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Opinion - very successfull EA - $3000 account to $6300 in two weeks (could have been $9000)

Hi I am looking for the opinion of some of the experienced people on here. I have programmed a simple EA, and it seems to work fantastic on a demo account. I know trading live is different, but what I want to know is in what way is it different and could this difference have an effect on my EA

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which function do I use to kill the EA when a certain condition is met ?

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problem with random stop loss values

I have this code before. The StopLoss is set at 30 points at the moment, but when a trade is placed, the stop loss on the trade is anything between 60 and 70 points. Seems very random and I cant work out what is causing this. Can anyone help me with this please ? if (SignalBUY== "true" ) {

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How do I retrieve the latest Parabolic SAR value ?

I have this code: double dSAR = iSAR(NULL,0,0.02,0.2,0); Comment("Last SAR Value = ", DoubleToStr(dSAR,5),"\n", "SAR 0 : ",iSAR(NULL,0,0.02,0.2,0) ); The SAR value from the iSAR function shows on the comment as 1.36710, whereas the latest SAR indicator value on screen is 1.36798 It is the value of

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MT4 crash

When I apply an EA to my chart, MT4 crashes with this error, can any one tell me how to fix it ? There has been a critical error Time : 2011.04.26 20:11 Program : Client Terminal Version : 4.00 (build: 229, 16 Nov 2010) OS : Windows XP Professional 5.1 Service Pack 3 (Build 2600) Processors : 2 x

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Using #property indicator_chart_window

can I use #property indicator_chart_window in an EA, and if not why not and what do I have to do in its place / do to make it work ? I have copied it from a Pivots_daily indicator where it already draws to the main window so why will it not work when being used in an EA ? (in laymans terms please

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What does # Define mean ?

I have this in code: #define SIGNAL_NONE 0 #define SIGNAL_BUY 1 #define SIGNAL_SELL 2 Could anyone tell me in laymans terms what this code does please ? thanks in advance

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help with code counting types of order please ?

I am trying to get this code to count the different types of order and store the results where I can use them, but it doesnt work. Could anyone help ? double Op_Buy, Op_Sell, Op_BuyStop, Op_SellStop, Op_BuyLimit, Op_SellLimit ; int total = OrdersTotal (); for ( int a=

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MT4 Bug ?

I have just been watching MT4 trade and my trailing stop stopped working on Sell orders . I restarted the machine and it works. Is this a bug and can I fix it ? Can I get MT4 for linux ? (Ubuntu)

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What is the best way to test my EA ?

What is the best way to test my EA without waiting the whole day for another trade to happen just to check my latest adaption is working or not ? ? I can not use the back tester on MT4