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For various reasons (of which the time it takes to run an optimization in the ST is the most important) i need to code my EA to trade on Open Prices when running on a live account so that I can do my optimizations under the "Open Prices" model in

I calculate a certain value with the code as shown below. The problem is that the value in the Journal and that on the indicator representing this differs completely - which causes my EA to not work correctly. I  take the Williams Percent Range

Can anybody please tell me how i can turn off this irritating sound every time a i change a time frame

I have a global bool variable (WPR_OS) that is set to "false" and I also have code that will set it to false under certain conditions but it will not be set to false when I run it in the ST. I have even included it in the initialization function, int

The code below used to give me the Average Daily Range (ADR) before but now suddenly it does not work anymore and keep on giving me the value of ADR = 0. Can anybody help me to solve this? for (i= 1 ; i<= 20 ; i++)    ADR  

Are there any rules of where one can place a PRINT statement and where not? I find that sometimes the ST does not see the PRINT statement until I move it to another position. But that presents a problem because I want to see the values of certain

I have written an EA and it seemed to work just fine until i noticed some wrong trades when tested or run on a demo account. I have put a delay on the next transaction after one has been executed by using a variable int HoursDelay. The value of this

I have been testing an EA in the Strategy Tester (ST) and find a mysterious problem happens every time. I have wasted hours on trying to overcome this but to no avail! The ST jumps at one point with 3 hours (highlighted in yellow) because it

Can any body tell me why this indicator does not work in the strategy Tester although it works fine on a chart? The problem is that in the Strategy Tester (ST) it is stuck stuck on only one of the two possible values (50.0000) of the two index

I am writing and EA and are using 2 custom indicators. I have used different custom indicators successfully in other EA's.  My problem is that the EA does not pick up the values displayed in the data window. It returns zeros when the ame values

I have written an EA using among others the well known custom indicator called NonLagMA. I have written other EA's with this indicator without any problems that i was aware of at that time. I have two different length parameters that each are linked

I am trying to create an EA that will trade multiple pairs although only loaded on one pair. I have created the following two variables: string    Pairs[ 28 ] = { "AUDCAD, AUDCHF, AUDJPY, AUDNZD, AUDUSD, CADCHF, CADJPY, CHFJPY, EURAUD

I know this error has been discussed many times but the ones I saw dealt with indicators and did not really address my problem. Can anybody tell me why the following code in my EA gives an " Array out of range " error? for ( int j = 0 ; j <

I have written a small EA and when testing I get the infamous ordersend error 130: invalid stops message.  3 14:49:36.262 2018.12.19 09:29:25  SpikeScalper GBPUSD,M1: OrderSend error 130 0 14:49:36.262 2018.12.19 09:29:25 

I have searched everywhere but cannot find the function/code that will allow me to specify a dropdown options list for an Input variable in MQL4. Can anyone help me please

I want to know how I can write code in my EA where I use the data delivered by one indicator (iWPR) to act as the data source for another indicator (iMA). Can anyone please assist? Will be very grateful

I have written an indicator but it is not performing the way it should. The problem is that the indicator does not take into consideration the higher time frame (H1) when posting the BUY and SELL arrows on the lower time frame (M15) chart. If you can

I have always believed that the drawdown reported in MT4 was calculated based on the Balance of the account. I just read an article that says it is actually calculated on the Equity. Now I am confused because when I generate a report in MT4 the graph

I need to secure my EA so that it is freely available on demo accounts but require registration when used on a live account. I wrote some simple code, but it does not work in spite of having the correct Account numbers . Can you help me

I have an EA that I test on the Strategy Testers of two live accounts of the same broker - and STP and an ECN account. The EA works well with the STP account when using the "tick" option as well as the "open prices" option, but with the ECN account