" ( i assume i put the file correctly C:\Program Files\MetaTrader - Alpari UK\experts\files my account on alpari is virtual ! however, When i check the csv file, nothing is...
seems pretty simple but for some reason its not letting me here is the externs i have defined extern bool USDCHF = TRUE; //USDCHF extern bool GBPUSD = TRUE; //GBPUSD extern bool EURUSD = TRUE; //EURUSD extern bool USDJPY = TRUE; //USDJPY extern bool USDCAD = TRUE; //USDCAD extern bool NZDUSD = TRUE;...
I remember a few months back when I installed MetaTrader 4.0 fresh. My machine used to be a reasoably fast machine. However, For the last few weeks, I am noticing the system has become very slow. Infact, it seems, when MT is running, the system as a whole slows down. Editors take time to follow the...
Hello, I am a newbie and made a simple pivot point indicator but I do not understand how to show values to the DataWindow. Can anyone kindly explain to which are the functions to use and what they do? Thanks a lot in advance.
Hello, I have good system for trading and is very simple ! But if more simple to EA trade not any more me .. i trade on this strategy like 1 year now and is very profitable ! Strategy is based on indicator bollinger bands and candle! Exsample picture : Exsample on chart : If somebody can help me...
DEAR traders; Rpchost.com opened a custom indicator for public, the indicator is JoeChalhoub_FxCrusher. We invite you to visit our webpage http://Rpchost.com/IssueIndicator.aspx and download the custom indicator. We hope you profit from this powerful indicator, you can check the performance of this...
From the article "HTML Walkthrough Using MQL4" (https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1544) : int devider='\x90'; FileHandle=FileOpen(FullFileName,FILE_READ,devider); Is '\x90' similar to newline character or what? A search in google for this sort of thing is useless... If this is some kind of code...
Hi, I'm writing a code in which I open an order manually when I wanted, and the expert checks if there is an open order or not. if there is an open order it has to take control of the closing and some other stuff. the problem is, when i open an order manually, how can I select the open order to...
I know how to delete the pair data in history center, but I don't know how to do that in script. How can we write a script for this purpose? many thanks.
Hello,I have indicator which plots vertical line (thanks jellybean for help). I want this indicator to plot vertical lines on regular basis (for example, every day at 12:30 GMT - USA news). My programing language know are quite weak... Could You help me ? Thanks,Edward
I started this thread because I need help form someone who is interested in the Bill Williams chaos trading system and also has excellent MQL programming skills. I have found an excellent indicator "ZoneTrade" that is based on this trading approach that integrates Acceleration/Deceleration Technical...
I have this really great idea that might help out all the NEWBIES out there. Okay, here it is. I can start a 4TH GENERATION PROJECT that eliminates all codings. Newbies out there simply do not have to code anymore. All the codes are generated for them. For example, Joe is a newbie. He wants to...
Hi, I want to use an trend indicator. But I see the change from buy to sell only in the color of the indikator. When I use the iCustom function in my metatrader I get only the value of the indikator back. How can I see in my mq4 programm with the iCustom Function when the color of the trend...
Greetings to One and All, I’m a new comer to the ForEx, but have used computers for over 30 years and have done a little bit of programming along the way. . Both Martingale AEs like PipMaker and Hedgers like RubberBands are great profit makers, but their downfall is that the losing trades don’t get...
Hi, I have created a good working EA for 5 currency pairs. In general it works well, the EA open more then one order correctly with the right open, stop and take profit price. But if more then one order is open at the same time and the EA use the trailing function the SL was changed autom. in the...
Hi there, I have created a custom indicator based on the Stochastics oscillator code. It is called MyStochastics and has been successfully compiled in the \experts\indicators folder. Some additions to the code have been made i.e. adding levels and changes of line style etc. Some example code is...
I have server for running MT4, and i need to fix each MT4 session with only one account (not allow user to change account), and also do not allow user to perform back test. What is the way to do that?
Hi I trying to use the lowest low over the previous 10 bars, but I am getting strange results from iLowest(). Do others have this problem? Am I doing something wrong? It appears to mix up the type constants. I've tested it on M1 & M5 because they move faster....