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Hi there, I'm running into problems creating an EA that runs through history, fetches a bunch of trade data and then exports that to Excel. The EA works fine except that I seem to be getting inaccurate data when I go back to around Nov 2021 in

So I have a template file attached, where I have a stochastic and MA loaded in the same indicator window. In the data window, the MA values are displayed as Price, and the Stochastic is displayed as a value from 0 - 100. What I would like to ask, is

Hi there, New to MQL5, have coded using MQL4 in the past. I'm trying to create an EA that detects a specific pattern based off high's and lows. And then draw lines on the chart to visualize these patterns. The code goes through lots of iterations to

Hi there, I am trying to get indicator data from a chart other than the one that I have my EA/Indicator/Script active on. The problem is, if that chart is currently open, the data is accurate. However if that chart is closed, the data is more often

Hi, Hoping someone can help me with this. I'm trying to send an HTTP Post with parameters , but have not used them much. How do I format/send the parameters? Where do the parameters go? Here is my basic code so far: void OnStart ()   {

Hi there, I manage a number of VPS's with EA's installed on them using. All using the same EA. I come across a problem where some of the EA's will give a 4109 error when trying to open trades. This does not make sense to me as I have allowed live

Hi there,   I don't have a MAC, but want to know if it is at all possible Wininet functions on a MAC?   I have an indicator, that I want to use to check if an account is active/inactive via a URL, but WebRequest() is not available for

Hi!   Is it possible to change MT4 settings, such as "Allow DLL" through an MQL4 script, or other script? Which file stores these settings?   Thanks Richard 

Hi,   I have an indicator, and part of the code draws trend lines on the chart. There are roughly 200 of these lines on each chart, and i have 12 charts running at once. When I change timeframes, obviously all the trend lines need to be redrawn

Hi,   I have an indicator, and part of the code draws trend lines on the chart. There are roughly 200 of these lines on each chart, and i have 12 charts running at once. When I change timeframes, obviously all the trend lines need to be redraw

Hi,   I have the below piece of code, which is supposed to read the values of the stochastic at different timeframes. When the chart is on the same timeframe as the requested stochastic timeframe, it gives the correct reading, however when it is

Hi there,   I am trying to code an indicator to show Stochastic %K and %D for custom timeframes ( 2, 17, 26 etc).   For the first step, I am just trying to recode the normal stochastic, to give me the %K for the most recent closed bar. for

Hi there,   I use multiple terminals on 1 PC, mostly to allow me to test EA's etc across different brokers. It can be very irritating to copy EA's/Indicators/Scripts that I have written between the different data folders, to test them across

Hi,   I've seen this feature in MQL4 post build 600 - "  It is possible to set another way to display names of input parameters in the Inputs tab. To do this, a string comment is used, which should be located after the description of an

Hi!   I have a script with a set of inputs, and the #property show_inputs;   Now each time I run the script, I can set the inputs as I like, however the next time I run the script the inputs are set back to default.   Is there any way

Hi!   I have an EA running on 5 charts. Part of my strategy is that as soon as my profit for the day, + floating P/L reaches 5%, I close all my open trades and stop trading of the day. I have written an EA that I run on a separate chart to

Hi, how do I remove duplicate values from an array? I have tried to add a check to stop it adding duplicate values in the first place - but this doesn't seem to work.   //+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Hi!   I have coded an alert for my Ichimoku trading, all it does is check for available conditions, and if met it send and Alert(). It is working well, but what I notice is that when I open up the terminal for the first time each day, it sends