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Another trendline bug?

I am aware of the fact that there are issues with trendlines when changing timeframes, but surely they should plot accurately on the timeframe that they are created? Not in my experience! Perhaps it is my code: //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //|

DDE issue

Ever since updating to the latest build of MT4, I am having a lot of problems with the DDE data. I have used this in Excel 2007 spread for over a year without any issues, however, when I try to open the spreadsheet now, it will frequently hang whilst trying to link with the data. The only work

Is this a bug?

I have recently developed a custom indicator that counts trading days and plots vertical lines at my prescribed intervals. Works fine within the processed bars, however, as soon as it starts plotting in the future - to the right of the current bar - it adds days?? The code that I use is simply a

Help please with adaptive moving average indicator

I am trying to develop an adaptive moving average indicator based on Perry Kaufman's method. So far, I have modelled the indicator in excel and I am now trying to code it in MQL4. I haven't gotten very far and could do with some help if anyone would be kind enough? Here is my code to date

Help with vertical line objects please....

I wonder if any of you could give me a push in the right direction? I want to build an indicator that acts a little like the built in cyclelines tool. However, rather than using the fixed increment of this tool, I want to be able to set the increments. So, at this stage, it seems that my only option

Why are all of my buffers displaying??

I have adapted a code to indicate crossovers of RSI and a moving average of RSI on the main chart window. However, I cannot figure out why all of the buffers are being displayed, rather than just the crossover signals. If you look at the attached image, you will see that all of the highs and lows

Intersection coordinates

I am new to MQL4 and have just created my first custom indicator - at the moment it is a grid indicator, however, I would like to add trend lines to it. What I would like to do if possible is to detect the intersection points of the vertical and horizontal lines . Then, pass the values to a trend

How does VBA compare with MQL4?

This question is aimed at the more experienced programmers around here - but feel free to reply if you have a point of view on this question. I am demo trading with MT4 and became interested in programming some indicators, scripts etc. Thing is, I had no programming experience whatsoever. So I came

Question for administrator

Another trader that I know is trying to become a registered member of this site, however, despite trying various options, he has not yet received an email confirming that his registration has been received. Therefore, he is unable to access the site...any suggestions? I can send you his email