MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 918

Hi  i ve got the following situation. I call iCustom for indicator A to call indicator B that return data almost instantly. I say almost cause it takes a few ms cause of some data validation indicitor B it does. Cause of these ms, the Buffer in indicator A is filled up with carbage.  The only way to...

I am a newbie to MQL4 and developing a trade strategy.  I have written some code, and I want to use a script to generate the orders, and an EA to employ a Trailing stop.  I have been reading a lot of the posts in this forum, but I just want to make sure my code is going to perform as expected. On a...

Hello, I have a problem related to opening new position. I would like to make my EA open one hedge position if I have only one open position at the exact moment. I tried to use that code: if (OrdersTotal() == 1){ for(int cnt=0;cnt<OrdersTotal();cnt++) { OrderSelect(cnt, SELECT_BY_POS,...

How can I get the highest value of a pair over the past 321 minutes? I don't want the high value for 300 minutes or 360 minutes.  It has to be 321 minutes. If it is early Monday morning then it should count the most recent minutes from Monday as well as the remaining minutes from Friday.

I need to control the state of arrays in my Expert Advisor. For this, I want to create a dll in C++ that would receive two-dimensional arrays from MQL4 and output their state in a pop-up window. As far as I understand, I need to pass a two-dimensional array from MQL4 to the dll, but how to pass a

New article MQL5 Cookbook: How to Avoid Errors When Setting/Modifying Trade Levels is published at mql5.com: In continuation of our work on the Expert Advisor from the previous article of the series called "MQL5 Cookbook: Analyzing Position Properties in the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester", we will...

I see this ea on internet. But not run when i attack to chart. Some funtion not enought. When order hit stoploss, ea dont open continue hegde. Please Help me modify this ea with these condition: When one order hit stoploss, continue open two order Buy-Sell. And then continue open hegde when other...

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Hi to all. Im new in MQL4. I wrote a little EA that save some information on a csv file. I don't want to keep in mind to execute EA or to attach it on graph every login!  There is some technique to avoid this? can i set up my EA to be able to auto start with platform?  There are other tecniques that...

How can i have the same indicators set(or properties..) in one desktop(MetaTrader4) in another desktop or devices using my same trading account?

Does this give you the highest value over the past 24 hours only only the highest value since midnight?   iHigh(0,PERIOD_D1,0)   If today is Wednesday, does this give you the highest value of Tuesday or does it give you the highest value between 24 and 48 hours ago from now? iHigh(0,PERIOD_D1,2)...

hi all, sorry, I'm a beginner in the world trade. just few, I know a programming language. but, I have tried to create my own EA by MQL-4. and I have compiled it, no errors found. but, I always failed the test in the chart. how is this??? any help, please. 

Does anyone know of a free EA that can do the following:  1) Let you set a pending order with initial entry, TP1 and SL 2) lets you input TP1, TP2, TP3, TP4,....,TPn (each one definable by user, per trade).  For example: TP1 = 20 pips TP2 = 40 pip TP 3 = 100 pips TP 4 = 150 pips  in one instance....

Hi all, instead of the default - Pass, Profit, Total Trades, Profit Factor, Expected Profit, Drawdown, How can I obtain Profit Trades (%) in the Optimization Results? Or can I derive the profit trades from these parameters ? Thanks

Yo, juste a simple question, how to know the opening date of a selected order ? I mean I got 5 orders open and still not clotured, and I want to know the date when my EA opened a selected order... Thanks in advance

Уважаемые разработчики. Просьба прокомментировать ответ брокера : Цитата : "Отвечаю на Ваш вопрос по поводу отсутствия минутных котировок за 2-3 года. Разработчик программного обеспечения MT4 установил ограничение на количество отображаемых тиков на графике и то что мы выводим на график, это тот...

Why I've differents results in 3 PC with same parameters in entry, same dates range and same broker ?  I've the follow results.  - Backtest in First:   - 2nd Backtest: - 3rd Backtest   

I have installed MT4 manager to a Windows 8 based laptop. It has an error of public key not found but i already put the appropriate registration entry on the manager. Does it means that the MT4 Manager is not applicable with windows 8? Thanks

How is it possible that an EA has more than one condition for opening orders.Advise ,Example appreciated.

i made EA with simple strategy but it not work it dont open position and i dont know why its strategy works well with most pairs and time frames (not more H4) please help me extern int MagicNumber = 0; extern bool SignalMail = False; extern bool EachTickMode = True; extern double Lots = 1...

Hello all,  I am trying to write a very short indicator that I can run in back test that will show me how deep a draw down goes during a set of tests. I am looking at Martingales type of trading systems in some EA's. If the draw downs are not too deep they will close out as profitable in the MQL4...

you know how on the charts, you can apply one indicator onto another by clicking, "apply to first indicator's data?" how can you do the same for programming in mql4? For example, I want to create a strategy that involves bollinger bands on RSI values. 

H1 EURUSD FROM 2001 with 2% risk per trade. I am looking at the areas that need improving. Test has been confirmed with a tick test (EA uses open prices).

Hi there! I'm new to the community and to the idea of algo trading, and I'm in need of help with coding my very first EA! What I did is that I downloaded EA from this link: https://book.mql4.com/samples/expert and tried to modify 'Trading criteria' in order to meet my expectations. Of course my...

Some of the EAs I have a lot if inputs. Example 20 symbols, 10 ten frames and 32 patterns. The configuration with in Metatrader is a not pretty. So I had a QT app built currently it is a EXE app( later in the summer I will tackle it for a real time interface. Right now it reads and writes data to a...

The biggest (greatest) ticket number always corresponds to the last (the newest) order of the account. Is it true ?  Ticket(order A) > ticket(order B) ---> Order A was opened after the order B was. Is it true ? 

It is inconvenient not able to modify the order magic number. The order comment, too. 

What folder which MQL4 keep history data ? Thank you

Hi, When testing EA's, are you more concerned about the max or relative drawdown, perhaps both? I think max drawdown is more important as this determines the drop from the "balance" whereas relative determines the drop from the "equity". This way I know what I could expect from the worst possible