MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 1051

Hi, I have an indicator which draw Up & Down arrow in the main chart window to provide buy & sell signal.How can i use this indicator in EA using iCustome() function? I mean what is code in "int var=iCustome(???????)? plz help. thanks in advance. Here is the indicator code: #property...

I sold one of my EAs to a client. He is getting false signals that I am not getting, and I am getting the correct signals. We are both using the same exact EA and the same exact broker . The EA is attached to the same exact pairs. What could be the cause of this?

Following some recent email related posts here is a method I found that enables: Sending emails without a SMTP account.Removing "Expert Adviser" from the 'From' field.Sending HTML formatted emails.The method uses a freeware SMTP relay client I have been using for a few months: mini-Relay v0.9.77d...

I am backtesting the following script. The return value for orderprofit is 0 and it should not be. What am I doing wrong. int ticket= OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,0.1,Ask,3,Ask-.0011,Ask+.0014); // Scenario 1 OrderSelect(ticket, SELECT_BY_TICKET);...

Hi, I am new to mql programming. I have an custom indicator which give buy & sell signal by putting arrow in chart window. It doesn't pass any return value for EA. So i can't use iCustome() function from EA. How can i get the signal from EA?In the code what i have to add after "CrossUp[i] = Low[i] -...

the syntax of it is ObjectCreate( "andrew1", 19,0, gt1t,gp1,gt2t ,gp2 ,gt3t ,gp3 ) ; the main problem is that gt1t gt2t gt3t need to be converted from double format to datetime format as the function accept it i have for example gt1t=17 in double format,,, it means 17 bars before the...

Hello, I have a *really* stupid question I am really sorry to bother you with: My metatrader4 templates always forget the colors I had set for certain indicator buffers. Why? The code in those indicators are as follows. Is there a way to set the code to make the template actually remember that as a...

I have seen and read a lot of commets about the spread (durig weekends, bougus server, ..) of MT4. But what I have not found is an answer to to that question: If I start a backtest - e.g. ~10'000 tries: is the spread taken once at the beginning this backtest, so it's the same for all the ~10'000...

hello,,,could any one help me please getting points z1 and z2 in mql4 given :point 1 and point2 both in price and time z1 is the intersection between the horizontal line from point 2 and vertical line from point 1 i need it in price and time also z2 is at the line passing from point 1 and point 2 .....

Hello there. My EA sometimes does not open or close an order due to a disconnect or other issues. I am using a VPS and there are no issues with other brokers I am using for tests. I want to make my EA open or close trades more reliably. Can anyone please recommend a sample of a reliable order...

Hello, I have identified a problem with my EA, when i change symbol on the same chart, the EA will revert back to the original symbol and open a trade with the wrong symbol. is this a common problem or is it possible to fix in the EA, so it selects latest symbol instead of defaulting to original

Hi, Im trying to write an ea and im having trouble opening orders, i also have this ea in multiple charts windows. Currently it only opens one order at a time. What i want to happen is that the ea will only open 1 order per symbol .       {                 //Print("openbuy true");...

Hello! I want to ask how can I set the TP less than 5 pips. 5pips are permitted by my broker! Do I need a script or a .dll???? thank you

Hi everyone. I executed an optimization run on my EA over full year 2011 (I didnt include first quarter 2012 and reserved it for testing), and got about 3000 results. I was wondering if there was an automated way (couldn't find it in the optimizator nor these forums) to get the projected balance of

I am a Newbie and looking for an automatic trading system for the Bill Poulos Instant Pips system can someone help please

Hi can anyone give me clarification of Indicatorcounted funtion. In the below function Does Indicatorcounted plays any major role in EMA function. If yes how the below function differs from normal EMA plotting int li_4 = IndicatorCounted();if (li_4 < 0) return (-1);if (li_4 > 0) li_4--; int li_0 =...

funtion 1: for (int i = 0; i < bars-1; i++) { ind[i] = iMA(NULL, 0, 13, 0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE, i); } funtions 2: ind = iMA(NULL, 0, 13, 0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE, i);

I am aware of the fact that there are issues with trendlines when changing timeframes, but surely they should plot accurately on the timeframe that they are created? Not in my experience! Perhaps it is my code:...

I found this indicator online, and like it for support/resistance. However, it puts text fields in that I do not need. They get in the way and are obstructive. I attached an image that shows the fields that I would like eliminated from this indicator. I also attached the mq4 file which I found...

I was replying to this https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/138726/page2 then I had a question, please reply if you know the answer : what is the price of the next 15 bars, starting from close bar 7 if price climbing up at 45 degree ?. To answer this you must use trendline by angle object, and please after...

Hello, I try to make a difference between open position and pending order with mql4. Example : sell limit is similar to sell (OP_SELLLIMIT - OP_SELL). Is there a way to say when a pending order is open?? thank you

My MQL auto-trading program is up and running, and it actually looks like it might make some money (I am still running in demo mode). No small thanks to the people here who helped me through the MQL4 learning curve. But my computer is crashing periodically. It's an XP Pro system that I bought...

Hi, I have been paper (virtual) trading for a bit of time and developing systems, and I am willing to invest 3k, which can be leverage 50 times, is it reasonable to hope for 30 dollars for a trading day. I figure its, $3,000 x 50 (leverage) = $150,000, and $30 expectation, $30/$150,000 = .0002 =...

Hi, I wrote a function to see profits of each signals I used in my EA, it get those profits in files, and profits change if I use FileReadArray(handle, file, 0, 1) instead of FileReadDouble. I need to use array to write more informations in files, I currently write profits only. So is there any...

Does anyone have a Multi-TimeFrame Zigzag indicator

When you attach an EA to a chart or start a backtest/optimization, then the list of external variables for that EA gets printed to the terminal experts tab or strategy tester journal tab (respectively) under the entry title of "inputs". Does anyone know if it is possible to retrieve this list using...

New article Create Your Own Trading Robot in 6 Steps! is published at mql5.com: If you don't know how trade classes are constructed, and are scared of the words "Object Oriented Programming", then this article is for you. In fact, you do not need to know the details to write your own module of...

New article How to Develop an Expert Advisor using UML Tools is published at mql5.com: This article discusses creation of Expert Advisors using the UML graphical language, which is used for visual modeling of object-oriented software systems. The main advantage of this approach is the visualization...

Hi everyone, I am using below codes to delete all the objects created by EA. However, when I remove the EA, there are still some objects remain on the chart All my object names are created with something like string name="EA" + XKDLJFLSIJ; int init(){  RemoveEADrawings();}int...