MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 174

Hi. :) I am a beginner so please be patient. I have a simple code and I want it to run once so I add two global variables. SELL and BUY. I don't know SELL and BUY it resets and code executes over and over again, but I need the code to execute once

Hi everyone... I'm not sure how it works with signal copying. could someone explain it please? I tried copying a couple of signals, but my trades would always come to a small loss, when the signal provider's trades always came with some gains. i signed up with the signal provider's broker, and

I am a beginner, sorry for the very basic questions. I have an ea I purchased and installed on my mt4 platform. I'm going to switch broker soon so will I have to reinstall the ea or can it stay where it is now? I also received another ea as a gift with my purchase. It was sent in my personal

Hello Folks, I am trying to get last Ordertype. (MQL4) Below code only keeps on working when first buy position is opened. but when first Sell position is opened it always gives 0 regardless of what type of position are opened further. I have no idea what's going on. any help would be appreciated

How to get all pending orders with prices and volumes in Broker? e.g. XAUUSD buy: 1850: buy volume: 100lots, sell volume: 20lots 1845: buy volume: 500lots, sell volume: 10lots

Hi guys! I've wrote this code: double the_rsi = iRSI ( Symbol (), 0 , 14 , PRICE_CLOSE , 0 ); Print (the_rsi); and when I run this code in the backtest, the printed value is different than the value that I read in the indicator. What I'm wrong? Thank you

Hi guys! So I have below code: bool oldOrder() { datetime now= TimeCurrent (); for ( int i= OrdersTotal ()- 1 ; i>= 0 ; i--) { bool select = OrderSelect (i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES);int ticket = OrderTicket(); if (ticket == OrderTicket() && OrderSymbol()== _Symbol

Hello all Please shed some light on this discrepancy with iBands and the bands on the chart. Print (iBands(_Symbol,PERIOD_M5, 20,3,0,Ask, MODE_UPPER,0)); This line should give me the current upper value of the Bollinger Band on the 5min chart (with 3 standard deviations ). The result is printed as

hi there happy people, i want to be able to type in point numbers and not price number in an OBJ_EDIT to use to modify my active trades sl and tp, any help on the lines of code onhow to go about this

I currently coded an EA all in the OnTick function. Similar to this template: void OnTick() { bool longSignal = check MACD cross up; bool shortSignal = check MACD cross down; if (OrdersTotal() > 0) { if (shortSignal) OrderClose(Buy orders); if (longSignal) OrderClose(Sell orders); } if

the function below only calculates the dollar amount of the last open trade. I am looking to calculate the dollar amount of all open trades for the currency the EA is on. I can not find what I am doing wrong. can I get some help? thanks in advance. double LastBuyProfit()   {   for(int...

Hi all, My MT4 in my macbook suddenly cannot launch. Before activating the terminal, a window pop up saying shutting down the app. Anybody knows how to fix this? Thank you in advance. Josh

Hi everyone. I just begun testing my strategies on FOREX and there is a doubt I can not answer. This doubt is due to the difference between the candlesticks data retrieved from the broker and the same data retrieved from the metatrader server. This difference concerns both the data values themselves

Calculating the Risk Reward, yet need help with the Divider for different Pairs, On the USDJPY if I divide by 1000 the return gives me the correct value, eg 2.6 Yet on the EURUSD the value returned is 10,000 time too large eg 14478.37 instead of 1.45 all help appreciated 😊 double reward_risk() {

Hello guys, I am struggling for many days (actually I left it on the side for one year but now I would like to make it work) to customize Fibo levels : color, width, style as well as RAY_RIGHT property. Unfortunately my code doesn't work even after have read the documentation carefully and retried

Hello, traders/programmers, Currently I'm developing couple of EAs' After setting conditions to open a trade, For example, lets say I'm using EMA crossover: For the first position I'm using 0.01 lot(s), for the second position I want to use different lot size, How can I set a different lot size for

Hi everybody, I am new here just enjoying MQL.... I am referring to Metatrader4 Release 4.00 (Mac). I noted an incongruence between the Mean value at 200 period as evaluated programmatically using the iMA function and that evaluated by the Moving Average Indicator on the graph. Of course I am

Hi. i create indicator for change pair chart. - MQL4 with button : ChartSetInteger(chartID,CHART_BRING_TO_TOP,0,true); my problem : "CHART_BRING_TO_TOP" runing after get new tick. i need chart change realtime when i press button. Thanks

Hi I want to make an alarm like this My expert has 1 or more positions at the same time. When the indicator gives the exit signal, the positions are closed. I want to give an alarm when the positions close 1- Close 1 position Eurusd +$20 Profit Comment Currency Position type Number of positions

I have been having trouble with my MT4 software from IS6FX company. And I tried to install MT4 software from metatrader4.com as the official program. But what I downloaded as MT4setup.exe was showed the MT5 screen. It's unlikely to happen except something totally wrong happening on metatrader4.com

Toolbars & Status Bar Not Appearing on MT4 Desktop Open? Using a PC and Windows 10, on closing then reopening MT4 from the desktop shortcut the Toolbars & Status Bar are Not Appearing on MT4 Desktop Open?? Any assistance would be much appreciated, thank you

Greetings! I am new to the community, working in mql4, and wanted to share my coding journey so far. I invite you all to join me towards my goal of creating a profitable EA! I hope to learn from everyone and hopefully contribute as well! Attached are two scripts for creating outer (major trend lines

I have been trying to make an EA, I used CopyRates in the OnInit function. And I noticed the values weren't refreshing as new tick data came or the new candle formed. So is it advised to place it in OnInit fuction? Thanks for help

Hello everyone, I'm trying to build trading panel and I'm finding it difficult to move few items at the same time. I'm using on event handler on EA, tried Drag option and also object click, the result remain the same: after moving one item and releasing my button, the other objects follow. Would

Hello, I was able to read from a file outside of MT4 folders using windows API but when I'm trying to write there are spaces in between each letters. It's an old code I found online and tried to fix. I'm guessing it has something to do with the MulDiv function but not sure. Can you please take a...

Hi all, I need some programming help. What I want to do is kind of trivial to do if done graphically, but I haven't figured out how to do it inside an indicator program. 1. Rename objects: I want to rename chart objects such as an OBJ_FIBO so that it has a different "ObjectName". (NOT...

Hi, What are some of the technics that are being used for drawdown reduction

Dear My one of client purchase a product after that he can't activate his problem, it give the error "global initialization failed" Also he losing the activation when you try to install product in same computer

Hi everyone, I got a very BAD problem. The data on my Metatrader4 app on iPhone is frozen. Absolutely nothing updates. Tried logging out, relogging, removing cache, deleting and reinstalling app, still the same problem. Anyone know the solution? This is really bad, thank you

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