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I want to put a cap on losses before I turn off the EA to avoid further damage on a clear bad day. Do you think this is the correct way to do it? starting up: double TodaysEquity = AccountEquity(); double InitialEquity = AccountEquity(); double

I ran an EA and had an interesting result. Not very good, but interesting curves. I have to study it more. Then I ran a second EA, two timeframes. It was worse. Then I ran third EA, two timeframes. Also worse. So I thought about something I should

I already have it, but I need it in a new machine. I went to this page and downloaded the file that is clearly identified as MetaTrader 4 for Desktop, Windows. I received a file named mt4setup.exe. I already had mt5setup.exe stored in the first

The manual says about TranslateKey: "Returns a Unicode character by a virtual key code considering the current input language and the status of control keys." Does that mean I can print Unicode characters in my labels and buttons, for example

This isn't really my function. I copied it from somewhere (possibly this forum) quite some time ago, and now I am struggling to understand how to fix it. What it does: I determine an amount in currency and I choose between StopLoss or TakeProfit. The

I have been using this piece of code for a long time: if ( OrderSelect (orderTicket, SELECT_BY_TICKET) == true ) {    if (OrderCloseTime() != 0 )   {         isTradeRunning = false ;

This EA ran for almost two full days without any problem at all. Then, suddenly, without absolutely no change to the code, it doesn't work anymore. I have googled the error and I have no idea what it means. "Wrong indicator handle" is 100%

I have this code: input double X = 6 ; input double Y = 10 ; plus some other code that uses the X and Y variables. I ran it through Strategy Tester and the result was not good. So I ran it again but this time with optimization and a bunch of values

I made an EA. Fast moving average crosses slow moving average upwards. Open a buy order. Fast moving average crosses slow moving average downwards. Open a sell order. SL and TP are always the same distance. Whichever the price hits first wins. The EA

I googled and read some pages but I am still struggling with this. Will someone please help me? double getMovAv( ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe, int maperiod, int mashift, int barshift) {    double myMovingAverageArray[];    int

MT5 seems to be a lot slower than MT4. I have labels that give me information in real time, for example PositionsTotal(), and it takes about two or three seconds to update after an order is placed. At first I thought it was just a slow GUI problem

I am trying to learn how to close a position. I found at least a dozen examples, more like two dozen, but it seems that ALL of them either require CTrade or present a solution that involves iterating over many open orders and selecting by position

I have this code in a loop: if ( OrdersTotal () > 0 )   {    monitorTrade(); } if ( OrdersTotal () == 0 )  {    orderOpen( "buy" );    return ; } I expected the EA to never open more than one

I am migrating from MQL4 to 5 and having a bump ride. This order placement function I wrote isn't working. I get this error message: '61059710': failed market buy 0.01 BTCUSD [Unsupported filling mode] Can someone please help me get it right? void

I had abandoned Strategy Tester for more than a year. Then I decided to try it again. Terrible experience just like in the old times. I write an EA that is an absolute winner in the backtests, then I put it to work on a live account (demo, of course)

In MetaEditor, "Edit" menu, "Advanced" option, there are 'Comment' and 'Uncomment' options. They work for me, but only from that menu. Can I use those tools from the keyboard? Next to the 'Comment' option, there is an indication of key combination

int OnInit ()   {    TF = Period ();    drawLabel();    return ( INIT_SUCCEEDED ); } void OnDeinit ( const int reason)  {    if ( ObjectFind ( "LabelDebug" ) != - 1

256 divided by 5 is 51.2, but MT4 gives me 51.00000000. int OnInit ()   {    Average = ( 256 / 5 );    drawLabel();    return ( INIT_SUCCEEDED ); } double Average; void drawLabel()  {   

It's easy with preset colors: ChartBkg = ChartSetInteger ( 0 , CHART_COLOR_BACKGROUND , White); ChartBkg = ChartSetInteger ( 0 , CHART_COLOR_BACKGROUND , Lavender); What about custom colors? Manual selection returns something like 181,230,210. But

I have a MA line, say 28 exp close, and I want to have some kind of "shadow" line that mimicks the exact same trajectory, but a certain number of PIPs or points or rather price figure above or below the main MA line. I've been thinking about it and I