MQL4 and MetaTrader 4

Hey, i just started learning mql4 recently, and i am automating known indicators like MACD, SMA, EMA, Bollinger Bands, RSI... Not to make profit just to learn the language. I was messing around with the RSI EA and it had amazing results in the backtest (strategy tester) over the past 12 months with

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Hello, I'm trying to create a function that would check for a previous / developing crossover pattern using the stochastic oscillator . Attached is an image to better explain what I'm trying to achieve. Essentially I'd like to know when a multi part crossover occurs, the criteria is a first cross

Hi, Mr. Guru could you please help me to constantly refresh an ea after each tick movement. I have tried everything, But I just can't make it refresh constantly. What lines of code must I insert to keep an ea and indicator refresh after every tick ? Tnx

I added an edit box to adxvma indicator, allowing change adxvmaperiod on the fly, and it tested ok, but then I failed to redraw the chart. I've successfully fixed this kind of problem with a most simple ma indicator, and it has a oncalculate() structure. But with this one, I admit it's too

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a solution to the following MQL4 issue. I wrote an indicator that draws histograms in the chart window. I noticed that when the chart reaches the specified candle count limit, it still draws an additional 128 candles and then deletes the oldest 128 candles to return

I have a volume indicator I would like to share here which displays No Supply and No Demand indications when confirmed, however I would like for it to show the indications before confirmation/instead of waiting for confirmation if possible? I tried to do it myself but to be honest I am not sure how

hello to all Honestly, I don't understand the difference between OrderTakeProfit() and OrderProfit() functions. For example, if in buy positions on EURUSD and USDJPY if the entry and current prices are like this, what are the values ​​of these two functions? lotsize = 0.2 EURUSD ٍEntry = 1.0640

How do I resolve the warning on this code line return NormalizeDouble (basePrice + ( double )steps * stepPips * multiplier, MarketInfo( Symbol (), MODE_DIGITS)); Compilation warning possible loss of data due to type conversion Meta EA.mq4 47 79 your help will be appreciated Improperly formatted code

I have coded an EA and whenever I try to remove the EA from the chart Mt4 gets frozen for some time and then I receive the message "EA shutdown by time out" in the experts log. and sometimes when I try to remove the EA it just closes down the Mt4 as soon as I click the Remove option. the way I am

Hi to All, i need to call the same custom indicator (superTrend) more time in my EA, for current bar, and for historical bars. After backtest, in the chart, there are to much superTrend indicators, it seems one indicator for one iCustom calls and noticed a slow performance by MT4. There is a best

Hello MQL5 Community, I’m working on a function to calculate and display the profit summary for specific periods (weekly or monthly) based on trades with a particular magic number. However, I’m encountering an issue where the profit summary shows individual profits for each month but does not

When i extract a value from a textbox using: Value = DoubleToString ( ObjectGetString ( 0 , OBJPROP_TOOLTIP , 0 )) It works fine when you convert it to a double and print it. However, when i try to add 0.5 to the value, i get incorrect results. For example, the result of Value + 0.5 is 50.05 instead

Hi everybody, I used to basket close all the open trades on Friday 23:30 automatically by setting TimeDayOfWeek(TimeCurrent())==5 in my EA. The problem now is what if today is Thursday and tomorrow Friday is a holiday (off-trading day), is there a command to detect automatically whether a broker's

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IMO, there appears to be no Complete EA within the mql4.com's Code-base or Articles for that matter of fact. There always seem to be something missing. I'm going to use the definition straight from the source allot of people recommend for learning to program mql4; the Book . In addition to that

Anyone tried out Blessing EA? What about Forex Magic Stick?

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HI all, need help to check why my EA is not making any trade on MT4 VPS. I migrated it and no errors appear, but then it is not making any trade. Did you see anything weird/incorrect I should correct

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In MQL4 is it possible to create a two-dimensional array whose first dimension is a number and the second is a string? If the answer is yes, is there a way to sort it? Like this : Array[ 4 ][ 4 ] = {{ "USD" , 1 },{ "EUR" , 4 },{ "NZD" , 3 },{ "CAD" , 2 }}; and after sort : Array[ 4 ][ 4 ] = {{ "USD"

I started this thread to post all news/signals indicators and EAs we have now and will have in the future.

hello I downloaded tick data from Dukascopy in csv and need now to convert in fxt to handle in mt4; in fact the import from csv handle only m1 as a minimum). Can someone tell me how to do? The script " csv_to_hst.ex4" do not work anymore in new builds. (I understood that fxt is needed and not hst

I trade in the US where the FIFO rule applies. However this rule does not apply if your trades use a different lot size. I contacted my broker (forex.com) to ask why MT4 platform always rejects a closing order if it was not the first trade in a series. I was told that the forex.com's web trader

Hello everyone. Indicator handles do not exist in metatrader4. So how do you make sure if indicator is available and iCustom is returning a valid number