MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 742

Hi, I see so many different Moneymanagement calculation and some of them are very complicated. So, is this right, as I wanted to calculate the lotsize: NormalizeDouble(AccountBalance()*(RiskOfBalance/100.0)/(StopLossPrice/pips2dbl*MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_TICKVALUE)),LotDigit); Lot's of thanks!!

Hi there, I have installed MT4 Build 646 on my computer. The attached code has been taken from MQL4 help file. The strange thing is that, if you try to compile it with MetaEditor (version: 5.00 build 934 that comes with MT4), the compile will fail with the following error: 'indicator_type1' -...

Hey  guys, can anyone tell me what is wrong with this code? The text-objects are not deleted and I don't know why... int OnInit()  {   for (int i = ObjectsTotal(); i<=0; i--) {      if (ObjectType(ObjectName(i)) == OBJ_TEXT) ObjectDelete(ObjectName(i));   }   Print("Objects: ", ObjectsTotal());...

We are a new freelance company and as of recent we are getting orders which exceeds our current work force. we need some metaquote programmers to work with. mql4 and mql5 programmers  are preffered. it would be better if you have C++ knowledge too and you should be able to create trial versions of...

Hi i attached my ea to chart , but i have this error . But this error was not previously.What is happening?

Hello everyone, i have a new S4 and i have installed MT4 on it. I miss clicked and removed the window "terminal" from the screen, only "Chat- Community and Other window" are visible. Now, when my MT4 on a VPS send a push notification on my phone about an open position from a signal, i can see the...

Hi programmer team, why you didn't put the fibonacci retracement on the android mt4? you put it on the iphone mt4 though.   thanks 

Hi All, anyone had this problem with lots of WinAPI functions failing to load in their terminal? I'm on Win 7 64 bit OS, MT4 build 610. EA had some functions failing because lots of WinAPI fail to load when I look into the Dependencies of EA dialog. My windows is always updated. Any idea what's...

Hello, Does EA debugging  is working for you ? I got -1 when I am trying to open a order under debugging ?  Thanks,   Pierre 

good afternoon for everyone... I dont kno nothing about MQL4 I learn but it's hard to entry in my mind. I have two indicators and I want create a automate EA with simple idea I have two indicators. and the EA its simple when indicator "A" give me the buy signal the system put the order and when the...

what is this compiling error? help me //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|                                                   CF_XML_Lib.mq4 |//|                                                 Eugenio Bravetti |//|                                   http://www...

hi friends I looking for macd aspray indicator but i can't found that indicator setup or code. if you have macd aspray code or setup please share us

Hi, I am getting the following messages from my strategy tester: "There were 134 passes done during optimization ...: optimization stopped, 954 cache records where used, 954 cache records rejected" Unter the green running time line below the main few windows is 1 088 / 1 280 (39 204) written. And...

Hi!  I wish to make the following: When there are active trades shown in the TRADE TAB I would like to be able to high light the trade and when the trade is high lighted the chart for that pair is brought up in the window. If the chart is not opened in the window, it will open a new chart. If I move...

Hi, what are the best formulas to evaluate the performance of a back test? because now we can use the ontester function, we can implement our own formula here... but which one? :) is the SQN (Strategy Quality Number) used by strategyquant in their EA Analyzer tool is good? thanks for your comments!

Is it possible to take the values of an indicator and put them into an array so that the values of the indicator can be looped through. I have tried for a while to find a way to do this but can't work it out. Below iis the core of the code for an indicator to mark spike highs (it allows for bars...

Hi guys, is it possible on MT4 to use an indicator with not standard timeframe within an EA working on another not standard timeframe but on the same symbol? For example, is it possible to recall an Adx with timeframe 2H within an EA working on 40 minutes timeframe on the same symbol? Thanks a lot

I want to work EA on Build 600+ on MT4 but unable to solve this two complilation error.If any coder can guide what to do in such case would be great help to move on...on this issue. 1."not all control paths return a value" 2."return value of 'OrderSelect' should be checked "

int start()  {        // +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+   // | LONG LOGIC                                                                      |   // +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+      bool...

I have an indicator that draws horizontal lines on a chart based on swings.  Now, the math works every time (Comment() shows the values).  But the indicator isn't re-drawing when it should. Can anyone tell me why? Note: the functions HLineCreate, HLineMove, HLineDelete are from the help text....

Hi, I'm developing an EA that besides placing orders, create Alerts for take profit. Is there a command to create the Alerts in the terminal window ?   Thanks. 

Hi everyone, I'm looking for an EA which automatically trades on the break of a trendline. Ideally, it would have the following features: 1) Ability to set a stop loss (in pips from the opening price) 2) Ability to set a target profit (in pips from the opening price OR an actual price target) 3)...

I've written my EA, and it acts kind of strange on live but on tester it works all fine. On live it's giving me this error after what EA stops working "2014.06.25 14:24:01.661    array out of range in 'Buy.mqh' (116,48)" It's kind of strange because line 116 in that file is "else if (BUYSTOP_MODIFY...

hello, i try to attach indicators that i download (FFx macd for example), but i cant attach it to the chart , it just have the option to reset...(as you can see in the photo) this happened after i updated the metatrader 4 version to 646 . also, old indicators also stopped working and doing the same

Hi forum,   First time poster here, please forgive me for any bad etiquette.  I'll do my best to keep this post polite and informative for other readers.   Using this and other forums, I have spliced together a very rough EA.  I plan to develop it as my skill set grows.  For now, I have managed to...

Hello, I have programmed an indicator which seems to work at first when placed on a chart but will change it's behavior when running. I know it has something to do with how I'm calculating Limit for the for loop. Maybe I'm missing something obvious... Here's what I've got: (running on the M1 chart)...

Hi guys, I just bump in to MathRand() function but it only calculates positive number. Do you have any idea on how to get random double numbers from -1.0 to 1.0? Thanks...

The tested tick value  of EJ is 100, the deposit currency is USD.   I think this tick value is not correct,but the broker agent insist that it  is right.     //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|                                                    tickvalue.mq4...

Hi there, I'm trying to create HLines for every specified amount, for example every .0025 pips there should be another HLine. I've tried to do this on EURUSD with a script on and a custom indicator but no luck. This is the script version string objectName = "HL at: ";long chartID = ChartID();double...

I'm looking for a way to find the last high and last low based on moving averages.  The arrows in the attached image show what I'm looking for.   I don't use the current moving average trend.  I look for the last swings.  I've drawn the lines that are the last 2 'swings' in the High and Low. I've...