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I have noticed that (maybe different vendors of mt4), that sometimes the trade open/close of an order displays arrows and lines on the charts. Are there settings in MT to turns these on or off

Trade arrows (red & blue) are present on the charts when using the strategy tester . How can I turn them on when running on a demo chart

I want to get the current volume of an open position but am obviously not doing it properly can do this in MT4 but lost on MT5. I have tried PositionGetDouble( POSITION_VOLUME ) but this never changes from the original order even after increasing or

bool restart = true ; int   starthandle = 0 ; double test = 0 ; void OnTick () {    MqlTick myprice;    MqlTradeRequest myrequest;    MqlTradeResult myresult;    ZeroMemory (myrequest); //--- If we do

On MT4 if I create an EA I can see it using windows explorer (windows 7) in the experts folder. If my EA opens a file I can see it using windows explorer in the expert/files folder. On MT5 I cant find either of these using windows explorer anywhere

I am a newbe trying to get to grips with MT5. Please can someone answer my question below. As each currency pair can only have one position is there a command/function to obtain the $value (assuming the base currency is USD) of that position or do I

new to this - How can I stop a new tick event (OnTick) from executing (or get out of it). Tried using  if (!TERMINAL_TRADE_ALLOWED) return; but as stated that does not stop the event. I need to do this as in the event i want to place a trade or

Hi All I run MT on a server in a different country and access my accounts via remote desktop. However, I also want to access my account directly from my laptop when comms to the server are not functioning at their best. Currently I do this by logging

I am using multiple charts all with the same EA attached to each chart. I want to take my profit by closing all trades on all charts. To do this as soon as any of the charts finds that the account equity is at a set level i just close all the trades

Within an EA I want to create a log file that is added to everytime an existing trade gets its first StopLoss assigned to provide a list containing the OrderSymbol(), OrderType(), OrderOpenPrice() and OrderStopLoss(). However, I understand that this

I am getting error 1 a good percentage of the time when modifying the stop loss on existing orders. When looking at the openprice, current stoploss and the proposed stoploss it looks ok. For example, on a EURUSDm short trade (after checking the

I am trading with IBFX and obviously do not understand swaps properly. I thought that a swap could be negative or positive and was basically interest on the trades of currency pair that has been held overnight. However, I get negative swap values if

Please can someone tell me whats if anything is wrong with my thinking assuning the prices for each pair are correct: Values for 1 Lot: EURUSD 10,000 x (eurusd price) 1.3895 = $13895 GBPUSD 10000 x (gbpusd price) 1.5958 = $15958 EURJPY 10000 x

I want to set a stoploss on EURJPY to a set USD value. For example I want to put a stoploss lets say worth a $0.75 USD on the EURJPYm pair . How do I calculate that please

I am using IBFX and MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_STOPLEVEL) and MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_FREEZELEVEL) both return 0. anyone know why or can give a workaround

If I want to modify a trade stoploss on a buy trade with a simple Ask - 0.0012 for example I am obviously leaving myself exposed for the trade to fail. Ok, if I want to ensure I do not get an error then I must consider the Spread, the Stoplevel and

is it possible to get strategy tester with eurusd at te same time as eurjpy

I am able to get my EAs working on any pair 3,4,5 decimal places but it would appear that I thought I understood this but obviously i dont!!! as i play with each to get it correct on any provider or currency pair . Life is easier if you know what you

I already have in my code 2 attempts at modifying stop losses (running on EURUSDm chart as using multiple pairs) . Can anybody tell me why/how I got this error and how to avoid it in the future Code snippet: where JPYBE = 125 if (TradeBusy() < 0)