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MT4 not auto connecting after ping fail

Hi guys and gals ;) I'm having big trouble with MT4 connection issues. I run multiple MT4's on a dedicated server with low latency to my brokers 1-2 milliseconds. However, quite often (1-2 times a day) MT4 keeps dropping the connection. Now, most of the time it will reconnect back within a second

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Does MQL4 code runs in the seqance i write code?

Hi, I'm sorry if this is stupid question, but I'm new to coding. Does the code I write in MQL4 is read by MT4 in the order i write code? I`m asking this as I have 2 peaces of code contradicting one and another. But wondering if in this case the last code will be used over the first one? Here is the

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How to get MA values that are shifted forward???

Please help me out, is this possible??? I use some shifted MAs, similar to alligator . I`m writing simple indicator to help me out when price crosses these MAs. I need to call MAs values that are in front of the price, eg -3,-5,-8, but not sure how to do this. I can easy get current price + shifted

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zero divide error

Hello. Can anyone shed some light on this? I`m geting zero divide error when my EA calculates lot size. It only happens in Strategy tester on EURUSD and USDJPY when testing in tick mode ( control points works fine) This is the code I use: double lot = MathFloor (((risk / NumberOfOrders)) /

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Strategy tester on weekly chart?

Hi. Has anyone managed to test EA on weekly chart? I know MT4 doesn't allow testing on weekly by default. I tried the steps as outlined in article: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/1368 I can substitute Daily chart data with weekly chart data, but I can't use tick mode testing as MT4 thinks I`m

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Strategy tester in offline mode

Hi. I want to test my EA in offline mode, but having trouble getting the EA to calculate correct lot sizes when in offline mode as you know MarketInfo returns 0 values when in MT4 is in offline mode. There are other posts about this issue, but none of them seem to have a solution for this. One of

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Question about strategy tester.

Hi all. I'm experienced trader, but quite new to automated trading. I'm trying to automate my trading strategy and test it using strategy tester . The issue I have is that my strategy looks at all availble fx pairs and then chooses just 1 pair to trade based on my given parameters. But strategy

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Tickvalue in strategy tester???

Hi. I'm new to mql4 language, but I understand the basics. I'm testing my EA on Stretegy tester, but noticed that on some pairs (USDJPY,USDCHF,USDCAD) lot size calculation is off. I use this function to get tickvalue and on real trading it works fine, also on most of the pairs in Stretegy tester