MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 1654

I have an multi time frame strategy . I test it ( back test from 2000 and live test for one year.) I have 2 indicator in this strategy , but one of them used in 3 time frame . I want to write an expert for it , but I don't know mql program ! If every body can help for write this expert ,...

Hi How do I attatch EA to live trading... My EA works fine on backtesting, but on live charts I am not able to attatch itto any chart, and I don't get the little smiley as mentioned i the manuals. As I understand the only thing that I have to do is enable the EA in the optionmenu. Another thing...

Hello MT4 Gurus,I have this idea for a simple indicator, that I think would be very useful for everyone. It would work like this: If the current price is 10 pips or less near the current day HIGH or LOW them it plots a RED bar in a separate chart window. And if not, then it plots a BLUE bar. The 10...

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Hello, I have seen similar behaviour in articles posted here, but not the same behaviour (please see attached picture). The ea produces one trade per bar, and the quality of the backtest results areabout 89% to 89.7%. I am using a demo account in CROWNFOREX, loaded with HISTORICALM1 data from...

Hello, I would like to get the time of the last tick for a currency that is not the currencywhere I am running the EA. According to the doc I make RefreshRates(); datetime time1 = MarketInfo("EURUSD",MODE_TIME); but time1 is always 0. Any idea? Thanks

I have a demo Account and very often there is no connection and sometimes also Ihave a weak connection and the data don't reflect current prices, maybe it happensbecause my account is not a live account?

Hi brothers ! I need someone help me. I've got a good and simple Indicator but I want to use it as Expert Advisor. I'm cannot program it. It work very well in 15Mn, 30Mn chart with EUR/USD and the best GBP Thank !

Hi All! I would like to ask your help. I have a little problem with the iMACD() indicator. I'm writeing an EA to a 1_minute EURUSD chart. I would like to calculate a value of the MACD(12,26,9) of the previous day from a 1Day_Period timeframe. I tried this formula, which doesnt work well: MyMACD =...

parameter setting: MaxTrades=2; how many trades will be open, 2nd trade will be a double lot size to the previous open order Pips=10; price difference from the previous open order, Maxtrades must>1 Force_to_Normalacc=true; true——force to normal a/c, 0.01lots will not work；false——0.01lots can work

Hi, Can anyone tell my how I can take an existing indicator I have and change one ofthe colors to None so that particular line will not show? I would like to change something like: #property indicator_color1 LightSeaGreen #property indicator_color1 None but that doesn't work. I've tried...

I need help with the following. I can give an idea of how the flow of the programshould go, but cannot get the code working. Check currency to make sure that I can trade multiple currencies. Check if the current candle has not changed. If not changed, return 0 if changed, check for open trades...

I've been searching through the documentation and several forums. Can anyone helpme on this, is there a way to calculate the Average True Range at a set time, say 1am EST? It's been driving me nuts for the past couple of days.I am using iATR(..,...,shift), current shift is set at '0' which is the...

Hi, Can somebody help me to create a simple ea to purchase a buy order if todaysprice touching yesterday high(1 day candle) and to purchased Sell order if todaysprice touching yesterday low(1 day candle). I want to set a 5 pips tp. Thanks inadvance for your kind help

Hello, with next example you can get the High,Low and Closerate of the day. for(i=Bars-2; i>=0; i--) { if(High[i+1] > LastHigh) LastHigh = High[i+1]; if(Low[i+1] < LastLow) LastLow = Low[i+1]; //---- if(TimeDay(Time[i]) != TimeDay(Time[i+1])) { P =...

I have installed the latest MetaTrader4 from web site. I can run the terminal. exenormally. But when I try to use the object list, it is seem that MetaTrader4 beenlocked. It not response anymore key input. I must use the Win's task manager toclose the metatrader4, and then I run it. If I use the...

If account balance fell below $1000 I would deposit $500 Can I program this in so I can back test it on Strategy Tester?

I am just starting with MQL so the following could be a programming mistake butI don't think so. My first real EA involves setting BuyStops and Sellstops at channel boundaries.Then on the first bar of each day, adjust the orders if the orders haven't convertedto actual Buy or Sells yet. Because...

I am trying to limit my orders based on my available equity. Can anyone see what i am doing wrong? *************************************************** //---- input parameters extern bool ShortOnly = true; extern bool BuyOnly = true; extern int TakeProfit = 20; extern int ScaleTradeEntry = 10; extern

Hi, I have recently had a indicator turned into a EA not being a programmer I am onlycapable of reading and understanding some code not writing it. I am looking for some code snipets to do the following so that i can backtest anddecide on the best way forward. at present my EA just runs at a...

Hello. I have a demo account and I attached MACD Sample to 30min chart and 1minchart of  eurusd pair. I tested with strategy tester and it look likeit should work, but it doesn't. I don't know what I did wrong.......

Using the OrderSend function places a horizontal line at the stop loss and take profit values of thecolor passed in the parameters. Is there a way to modify the shape of the stop loss & take profit arrows? Iwould like to use the two arrow modes listed below, Value = 1 for the higher price& Value =...

Dear sirs, I urge you to include these 2 functions (actually they are events) to the start(), init() and deinit() functions: int OnTakeProfit () returns the order ticket number which just closed by hitting the TakeProfit level. int OnStopLoss () returns the order ticket number which just closed...

I was wondering if someone out there could help me write an expert advisor to dosome backtesting? I don't really know to much about writing code. I am lookingfor an expert advisor that will trigger a buy or sell if price moves above or belowthe 50 SMA & 100 SMA by more than 10 pips and checks to see...

How to get the price of a symbol?

Hi, I tried the FileWrite function and it works, but it writes only one line...howdo I use it in 'append' mode so the output file can store the complete historyof EA run in backtesting? I'm attaching my code below... handle=FileOpen("Pivots", FILE_CSV|FILE_WRITE, ';'); if(handle>0) { //...

Since the backtesting table only shows few information that I would like to expandthe table for few more items like MAE, but to do so I need the code that I shouldadd to my expert advisor so when backtesting is done a file with all of the backtestingresuls are saved somewhere. Can someone help...

I need to have this script run continuously run until the conditions are met forthe email to be sent once and the alarm to sound once. I need to enter theRefreshrates(); command in the correct areas in the script so the bid and the indicatorsare updated continuously. Any thoughts???

I would like to program this IF NUMBER OF OPEN TRADES = 8 THEN CLOSE THE OLDEST OPEN TRADE thanks

I need assistance taking the following pseudo code and making it work in MQL4. I'msure it's simple, but, I just can't bring it together. I have the conditions forestablishing a BO bar. I just need to set things properly for a comparison of themost recent BO bar with future bars and establish a mark...