MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 512

hi im learning to code and for that im checking EA codes so i have this with a EA based in envelopes Env_upper = iEnvelopes(Symbol(), PERIOD_M1, Z_period_328, MODE_LWMA, 0, PRICE_OPEN, EnvelopesDeviation, MODE_UPPER, 0); Env_lower = iEnvelopes(Symbol(), PERIOD_M1, Z_period_328, MODE_LWMA, 0

Hi guys I have tried several times now to install MT4 on my Mac, having first installed Wine and PlayonMac.  I can get the platform installed, but am unable to access all currency pairs in the 'New Order' function.  When right clicking on a chart, no trade/new order option is available.  Please help...

Hi, Can anyone suggest what is the best way to keep MQ (Metaquotes) and Broker data separate and really do keep them both? I don´t want one overwriting the other and vice versa. Thanks a ton for suggestions..

Sirs, In connection with another problem, I am trying to write a piece of MQL4 code in an EA that gets the closing values of the last eight hours and loads them into an array. After one hour, the code reloads the array.  However, printing out the array values indicates that the values in the array...

Only curiosity about the predicting power and the accurancy of the autochartistautomatic analisys... But I only took a view of the site, this the first time ihear of it. SA

hi guys, first i need to say that i use a separate folder for back-testing, in my "mt4/history/" is a folder "backtest", the full path is "Program Files (x86)/MetaTrader/history/backtest". if i want to use mt4 with broker data, i login to normal account / demo-account, if so the history is taking...

Hello everyone, I downloaded a platform from this site MQL5, I think I have downloaded the Mt4, but I have some doubts, above it says HalifaxPlus live, I tried to connect the codes of a broker of a demo Mt4, but I can not activate the orders. Practically, I have left off-inactive NEW ORDER. What...

Let's say in the same MT4 terminal there is one EA running on a EURUSD chart and one EA running on a GBPUSD chart. If there is a new tick for EURUSD, the code inside of the OnTick() function of the EURUSD EA will be executed. Under certain conditions I want it to make a call to the GBPUSD-EA, so...

Hi, I am already trying to read the values of an indicator with iCustom, but always I get only 0 with this kind of indicator: test.mq4 extern ENUM_TIMEFRAMES   MA_TF            = PERIOD_M30; extern int               MA_Period        = 50; extern ENUM_MA_METHOD    MA_method        = MODE_SMA;...

I have looked all over the known internet.. I have tried coding one myself.. I have even paid someone to try and code a Heiken Ashi EA.. ALL TO NO AVAIL........ IF ANYONE HAS AN HEIKEN ASHI (--JUST HEIKEN ASHI-- NO MA, NO PSAR etc..) THEN PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE POST IT HERE. If you are...

I need help with this line of coding:   OrderSend (Symbol(), OP_BUY, 1, Ask, NULL, NULL, OrderOpenPrice()+1*Point, NULL, NULL, NULL); Trying to place an order send to just place buys at latest bought price without having to modify order or any other newb ways which result in more lag. 1. Not...

let say the signal author trade a fixed lot size of 0.01 and he has a balance of $100 in his account now. If i have $100000 in my account do i still trade only 0.01?

In MT4, when callling EventSetMillisecondTimer(1), the code inside in fact is not executed every millisecond. It gets executed about every 15.6ms (1000 / 64 ms). I want it to be executed every millisecond, so I tried to call timeBeginPeriod(1) from winmm.dll on Windows Server 2008, 2012 as well as...

Hello, Is there a way to make the body lines of the candlestick thicker on MT4? Regarding to this, is it possible to increase the distance from candle to candle? And one more question, can you someone help me with this Stochastic , the problem is the fall of the end of the lines, which is bug

Hi, I am brand new to MQL4 and this is my very 1st attempt at writing an EA. I have created two functions for trendLong and trendShort. If current bar's open is higher than daily open then it should open a long position and vice versa for short positions. 1- What I see is that it only opens long...

Hello I try to catch the '1,2,3' on semafor but  all are not catched. i use it int pos = Bars - countedBars;          if(iBuffer1[pos]==EMPTY_VALUE)         {          iBuffer1[pos]=iCustom(Symbol(),0,"3_Level_ZZ_Semafor",Period1,Period2,Period3,Dev_Step_1,Dev_Step_2,Dev_Step_3,Symbol_1_Kod...

Is this possible? Can an EA limit ontick function for indicators so that the indicators on chart recalculate on new candle only. For example: EMA and MACD on D1, EA recalculates indicators on new D1 candle. H4, freeze all indicators on candle open, recalculate on new candle H4, H1 Freeze chart...

Good day folks. Please excuse me if this is already posted somewhere, but I haven't found anything on this. In MT4, I have a running EA and one Indicator (spread widening indicator) in each chart. The problem is that whenever I switch between timeframes (M1, M5, M15,...) or turn the platform OFF...

Good day, I wonder how do I attach a moving average to the ATR. My idea is to merge the two indicators causing the ATR scan the ranger average 14 period MA, is it possible? I've tried the simple way is to drag the MA ATR but failed. Notice the print and how the moving average is moving Waving as ATR

Hello, Is there any safe method to check if history is current after error 4066?. THX

Hi all, I'm quite new to mql, I would write a script that opens multiple charts (several pairs shown at same time) and on each chart an indicator should be automatically loaded. Can someone address me to the correct way to open them and load indicator? i.e. I would open AUDUSD, EURUSD, USDJPY,...

I just noticed that when I open the terminals on my VPS that there are no products to be shown in the market. The same goes for Purchases which is completely empty. This happens even though I am logged in to the MQL5 Community. Some of the tabs are also missing. I think it all happened after...

Hi, that's the thing, I've been writing a csv file but my expert always write on the first file line, there is part of my code: void saveLog(int _index){    string file_name=Symbol()+"-LOG\\["+Year()+"-"+Month()+"-"+Day()+"].csv";    int file_handle=FileOpen(file_name,FILE_CSV|FILE_READ|FILE_WRITE,"...

MT4 Live Update is executing fine on Windows XP when a new build becomes available. It is not executing on Windows 7. I get the pop-up dialog box from Live Update notifying me of a new build being available and asking for permission to proceed with the update, and when I click "Yes", nothing...

Hallo, since weeks I have a problem with the correctly calculation of the day before dayhigh und low directly after (the first! tick) change of day. Previously, this worked: if (oldday != StringToTime(TimeToString(TimeCurrent(), TIME_DATE)) {    //directly the first tick after change of day...

Hi All For years I have simply unzipped 'profiles' into the MT4 profile directory that I have had set up. For some reason now, these never show in the profile pop up at the bottom of the MT4 screen. Any ideas anyone? Cheers Steve 

I want to build an EA that sell 1 lot when I have a moving average crossover, no take profit or stop loss  First I check if there were no crossover in the previous bar  ( iMA(Symbol(),0,2,1,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0)  >  iMA(Symbol(),0,10,1,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0) then if there is a crossover...

Hi, I lost my beloved Marketscope platform, bc. of the FXCM mess. Now I'm trying to get used to MT4 and I'm baffled. Many things I took for granted are simply not available. Three things I miss very much right now and I would appreciate help, bc I am simply overwhelmed with the unwieldability of MT4...

Hello, in MT4 there is a possibility to take a screenshot of the current chart. Now if I want to edit this image, add my ideas to it, analyse it...can I do that in MT4? Of course I could simply use a image editing software such as photoshop but maybe MT4 has a built in one which I couldn't find yet?...

Hi, if there are many thousands of trades in the tradehistory tab in metatrader 4 terminal (build 1045), the cpu utlization is always 100 percent. Unfortunately mt4 starts with the complete history loaded as default. Does anyeone know a possibility to start with one day history?   thx