MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 1480

Okay, I have made a lot of functions in my ea. I cannot simply remember all my functions with their specific parameters, constants, and et cetera... You know how metaeditor gives quick hints on internal functions. I want metaeditor to remind me of my own functions with their parameters. How do I do...

Please help me to design a custom indicator or point to one like this, that shows when 1)the current bar high is greater than the previous bar high and the current bar close is higher than the previous bar close and 2)the current bar low is lower than the previous bar low and the current bar close...

To the Meta Quotes Programmers: I dont know what the hell is going on with you guys, but build 223 has a major glitch with the strategy back tester. I down load the data from the history folder, and then notice that there is 13 days of missing data April 3 - 13/2009. Then If refresh the chart, I...

Hi, I need to make a code to convert candles into a wave pattern, the input will be the candles, and output would be the lines joining short term tops & bottoms, just like in this picture http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq30/kernu11/waves.png What method should i use ? Names, links, ideas,...

What are the best ways to get free: - IFR Forex Watch - Thomson Reuters streaming news - Dow Jones Newswires FX Select

Hi, today I started MT4 (223) the first time on my new notebook with Windows 7 beta 64 Bit. At first MT4 shows me the (custom) indicators and experts from the folder: C:\Users\cas\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\MetaTrader 4\experts\indicators But then I couldn't get a login to get...

I've setup stop losses based on FibRetracement. Once the price goes below the Fib100 line this new SL should be set: OrderModify(ticket,OrderOpenPrice(),Ask+MyPoint*FibRetracement(2),OrderTakeProfit(),0,Red); The problem is that the SL was set ABOVE the Bid which is wrong. Any ideas?

Uses 55 Moving Average and RSI . Login : 753329 Password : 4dcgwxy Server : AlpariUK-Demo When : Sunday 11.00pm (GMT) to Thursday 11:59pm (GMT) Symbols : EURUSD, USDJPY, GBPUSD, USDCHF Timeframe : 1M mark.johnson.uk@o2.co.uk

if the MetaQuotes-Demo server can proviede USD index, that can hope us very very good! the USD index is not very complex,we hope the MT4 can do this in the next update. Many thanks. ps:what i mean is not the MT company provide a indicator, but provide an symbol,such as EURUSD ,the symbol is "USDX"

Hi, everyone! I have an opportunity to run some huge computation task on a Linux High-performance computation GRID. If I could run MetaTrader 4 tester optimization it would be superb!! But there is a catch- the GRID only runs non-interactive programs. It means NO WINDOWS, or running in background,...

What softwere can I use to create and read dll? Best Regards,

I have been drilling every where to find a solution to this... Scenario: I want to have user input that will provide a start time and end time for a range of time. Then get the GMT for both. Next I need to get the server time and get the GMT for this (already done). Finally, I need specify my...

Would like to show information such as currency and timeframe title bar top right next to minimize, maximize and x buttons.

can anybody give me a code example for how to caculate when there is a lower than previous low or double bottom ? i looked in code base but cant find an indicator for example. here is what i learn from ilowest function but dont know is it right. double prelow = ilowest(symbol(),0,mode_low,20...

can someone write a programme for me that will be closing all pending orders for me, on every particular day and particular time. please my email is lisa_elison@yahoo.com

Hi fellow traders/programmers, I would realy like to have a script made that tells me via text message or email when it's time to trade accouring to my rules. therefore I think I need a script that compares to simple moving averages (close) and it must give an allert when this happens via a text

I am looking for a coder who can convert our strategies and indicators from TradeStation 8.4 to MT4. Please let me know if anyone have ever done so. if you are a coder send me your contact at asia8888@gmail.com

Hi guys, i'm new to mql4 and would need a little bit help on a simple script. what i want is to find the lowest price & highest price between 1pm GMT - 5pm GMT, and enter a long position 50 pips above the high, or enter a short position 50 pips below the low. i know it may only take several lines of...

can anybody tell me why this code doesnt work ? as i can see i followed all the rules to create an ea. double   prerange2 = iHigh(Symbol(),PERIOD_M5,2) - iClose(Symbol(),PERIOD_M5,2);double   prerange1 = iHigh(Symbol(),PERIOD_M5,1) - iClose(Symbol(),PERIOD_M5,1); double   currange = iHigh(Symbol()...

Hello all, Does anyone here know of a script that can loop through all the currency pairs and capture the data window information of the last closed candle and export each pairs' data to excel? TIA Darc

Hi, I'm new to MQL4, I'm using metastock currently which comes with very rich librarysuch as LLV-LowestLowValue, PeakBarsAgo etc. Does MQL4 come with this kind of libfor downloading or we have to develop it. Regards, Toyogo

I'm using this indicator to identify trends. I would like to use the values from multiple timeframes to give me a clear picture as to the short-term vs long-term positions. Getting the value is easy; the problem is that the min/max values are not fixed so the value could be bullish (green) on one...

I would like to know how to avoid the famous "130:iinvalid stops" error. Thank you in advance.

Well... after about 9 months of intensive programming it finally looks like I've succeeded with a signalling system that really works. This "unreal" graph is a backtest result. But after two weeks of forward testing on demo the preliminary results are fully inline with the back tests... getting...

Hello, MACD Sample can work when I run in Tester. I changed its name to MACD Sample_1 which is not work in Tester. I don't know why it happened. Could anyone can explain that reason? Thank you in advance. szfishing

if i use a universal EMA setting some thing like this extern double ShortEma = 15; extern double LongEma = 35; extern int TakeProfit=750; extern int TrailingStop=100; extern int StopLoss = 100; extern int MAMode1 = 0; // 0=SMA 1=EMA 2=Smoothed 3=Linear Weighted - EMA rules (usually) on...

Today, I updated MT4 to the latest version (build 222) and noticed that the predefined variable "Point" returns 0 when using a sub-pip broker (such as United World Capital, which is the default demo broker in 222 build). MarketInfo(Symbol(), MODE_POINT) also returns 0. As as result, any code that...

Hi I have created some code (from Period_converter_opt.mq4) to generate a HST file which is the differnce between to lines). However, I find that when the difference goes -ve MT4 treats the data as invalid and refuses to display it and indeed removes it from the HST file. Is anyone aware of this

hi folks, i have a question on backtesting: what is the time frame and minimum number of orders to be backtested before you consider the code for testing on a life demo account? Do you consider a wider market structure over the back-testing period: for instance since second half 2007 the makret are...

Now after reading one of the neighboring forum threads I finally got the idea in my head that I'm working on the wrong thing and thinking "in the wrong direction". I have already programmed a dozen or two EAs based on various indicators and trading systems available on the Internet. All to no avail