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Hi folks, Does anyone know if I can run an EA on a custom time frame?  I mean run a live EA that places real orders. If you google it, you find plenty about using a custom time frame in Strategy Tester .  But I have not come across anything

Hi there, does anyone know a way to get more values for the Strategy Tester spread than the currently offered 2, 5, 10, 30, 50, and 100?  Might there be a jury rig? Thanks and best, Jeff

Hi all, I have MT4 running with the same account on two laptops.  On one of them the bid/ask "boxes" have disappeared - the two boxes on the top left of a chart that show the bid and ask in large font.  Please see the attached image file. I

Hi all, I am downloading historical data from MT4 History Center to use in an Excel-based backtest program.  I am able to download about 1000 bars in each timeframe.  At the same time, however, I see something like the following at the top

Hi all, I have asked a few questions in the forum lately and very much appreciate the responses I have gotten.  I am hoping for the same kind of luck again.   I have written an EA that works perfectly on Strategy Tester .  But I when

I am completely stumped and would welcome any ideas.  The below code is part of a larger and fairly complex logical sequence, but because of the printing I can see that the logical structure is functioning properly.  However the OrderModify

Hi everyone, I am coding my first EA (so MQL4 newbie, but I have decent experience in VBA) and I need a way to distinguish existing positions (filled orders) from pending (unfilled) orders.  I imagine there is a way to do this using one of the