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hi I can't find it! I am a subscriber, i haven't logged on to the forum for a while and now I wanted to check the ea leaders, but can't find the path to where the weekly performance review is. And what are these private forums? This forex-tsd is

Hi I see we have different types of member - junior members, members, Moderators etc. I am curious to know how one moves or is promted between the member types - is it based on the number of posts or something

hi How does one calculate 'margin level'.? I want to open the maximum number of positions I can using different stratergies - but i don't quite know when to stop opening. When 'margin level' = 50%? If I know how to calculate margin level then I can

Hi Here is the code I use for my money management. - Actually it shouldn't be called MM, as it is only calculates how many lots can I buy so that when I hit my stop loss I only loss a certain percentage of my account. I think though that is one of

Hi I am working on a function to determine whether an ea has hit is daily profit target, but I am unsure if I am doing this right. Specifically when I check the closed orders. All my orders open up as pending orders , does a pending order's ordertype

Hi I am trying to get an EA to send me an email message when it wants to trade. This will call the SendMail() function . The help says "Sends a message to the e-mail set in the Tools->Options->EMail tab." My email is provided through

Hi I am getting the error message invalid stops err 130 i.e. I print out my values and they are as follows 2006.06.29 13:15:05 AUDUSD,H1: OrderDetails: SellPrice : 0.731 ,CurrentBid : 0.731 ,stoploss : 0.7319 ,takeprofit : 0.7291 ,slippage : 2 I am

Hi I have an ea that I backtest on all currencies and it buys and sells ok. Now I start forward testing it on these currencies, attatching the ea to each currencies chart. But I am finding the ea totally ignores signals on some charts. So far it has

Hi I have excellent history data - and when I test a stratergy that buys only once a day with only a tp and sl, I get wildly different results if I test using 1min, 15min or 60min timeframes. I was originally just testing on 1hr timeframe - and was

Hi Do Global variables retain their value when you shut down metaquotes and restart the machine. In metaeditor help it says 'Global variables are kept in the client terminal within 4 weeks since the last access, then they will be deleted

hi Does anyone have code or an ea that splits the trade at certain profit levels, e.i. Enter trade - when 30 pips in profit sell half of trade, when at 50 pips profit sell 30% of original, at 70 sell the last 20%. I am getting myself into a serious

Hi I find my code becoming more unmanageable as its complexity increases. What I think is needed is event driven programming. Then when an event like a buy or a close occurs, other functions will just react to that. Currently one always has to check

Hi I find that the subscription to thread tool is not working. I have subscribed to a number of threads, which have been updated and have yet to receive an email. I have asked for some instant and some daily emails. Anyone know how to fix - or is

Hi Please help Can anyone explain the difference between profit and profit factor to me. My high profit factor does not have the highest profit in optimizer results , even with now Money management (MM) and only buying 1 lot each time

Hi I have struggled with the period converter script and had given up on it, until a friend gave me this explaination. Using the Period Converter script -Get the 1 minute data from Alpari (M1) -Delete all the .hst files of the currency pair you want

Hi How does one place an order with no specified takeprofit? Does specifying a 0 for takeprofit mean no takeprofit? Thanks for the help

Hi I am trying to understand how to use the optimization methods of metatrader - for me the optimisations run on an EA- and then it gives the best know profit factor - but I don't see where it then puts the best variable values. Any help appreciated

Hi does anyone know why the thread tools don't work here any longer

Hi Is there a way to stop an EA, like a 'stop' command? I see there is the IsStopped( ) function that looks if it is stopped. I want my EA to stop or 'switch off' if the last 3 trades have been losers. The method I plan to use is to put a static bool

Hi I want to record my stratergy tester to a file. I want to record all its bids and asks and how it sees my indicators. Then I want to read that into an C# (from sharp development http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/ ) program and really debug