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I'm seeing some very odd behaviour while doing a backtest. There is a large disconnect between my Balance and Equity values. There was a trade to buy 35.1 lots of EURUSD at 1.37321 and the trade later exited at 1.37412, for a profit of 9.1 pips * 35.1 lots * $10/lot/pip = $3194.1 which shows up...

Hi all - I'm in the process of developing this indicator, and need some help. I find that I have to compile it twice to get it to appear every time I attach it to a chart or change the timeframe. Any help would be much appreciated!

Hi Could someone please tell if there is a way to use an indicator independently ? I mean without the use of metatrader and directly apply a chart to it and get indicators data on that chart, for example in memory or a file, array ..., something like calling DLL functions . thanks .

I wrote a script (EA) for MT4 to handle my trades. The script intend to be general for all pairs, but currently I'm using it with EURUSD only. As far as I've been told, I can run the same script on different windows (MT4's windows) each with it's own pair without influence from one pair to the

ok, here's the problem. i got my ea work but there is just one problem; it opens order right after the stoploss is hit. the thing is it should wait for the next signal to open an order. so here what im asking how do i get my ea the wait for the next signal after the stoploss is hit also it would be...

Anyone has a sample EA written in MQL5? The 2 samples that come with the download chart on chart and a naked woman is not useful for mere mortal just trying to code a simple EA.

as an example how to return 10 from 10.30 . i want to just ignore decimal points

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Is there a way to get an indication to the Start function only when there is a new bar?

Hi all, Please i need your help to create an EA for SDL-MAM indicator(attached), i need it to place a buy order when its value in Bar[1] is greater than its value on bar[2], and it should place sell order if the value on bar [1] is lesser than value on bar [2]. and i would like it to trade many...

Hey pre-made I have a expert advisor that automatically takes trades for me but i wanted it to only take trades between a certain time frame. Can someone tell me the line of code to add so i can have the EA start running at Time A and stop at Time B?. Also is there is a code to exclude some days of...

Now the weekly bar's open time is designed as Sunday,which is not consistent with daily chart and this resluts in difficulty in comparing and calculating open time. The first trading day in a week is Monday instead of Sunday,so the open time of trading in a week should be Monday.

double EUR=4;double USD=1;double GBP=6;double CHF=3;double JPY=9;  double num_array[5]={EUR,USD,GBP,CHF,JPY};//41639ArraySort(num_array,WHOLE_ARRAY,0,MODE_DESCEND);string Comm;Comm=Comm+"\n\n = "+DoubleToStr(num_array[0],4)+"";Comm=Comm+"\n = "+DoubleToStr(num_array[1],4)+"";Comm=Comm+"\n =...

Hi: Thanks for your help. I am looking to try to add a custom indicator (NeuroTrend) to an existing EA. The indicator paints a different color bar onto the chart itself (instead of using traditional methods such as candlesticks etc). Please correct me if I am wrong but the ea must call the indicator...

is it possible to log in to the same account at mt4 in 2 different machines, and if so, what are the implications?

Is this code correct to calculate the maximum or minimum price achived by a position? I Used OrderOpenPrice to verifiy if a position is opened. From this max e min values I would like to code a trailing stop. Is it possible? Best regards. int maxvalue()   {     double Current_high;    //new high...

Hello I have been getting strange behaviour from the MT4 Strategy Tester. I started testing an EA with 1 years of historical data at a time. 2001-2002: fine, 2002-2003: fine, 2003-2004: fine, 2004-2005:fine, 2005-2006: fine, 2006-2007:fine. Then I decided to test with 6 years worth of data:...

I trade a portfolio of 24 pair of currencies. I'm looking for help to develop a custom indicator will represent the value of each pair of currencies using the weigthing factor for each pip value and present the overall condition of the whole portfolio. Please reply with your interest and rates....

Hi. Can someone help me, what is wrong in this simple EA, it doesn't trigger the orders when Stochastic crosses the Signal line. I made the Strategy Test in a 15min timeframe with thousands of bars and total orders are 0. #define MAGICMA 10460211extern double Lots = 0.1;extern double TrailingStop =...

Hi, First of all, are all mql4 rules respected when calling 'imported ex4' methods? What I mean is, imported ex4 methods can also have 'static method variables' and that these 'static method variables' will behave as per mql4 rules? Second, when two EAs import the same ex4 (assume that runtime...

It just so happens that I've had to spend a lot of time on tick charts lately. I drew myself a simple indicator and watched it. In the course of this process the question of the subject arose. I know MACs will work, but what about other things? Has anyone tried to do something more or less adequate

Hi all, Good day, I'm on my way learning about Dll (Dynamic Library Link) and how to create it in the right way. I found a code at Forex Factory by 4xCoder that gives the main body of it, but he didn't complete it. Here is the code: The first is the interface==> string PipeNamePrefix="\\\\...

With only four chisels (OHLC), how many bar types are possible in a bar? With and without taking the previous bar into account. And do a statistical analysis which ones come after which ones. :) You can also calculate the number of curves which could form a bar depending on its type, meaning the

Good Evening, In the October 2010 edition of Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine, there was a great article entitled "A Smoothed RSI Inverse Fisher Transform" in which the author laid out the use of this indicator in forex trading. In searching for the code on this indicator, I...

Is there any way to open 10 or more workspaces in MetaTrader . I want to open a workspace to each cuurency ..

anyone out there willing to write me an indicator? I would be willing to pay as long as the cost is reasonable. Contact me via msg on here or at forexman05 at yahoo dot com and I will elaborate on the details of the indicator. this is something that helped me make 30% last month (traded manually) on

(I posted this a few days ago but it seems to have disappeared). Does anyone know the formula used to generate the Y axis when taking a screenshot? For example, if I take a screenshot of the past n bars, it set the Y axis based on the price range. What it seems to do is take the minimum and maximum...

Hello, I have a problem with my scripts they dont work with GFC markets and Alpari they do work with other MetaTrader brokers First my custom indicators didnt work also, i installed MetaTrader in C:\ insted of C:\ programfolder after that my customindicators worked ok The problem is not 4/5...

Here’s a trade that i’m in since last week. Forex Trading Pair: Gbp Jpy As seen in the chart above, a pin bar in the highlighted blue box was formed. It was a nice pin bar, with a nice long nose. It is also in confluence with the price pivot as shown in the orange line at 130.299 in the chart. As...