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Hi  Does anyone know how to calculate in EA the financing fees charged by the broker? I wrote this code to calculate daily profit (see below).  It works fine.  Except it does not include the broker's daily financing fee. 

Hi; I am using this formula to calculate percentage: Profits= NormalizeDouble ((OrderProfit()/orderProf)* 100 , 2 );  (orderProf is preset to $200). It works fine, except it doesn't display properly: Any suggestions? Thanks a bunch

Hi; Wrote this code to display two buttons that represent an OFF/ON switch.  They work as intended. With both buttons set to OFF mode they are the same exact size.  However when I press one of the buttons to change its mode, the button

Hello; I wrote a routine that will activate a trailing stoploss.  It works as it should. I have the MT4 platform forward activities to my phone under notifications (Tools -> Options -> Notifications) Problem  I am having is that every

Hi I created a trading stats window.  When I hover the mouse pointer over a description it will popup a tiny window (almost like a button) that shows the name I gave to the object.  ObjectCreate ( "Title" , OBJ_LABEL , 0 , 0 , 0 ); In my

Hi; I get 0 errors, 0 warnings after compiling my EA. Yet in the coding line numbers it shows this symbol The code to the right of this symbol is: // set variables needed to calculate lotsize double MaxRisk2 = MaxRisk, LotSize2 = 0 , newBalance =

Hi; I want to perform a number of calculations that use double variables (Open[], Close[], Ma Value, iHighest, iLowest, etc.) My problem is that no matter which conversion function I use (NormalizeDouble, MathAbs, MathRound, (int), etc.) I can not

Hello; Is there a way I can determine an actual candle close as it happens? Both iClose [] and Close[] don't do that.   Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you

Hi  I wish to display certain chart stats on my chart.  In general chart properties I have "chart in foreground" unchecked. I use the following code to display the stats but the chart (bars) still move over the text, instead of behind it

Hi  Can anyone tell me how I can color (or highlight) a portion of the current candle on a chart? I have code I wrote that checks for a possible run-away candle that is based on a certain number of pips The code works except I don't know how to

Hi; I have conundrum: I travel a lot and am constantly in different time zones : US, Australia, Europe, Africa, etc.  How can I get my EA to auto close all open orders at Friday noon (12pm) regardless of where I am in the world? Do I need to

Hello; Got a conundrum:  how can I show open order in MT4 on the active chart only and not on all charts? I use 15M chart for my actual trading.  I also have a 1H & 4H chart open to confirm overall market direction as well as most

I have several watch lists I created in MT4 using the SET option.  I wish to display these watch lists all at the same time.  How can I do that? I tried opening more Market Watch windows and add a watchlist to each window but that doesn't

Hello; I understand that MT4 platform allows for automatic execution of a script at startup using the command "start terminal.exe <script subdirectory\script name>"  (without the double quotes. In my case the actual command is:  start

Hello; I am curious to know if either MT4 or MT5 allows me to display an open position per time chart for the same currency as opposed to how it is now: showing all open positions on all time charts. Example: I open a loonie position in a one hour

Hello everyone; I have an EA that shows various information about my trading account.  I can move that information anywhere I want on the chart by means of the setup built into the EA. However, when I move the chart from one monitor to another

Hi; is it possible in MT4 to make candlesticks transparent (see through) so that I can see the indicator actually moving through the candlestick? Right now the candlesticks appear on top of the indicator, as if the indicator is in the background and