MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 1590

Is it possible to run tester automatically from MQL script with parameters specified in script like: data, type of currency, period, name od EA and type of modelling? Best Regards

Hello - for whatever reason I'm back at square one again as my stderror.mqh should not be my old original one with mods to get over the >31ch bug in that file. but the damn thing is there and no where or if there is 'proper' one with <=31ch lengths... whatever.... PLEASE could anyone reply to this...

Hi there, I tested 'macd sample'.. the default one.. and i added one line "Print("Close MacdCurrent "+MacdCurrent+" MacdPre "+ MacdPrevious)", just to see the macdCurrent.. and i have 2 values from this line, the first one its 0.074 on chart and the second one in the journal its 0.070 !? What...

Hello, can anyone point me out how the ideal way to POST/RETRIEVE data to database in a web server. i can code php and back end is ready as soon as there's way to send/get data through metatrader 4 terminal. Any idea ?

How Do Call or using Another Script in my mql4. example main mql4 names is deneme if a>173 l "closeAllProfitOrders"

Hi, This is a general question about MQL4 API and terminal design i havent found answers on the forum or knowledgebase. When EA is running it is exposed to tick-level events. But what happens when there's a network outage, lets say for 20 seconds my terminal doesnt receive any ticks. 1) When the...

OK, so this is so simple I can't beleive I actually have to post a thread about it, and I apologize.  However, I have searched through all the documentation and all I have found is info on how to close ORDERS, not actual OPEN TRADES.  So I need to know, how can I close a trade, or a portion of a...

Is it possible to seperate the bid and ask data feed and chart them both ?

Hello I have set up a different copy of metatrader with historical alpari data -- this copy never connects to a server in order to preserve my historical data. However, I would like to run backtests with different spreads and stop_levels from the ones used by the last account that i used with this...

I designed my EA based on the M5 chart. I'd like to set the close price of bar[2] of the M15 CHART as the stoploss price when opening a position. How can I quote the price? Thanks!

Hi,could you help me translate a Metastock indicator to metatrader ? Here's the code : Period:= 15;denom1:= If(HHV(H,Period)-LLV(L,Period)>0, HHV(H,Period)-LLV(L,Period), 1);P1:= Mov(((C-LLV(L,Period))/ denom1)*100,3,E);denom2 := If(HHV(P1,Period)-LLV(P1,Period)>0, HHV(P1,Period)-LLV(P1,Period),...

I'm learning mq4 and have one that displays 2 ima's. But they are bothdrawn in read. How can I control the colors and thickness of theselines? I'm computing the 2 ima's in the start() function. thanks, William

I am looking for a programer in of course this Mql4. I would like to see what you have accomplished or a resume or sorts.

What is the best data to use on strategy tester ? That downloaded from meaquotes or the data from Alpari? What is the best broker to use?

Hi, I want to calculate de momentum of a EMA, but the result is only a constant 0... void dT1(double ro, int n, int ExtCountedBars) { int pos=Bars-2; double MMES[]; if(ExtCountedBars>2) pos=Bars-ExtCountedBars-1; while(pos>=0) { if(pos==Bars-2) MMES[pos+1]=Close[pos+1];

Is there a way to plot the %-price change per day on daily charts...? (closed price) Thanks, Gilbert, Brussels, Belgium.

i want to add a type of commodity, and use mt build model to auto trade it, how to do? thanks.

Hello, I don't know how to write this into my EA Pair : EUR/USD Initial Lot : 1 Lot Decrement : 0.1 Lot First price : 1.5500 If I have a signal to BUY : - Open 1 Lot at 1.5500 - Close 0.1 Lot at 1.5505 (keep 0.9 Lots with OrderOpenPrice at 1.5500) => Close the last 0.9 Lots IF I have a signal to...

Deinit() runs when the chart symbol is changed, time period is changed, or the EA removed from the chart. Is there a way to determine what caused Deinit to run? I have objects on my chart I want removed when the EA is removed but I want them to remain if the symbol or time period is changed

I put the Heiken Ashi indicator on a chart, leaving the original candlestick there and not changing their colors.  The HA candlesticks were pretty different from the orginal candlesticks.  The highs and lows were close, but the opens and closes were off.  Anybody know why this is?

I'm creating an indicator that helps me see when I should consider opening a buy position. For the most part I'm very satisfied with how well it works with my system. However, the one situation I can't get my indicator to downplay is the fake-out that happens about 1/3 down on a price decreasing

I wrote an EA that does work but not the way I want it to. I would like it to close the buy position when the histogram goes red on the bar close and then the opposite so it would be in the market all the time. I can get it to stay in the market but it just wont sell or buy at the places i want it...

Hello All, Our team wanted to get some feedback from the development community on certain problems you maybe facing as a developer and it'd be a big help if you could take some time to find out the survey below. When we're done collecting answers, I'll post the results on this forum so everyone can...

Hi all, would love to have the excuse of being A newby, but have been addicted to FX for 3 years !! Well I would not trouble the MQL4 community normaly ?, but as tini tiny problems go this one is HUGE, im not very computer literate & dont know how to use spell cheque so if Huge is not wright try...

Is this possible to use strategy tester in a program? I mean something like testStrategy("EURUSD", from, to, ..., EA_BALANCE) returning value of balance. I would like to do some automatic tests for my advisor and it would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.

At this time we could start a thread about classical trading methods to traders with a bit of experience with the main goal of learning about trend trades and counter trend trades using classical indicators but gathering, momentum price and time. To gather this three elements the triple screen setup...

Hello, how can I create include file (.mqh) for txt file with more then 1 field. Thanks alot .

I have an EA and I want to open trades from 05:30 to 12:45 How can we code this? Ionathan

1.How do open,read and erase from sembol.xls file data.? sembol.xls is included field1,field2. example; string sem=fiels1; 2. How do erase sembol.xls ?

Is there an indicator that draws the 50% of the day as highs and lows change throughout the day? It would be valualbe to see the 38% and 62% as well. An option to see yesterday's levels would also be good. These levels are very strong on GBPJPY for scalping and very high percentage