I have a problem with assignments. In my code I have higher = (high - close)*0.33; the right side of the = operator has a value of 7.2 and the left has 0.99 after it is supposed to be initialized by the right side. higher,high, and close are declared as doubles and the high and close are assigned as...
can anyone find a problem with the following code? four = (four*2) + 30; Is this bad coding? Because it is not doing what i want it to do. // ------------------------------------------ MORE DETAIL: - See the code below. // so every time "q" goes up in value by one, then the value of...
Hi Guys, I'm working on the current bar(j=0)..I know that Time[0] and Open[0] remain the same while the current bar is developing. I'm unable to get the next bid price which comes on the next tick on this current bar.. I like to be able to get the next current price(bid) which comes with the next...
Hello. My name is Luke and i'm a beginer in forex and in programming. I wrote a very simple EA: int start(){if( Close[1]>iBands(NULL,0,10,2,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_LOWER,1)&& Open[1]>iBands(NULL,0,10,2,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_LOWER,1)&& Low[1]<iBands(NULL,0,10,2,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_LOWER,1)&&...
I want to draw a line to see what value my trailingstop has... Thats my code but there is only one dot when the EA is running, how can I program it that it creates many dots to make some kind of a line out of it... ObjectCreate("TR",OBJ_ARROW,0,TimeCurrent(),TRStop); ObjectSet("TR"...
My platform flashes the "Not Responding" at the top left of the platform. This goes on and off all the time. I have uninstalled and reinstalled, used different brokers, installed in different files. The charts sometimes flash on and off, when I am trying to configure an Ea that I have open it...
I want to adjust some indicator parameter on the fly using template because structure doesn't change just the parameter values. So is it possible to load (and reload/refresh) a template programmatically ?
Hey, is it possible to create lines (not the straight ones) with an EA (not an indicator)? I didn't find any useful parameters when using the ObjectCreate()... I though it may be possible to draw just one dot everytime the EA is runned but you can't do that either with ObjectCreate. I want to use...
I'm trying to find ways to localize an EA based on the current language selected by the user for the MetaTrader GUI. Browsing through the MQL4 documentation I found no API that can help figuring out what is the current UI language. Also I could not locate actually where MetaTrader stores that...
Hi, I have written an ea which has the following code-lines in his start function: if(IsTradeAllowed()==false) { Alert("You have to activate your ea first or there is a disconnection between the server connection!"); return; } Now it is sometimes the problem, that I get...
Hi guys, Sorry if this had been address before, but I couldn't find it here or anywhere else. How do I Invoke the Only Long & Only Short positions in EA Properties using EA? Thanks in advance Saifx
THE METATRADER 4 SMI GAP MARKET STRATEGY: --PLACE ORDERS OF BUY AND/OR SELL(depending on market mood) FOR A HIGHER AMOUNT,SAY,O.O5% OF TOTAL CAPITAL(IN A MARGIN ACCOUNT OF 500:1),NEAR THE PRICE OF THE LAST MINUTE CANDLESTICK OF THE DAY,THAT IS,AT 18.24 METATRADER TIME --USE TIGHT STOP LOSS,SAY 5...
I've been setting OBJPROP_BACK to false to get the object to appear on top of candles (so that they can be seen). However, in build 409 this no longer seems to be working. Anybody have any ideas? Paul
I am placing text in a label but as soon as the text length expands, instead of the text moving to the right, it moves off to the left like it is right justified or something. Any ideas? ObjectCreate("alerttext",OBJ_LABEL,0,0,0,0,0); ObjectSet("alerttext",OBJPROP_CORNER,corner);...
Hey, does anyone know if its possible to export and import data from MetaTrader to exel? I was was thinking about an EA that may give some data to exel while running and let exel do some calculations and import the results than back to the EA... I have no idea what exacly to do with this ability,...
I would like to use the tick by tick data of a forex pair outside MT4. Does the MT4 platform allow a data stream to be used by a third party software program? Thanks
Hi everyone, I'm a new boy at this Forex and Meta Trader 4. Could someone please explain 2 things for me. 1/ Under the 'Trade Tab' at the bottom we have our 'Order' and on that order is the 'Size'. What exactly does that mean? Is 1 for example, equal to $1, $10, $100 (or 1 unit of whatever currency...
Hi all, I am coding an interface in C++ and ncurses. I simply need to connect to MT4 through DDE, retrieve market prices (ex EURUSD) that I will be storing into arrays and make an analysis realtime. On the DDE side the only resource I have is the MSDN, but i'm getting lost in all the bits and...
Hello i want to protect my ea!? I can make it work on 1 account and also make it work for a limeted time (period protection) But i want both!! account number protection and period protection! How must i do that? Your help would be welcome
Hello to the forum. I have an unusual problem regarding a time filter. In backtesting the filter works well ( no problems ). When running the EA on a live account, the filter still works well, but there is a problem with the difference in server time and local time. EA is set to trade 17:00 GMT to...
Hi I have been using IBFX partial close for more than a year now. Suddenly when I load say @ 30 pips close 50% of position. Suddenly it closes at 15pips 50% of my position. I recently moved my Accounts to AUX, did they changed anything there. In the past I use it and had no trouble, Earlier this...
Interview with Dr. Alexander Elder: "I want to be a psychiatrist in the market" is published at mql5.com: I think financial markets are like manic-depressive patients. Sell when they have mania, and buy when they have depression. The envelope helps me determine where these levels of depression and...
Hi, I wrote an EA which is applied to 24 pairs of currencies. MY EA is fairly complex which has many routines calling each other. I notice that sometimes my EA will complete the tasks but sometimes it is kind of stopped halfway, making the EA works intermittently. Can someone please enlighten me how...
I'm sorry that i have to bother you but i didn't find anything through search. Script connects to db in init() function ... if it can't connect the script should be stopped/terminated and do NOTHING more. How can i achieve that? thanks for your advices!
I created a extremely basic EA to test the relationship between risk/reward ratio and winning %. The basic idea is that the EA will alternate between buying and selling trades with specific TP and SL parameters. As soon as 1 trade closes, the trade in the opposite direction should open. The code...
Does anyone have experience using PCRE for Windows and MetaTrader 4? The dll has the functions: pcre *pcre_compile(const char *pattern, int options, const char **errptr, int *erroffset, const unsigned char *tableptr);pcre *pcre_compile2(const char *pattern, int options, int *errorcodeptr, const...
I am trying to the strategy tester but getting this error. "No data for testing"! This is a screenshot of the settings. http://i42.tinypic.com/xefx41.png What's the issue?
Simple MQL4 Code obfuscation technique Please read about obfuscation first here: https://www.mql5.com/go?link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscated_code Now I'm going to give an idea of some MQL4 Code obfuscation technique.. There was some time ago a site which was selling MQL4 obfuscator. It had...
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