MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 1167

Hi, maybe it is basic knowledge but why is it that the MetaTrader backtester overrides the timeframesettings I assigned to my variables? For example: I want the EA to buy after an engulfing candle pattern has formed on a 5 min chart, so I declare the variables for iClose and iOpen and set them to...

I want to check with Heiken Ashi to see if their trend is in the direction of my order... as an added confirmation. How do I check them from my ea code? For instance... if my ea says to buy a currency pair, I want to check the Heiken Ashi indicator to see if there is an up trend on say the 15 min...

I have other exit criteria and i don't want it to get messed up.. I just want to add a stoploss to an order but OrderModify() wants a takeprofit value.

Hello, I have a huge issue with backtesting. I have coded my own EA, backtested it from year 2010 till today and the results was awesome, about 300% gain(the backtest was made at least 20 times, because I try to optimize EA). It was on main PC, but I when I was at work, I backtested it again and...

pls i need to no how to buid my own trategies,

Hello, I have a simple TimeBased EA, It does work fine with the demo account with Alpari but not in live accound with Oanda Without any errors in the Experts section Noticethat the: - Enable expert Advisors(except for Custom Indicators and Scripts) -Allow live trading -Allow external experts imports...

On: https://docs.mql4.com/account/AccountFreeMarginMode 2 - only profit value is used for calculation, the current loss on open positions is not considered;3 - only loss value is used for calculation, the current loss on open positions is not considered. The second line should say "the current...

Hi, I need an EA to check for a script on the chart and cannot find a function to do this, WindowFind() only works for indicators, is there a way to check for a script? Thank You!

Hi! I have an Expert Advisor with many variables, all of which can work on a range. The thing is, I would like to know if there is a way to run tests automatically in the Tester, each run with a different value for the variable (say, run test with some x = 1, then with x = 2, etc), because up...

Hi guys, In the docs it says: "Note: At the testing, local time is modelled and is the same as the modelled last known server time." just to be sure. In real time, on Fridays, when the server stop streaming data, Print(TimeHour(TimeLocal()) will be printing the local computer time. Right? Thanks,...

any indicator can detect ranging market ?

I apologize for my English. Hi I have a problem and do not know how to fix it, I hope someone can give me a solution. I have the EA USUALEXPERT.MQ4 that is in the metatrader programming book, but in this EA I can only open an operation to buy or sell at a time. The strategy is sigiente while the...

please can any one answer me whats the metatrader4 server name and also port

New article Using Self-Organizing Feature Maps (Kohonen Maps) in MetaTrade 5 is published at mql5.com: One of the most interesting aspects of Self-Organizing Feature Maps (Kohonen maps) is that they learn to classify data without supervision. In its basic form it produces a similarity map of input...

Hi, kind of a silly and short question. Every chart in MT4 has 2 triangles, one touching the upper border of the chart, the second one touching the lower border. Now the upper triangle lets you choose how far to the left should the chart be shifted (or moved) if you toggle the chart shift. What does...

I HOPE SOMEBODY CAN EXPLAIN ME THIS. I started my investing journey with the Forex market, so there when I make a market order to go long the price where I entered the market never changes. Example lets say I go long on EUR/USD at 1.4000 right? That price where I bought it will never change so you...

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hello, i would like to ask you for help, i want to make a my indicator: the highest close price of the last five period, but i don't know which formula use. thank you in advance for your help :)

Hi together, I developed an EA which I run since 1 month successfully on a Demo Account and I also made Backtest. Then for 1 week I start trading with a live account. For example today with StrategyTester only 1 Trade should be the result ( today from 1 am to 9 am), but with the Live Trading my EA...

I have an indicator that shows how many logs/shorts there should be open. This indicator is also used by an EA to open and close positions. This same system works with several strategies for a year now. As I have been testing a new strategy on a demo, a really weird thing happened. Every now and...

Hi! i'd like to know how can i round a number. For example i have 15049,704932354 to 15050. Thanks

An obvious question and I'm sure there is a simple answer staring me in the face, but, as Blackadder would say, "bugger me with a fish fork" if I can see it?

Hi! I've been trying to make an indicator that shows me when to enter and leave trades. I thought of making something like this for(shift = 1000; shift < Bars; shift--) { ma5c=iMA(NULL,0,5,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,shift); ma5o=iMA(NULL,0,5,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_OPEN,shift); if((ma5o > ma5c))...

on my MT4 connection bar i am getting 0-1kb is this normal? i have a fiber optic connection. i am asking because it seems my ea no longer make many trades. anyone hlep? [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/digitalsakurauk/0011696.jpg[/IMG]

Hi I tried to modify this simple program to display an UpArrow at three places ( times) depending upon the if condition. It works partly and displays one arrow when i run it offline in simulated mode. But does not work at all when online. Please can someone point the mistake and show me what i shud...

HI I need someone to copy a indicator script for me, I can direct you to the script and I need to be able to import it to my charts .. is all, how Much to do this task? Thanks in advance Dellitron

Hi all, since the search function seems to be down on this site I'll just ask away. I implemented a breakeven function into my EA from someone else's EA. There were no errors when compiling and back-testing yet when I watched the back-test report there were also no trades / order placements within...

I want to find the "Close" price everday at the same time. I've searched and searched, but to no avail. I keep seeing iClose and iBarshift, and have tried to use, but I am unable figure it out. I simply want it for the same hour everyday. Will someone please help with the code? Thank you

Backtest works fine with current settings, however it won't execute anything live. 2011.06.08 15:54:24 universalMACrossEA EURUSD,H1: 19:00 - 0 - 255 - 10 - DOWN 2011.06.08 15:54:23 universalMACrossEA EURUSD,H1: MinCrosDistance SELL All I get are messages like that over and over, the last message...