MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 1072

I am new to programming and got stuck with this error message saying unbalanced left parenthesis at the end. I checked and couldn't find where a parenthesis is left out. Please could somebody help me out! Many thanks for your time....

Hey all, I used to use historical data from Dukas which is converted by scripts to MT4. During the last time I have downloaded and converted data , the minimum lot size has been defined has 3.0 lots. I do not have idea the reason of this value. As I said, this is not my first time using the same

HI, Attached is my EA backtest result. I built my history data from dukascopy data and it shows 99% quality. I have delveloped this EA myself with complex money,lot management techniques and also i used only pure mathematical decisions. (no indicators used) The results I see is too good to be true

Hi there - I am not a programmer but I am trying to manipulate a piece of code from an mq4 file which affects the graph lines of an indicator. Two things I'm trying to do: 1) Set some graph lines to the colour "None" within the code rather than for me to keep setting it within the indicator...

Is it possible to find which order has been selected elsewhere? I'm inside the typical OrderSelect loop, then call a function which also runs through such a loop, and when returning I've lost track of the order that was selected in the 1st loop. I could obviously store the ordernumber and restore it...

I have wanted tostop my indicator auto-scaling on the M1 time-scale as the result is more difficultto read. The ... #property indicator_maximum 5.0 is no good as itjust scales the top of the window to that fixed value rather than using it as aminimum limit of the top of the window (which is what I...

Hi Everyone, Can you help me how to create new open buy position everytime price go down at certain pips, with previous position are still open(multiple open buy). I've tried using MA but it's not effective, not what i expected, since it's not covering all when price go down deep.

If price movement follows a random walk, ( and this forum would be empty if everyone thinks it is ), how many Pips would a trader need to capture/lose in-order to have the same odds as roulette? In this case we'll assume the European wheel with 36 numbers and a single 0. The wager is the Even Money

Hi, since a few days (the last update) I have noticed a problem with my Expert: OrderSend function 0 and no position is opened. There is no error returned but no ticket is created. Here is my code: RefreshRates();         if (pOrderType==OP_BUY)         {            result=OrderSend(pSymbol,...

Hi all, I have returned to meta trader after looking at it some time back, at the time I just could not get my head around it. if anyone can anser these hopefully simple questions it would give me a really good head start. 1) which Is best MT4 or 5 for trader mainly doing FTSE 100 + SPX pair...

Hi all, I am using the ATR indicator on the EURUSD day chart. I've set the period to 30 days. According to MetaTrader the value of the ATR was 0.0104 on 2-29-2012. According to other charts (ProRealTime and Netdania) it was 0.0132! Are there any known issues with the ATR indicator? Or are the other

Hello everyone, thats my first post at this board and any help would be appreciated. MQL often tried to drive me insane (most times my fault), but THIS one is just ridiculous: 20:47:32 2011.10.20 03:15 Marker EURUSD,M15: Stab1Differenz * Stab2Differenz < 0 0.0005 -0.0012 -0 Code looks like...

hello, i have windows 7 & have not added any mt4 indicators with this operating system.. Metaeditor will not compile indicators or ea's on 2 accounts. Runs ex4 files fine..What could be the solution?

I need some guidance on using the strategy test with Renko bars. I've used the RenkoLiveChart_v3.2 EA to create a Renko bar chart but it seems that it is designed for live trading only. If I try to generate a hst file for use in the strategy tester I get "unmatched data" errors. Has anybody tested...

MT4 & FXCM make a GOOD pair of THIEVES! FXCM & FXDD have a CLASS ACTION law suit on their DIRTY/FILTHY hasnds! MT4 is a product of the BIGGEST internet THIEVES, ---Russians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I closed my FXCM account after I noticed many MYSTERIOUS actions on MY account!!!!!!!! BEWARE MT4...

Hi guys, and thanks for taking the time to read this. I have just started learning & coding in MQL (I have some experience with C). I am setting up an EA that gets moving averages . It loops, getting the moving averages repeatedly -- intending to be getting the most recent averages. The first time I

My broker varies spreads on a market that I'm interested in. I'd like to have an indicator that shows the historic Ask price. Can I access historic Ask prices, or will I need to keep a record of them myself? Does such an indicator already exist? Also, if I do need to keep a record myself, how can I...

Hi, I have programmed an indicator with many objects. If I remove it from a chart with no or less other objects, all my objects from this indicator will be removed. If I remove it from a chart with many objects, the objects are on the chart after removing it anymore

Hi folks, how can i retrive a failed return value for ArrayBSearch ? i just tried to wrote a wrapped ArrayBSearch Method but "dArray[iIndex * iSize + 0]" is always "0". How can i acces a undefined array like my paramter "(double dArray[], ...)" ? int wrappedArraySearch(double dArray[],double dValue...

I need to close all orders older than 2 hours. Anyone know how to do this or have anything that could help? I tried to understand the time function but it is not working, maybe I am calculating/obtaining the time incorrectly. Any help is welcome. Thank you! =D

Hello everyone: I'm new to MQL programming. I have code that's working perfectly fine as an indicator but when I convert it, I'm running into an odd issue. I'm not getting my arrays to set to any values in the latter. I define a Type Double Array and am using the High() function to define some...

For anyone willing to take the time to explain, if you create a custom indicator, how do you "encrypt it" for a better word, so others can use it without the code being viewed, thanks to anyone contributing, I do understand there is help in the "book" but i am asking for a contribution if i could...

Hello, everyone, I met a problem while coding in MT4. It is just a simple script that caused the CPU occupied at 100% percent. I was wondering whether you would be kind enough to enlighten me what is going wrong. Thank you so much!...

Hello, Simple question, Can I prevent an indicator to be used using iCustom() function? THX!

Hello, I have a simple question, Can an indicator call itself with icustom recursively? This could be useful to know other values of the same indicator in other timeframes. Cheers :-=

I would like to draw automatically two horizontal lines everyday on 00:30 and on 14:45. After the end of day two horizontal lines should be deleted and draw new lines on new day at above times. Has anybody any idea, how to do it?

Can anyone please explain this to me:

I'm on a 5 digit broker. Using Strategy Tester! This code, Alert("Stop Level: ", DoubleToStr(MarketInfo(Symbol(), MODE_STOPLEVEL),5)); returns 0.00000 However, this code:             Print("Attempting to open BUY order...");            ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,0.1,Ask,1,Ask-20*Point...