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Differences between DEMO Account and REAL Account

I'm testing a EA on a DEMO Account and on REAL Account at the same time (2 sessions of MT4 running over different accounts, same machine, same EA) and results are quite differents... Can anybody tell me why? Regards

Max SlipPage

In MQL4: How can I set the Maximun slippage in order to avoind this message of MT4 (and the order is not generated)? " requote xxx / xxx for open [buy/sell] [lot] [currencypair] at xxxxx sl. xxxx tp. xxxxx" I have tried with 3 and then 5 but sometimes I still get the message and the order is not

How to change a EA based on tick to M1 values?

I have program a EA that works with tick information, but I would like to change to M1, M5, etc.... How do I have to proceed? Regards

Testing environment against real trading

Hello: I have developed an EA that do some trading on a single currency pair. I have done some testing during 2-3 months testing with MT4 test environment and now I'm working with real money (and real trading). I have some conclutions that I would like to share and see if someone have some

How many pairs and EAs?

I have a good PC (Intel core Duo 2 Ghz with 3 GB RAM). I work with MT4 and EAs. For each currency pair I have a Windows and a EA running for this pair. The EA is the same for each currency pair. The issue is that when I open more than 3-4 windows in MT4, everything seems to work ok (logs, PC

Open more than one MT4

Hi! I would like to know if it is possible to open more than 1 MT4 application in the same Windows session. It would be useful to work in more than an account simultaneously but I didn't find any way to do it. Thanks, Gustavo

How to test HISTORIC results?

I would like to analyze last profit trades in my EA before open a new trade. How can I do that? Using: OrderSelect(0, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_HISTORY) doesn't seems to bring last close trade... Thanks

Improve communications

Hi, I have developed a EAs and after testing with the Tester that provides MetaTrader 4, I'm starting testing it with a demo on line account. The problem that I'm facing right now is that MetaTrader has many problems connecting to servers during time. i.e.: during the first hours everything seems to

Changes in TEST Results

I'm testing a EA and every time a run the test, with the same EA, the results change. I don't understans the situation. It should be a simulation with historics ticks and results should be the same every time. What is going on? Thanks