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i was wondering if one of you guys could make it so the indicator would alert me if i have levels set when touched. man i am horrible at discribing what i need. if i set a level and the i-trend line touches it it would give me a pop-up. i hope someone here can help. much appreciated.( i hope i...

I searched by using word like "cycle" but could not find simillar problem so let me post as new topic. Does anyone know to draw (a) indicator(s) that has same cycle. The thing I want to achieve is the following. (the level of line is say at the bottom of the chart) Draw a 1hour length parallel to...

Does anyone know how to draw an indicator to future? I tried to fill array as follows but buf0[negative value] but it doesn't work. If anyone could help me, that will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Kaz

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So far, Metatrader seems to be a pretty awesome platform. The backtesting seems reliable as I can match it to the backtesting of my own software. It also appears to match live trading. The scripting language is wonderful. I've been able to reproduce my own software which took 6 months to develop in...

I have been backtesting a system that has given some very nice results. It is very simple and an indicator could be made to apply signals directly to the chart. I would appreciate if someone could make this, it is very simple and wouldn't take much time. Here are the rules... You need to overlay a...

In the championship, one server has many EAs in it. If different EAs happen to have the exactly same name global variables. Doesn't one EA interfere with another EA with the same global variable? Global variables of the client terminal are accessible simultaneously from all MQL4 programs...

Could anyone code an ea for me that very simply closes any open trade on the chart when the next zigzag pointer appears? Very simple action. Arrow appears and the open trade is immediately closed. No need to open any new trades. Thank you in advance for your help. Rico

The latest change to the comment column in the trading history tab of terminal, to show the comment instead of "complete", is good, but what is really needed is two colums, one for the comment, and one for the status complete/cancelled. A separate status column would allow me to see the comments...

I'm writing/testing an EA that returns error 130 on every attempt to buy or sell. I actually copied the entire buy/sell logic from another EA that works perfectly and am using zero (0) in the stop loss parameter just as the working EA does. Can there be another reason for this? I'm stumped... Thanks...

Hi All.. Is there any way to show 2H timeframe on MT4? maybe by using any script or indicator? Thanks

MetraTrader 4 on my PC includes gold and indices. But not the version I installed on my laptop. I have reinstalled it several times and clicked on 'show all' etc etc to no avail. Any suggestions or can anyone e-mail me a fix please? Thank you in advance.

Hello. Is there an option for stepping into the code or tracing the data while running the code in MetaTrader? Thanks Raheem

I dont leave my MT4 on all day and night, but I am going to now. How does MT4 handle Internet ( ADSL ) provider connection issues. Does MT4 re logon if connection is dropped between the provider and my PC. So if I have an active trade with a trialing stop, internet drops off, does the MT4 re...

Hello, Experts: Anyone has the EA: Alarm or close current position when price hits a MA. Thanks Jingming

Hi Gentelmens I wonder to know that how can I make a back taste in expert advisor in meta4 programe. For example I would like to do simple Bunny system like 5/20/100 wma cross. Firstable I would like to check 5/20 cross historical last 2 years in 30m time frame, Is anyone more advance to use this

Has anyone heard of spencerfx.com.. They are a mt4 broker with low spreads. I think they are cleared with forex liquidity. Any info on them ?

Hi guys, I´m new in programming mql4 und so I need your help. Here is the setup: Time=9.30 GMT so do buy 1 lot at market (trailling stop 25 pips) and sell 1 lot at market (trailling stop 25 pips). This setup I want to trade every day and just adjust the trailling stop. Thanks for your help...

Does MT4 have "sprintf" type function? I wanted to print datetime in "hh:mm:ss" but TimeToStr drops the seconds. And in such a case, I have to write my own subroutine that will retunr datetime in "hh:mm:ss" (but not h:m:ss). The only way I currently know how to do with MT4 is through the use of...

I would like to be able to plot MACD from 1HR and 4HR along with my 15m MACD on 15m chart. Could someone please guide me in the right direction? TIA Would look something like this If that link don't work i've attached the same image

Have you heard about FOREX? How currencies are traded? When you think about Forex, what do you think of first? Which aspects of Forex are important, which are essential, and which ones can you take or leave? You be the judge. Let's talk about FOREX and advantages of FOREX trading. The good...

Could you please tell me what the problem in this Indicator.‎ It must put a signals when the RSI cross its MA, but it doesn't.‎ Could you please see why ?‎ Sorry But I'm neiwbe in programming .‎

Hello, Is it possibble to change the look of the new builds' arrows placed at TradeFunctions? (eg. to hide the grey circle around them). I can only change the colour, but only that,eg. CLR_NONE has no effect. If it had, at least I could write a function to hide them, and draw something smaller....

Choose your continent or the continent closest to you from where you are currently trading Forex.

Hi all, i'd like to show my account details (current trades, closed trades, active balance and so on) to other users through external connection. Is there a way with mt4 or some other external tool to show these details in real-time acting like a server where they can connect and see account details...

GridMaster EA I am using the GridMaster on MT3 FXdirectdealer but need further direction from anyone on this forum. Within 2-3 weeks the eqiuty has risen from 50,000 to over 85000 currently on GBP 15 minute chart. My questions follows: 1. Anyone ready to share their experience with this EA? 2. How...

I try to test my EA with historical data but i have just this month history. how can i test with 2005 or something else. 2006.09.22 18:12:56 MYEA: no data for testing

Hi, Need help. I'm trying to find an simple EA with trailing stop. I want to open my orders manually and that the EA put the trailing stops. Is that possible? Thanks alot

This EA is very profitable in Metatrader 3. Can somone convert it to MQL4.

Recently I have noticed on at least four times, FXDD has closed an order one or two pips away from the stoploss, where the stoploss should not have triggered. For example, my stoploss on a sell was 1.2626 but FXDD closed on a bar where the high was 1.2624. Demo acct only, but I'm having doubts now...