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dax30 calculation problem

To get the point value per lot in deposit currency for any instrument i am using: double pointValue = MarketInfo(Symbol(), MODE_TICKVALUE); However, for DAX30 on Alpari value is 10 times smaller then the one you get when you open a position. As Alpari support claims everything is OK, i tried to

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News source

Hi, where can one find a FAST and RELIABLE calendar news source available? Is anybody using this? FPA had a free news source but it doesn't work anymore. MT5 Calendar is broker dependant and nor reliable nor fast. If it is a paid service, I need a test period to adjust SW and verify speed

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IndicatorCounted() within start(), old way not working anymore

Before b600 (b540 actually or whatever) standard way of writing indicators was to use start() function and IndicatorCounted() function. I have some indicators which are still written this way, however some got recompiled recently (i don't know when or why) and since then, they are not working

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open a file via a shortcut with FileOpen()

When i try to open a shortcut with FileOpen(), it opens the shortcut file itself, instead of file this shortcut is pointing to. I thought that the shortcut is actually a link in some OS layer, but it obviously isn't. Any ideas how to solve this

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Continous reloading of custom indicator in EA

There are several posts regarding the continuous reloading of custom indicator in EA and none of them actually solves anything. MT4 has a bug in opening of custom indicator, and i cannot find the trigger. Sometimes it is working fine, and sometimes it keeps reloading, without executing any code from

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MT5 installation problem

Hi all, I am trying to install MT5 on a clean computer, with win 7 64-bit enterprise, but I can't install it into desired location. If I use MT5 b1100 installation from mql5.com , it installs 64-bit version in 'program files' after specifying the proxy. So it doesn't allow me to choose the

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File handling through winapi doesnt work

Hi, did anybody manage to use the winapi for file handling? On same computer, win7/64, it works in MT4, but not on MT5

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ParameterGetInput(), ParameterSetInput(), sinput

I would like to use these functions , however there is no help i.e. descriptions which probably means that these functions are not implemented. I remember that i saw some help in MQL5 regarding this, but now i cannot even find that. Anybody knows more

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code change outside of metaeditor

when i change code outside of metaeditor, while it is still open in metaeditor, in MT4 metaeditor that window is marked with an asterisk, while in MT5 metaeditor i get a alert that code is changed outside, and i can choose to keep the version in editor or to revert to version saved on disk

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changes in broker accounts

alpari changed minimal lot in the ecn-new account type from 0.01 to 0.1. as i am using averaging, i need small entries for opening of positions. so i was forced to move to standard account. this kind of changes force me to do extra work and can lead to loss in some cases, when EA is controlling