Hello! I'm having struggles with my EA. Right now, it runs the code each tick, not every bar. With doing so, I get ALOT of orders in the same place, effectivly draining my account balance in the backtesting. Here is a picture for demonstration. As you can see in the picture above, it opens up...
Hello Expert, I'm very new at programming. The following code I copied from the mt4 tutorial. It helped find the lowest/highest of the day before. How can I find the "close" value of that "lowest or highest" candle from the day before? I tried iclose, but nothing come out correctly. Thank you...
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I am trying to create a basic hello world dll using codeblocks and metatrader4 and trying to do it in a striped version. my compile .dll and .def are in the same dir as the .mq4 file. in file test.mq4 #property link "https://www.mql5.com"#property version "1.00"#property strict#import "C...
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Hello, is it possible to get in a EA programm the value of a indicator which is "Apply to: Previous Indicator's Data"?
On time frames like hour 4 the last open bar time is 16:00 right before market closes at 17:00. Then when it reopens the first bar starts at 16:00 again. On m1 timeframe chart says market closed at 17:00 and reopened at 17:00. Are these bars cut off or something on hour 4 chart? So the price between
Hello I do all the instructions that one can read 1) delete all hst files 2) change max bars in history to 9999999999 3) and import M1 Data 4) convert with period_converter but after an exit and work next day all data has disappeared and I have to do all instructions again. Grrrr ! What is the...
If you run the following you get back a time that is not on par with hour timeframe. int n=iBarShift(NULL,PERIOD_M1,iTime(NULL,PERIOD_H1,2))-60;Print(iTime(NULL,PERIOD_M1,n));//Returned value equals something like 23:03 Also in chart, If you count 60 bars with crosshair(click and drag) from an hour...
Hi there I am trying to send some information from metatrader to excel using (mt4excel.dll) but I have problem to wright text into cell using the function (ExcelSetTextCell (int X, int Y, string Value)) for example if I wright (NAME) the excel shows only the first letter (N) any help with this??...
Hello, I have a weird problem: Using EURUSD D1 (Day) data from the History Center for a specific day I see as the Closure value: 1.34286 Now when I run an EA to calculate the RSI for the past 100 D1 bars using closure values, those don't match the RSI indicator in the chart. When I printf the
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Hy! I read a lot of article in this topic, but I don't find the solution for my problem. I had a code which is work fine before upgrade MQL4. (My last upgrade was about 1 years ago, so I know a lot of things changed.) But now my MySQL connection doesn't work. I insert the code, and the error
Hi, I'm trying to code an EA that will not react to the huge spread my broker generates during news. I realize "guarantee" is a strong requirement so maybe "reduce the impact" is a better. I know there is a slippage parameter in the OrderSend() function but it doesn't seem to work. As always, any...
Hi, I am new to MQL and can someone able to write MQL code based on the following conditions. I would like to draw continuous line based on the following conditions: 1. If current bar close higher than previous bar close, draw the lower price level line (The lower price level is the lower price...
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Hi Guys I am using Meta Trader 4 Server FXCM-USDDemo02Build 670 version 4.00 (4th July 2014)I am in the UAE using Etisalat as my ISP. I have a CISCO router and have port forwarded the port 443. When I use another ISP "Du", this problem does not seem to happen. The connection shows as red/green...
To import a csv or ASCII file into Metatrader 4 ---you have to go to Tools---History center---import.Then you have to select a symbol in the window on the left of history center and ---navigate to the folder on your PC and click import.Supposing the symbol I want to import is not showing in the left
Hi I need an indicator that can calc the lot size based on given percentage. anyone has any scripts to give? it must consider the equity and also leverage for that calculation.
Hi there, I have code that opens and reads a file when run in a script. When I copy the function and put it in an EA and test it in ST an error returns as below. 5004 ERR_FILE_CANNOT_OPEN Cannot open file The script: input string fileName="eventdates.csv";string token,year,month,day,time;datetime...
Hi, to assign a variable a specific ASCII-Char e.g. 7 (BEL) one can do this: string b = CharToStr(7); but I cannot use this function if I want to define B as Bell: #define B 0x07 This will be just 7 :( Is there a way to define B as Bell using #define? Thanks in advance Gooly
Hi guys, Since a few days I can't use the MetaTrader 4 application (android). I can open this application but it hasn't a connection with internet. If I open it with a wifi connection, everything is all right. I have this problem single on this application. Is this a bug or is this to do with...
When I compiler following code ---------- code begin ------------ enum ENUM_ORDER_SYMBOL{ EURUSD , S&P500, OILUS }; ---------- code end ------------ there're "comma expected" error #155 it seems we can't use "&" and "-" characters in enumeration. how to solve this issue
Hi, I need to check the time is between midnight and 12:05 (GMT +2) in an IF statement. How could I do this?? Thanks, sam
How can I check to see if the price has increased since the last tick so EA knows when to change the stoploss
Hi there, Your assistance is appreciated, thanks. I have a csv file that looks like this: 20140103 14:30:0020140106 10:00:0020140106 17:30:00 FileReadDateTime() "Reads from the file of CSV type a string of one of the formats: "YYYY.MM.DD HH:MI:SS", "YYYY.MM.DD" or "HH:MI:SS" - and converts it into a...
OK, I've been on it now for ages, time to get a sanity check. The code below is only the important parts of my EA, which operates fine, but in order to get a more automated way of calculating the best stoploss without trawling back through visual charts, I write open close and peak pull back for
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Hi ! I am glad to adress all of you. I have an issue with my MT4 platform. I've programmed an EA. and tested it. But it never opened any position. I though first it was , maybe, my conditions were too tight, that's why I've tried to run an other EA. A very simple one I knew ( because I saw it in...
Hello Sorry for my english If i put a ATR on a ASI chart i can see crossings but when i read the real values they dont cross ! Is it possible to calculate a scale ( the same vertical position on a chart is not necessary the same value !) Thanks for your help an comments
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Does MT4 operate on Windows 8? If so, does anyone have a link where I can download? I have MT4 Build 670 on my Surface 3, Windows 8, and it seems fine except for that some of the indicators overlap and are unreadable. This same version of MT4 works well on my Windows 7 machine. Has anyone tried...
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Exercise MQL4 Subject TDD Hello, Exercise MQL4 Subject TDD I know you, to do an MQL4 exercise is missing to you. ;-) Perhaps you're already on vacation and your child part is nostalgic for a holiday homework. Statement: Write a MQL4 EA passing all tests when using with specific conditions...
Hi When I am setting up a pending order there is a minimum distance from the current price level of 30 pips, which makes most trades useless. Is this normal ? Thanks N
I thought when sending the order cbt is set to 1 so no second order wil be sent. But on my demo account another order was set within 40 ms, how can this happen, what is wrong in that code? How can I impeed that in the code? Thanxx for help! 2014.07.23 18:40:51.796 '9013517': order was opened :...

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