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Hello Forum, with help I previously got an indicator to work which simply put a small box on the chart to illustrate the current spread between bid and ask. With labels at the Ask and Bid levels Now I am trying to work out how to insert the actual

Hi Forum, this may be a figment of my imagination, but I seem to remember reading somewhere, that there was a shortcut method of moving from the current time on a chart to a specified date and time. But I can't find the reference. If there is such a

Hi Forum, hoping someone might help me understand how MetaEditor is set up after multiple installations, so I can fix a problem. I have multiple MT4 installations on my PC and no matter which version of MT4 (different brokers) I have open, when I

Hi hope someone might help me with this query. Instead of having a horizontal line across my entire chart at calculated price levels, I wish to: control the length of the horizontal line; and reference the line's  horizontal position relative to

Hello Forum Just tried putting together an indicator to show Bid Ask Spread All seems to work nicely EXCEPT, I don't know why my 2nd label is not appearing I'll include a picture, but basically, the 1st Label works nicely and the Word "Ask sits above

Hi Forum, hoping someone might point me towards a lesson or article (on loops) I keep getting myself into trouble with some of the basics and figure it is time I improved my knowledge in this area. When I search the forum I find mainly examples of

Hi all, I was just testing an indicator and the end result was that my MT4 program stopped responding and wont let me restart. Would someone mind advising me how I can go int the program files and delete the last work I entered on my chart which I

Hello there Would someone mind telling me in simple words or pointing me to the right part of the documentation, what it means when you use "NormalizeDouble" in code example: if (f!=0) return (NormalizeDouble(f, d)); I have tried searching, but can't

Hello Forum Hope someone might assist me with the code below. I am tring to produce an indicator that draws the most recent high and low fractal levels as lines to the right of the most recent price bar or candle But I am unsure how to write lines 71

Hello forum, I am having real trouble understanding and using time correctly in my code I have read the documentation many times, but still not grasping concept properly I am trying to create a pivot point indicator that will calculate values based

Hello forum, I want to construct a pivot point indicator that applies to a specified time period and not an entire day. Was looking at previous posts including a similar question I asked previously and now just want to check the base premise of how

Hello Forum I am in the process of building an indicator that I can add to the short time frame chart that I normally trade, and show the high and low of the current bars for higher  time frames (and hence likely support and resistance levels )

Hi just wondering if the properties of a line graph are alterable That is, If I wanted to see a line chart of the daily open price  or hourly close price etc Is that achievable directly from a standard chart or would I have to plot it separately

Hello Forum, possibly my most ignorant question, but then again I don't know! As a newbie I find myself putting a lot of descriptive text in my code, to remind me of what I am trying to do and allow me to come back to rework errors etc In the more

Hello Forum, Just wondering if it is possible to have an indicator color set to none Have been experimenting with buffers and if I adjust the properties of my indicator once attached to a chart and set color to "NONE", it looks like my

Hello Forum, my newbie understanding is getting me into trouble with this code and I desperately need some help after going in circles for hours. I am trying to adapt the fractals indicator to include additional buffers that draw arrows on the chart

if   (      (c1> 0 && c2> 0 && c3> 0 && (Close[i]>High[i+ 1 ])&& ( iSAR ( NULL , 0 , 0.01 , 0.2 ,i)<Low[i]))

Hello forum, hoping someone might steer me in the right direction with this query. I have attached a very simple diagram where I show three candles, A, B and C and a previous low marked with an arrow. I am looking for a way to filter entries based on

Hello forum. I have been having problems with MetaQuotes Language Editor, in that when I copy code to paste elsewhere, it shuts down (The editor part of the program, but not metatrader4) Extremely annoying and time consuming and does not happen when

Hello forum, I have put a similar post to this on the forum previously, but still struggling to understand "Lookback" function and whether it is actually what I want to use anyway. If I want to have as part of a condition that the close