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I wish to know how to set the correct spread value in the Symbol Properties within the Strategy Tester. The broker I use has the spread set to zero for all currencies, which invalidates any test runs. It doesn't seem to be high on their priority list of things to get done, so I'm enquiring if...

In the history center section of metatrader there is 3480 rows or data? I there someway to obratin more data from metatrader? or where can ı find free and reliable 15. min data? do you have an idea?

hi ihave problem convert help please MQL 2 code /*[[ Name := T3 TRIX (ROC of T6) Author := Luis Damiani Separate Window := Yes First Color := LightSkyBlue First Draw Type := Line First Symbol := 217 Use Second Data :=yes Second Color := Blue Second Draw Type := Line Second Symbol :=...

Is there a way to debug network problems? I have a MT here which disconnects quite often and seems to be quite slow on data transfer. Also in the status line at the right where network traffic is shown as xx/yy KB the right number (yy) rises faster than the left one, where on another computer yy

While backtesting, I'm getting many of these error messages. Does anyone know what this means? 2005.09.15 05:06:55 2005.07.04 17:37 VoochEasyRider EURUSD,M1: too long string Thanks, Vooch

Dear Sir , there is no data feed for MT4 at present,are there any problem with the platform? stl

Hi, Could we please have the EA Inputs used in a backtest printed to the backtest report. This would be very helpful. Thanks, GT

hi, PERIOD_M1 1 1 minute. PERIOD_M5 5 5 minutes. PERIOD_M15 15 15 minutes. PERIOD_M30 30 30 minutes. PERIOD_H1 60 1 hour. PERIOD_H4 240 4 hour. PERIOD_D1 1440 Daily. PERIOD_W1 10080 Weekly. PERIOD_MN1 43200...

Hi all, I would like to check with you if you have the same problem. When I drag and drop 2 indicators in the same panel, I have different level for these indicators... Exemple I drag and drop 2 RSI indicators. One is RSI(10) and the second is RSI(15), why the levels are not the same? here is a

Hi, 1. Does anyone have the "Trend_Trigger_Modified_V3_a" for MT4? I've got one version but this does not give the same reading as the MT3 one. 2. I'm trying to code an expert. However, I am finding it a challenge as I do not have any prior programming experience. I am using MT3 to programme this...

My expert doesn't seem to modify my stop loss correctly. However, I'm mirroring the Trailing Stop Implementation seen here: if(TrailingStop>0) { if(Bid-OrderOpenPrice()>Point*TrailingStop) {...

Hello to you all. Is there any way to add the graph of the dollar index to my meta trader 4? Haim

When I try to close a trade with an Expert Advisor I get (not the first time): Ping failed What is this and how to deal with it? When restarting MT (closing condition is still valid) the deal closes successfully. There are no errors in the log, the output in the file, which I put literally across a

Show me the money Put on .../experts/scrips and search login and and the password of the rich successful trader :) //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| James Bond.mq4 |//|...

hello, does someone know how i can get an historical data of the GPB/USD ? thank you haim

ok, I'm new to writing experts that trade in MT4, but I've written indicators and things before. I just can't ever get my experts to trade. Here's the code, have a good laugh, and then help me out. I'm just looking to really get an expert that trades based solely upon the ASCTrend movements. I'm...

Hi I am current in GMT +2, and the time on my horizontal bar in MT4 displayed my time. I would like it to be at GMT, so how can i set the time back 2 hours? Thanks

It would be nice if you could caluclate "giveback" on the strategy tester report. Giveback is the difference between the maximum profit attained by a trade and what it profit it actually closed with.

Hi, I'm learning MQL, it's so difficult due to lack of tutorial and examples, and I'm not good at english... Could anybody help me with a few questions, please? Any response would be appreciatate. 1, what's the meaning of "tick", "symbol" here? 2, what's the difference between expert and...

Did a search @ the forum, and got this answer to the question of having my expert only view completed bars, and not the tick by tick data. Here's what i found Hi, I am using the Time[0] and trying to prevent code execution on the tick and only on a new bar if ( Time[0] == MyTime...

I have installed MT4 b182 and DDE works for only 2-5 minutes only when you open the demo worksheet. I do not know what's going on. Any Help please. Regards Hernan

Can anyone help me to program two moving averages so that they are dependent on each others values

Hello, Using a MT4 demo account with InterBankFX, I noticed that MT4 places orders for execution and receives cvonfirmation of order status within about 1 second, whereas MT3 takes about 3-4 seconds ? Can you please explain to me why this is so (i.e. due to program, broker server, MT4 server, etc...

Does anybody know how Normalize() or NormalizeDouble() is calculated? I want to know the internal calculation of this function. How to rewrite the Normalize() function in C ? Thanks in advance

I am fairly new to Metatrader4 platform and have not done much of programming. Can some one help. Assuming that we have 14 day RSI indicator in one of the window on any currency chart e.g. EUR/USD. I would like to add moving average exponential 5 days ( red ) and moving average exp 14 days (...

Hi I am testing my EA and want to scroll back along the chart to see what went wrong at certain point, but with each new tick the chart jumps back to the current date. I tried 'file/Open Offline' but the chart keeps jumping. Any ideas? Thanks

in MQL4 for MT4 Is it possible to have an indicator execute once every new bar/candle instead of every tick? If so does anybody know how? Thanks.

I have a custom indicator where I would want to draw a 0 line when a certain condition is met. However, I cannot get 0 to draw. I have to use .001 to get close to 0. Is this a bug?

I'm having a problem where the visual representation of my EMA lines seem to be different then the calculated representation. Here's what I have: - 3 EMA lines for different periods - A custom indicator that goes to 1 when the fast EMA is greater than the mid EMA and the mid EMA is greater than...

Using the code below prints some sort of random number before the text "Looking ....". Print("Looking at H1 bar ", i, " time on bar local= ", TimeToStr(time), ", bar time dest= ", , TimeToStr(time-tzdiffsec)); There's an extra comma in the statement, the compiler doesn't give an error about it. If I