Is it ever necessary to go into negative values on any of the properties for an EA while optimizing? Example ........................start step stop MACDCloseLevel -15 .. 1 .. 15
Hi, I have been trying to extract the high and low (found on the bottom of MT4 when your mouse is a bar) to calculate the range of the bar and comment it on the chart itself. Anyone can point me to the right direction how this can be done? Thanks & Rgds Nelson
Would someone please explain, or point me to an explanation of why the Strategy Tester needs to interact with my broker? My broker (MB Trading) frequently brings down their Demo system...why does this prevent me from testing?...I can't seem to test on the weekends either. If I've downloaded...
I am confused as how to retrieve the values of custom indicators. Does the mode refer to the buffer number? The following is from the indicator: //---- indicator buffers double UpBuffer[]; double DnBuffer[]; double UpSignal[]; double DnSignal[]; double smax[]; double smin[]; double trend[]; and I'm...
Hi mql community, i have added a new section to my website where you can view around 1500 strategies written for mt4 and over 1500 indicators. I want invite you for public beta test and you may tell me your ideas in this threat. Soon i want to add search facility so you can search in fulltext. its...
Hi FX maniacs :) I am trying to make a function to calculate some statistic analysis. So I want to have a two dimension array with close price (Close[i]) and a calculated second dimension. So I think everything is OK but actually it isn't. The problem is that i can't put value of constant "c" i the...
Last Nite the Unthinkable happened with Forex MetaTrader4 an Erroneous Transaction that was Closed Out, Cancelled and Forced me to Close my FOREX UK Account. Good luck on fixing the MetaTrader4 Software. A Former FOREX Currency Trader.
For some reason, when I run the stradegy tester in quits after about a couple of weeks of data. I have the data, and can run befor and past the time, but never more than a couple of weeks worth, anyone else seen this. By the way it is on forex.com demo account. Don't seem to happen with fxpro...
Hi, My EA is calling this function to record the signal it trades on. void enregistrecsv(int donnees) { int fichiercsv, ecriture; fichiercsv=FileOpen("signal.csv",FILE_CSV|FILE_READ|FILE_WRITE,';'); //ecris le signal dans un fichier .csv if(fichiercsv<0) Print("Erreur a l ouverture de...
int DetermineChangeInDirection(){ static int LastDirection=0; static int CurrentDirection=1; if (CurrentActiveTrades==6)CurrentDirection=2;//Swap Buy and Sell Parameters if...
Hi guys, I have this code called Sweetspot gold that draws lines at every specific interval like 500 pips etc It writes a Name at every horizontal line it draws string linename= "[SweetSpot] " + text + " Line", [SweetSpot] 1.6500 Line Can this be written in the DESCRIPTION too?...
Hello, I want to close order when ema5 cross ema10. I don't know why but don't work. In function SecondTakeProfit(), I use iMA to close order. Thank's pgforex //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| Vrai-Trailling.mq4...
Ever since I have started this, I have wondered what difference the time frame/interval used (on a chart) and to the manual trade or an EA really makes? Doesn’t the EA &/or a manual trade examine the data at approximately the same rate and then responds accordingly to the latest data or regardless...
Hi, I kept getting this error message. "2009.11.05 06:28:57 JQ-EMA-Final EURUSD,M1: Open order error: 4109(trade is not allowed in the expert properties)" I went to "Tools ->Options -> Expert Advisor", "allow live trading" is checked. I still getting this Error message. Please help me....
Hi, Thanks for taking the time to read this thread. I have a breakout_EA that places buy and sell orders a specific number of pips away from a selected amount of previous bars. I need to add a fixed stop loss option and adjust the "day_start_hour" function so a half hour can be added, e.g 15:30...
Hi, can you suggest how to make an array of indicator buffers? The following did not work (SetIndexBuffer not seeing param2 as an array)... double buffer[][5]; ... for(int i = 0; i<5; i++) { SetIndexBuffer(i,buffer[,i]); } Thanks, Bob
im trying to code a simple trailing EA, here it is below. if the trade is a buy it moves the stop loss up and a sell it moves it down. but something is not working and I cant figure it it out. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //|...
Hello Everyone, I wanted to know if there is a way not to close to each new month all the positions that remain open. It is a problem of FXbroker that use.. or should I set some setting Mt4 to avoid that any new month me closes all the positions remained open. Regards Michele
Hi, i'm trying on stop-loss by referring to "OrderProfits" but it doesn't seem to work. perhaps as a newbie still need to learn more. can any one advice if the following code had made any mistake?...
5th digit is irrelevant for the lot sizes I trade. The font sizes are small and almost impossible to read as is, any way to get rid of the 5th digit? Thanks.
Hi everyone, how are you? I need a very simple EA coded which will alert me when rsi levels have crossed a certain level on 2 or more time frames. For example, I would like to be alerted when: rsi(14) on tf 15 is below 50 and rsi(25) on tf 30 is above 60 and rsi(7) on tf 60 is below 45 ................
Although I have been reading all information I can get my hands on regardingback-testing in MT4 (including all Tester related articles in the articlessection), I still can't understand timeframes in the MT4 Tester... To better understand the significance of choosing timeframes in Tester I havedone a...
While backtesting an EA on a real live (not demo) account using an EA reading/writing to the same Gobalvariables as the live EA....had the REAL account pick up the backtest globalvariables and trade based on backtesting values..instead of current actual values.... NOT GOOD!!
Anyone know if it is possible to assign "fixed minimum and fixed maximum" in the EA for indicators that use those? ex: iMACD... The reason, is I would like to compare certain indicators and there scale is of different values. Or is there any other way of doing this? ex: if (rsi>macd) buy; (cant do...
I have a buy stop. It is not the current price, but a future price. The lotsize is good. The stop loss is good. And the takeprofit is good. I know the order is good because there is no error 130 or anything. It just gives me invalid parameter. What is the invalid parameter???? Can the dealer just...
Hi, I've made a custom indicator similar to bolinger bands. My EA is supposed to open and close orders when the price crosses the bands, but for about the first 200 bars, it opens and closes orders about 50 pips above the bands. I believe the problem is because the custom indicator needs to read...