MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 158

Good morning to everyone, how can I run an ex4 file (I don't have the mq4 file to compile it) on MT4 in windows 10? The software does not recognise the file, but when I try to buy it on the market it says that it needs Metatrader 4 for Windows in order to run. Thanks

Hello everyone, Going through the first steps of MQL4 programing and starting from something simple (code attached). Compiling shows 0 errors and no warnings. When I run it on the backtester (during 1 full month) it only places a single BUY order which it closes immediately after opening. I've tried

I've been testing many different trend based indicators, and some in combo too. I find <Deleted>(both of which don't repaint) fine so far. I trade two crypto pairs which trend quite a lot, so don't mind as little as a few signals a month. I'm not interested in catching the top or bottom of a trend -

#property copyright " N.Huy "#property link      ""//+------------------------------------------------------------------+extern double Initial_Equity = 3000 ;extern double Profit_Rate = 5 ;//+------------------------------------------------------------------+double Profit_Equity...

void OrderEntry( int direction) { if (direction== 1 ) if ( OrderSend ( Symbol (),OP_BUY,GetLongContracts(),Ask,SLIPPAGE,GetStopLossLongPrice(), 0 , NULL ,MagicNumber, 0 ,Green) < 0 ) { Print ( "Order Send failed, error # " , GetLastError ()); RefreshRates (); } if

I want to read value of previous down and up leg of zigzag . here is indicator //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| MultiZigZag | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ /* 31

Hello, My custom indicator uses price action and other indicator info from higher timeframes which I use to determine various parameters to assess the confidence level of the trade setup. While this works fine in real time, the higher time frame parameters don't seem to refresh when running the

int OnInit () { TF = Period (); drawLabel(); return ( INIT_SUCCEEDED ); } void OnDeinit ( const int reason) { if ( ObjectFind ( "LabelDebug" ) != - 1 ) { ObjectDelete ( "LabelDebug" );} } int TF; void drawLabel() { string name = "LabelDebug" ; string text = "TF: " + TF; if

Hi everyone, i want to check when RSI cross some level (let say 20) for the first time after it came down from level 50, the second cross to same level i dont want it just the first one, and this is my attempt: bool FirstTouchLevel20() { int Lvl20TouchCount = 0 ; for ( int i = 1 ; i <= 100 ;

Hi, I wish to have my EA start automatically when the MT4 terminal launches> I have tried to implement this : https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/service/start_conf_file but it seems to be completely ignored, MT4 starts exactly the same with or without the .ini file ? this is my

Good day... Can someone share with me a code of an MT4 where I can programm the closing of a trade , after X candles after the trade is opened. Or.. where can I find this guide. Thank you very much

Please I am building an ea that uses martingale, I want to know a loss trade loss in pips whether the trade is closed before hitting SL or it close hitting SL all I want is to get the loss in pips which the next trade TP will be that loss trade pips. So even if next trade loss or any amount of trade

Recently, PUSH notifications in MT4, not stable work or does not work at all. Pings are not stable, with extended intervals or not at all. I try it from different computers and IP addresses. Maybe someone knows what, why this could be? Someone, somewhere, is banning something or is MQL5 having

anyone facing the same issue when installing MT4 on Cloud computer? Keep prompting insert proxy server login... need help urget appreciate your help and comment thank you

#property copyright "" #property link      "" #property indicator_chart_window extern int Pips = 50; extern bool Alerts = true; extern bool PushNotification = false; double point; datetime alerttime; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator...

Attached is EMA Crossover indicator, can somebody help me in changing the indicator from buy sell "arrows signals" to "horizontal lines" on the chart. Also previous horizontal line should be deleted on the formation of new. Thank you

Hello Everyone I'm working on a project right now using data from four custom indicators on 9 timeframes in mql4. Currently I make use of the iCustom function to get data from necessary buffers and bar indexes. As you can imagine, I have over 60 iCustom calls and its slowing down processing

Hi all I've been racking my brain on this all afternoon and can't work out where I'm going wrong...  My goal is to find the high/low between now and a previous trade. I know the general gist of it is  (1) find current datetime and past reference datetime (2) find the hours between the two datetimes...

I have an old MT4 account and there is an amount in it and I cannot withdraw the amount because I am not familiar with the broker. Is there a way to find out the broker or withdraw the amount

How do I get a region, lets say daily TF to display the same value for my index buffer, without having to use time[] array. I used iTime() to get the values of the various time to calculate for, but the index buffer is having different values for each candle and not the time frame regions. Thanks

Hi all, I guess what I really need to plan my next project is a generalized list of what custom indicators CAN'T do. vs what EA's CAN'T do. Or at least some main feature differences that might guide me in deciding EA vs Indicator. Please advise Thanks

I am new to coding: how do I code something like this: stochastic833 signal line is going up , trigger: rsi7 crosses below 40

I am trying to draw a trend line in a separate indicator window , but the lines are being drawn in the main window instead of indicator window What am i doing wrong ? here is my code : #property indicator_separate_window #property indicator_minimum 1 #property indicator_maximum 2 int OnInit () {

Hi Team, Weird thing just happened (21:25:48 2022.03.24) I clicked on the X to close out three of my open XAUUSD Long trades and instead of closing them out, MT4 / IG opened three short trades on AUDJPY. I was not on the AUD JPY screen, and i did not have any trades open on the AUDJPY. Every time

please i am finding it difficult to run mt4 on my desktop can someone help me

input datetime InpDateTime = TimeLocal (); I would like the input panel to always show the current date as the default value when prompting for a date. However, when I write the above, I get an error. What can I do

With pressing 'chart moving' icon, We can move chart to the left and make some empty area.. Now, I want to draw some lines (ex. MAs) in this area. Is it possible to draw lines like Moving Average Lines in this area??? Show me the functions or codes, pliz...

I am writing my own script that submits Forex orders. It seems pretty straight forward, but my MT4 has a live and a demo account. How do I select which account I am sending my Forex order to? I have a Windows program I bought that can submit orders to MT4 based on which account I choose (Live or

Hi everyone. Why does the function IsNewbarOnTimeframe return true when the program is just loaded (at the middle of the current bar)? Why not wait until the current bar (first bar) ends before returning true just like the subsequent bars? How can one code that the function should be false until the

Hello everyone, I have a quick question regarding backtesting in general: Do you know where I can find price data for the different currencies? And how do we know if our data is not falsified? Thanking you in advance, I wish you a great day