MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 1316

I am sure there is a simple explanation but I would be grateful to anyone who can explain this to me. In the following snippet of code e1 is not initialised with any value simply set up as "double e1". If this is the case how can this calculation work since e1 is dependent on a value of e1 already

I need to display point and figure charts in MetaTrader. Is anyone insterested in developing this for MetaTrader? Thanks, Keith

After blowing my account because I couldn't watch the market while it was going against me, I thought an EA will help avert that occurrence in the future. The problem is... I cannot code, so I need help. I need a Heiken Ashi EA which will... #1. (be able to) Trade on 1 hour charts (and if possible...

Hi Everyone, I am new to automated trading and new to this forum. I was wondering if anyone has any code for me to test out correlation trading: If I have two currency pairs that are fairly closely correlation, I would like to go long on one and short on the other when their spread widens and close...

I have an indicator that sets some global variables. I have a few EA's that use the global variables. Will the indicator execute first, then the EA's or are they done at the same time? The EA's are on many different pairs. Thanks -Non.

Greetings to One and All, I'm trying to get an EA to react and respond strictly to indicators and ignore the Opening, High, Low and closing points on bars/candles. Can this be done? If so: how ? Thanks to any and all for any assistance in this matter! (< 8)

It's no secret on this forum that an accurate prediction is impossible (although I won't be so categorical) unlikely, hence the problem statement or rather the previously set problem time_open|direction|close time turns into opening time|direction|(set TP and SL). Now the essence of the question

I'm trying to get the EA to only close out specified trades at the very beginning of each new bar, but it closes out the trades anytime it hits the TP or SL levels. I want it to ONLY act on the indicator level and NOT by the OHLC and ONLY at the beginning of each new bar. I have been using the...

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The last, almost scandalous, discussion of the source code formatting problem ended with the developers acknowledging the programmer's "right" to write programs the way they want (not the way they think) and promising to finalize the source code formatting settings. Now I've encountered a similar

The development of the MetaTrader 4 Mobile SE has almost been completed. At themoment, we can offer everybody a beta version of the new mobile terminal for smartphones.Download the MetaTrader 4 Mobile SE and take part in the development of the new terminal. Your opinions and commentsare very...

I am back testing a strategy on IBFX and FXCM platforms.. for the same period and the for the same pair.. the results between 2 are very differrent. Only differrence is on FXCM lot size is Mini and IBFX lot size is Micro.. I am not comparing the $ profit numbers.. I am comparing the % factor.. and...

Sir, I herewith attached a price chart on which I have 1) Firtst moving average with period: 6 shift: 0 MA method: Simple Apply to: Close Color: Dark green 2) Second moving average with period: 4 shift: 0 MA method: Simple Apply to: First indicator's data Color: Deep pink I need a Macd program which

Good afternoon to all ! When testing and optimizing the EURJPY Expert Advisor on the timeframe = H4 I ran into some incomprehension. (to put it mildly)! Outside the optimization period on the forward/backward test the Expert Advisor has shown quite a good result. See the chart. But run in the "back

Does .CSV File Read work in back-test?  I've created a News EA which reads .csv files and places orders. It works fine in forward tests but does not place a single order in back-test. All the resources on this forum talks about writing files in back-test to .csv. I just want to know if its possible.

Where do I file a bug report. Metalang.exe and MetaEditor.exe sometimes moves the error line. I prepare an example on when this happens. #property library #define NSECTIONS 4 string A[NSECTIONS] = {"A","B","C","D"}; int du my; // Error shows on correct line. string B[NSECTIONS] = { "A",...

HI, For an EA that I'm developing, I would like to move the StopLoss when a Take Profit is executed. In this EA, each time i am doing an order, i take 3 differents orders with different take profit (TP1, TP2 and TP3) and the same SL (for example 20 pips) I would like to move the SL when the TP1 is...

I've literally spent HOURS trying to find the imbalanced parenthesis error. I put all of it into Word and it confirms it with a count of: 300 for the Left parenthesis ( and 296 ) Right hand parenthesis I've removed all extra ones that I added for mathematical grouping and priorities and anything and

I rarely use Global Variables - https://docs.mql4.com/globals - and recently became interested in them for their ability to persist across optimization runs in Strategy Tester. My question is regarding the persistence of global variables - do they live on after strategy tester ends the optimization?...

can some one help me to see why this ea's trail stop not working properly

How is it possible that the balance could go into deficit

Hi all, I want to Set & Change T/P for multiple Positions on the same pair. so that the T/P is the same for all. Is there any script for this ? or anybody generous coding it for me. Thanks

Hi, Can I create a script or EA that calculate and plot my average position price? TIA

Colleagues, Please advise why two indicators with identical mq4 code produce different picture on the chart? More precisely, what is the methodolody of indicator development, for two lines (one drawn in real-time and one produced by calculating completed bars) would be the same? Here is the...

Hi, I'm trying to add a time condition to a custom indicator (essentially to only generate the alert during certain times of the day). I've had a read through some documentation and I understand that the time functions relate to seconds elapsed since 1/1/70. However, I can't seem to find an elegant...

Hi, Does someone could explain the difference between EachTick and Complete bar ? My ea entrance is always too late . Here the part of the code when I enter long : previous close > SMA 20 & RSI(25)>70 double EnterLong1_1 = iClose (NULL, 0, Current + 0); double EnterLong1_2 = iMA(NULL, 0, 20, 0

I'm having a problem in my hedge EA and would like someone to help me. When an order reaches SELLSTOP or BUYSTOP (hedge), the EA needs to remove the Take Profit of the first order. Thank you

Hi there, Is it possible to have F12 STEP the graph tick by tick (interpolating data) ? Thanks, Guy

New Version: MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal Build 226 Fixed displaying of pending orders for symbols with 3 decimal places. At 100 points before the execution price orders are highlighted red. The live update will be available through the LiveUpdate system.

Hello all, I mentioned my system in the free section and decided to try my hand at coding. I wasn't sure how to program the start, but one of the EA's called MasterMartingale here gave me an idea. So I started to program and what I have so far seems pretty interesting. Keep in mind, I haven't...