MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 520

hi, I am on FXCM MT4 platform. I am wondering how can i import my own historical data into FXCM MT4 platform and conduct backtest based on these datas. I tried historical center / import, but when i hit "import", nothing happened and how can I check the data has been successfully imported? where is...

Hi there, I have an EA that I've been trying to back test with inconsistent results using the Optimizer. If I use the settings that come back from the Optimizer and just run a single pass I get different results. I decided to add some logging to a file in order to try and figure it out.  The first...

Ciao a tutti ho creato il mio primo EA partendo da un indicatore molto valido ma non apre posizioni, mi potete aiutare?? grazie Hi boy, i have created my first EX, copy the strategy of a good indicator, but the EA doesn't open ordes, can you help me

I would like to draw a trendline which has its first anchor point shifted from the current bar. Look at the picture below:

MT4 randomly deleted all of my account history. Why? I did nothing to this end at all. How do I prevent this? Any hidden settings/tricks?

Hi world I was wondering if someone could help me code in a trailing SL for my EA - i triede, but it does not come up in the menu (menu showed in photo)

Hello, how can I shorten double values in a reliable way. I want to have double with a max digits of 6. I tried several ways - doubleToString(double,6) -  and back to double - NormalizeDouble(double,6) but all ways are not reliable. If there is a double which is 0.69644 and I make NormalizDouble...

Hi please help, I'm looking for a mql4 formula for a red and green candle for the heiken ash indicator. I'm currently using an icustom for the HA indicator but this this slows the system especially  during testing. Grateful if someone could give me a  calculation in mql4 code. Thanks.

Hallo, someone has ever from an EA save a csv web-file (for example: ...myfxbook.com/calendar_statement.csv) in the folder "Files" and can possibly post a code example here? Thanks! Steffen

Hello.. Can help me how to put Horizontal Line in Rectangle?? Example if i draw rectangle in mt4 i want rectangle auto with Horizontal Line.. Look attachment for sample.. Thanks for help...

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Hi there!  I am relatively new to the MT4 platform and after watching endless amounts of you tube videos - was wondering if anyone could help me with a few remaining questions:  1. Do you know how to create a shortcut/hot key for adding a line or addinga text box?   2. Is there a shortcut/hot key...

Hi, does anyone have an adaptive rsi that is like the attached color rsi. I need it to show arrows at the over-bought and over-sold levels as well as being able to change the price. Basically a clone of the original color rsi, just adaptive. If anyone could share this indicator or doesn't mind...

Hi everyone, I'm just a newbie in EA realm... and i'm sorry for my english.. i'm from Indonesia. i'd like to ask for help in this great forum... i made this EA a couple weeks ago.. it's based on Parabolic SAR in multi time frame.. but i need to change the rule... In previous rule, the EA waits for...

Hello everyone.  Brand new coding baby here...haha.  I just got my first EA to place its first order...hurrrray.  However, I can't get the dang thing to stop placing the order on every tick.  I tried this "if (t < 1)" snippet that looked like it was used to stop the function from repeating. Not...

Hello altogether, I try to develop myself an EA including the StochRSI indicator. Now i just want to modify the indicator a bit, and want to smooth it a bit by calculating the average, of the last 10 values of the indicator. I tried it with this code of Buffer3[i]: int start()  {...

Hi friends, I'm using iCustom function to get the needed data and I want to put the received data in arrays, Here is the main problem : As I mentioned I want to get the data from my indicator and store them in Arrays. The data would differ from one timeframe to other timeframe and each timeframe has...

Greetings, I have encounter that I can run script on terminal startup (https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/service/start_conf_file), but I would like to load the script after startup or is there any way for me to run script using command line? Regards.

Hi, maybe someone could help me with this: I am trying to change the MT4 charts time frame to 2 or 3 minutes. I know that I can do this with offline-charts. But the problem then: they're OFFline of course and don't update automatically, so they're not usesable for trading. Is there a way to change...

if (OrderSymbol()=="USDJPY_" && OrderType()==OP_SELL && OrderProfit() < (OrderCommission()+OrderSwap()))OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Ask,0,0,clrNONE);if (OrderSymbol()=="USDJPY_" && OrderType()==OP_BUY && OrderProfit() < (OrderCommission()+OrderSwap()))OrderModify(OrderTicket()...

Hi, I need someone to help me code this indicators that will draw  1. Open Price Line 2. Current Hi Price Line 3. Current Lo Price Line 4. Additional line of Hi Price - 50pips 5. Additional line of Low Price + 50pips I found a indicators that draw open price line and the hi lo indicators, but i...

Hi everyone, I have been trading for a few years now and have tried and tested lots of different indicators. I came to the conclusion "What is it we are all really looking at?" How can there be so many different indicators for the same thing!! That got me thinking, why do buyers buy and sellers

I have made an EA. When i place a buy order, to make a profit, the ask and bid price should go up. However, i have made my EA so that when it goes the wrong way xpips, it places another buy order. if it continues to go in the wrong direction by 2xpips, it will place another buy order. If the market...

Hi every one. I wrote a simple indicator that shows lowest and highestprice value for each day in a separate window. There are two buffers that are labeled as “A” and “B” respectivelyfor lowest and highest day price. I’m going to develop the code in order to 1)     Add a buffer in histogram...

Hello, I'm using the #Resources command to import my logo and it works. The problem is in file ex4 because it is not embedded during compilation and if the logo is not in its folder it does not work. // Global scope #resource "\\Images\\Logo2.bmp" // int OnCalculate(....){

Please help...i just loaded new indicators on my MT4 platform, and now i cannot get the prices, which normally appear on the RIGHT of the Charts Any assistance on getting the pricing info on teh chart will be apprecaiated please. Akash1205

Hello, backtest return me 4051 error during CloseOrder() execution inside my OrderCheck() fuction. int ticket[3] = {-1,-1,-1};   is a global variable How can I fix it? The code is attached. Thanks Giovanni

Error message I get when I try to attach myFxBook EA to MT4. I select 'Allow DLL import ' and enter my username and password correctly but as soon as I click 'OK' mt4 gives 'Unhandled exception ' error and then it gives out 'expert removed' message. Not able to attach myFxBook EA to chart. Please

Please could someone help with coding this?  I require a box to be made, which is divided into two sections.  One section showing the current value of the Bears and the other showing the current value of the Bulls.    Something like this;  BEARSBULLS 0.00002 -.000123 Many thanks   

im learning to to code by modifying existing EAs so please bear with me im having trouble getting this technique to work i figured out how to simply load up multiple orders upon a condition CODE IS ATTACHED so my entries grab two positions but how do i hold onto one, and close the other at 20pips...