MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 121

Hi all, I'm considering a strategy where I'm opening trades manually, but a trailing stoploss is managed by an EA. That seems easy enough, there appear to be plenty of EAs that can do that. My question comes in when, say, I'm trading 2 different strategies on the same account, and on the same

What do I need to delete or reset to get the current build of metatrader to save all it current display settings so that when I close and open MT4 I still see all the toolbars and navigator windows setting I had when I closed MT4?

i forgot my account's passwords...can any1 help me?...

I think the below code for IsNewBarOnTimeframes() might be useful for anyone who wishes to monitor the end of a bar from any time frame whatsoever in MT4. Hence, I decided to share it for perusal. Happy using: bool IsNewBarOnTimeframe( int timeframe) { datetime BarOpenTime = iTime ( Symbol

I have been using this piece of code for a long time: if ( OrderSelect (orderTicket, SELECT_BY_TICKET) == true ) { if (OrderCloseTime() != 0 ) { isTradeRunning = false ; orderProfit = OrderProfit() + OrderCommission(); return ; } } It always worked. Now I have it in a

Hi!  The following code is an example of metaquotes.  #include <Controls\Dialog.mqh> #include <Controls\CheckBox.mqh> //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| defines                                                          |...

Hi my friends, I've made a mistake and change the extension of .ex4 files through its properties and by " open with " button, I mean I chose to open .ex4 files in "notepad" application and it is completely crashed right now. Does anyone know how to change it to its default condition in order to open...

Hello to everyone. After I read MIDAS articles by Dr. Paul Levine(RIP) a great search began for me for the MIDAS indicators. But I couldnt find any "valid" ones that can be used as it is told in the articles. So I gave my shot at Dr. Paul Levine's article. I have to say it is one of the best written...

How does one check the latency from the mt4 webtrader terminal to the broker's server? I don't see any lines in the Journal tab showing the ping or connection speed when logging in. And there is no visible method to "rescan server", unless I am missing something. I selected "debug" from the context

Hello, My EA is working fine on live testing on demo accounts, is opening closing and managing trades. Most of the trades it opens has tp and sl based on the daily pips range. I check the daily pips range with: Range = (NormalizeDouble((MarketInfo(NULL,MODE_HIGH) - MarketInfo(NULL,MODE_LOW)),4));

I would like to calculate the „Pips“ difference between a indicator and the Close. The Parameters which I need for my calculation (in my opinion) 1. Breakout indicator (Support/ Resistance) 2. Close Course My Try in code it works: //Initizilation (BarClose) double BarClose= iClose (

Im trying to send an order but it seems that my broker has limits to the orders sent. I had the following line of code which gave me an output of 10: Alert(MarketInfo(NULL,MODE_STOPLEVEL)); and the following is my order send function but its not accepted

Hi, val1: 1.40900 val2: 1.41100 How can I get 20 points? Regards, Dejkan

Hello, Now I'm looking for Metatrader4 Historical Forex Data including all time flames(1M, 5M, 15M, 30M, 1H, 4H, 1D, 1W, 1M) and from 2011 January 1st but I can't find anywhere online. I went to Tools > Options > Charts and then set the max bars in history and chart to a really big number. Then

  The situation is, on the initial run, I set that number on the input. After EA run, it meet certain criteria, it will reset that variable to be 0, and keep it 0 until I change the input variable again to be something else. Is there anyway to do that?

Hello!!! I have a code like this, it works great but I want order to have 10 pips distance between orders. Can someone help me fix it. Thank you! int total = OrdersTotal (); if ( 10 > total) { if (Price_S2 > Ask && Regression_Channel_Up) {

Hi, I'm an amateur MQL4 programmer, so this question may sound very foolish to you, but I had to ask this, as I need the answer. I'm coding an EA based on Daily time frame, and I know that Close[i] returns the closing price of the specified bar of that chart ("Daily" in this case). But I also need...

I would like to be able to change the value of this property value #property indicator_maximum, in the program. Is it possible? If not, is there another way to dynamically change the window maximum? What I am trying to do: I have an indicator that I drop on multiple charts. This indicator shows...

Hi, 5 digits: double value1 = NormalizeDouble ( 1.21776 , 5 ); double value2 = NormalizeDouble ( 1.23276 , 5 ); double calc = NormalizeDouble (value2-value1, 5 ); Print (calc); 2 digits: double value1 = NormalizeDouble ( 62500.73 , 2 ); double value2 = NormalizeDouble ( 63500.50 , 2 );

Hi everyone, I have this indicator that I want to used in my EA. I found it doesn't works cohesively between the value on the chart and on the strategy tester. this is screenshot from my chart, the blue line on the bottom is the indicator that I mentioned. In this chart the indicator shows bull

This indicater help me draw an arrow in the chart. I wan add a alert when it draw a arrow. but i can't find where is the draw arrow order and where i should add the alert order. Thank a lot double ExtBuffer0[]; double ExtBuffer1[]; double ExtBuffer2[]; extern int fastma = 5 ; extern int

I'm using some MT4 installations with a Forex.com demo account either for historical analysis or market watching. For my live market watching setup I want to limit the number of bars to 800, which I set. I mainly did this because the AUD/USD daily chart has a rogue candle at 2016-10-11 (october 11)

Hi, just signed up and decided to start a thread. I think it's the right thing to do as I have a lot of questions myself. I'm tired of looking for answers on other forums, some flooders. I have no idea what to do with the topic. The only difference is that they do not have enough information for the

Hello. I'm using Soft4fx. It can be used for visual backtest . It opens an offline chart in a past time and go ahead tick by tick. I can enable "show ask line" on the offline chart, and it shows the ask line. But my indicator can not read ask price. Ask returns zero SymbolInfoDouble ( Symbol ()

Hello all, I need a help to correctly determine whether the last trade closed by it's stoploss or not. Is the code below enough? bool closebysl=false;for(int i=OrdersHistoryTotal()-1;i>=0;i--) {    OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_HISTORY);    if(OrderClosePrice()==OrderStopLoss())...

I receive this message in journal running testing: 2006.04.18 23:25:51 2006.03.23 16:11 MarcosMacedo stopped because of Stop Out What does it means ?

The following code returns "0" for the BuyProfit variable although there are several Buy trades open and running. can you perhaps tell me why? Count = 0 ; for (Count = OrdersTotal ()- 1 ; Count >= 0 ; Count--) { if ( OrderSelect (Count, SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES)

Is the spread field in the strategy tester in pips or fractional pips? I can't find it in the documentation. For instance, on a pair with 5 digits should that parameter be set to 1.6 or 16 if you want to simulate a spread of 1.6 pips?

Hello friends, I am trying to write a Expert Advisor for trading but I would like to use the Relative Strenght Index for my trades. This is the code i wrote based on the formula on the internet and also the indicator. It should work but it doesn't match the results found on Tradingview and also