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Hello Community   In the attached file you find my very first ea with the indicator. Although the compiler doesnt see any errors it doesnt work on backtesting. Can you tell me whats wrong...?   Thanks a lot   akuh 

Hi, it's me again.    I searched through the forum but did not find anything similiar.  For some reason, some of my Orders do not close even though the conditions are met. In this case, it affects long orders and the SL does not trigger even when the price is far below the SL level. Allowed slippage...

I just logged into my MT4 platform and saw it's been upgraded to version 4.00 build 1010. Now I can't find my custom indicators that used to be under the Navigators tab. the MQL4 folder has also been removed from the Open Data Folder. I can't find that too. Only when I click on the Meta editor...

Hi Guys, I'm trying to write a code so that each trade is executed with the maximum available lots according to my account balance, but I am receiving a '*' constant expected error the whole time. Could anyone giving me some advise on how to fix this? I have LotSize in my OrderSend code...

I modified the closing rule of this EA based on closing rule. However, it's not function. Could any one suggest what I have done wrong? Thank you so much.

Hi folks,  As I'm sure some of you have also had these problems MT4 requires a huge hard drive to store all the testing files for many currencies, I recently found using /portable in the shortcut puts all of the data in the mt4 folder which allows me to move it to any HHD that I choose, GREAT!  Only...

Is there anyone that is in possession code for any kind of indictor similar or the same as ZZ, which wouldn't omit the some highs/lows? and which would work on closed candles so it wouldn't change its past values(of ZZ).

Hello,    How to fix, in the iCCI() the value Min/Max?  Example scale value:150 and - 150.  Thanks  

MT4 platform question here. Why is it the the entry price shown while hovering over an EA placed entry marked on the charts is different than the entry price shown in the trade log history? What's more, said hover price changes when re-hovering. I'm seeing this across multiple broker accounts as

Hello fellow traders, I am new to programming and Automated trading, though – I’m keen to keep on learning! I'd love to see your feedback/recommendations on the following code. I am trying to limit my robot to: *Only EURUSD & GDPUSD securities; *Only work on 1 hour period; *Only work on chart using

Hi, I have three arrays: "Pair1", "Pair2", "Profit" For example Pair1{EURUSD,GBPUSD} / Pair2{AUDUSD,NZDUSD} / Profit{100,300} These values are linked, so an output could be: "Index 0: EURUSD-AUDUSD-100" "Index 1: GBPUSD-NZDUSD-300". Now I would sort a single array and then I would that other 2

Hi, Yesterday I encountered weird string corruption, which I narrowed down to the following code: Fh=begin_head + Fh; Fh was more than 1000 ascii chars long, begin_head was maybe 50 chars. After this code, the resulting string was ok, but on the end contained appended part of the original string

I have been able to get almost every wm command to work except this one:  PostMessageA(hndl, WM_COMMAND, 34100, 0); // for the first profile   is there a different function I should be using? is PostMessageA correct?  

[LOOK] How can I set my indicator to change the time-frame when I switch to other time-frame? I want to know the best way to do it.  Here's my code: iMA("EURUSD", Period(), 14, 0, MODE_SMA, PRICE_CLOSE, 0); // Here I used Period() function to get the current TF  What happen to previous data in other...

Hey Guys, I searched a long time for some examples to close one specified Trade after a specified amount of time. Or in another way, to close this trade at 23:59. Before the new day is beginning.  Can anybody help me please to code that or is there another way? Greetings and Thank you! 

I need help with adding some code if(Close[1] < ma)   How would I add that the ask is higher by (x) number of points above ma. 

Hey Guys, I want to make a backtest but for that I need to programm my EA so that it is possible to execute more than only one trade? At the moment I have programmed it so that the EA can only trade once. But I have no idea how to programm the EA so that he can trade more than one time but only one...

I'm experimenting with using what I think of as 'triggers'. They are booleans that start at false and then are set to true when certain parameters happen (X line cross Y line etc).  I can then get the EA to place an order when a number of the booleans are all true. The advantage is that it allows...

I am getting the error as described in the title MQL5 community: failed to start thread. You can see this on the attached screenshot.  Restarting MT4 and/or the PC fixes this for a while but the problem always comes back eventually What does the error mean and how best to fix this?

Hey, I´ve been searching quite some time now but didnt find anything, so I hope anyone can help me here   I want to close an order after 24 Hours, but it should be at the end of the current bar(Dailyperiod), not at the start of the new one, in case of gaps.  And I dont want to close all open trades,...

I got this error when trying to upload a chart from MT4 Screenshot: can not save temp file I tried googling that error but nothing helpful came up - what does it mean? Rich

Hello fellow programmers,   I need a EA created for Binary Options based on CCI and RSI in a ranging market. See attached example which explains what I am after. Hopefully not very complicated for someone out there. If you need anymore information please let me know.   Thanks in advance Sham 

Hi, I have a script to scan candlestick pattern on multiple symbols. When I run the script in the morning, it always gives me candlestick pattern the day before. After I run it again, it gives me today's pattern. Seems that the first run did not download the symbols price data. How do I force

Hi   I'm new to programming in mql4 so apologize in advance if I offend anyone with my questions.  My issue is I am trying to use a custom indicator (Pinbar - https://www.mql5.com/en/code/1768) in a EA using the "iCustom" function. For some reason the values shown in Data Window for the buffers used...

Hello,  can I find a script somewhere that counts all open orders? I found a lot of discussion about such features, but no solutions or none that did anything when installed. A simple count of all open orders would do, but additional functions would be lovely as well (total lot size open, buy vs...

Hi Guys, I was wondering if anyone could help me with my EA. I want my code to enter a long position if each of the previous 5 bids are all higher than the previous bid. In otherwords: Enter long buy if: PrevBid5<PrevBid4 PrevBid4<PrevBid3 PrevBid3<PrevBid2 PrevBid2<PrevBid1...

Hi guys, I am looking for a way/function in MQL4 to return the name of each EA running on each chart, if any. For indicators, coder can navigate among charts and identify the indicators running on each chart. I wasn't able to find a similar function for experts. Is there any one? To better...

Hey,   sometimes when backtesting the Ask-line disappears at some point for a certain amount of time while the Bid-price is still moving up and down. How could that be possible? What does it mean? Every seller needs a buyer. It can be possible that the the Bid prices rise and Ask prices don't but...

Hi, I wrote an intraday ea for M1 timeframe based on Open so the start function begins like this:   int start()                                   {      static int lastBars;   bool status = false;   if( lastBars != Bars )     {         status = true;         lastBars = Bars;     }    if (status...

Has anyone had any experience with finding the highest high and lowest low, between two points in time.  I'm trying to draw a line at the highest high and lowest low from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. est.  ( 19:00 - 0:00 )  I can draw a line between these two points of time, but only at the high and low...