MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 1218

Hi All, i have problem in deleting pending orders, my ea opens 2 pending orders one BuyStop and the other SellStop. When one is opened the other should be deleted. Please tell me what is wrong with my code: double   FindSell;bool CloseBuy;datetime t;for (FindSell = OrdersTotal()-1; FindSell >= 0;...

Hi, I am used to do some backtests with the data of metaquotes. For that, i create a new folders in the hystory folders where i copy the xxx.hst files i need (usually M1) and the following files : symbols.raw, symbols.sel symgroups.raw and ticks.raw I have notice that the spread used for backtest is...

Hi All, I'm a newbie MQL4 developer and want to write an EA which amongst other things, would be able to access the current data value of a proprietary Indicator. I stress it's JUST the Indicator's current value that I need at EA execution time (as can be seen in the Indicator's window on the...

Didn't the manova advisor arouse any interest I looked at the trades (reports) - the grid with a non-linear (decreasing) step and definitely not a martingale Especially, deals from November 22 to 24 in eurusd (19 levels) amazed me and there is only one losing deal in this currency, and even that one

I am hoping that someone might tell me how to reference or set up a horizontal line, that when added to the chart will only appear in the area to the right of last price bar or candle and adjacent the price axis. I am happy to add the lines manually. Seems this would be a good way of removing...

New article Orders, Positions, and Deals in MetaTrader 5 is published at mql5.com: Creating a robust trading robot cannot be done without an understanding of the mechanisms of the MetaTrader 5 trading system. The client terminal receives the information about the positions, orders, and deals from...

I'm tring to use orderclose/ordermodify. I think before use that, I need to use orderselect. I have this code: if (condition1) { OrderSend(OP_BUY...) } for(int i=OrdersTotal();i>0;) // this is for select order if there are orders opened { OrderSelect(OrdersTotal(), SELECT_BY_POS...

How can I make a certain price level like the Low[1] to be a constant? My aim is to set a level of the previous bar as a stoploss that will work if the close price of any of the next bars is lower it, but not the bid (current) price like usually.

If using my EA I sometimes get this message, but I can still manually access the Trade Server. However, as I want to run the program continuously, this is a problem. In the worst case, my program can initiate a trade but then if the connection breaks down, my EA can not close the trade when...

Is it possible to see if a question posed on this forum has been read?

A strange behaviour :     int    Cur_EffSum, Cur_StratEff;                  double Cur_BKPercent;         Cur_StratEff = 75;    Cur_EffSum   = 190;        Cur_BKPercent = Cur_StratEff / Cur_EffSum * 100;    Print("Cur_BKPercent: ", DoubleToStr(Cur_BKPercent,8)); output : Cur_BKPercent: 0 But this :...

I occasionally have a number of limit buy or sell orders in place (multiple lots so I can scale out) that bog down just before reaching execution level and I would like to execute all of them at one time at market. Is there an EA available that does this? Thanks, SR

int init()  {//---- my indicators example code. just draw two arrow //----    ObjectCreate ("Arrow0",OBJ_ARROW,0,Time[0],Close[0]);    ObjectSet ("Arrow0",OBJPROP_COLOR,White);    ObjectCreate ("Arrow1",OBJ_ARROW,0,Time[1],Close[0]);   return(0);} // in my EA start function // i just want to get...

Hi, I'm not too familiar with MT4 and have encountered a small problem and ask if someone might know where I got wrong. Attached is a very simple indicator which should write the pips difference of 2 Ma's in a separate indicator window in two alternated rows. It seems okay for past bars but after...

Good evening, i'm having trouble to let my EA place pending orders when the middle white line on the chart is touched/reached. What am i doing wrong? i only left the necessary code in here, because it was too long to post here... double         BottomGoldLine;//Bottom, gold linedouble...

Please help add email alert to indicator.

Hi, Anybody any experience in connecting IB to MetaTrader 4? I tried MT4 IB Connector from a link on this forum but doesnt work. I also tried to login using Demo account from IB and entered IP and Port but no go as well. Don't get errors as well, only No connection.. I've seen a couple of expensive...

I heard that people can log in MetaTrader with Interactive Broker demo account number. Can anyone tell me how to use it? Thanks, helen

How can I repair my Expert Advisor for the Fx Broker who generates Error code 138 during open the order ? Other brokers work well.

Hi, With strategy tester I am trying to understand, that with drawdown if there are no losses then why is drawdown not zero? Check it out for yourself: Bars in test13254Ticks modelled12706147Modelling quality90.00%Mismatched charts errors1 Initial deposit5000.00 Total net profit5395.96Gross...

Hi guys, im having some level of experince in mql programming currently i am looking for solution like this: i have heard there are limitations that using copy trade tool with investor login so i have seen some sites which use online server kind of a thing and avoid that limitation. Can anyone...

Hello, I want to buy an EA that make constant profit, not necessarily the best profit possible but with a graph that increase with time. I understood this type of EA are named "Scalper" If any of you has a good scalper to sell me, than contact me. I am looking for something that works with 5.000...

Hello. I'm tring to test a strategy, but the mt4 don't giveme any results (no negative and no positive, any results). This are the messagge: 2011.01.29 13:00:19 Generator started for testing 2011.01.29 13:00:10 Generator EURUSD ,M5: loaded successfully but that's all. Somebody know why is that

I want to record spread when spread is larger than 10 point ( 5 digits). but it only one line record Please anyone has experience in file write/read.......Thanks

Hello, I have been using an indicator that works great and involves the plot of a histogram (green bar when indicator value of bar i exceedes that of bar i+1, red bar when indicator value of bar i is less than that of bar i+1, yellow histogram for uncertain area. As I say the indicator works great...

Hi All after a "spread crash", my broker restored my trade but without MaginNumber, saying there are not stored at the broker end but at the users end ? I'm quite confused ? any idea ? Thks

I want to be able to get the 2 values per bar that I see in MACD . For instance: The red line, versus the top or bottom of the histogram. How do I get those values? I only see one value returned by MACD. iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_MAIN,0) this only returns one value. Thanks for you help

Hi I'm new to the world of MQL4 but not to the world of programming in C. I've got a few custom indicators, the source code of which I don't have, but I want to create and expert advisor to place my trades based on the indicators (basically their colors). My sample strategy would be: 1. Buy when...

I need to trigger a specific function at the end of the final round of optimization, from the EA's deinit() function. What is the best way to do this? Do I have to calculate it out by making start, step, and stop globally available variables? Or is there an easier way?

New article How to Copy Trading from MetaTrader 5 to MetaTrader 4 is published at mql4.com: Is it possible to trade on a real MetaTrader 5 account today? How to organize such trading? The article contains the theory of these questions and the working codes used for copying trades from the MetaTrader...