Hello, Im writting ea and I have this lines in my code: if( OrderStopLoss() > Bid+stop_loss*Point ) { FileWrite(fw, OrderStopLoss(), ">", Bid+stop_loss*Point); ... } This is output from FileWrite() function: 1.4186;>;1.4186 1.4186;>;1.4186 1.4186;>;1.4186 ... The numbers are the SAME,...
First, thank you for your help you gave me before but it seems any of them are wrong. I my first code part here: if (OrderType()==0 && Bid-OrderStopLoss() > 150*Point) { double SL_Buy = Bid-150*Point; bool Answer=OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice()...
Hello, I have an EA that sets the Lotsize depending on the Account balance. How can I find out, if a user uses the EA with an Micro, Mini or an Standard account? With a Micro account the lotsize should be higher, than for a Mini account and for a Mini account the lotsize should be higher than on an...
Just found a reference to this in MQL doc: "Global variables are available within four weeks since their last call from experts or manual modifying." I take this to mean that, if you create a global variable, whether in code from an EA, or manually, if there are no modications or access to it, the...
I am trying to FTP a txt file to a server. I have the password and User name but when I try running the test I get the FTP: STOR command failed. I have been able to FTP with FileZilla with no problem. Has anyone else had this problem?
I am busy writing my first EA and I have certain conditions that I check for false or true. The results are stored in an array. The array has 5 instances. If only one instance is false it must make the total result also false. To get a true result ALL five instances must be true. I am not familiar...
I have a purchased EA that is working fine.It is fairly advanced and has many inputs.I am trying to test some other settings of the inputs but the Strategy tester doesn't seem to be working properly.I DO have older computers with Windows XP. This is what is happening right now: The Strategy tester...
Hi All, Can someone please tell me if what I have done in this backtest is possible on a live account. At some points the balance goes negative whilst the equity is well above the initial deposit. I have searched the net to death and cant seem to find an answer, thought you guys could shed some...
Is there a way to set MT to send SMS to my cellphone through a connected cellphoneor GSM modem? I need this option (instead of sending email) because my connection is lostsometimes and MT cannot send emails then.
Hello I have an EA that performs well in backtest and I am trying to take it to the next level - performing on a demo account. But I am lost as to what is good practice to make it reliable, robust to recover from MT4 crash. E.g. - error handling. Apart from (obviously) logging the error, exactly how...
Hi All, I'm totally newbie in MT4 compiling, thus i'm seeking for some help. I'm trying to implemente a strategy whose logic is as follows (i've found the following article on a website, it's not my homeworking) ;-): 1. Open a position in any direction you like. Example: Buy 0.1 lots at 1.9830. A...
Hi, I want to run a cicle or something like that, to identify last Buy/Sell closed order by magicnumber, and then if it finds any remaining open Buy/Sell orders from a list of magic numbers, it must close all the Buy or Sell orders depending of the type of last closed. I already tryed the...
Dear All, I need some help on the following issue. I have a custom indicator, which display TREND in separate window. There are 3 color used to display TREND 1: Green => Which is show UP TREND 2: RED => Which is show DOWN TREND 3: Yellow => Which is happen between UP TREND and then DOWN TREND So in...
Hi every one, Can somebody please post me or show me where I can get the standard daily pivot point indicator. I have not used it before so dont know much about it. Does it come as standard indicator on MT4, if it does can u let me know where it is. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your...
I can't find anything in the forum where this has been asked already... When I add a new Horizontal Line by default it shows the price on the right side in the vertical axis. Is there a way to suppress this value from being displayed (or at least moved to the left)? While I'm asking, I'd also like...
Hello, I use MetatradeAPI dll, and i bult my program on Windows 7 ultimate... When i execute my program on Windows server 2008 R2, there are errors on dependency for MetatradeApi.Internal.Shared! Why do I have this problem? PS: My program works on Windows 7
Hi everybody.I have been playing around with EAs for quite a while. Had no great success with ones trading on standard charts. Then friend introduced me to Renko charts. I started to build EAs which were making terrific profits trading on Renko charts but only in the backtest. In live demos they...
I am using the standard ATR function. I notice that the result is rounded to 4 digits after the decimal point. I need however 8 digits after the decimal point. I have tried using NormaLizeDouble but I do not seem to manage to get to 8 digits. Can you help please, Many thanks, Sylvano
I am new to the MQL4 forum and I have found an interesting indicator in one of the articles that I would like to experiment with. I have downloaded this indicator and compiled it successfully, but it does not want to load onto my MT4 live system. I try to drag and drop it as I do with the other...
Hello I'm new on MQL4 programming langage and i need your help to do backtesting on my new code and give me advise on how to do it better or if the simulation is very relevant of the reality : The parameters i use for my backtest :...
The easiest way for me to explain this is an example. Say I want to display an symbol above a candle where the MACD aligns with the MACD of the 3 higher time periods. I can easily draw arrow indicators using calculations in the default time period of the chart. But I can't see how I get to pos=10,...
Hi - hope there is a simple solution to this query. I am writing an EA and I use a 'low' SMA (simple moving average) and a 'high' SMA - they could be anything say from 2-10 for the low and 20-100+ for the high. At the moment I have my default values in my EA - say SMA-LO =5 and SMA-HI =25. Is there...
Hi all, I have the following code in start() function of a Script: String Symb=Symbol(); double StopLoss =200; // SL for an opened order double TakeProfit =100; // ТР for an opened order double SL=Bid - StopLoss*Point; // Calculating SL of opened double...
Hello . I wanted to ask the forum if there is an EA that sounds an alarm when it detects that a shorter moving average separates more and more of a longer moving average. For example, suppose a 30-period moving average rises above a moving average of 60 periods, while both moving averages separated...
need help in ea b/s order opening .. i was using two indicaotr 1) FISH and 2) CCI and using EA as EA1 need help in condiation condiation as all order open and close as per FISH indicator buy and sell signal ( buy above 0 level and sell below 0 level) but at that time the CCI indicator must have...
Hi Guys, This is my attempt at trying to handle broker requotes. Recently my EA took 2 buy trades almost at the same time. I'm guessing that while the server was thinking about accepting the first request the 2nd loop kicked in and made a 2nd request - result was they both got accepted!! Has...
Hi, I have an EA what I want to run on the same pair with different settings. Now it opens only one position even if two other EAs were suppose to open a trade as well. And even worse, if one EA is suppose to close it position, but does not have an open one, it just closes a position from another...
I'm trying to wrap my head around how to code the worse Fall (or Rise) of a Price within a Single Day (or Week); and the Maximum Retracement associated with that period. Also, along with the worse fall, I'd like to know what's the average retracement on a Daily (or Weekly) Instrument. I'd like the...