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simoncs
Added topic Open Buy Order – Error 131: invalid trade volume
Hi I am sometimes getting this error message on my small live account even though i am doing a check for lotstep and minlot. (I haven't been able to replicate the issue in backtesting, so i can't check the values to see if they had extra decimal
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simoncs
Added topic Time[0] using my variable period instead of default chart time
Hi, I think one of the issues with performance for my optimizations is that i calculate one of my indicators - ZIgZag on every tick instead of every new candle. I am already using the Time[0] for my TP function so I thought I could use this in a
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simoncs
Added topic Using a Moving Average cross for take profit once target has been reached
Hi guys, I am looking to improve my EA to try to let the profits run a little further. At the moment the TP is set at the time of trade entry along with the stop. Part of the entry signal is a simple MA crossover, so hoping to use the same MA's to
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simoncs
Added topic Aligning backtesting to Live EA - dukascopy data does not match mt4 broker
Of course not I hear you cry!!!! So have any of you found a solution to this? I am using Dukascopy data, downloaded via birts eareview, which gives me a better modelling result. I backtest my ea to get the optimized settings, and then use these
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simoncs
Added topic Do I need to have some kind of available bar check in my EA if using icustom to call my indicators.
This kinda follows on from my previous question - https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/146554 I contacted Birt about the issues with the dates... His suggestion was it could be related to the way my EA is coded (no surprise really, as this is all still
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simoncs
Added topic Tester - setting Use date does not use the date I downloaded
Hi I have downloaded tick data using Birt's EAreview php scripts and converted the csv to fxt and hst files. I have checked the csv and know i have data for 1/5/13 - 1/8/13. So i plug these dates into my test in Use date fields. Sometimes the tester
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simoncs
Added topic Martingale/consecutive win count works in tester but not live?
Hi, My code for adding Martingale money management to include in the lotsize calculation works in the tester but doesn't appear to work in a live account. (Please note my code isn't the prettiest, or possible the most efficient, but it did seem to
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simoncs
Added topic Money management - Dynamic lotsize based on risk compared to margin utilising a martingalesque technique
Hi The Martingale part: I basically want to be able to increase the percentage of equity/account balance risked if the last trade was profitable. Keep increasing the percentage by 1% to a max of 10%. I have managed to code this. In
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simoncs
Added topic Spread Check - using a switch
Hi I would like to add a Max Spread check function , and have the various ccypairs already set with the tolerance, so that I can just drop the EA on whatever pair and not worry about remembering to set it. I tried to create a switch
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simoncs
Added topic Help with an EA - one variable seems to counteract another statement
Hi all, Appreciate any help here. I am new to MQL4 and have only been trying this for a week. I have written a bunch of functions , which I then call, in the start function. My problem seems to be the order in which things happen or
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