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How do you change the background color of a custom indicator (in a separate window), so not on the chart? Many have asked similar questions on here, but this one's never answerred..

In MetaTrader, Volume is the count of ticks within a bar. However, this definition is a little ambiguous. Two possibilities are: Volume is the count of ticks that are: 1. sent out by the broker's server 2. received by the client terminal Remember that ticks can be lost or discarded for a number of...

Hello community i'm not the best in programming so i like to ask for help i have a code for an inside bar indicator and now i like to get an alert when an inside bar is indicated the problem is, i get the alert when i stay on the right timeframe, this means i see the alert on the 1h timeframe when...

Hello All, I hope all is well with everyone and the recent volatility in the forex and stock has been favorable to you all.I have not been too lucky but I don't intend to to give up. I need help with an EA am trying to develop.it is a very smal program involving displaced moving averages....

Hello, Is it possible period conversation to Range Bars or Renko charts which is not basedon time periods. I believe it is possible for someone to create a script convertor.If somebody is interested I will post calculations and formulas for modulationsof such charts. This kind of charting shows...

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Hi all, I am coding an indicator and want to use prices without point, for example instead of "1.64800" i want "164800". Please provide solution for different pairs with different digits modes. You helps is appreciated

Here's the situation. I have a Buy Order Opened. Once conditions are met, I want to close the Buy and open a Sell. Everything works up to the close of the Buy, but the Sell doesn't open. Infact, the Alert shows that the Sell is opened with the same ticket# as the Buy and GetLastError()...

Is there a script out there that could change the stop loss based on the price hitting a certain level. One of the CRAP robots I bought contained a script that when the order was placed the Stop Loss would be a 100 points below the entry, but as the price went the opposite way the SL would adjust...

Hi I need assistance with simple code that will only allow a trade at the time of crossing of 2 moving averages . Any help is appreciated

I released this custom indicator I hope all traders find it profitable.

hello, am taiwo and a newbee to this forum. but i have a problem which i hope can be solved by anyone in this forum. i just developed a system(robot) which works efficiently on demo account but any time i apply it to my live account -- my platform is ALPARI,UK---it starts entering trade...

Dear Sirs from metaquotes, could you please tell me, at least give me a hint when the new version of the language will be available. I searched the forum and on the MQL5 request a great many posts, but searching through them does not give an answer. This is not a good question, because I need to

The Userguide says, Some automated trading systems do not depend on properties of modeling within a bar, they trade on completed bars. The bar is completed if the next one has appeared. These are such experts for that this modeling method was developed. In this mode, the bar opening is modeled...

Every community has its own interest clubs, e.g. bikers have theirs, aviators have theirs, etc... Do traders have something similar? If so, please send coordinates, if not, why not create one? Or it is not possible due to individual approach? What do you think

Fxcm or MT4 platform?

I need to find out if the open positions on the account are either BUY or SELL positions. With my EA they will be either one or the other but how can I interogate e.g. if (OpenPosition() = BUY) Please advise, fairly new to MT4 many thanks.

any way of getting rid of the 5th or last digit after the decimal?

Is this possible with mql?? indicator X is active on the chart and it has 1 extern value set to Y. Indicator Z is active on the same chart and wants to know the value of Y

How do I code my ea so that is places only one trade each way and does not place a trade once the take profit target is hit //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| easycrom.mq4 | //| Copyright...

assuming that im working with the basic macd EA template that is provided, how can I open up multiple orders? right now, i can only open a buy/sell and then must close it before opening anything else. i changed the top of the code from if(total<1) ... to if(total<10) assuming that this would allow

Hi, I started learning about several different scalping systems. Some people are using M1, some M5. Why is there so little information about using intra-M1 changes on the tick level? I started gathering each tick and saving them into CSV files. They give some useful information and may be great for...

How is it possible to uniquely identify a Tick? Is there such a thing as a Tick ID, such that when looking at different MetaTrader terminals connected to the same broker server, we can see whether each terminal received (or skipped) a tick with a particular Tick ID? I can't really use TimeCurrent()...

We have to be carefull, because in the process of trading we are risking capital. Banks pay a paultry 2% for the priveledge of using our money for a year (CD Rates), but thanks to the FDIC, our original capital is secure. I really feel some of these robots being hawked on the internet which show you...

hi everyone can anybody modify standard MACD indicator to paint bars BLUE when MACD value is higher than signal and RED when MACD value is lower than signal. if it is already done please tell me where can I get it? thanks Victor1967

how to get the positons of macd (a, b,c) ? please help me,thanks ! i have write some codes of that,but it is wrong when i test,i don't know why ?can you help me ? #include <stdlib.mqh> #include <WinUser32.mqh> #property indicator_chart_window #property indicator_buffers 2 #property indicator_color1...

I use Contest Account the price is something like 1.4540. But I applied for a demo account the price is like 1.45408.I ask this question because when I use Stop Loss,  there will be different result. Say stop loss is 20, then 1.4540's stop loss is 1.4520 when open a buy. 1.45408's stop loss is 1...

Can tax info be downloaded into a US 1040 schedule D for annual return purposes?

It seems buy and sell orders come 1 minute after indicator singals them in the EA. I am using opening price as model. What could be the reason for the delay ? Thank you

I was using mt4 on another pc but now just get a message on each chart window saying WAITING FOR UPDATE.