MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 448

I got this EA we wrote, been testing it on demo accounts and works great. but now on a real account it hasn't opened any orders. Is there any instructions required for the EA to work on a real account? I have tested it with the Indicators as well over and over. But for some reason it does not trade...

Hello everyone. In MQL4, when an EA opens a pending order , if it checks OrderOpenPrice(), it will receive the opening price set in the OrderSend, say PRICE1. If at some point someone decides to go to the trading platform and change the opening price of the pending order to something else, say...

   if(BuyClose > BUYtrendlineValue + (Buffer * UsePoint) && NewBUYtime != OldBUYtime && (BuyClose1 < BUYtrendlineValue || BuyClose2 < BUYtrendlineValue))

Please can someone shed light on this scenario.  I want to provide an alert/notification that provides me with a message that looks like this:  GBPUSD Buy:  @ 1.36104 SL: 1.36015 TP: 1.36987 But I am getting GBPUSD Buy:  @ 1.36104 SL: 1.36015 TP: 1.369872341251252351 and neither of...

OK I have finally achieved what I have been working on for the last month except its backwards. I assume I need to reverse my index direction? The bottom graph is what I'm trying to create. The top is where I have made it so far. As you can see the numbers seem to match pretty good however my lines...

Hi guy please I need help with this . "i'm Beginner in coding" the code suppose to open only one position buy but it keeps opening unlimited buy positions at the same time I don't know what's wrong . I did break the loop after openbuy(); all I need is that the expert works only on it's trades with...

hi everyone i'm trying to make expert that work with his own trades only but I need only the start in case of "there is an manually open trades" openbuy I did this code but it keeps opening unlimited buy position.. could any one fix it to me. int total=OrdersTotal();for(int...

Hello, could anyone support me in converting the following indicators (dynamic fibo) from mq4 into mq5? I tried to do it but my knowledge is too limited to solve the issues. I'm attaching the old metatrader4 files and the new converted (with problems) metatrader5 files. Thanks in advance. Kind...

I am a Newb to MT4 and MQL. I have placed eight EAs on one MT4 instance. I developed these EAs on a 30m time frame, but I am using a 1m Timeframe for testing purposes. I receive the error "Cannot change existing previous pending order with ticket: 1984613, reason: 1". ("Program has been deleted from...

As the tile, if we need to write in or read from a same file. do we need to lock them while writing or reading ? Is that possible when a file is half writen, then only the half writen part is read ? If we do need a lock , then how can i lock it ...I can find no function about it. Thanks a lot for...

I made a custom moving average alert system that is suppose to alert me each time my two moving averages cross each other. I am using MA's and alerts right now for simplicity but I plan on implementing the final strategy to a more advanced EA. I am quite new to coding so for whatever reason I get an...

//Here is the error code int BytesWriten = FileWriteStruct(filehandle,H4Info); Error Info: possible loss of data due to type conversion I really can't get it, the 2nd parameter of FileWriteStruct() H4Info is a struct below: struct H4_SignalInfo{   int BuyOrSell;   datetime H8_AfterSignal;}; Where is...

Hi, I am having trouble with my code and am wondering if the fault is always with the programmer or sometimes it could be the stability of mql4? The problems usually occur after a long list of "if statements". I've included a typical example of the complexity of the code below. There would be about...

The MT4 tester is good for finding most everything about an EA. However, I would like to find the average days for wining and loosing trades.  The MT4 tester doesnt seem to do that.  Anyone know of how I could find out the avg # of days along with some standard deviation stats? Suggestions?

I downloaded and installed SAAD Scalper EA to my MT4,  but it doesn't trade. The AutoTrading button is on.  "Allow automated trading" = yes "Allow DLL inports" = yes Here is a pic of my screen. Please help me set this up correctly. Thanks. 

I can draw diagonal lines using indicator_buffers but it require many buffers. The prices change day by day starting from the beginning of pair's history by an external library. *note: please ignore the vertical lines How to draw this lines by using OBJECT_CREATE? I tried with below code: void...

Hello, How to initialize a double to the max value ? double VarMax = ???; Thanks, Pierre8r

I want to share a tips which displays price overlay of two instruments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's say we want to study USDCAD & WTI correlations. Here is double_chart.mq4 indicator which displays WTI...

Hi the EA needs to identify if a trade is currently running or not, im using CheckOpenOrders routine for this but when it is called in code its ignored. can anyone tell me what im doing wrong? so the idea is that when each bar opens it checks if trade is open or not then it opens one if there is

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Hello Everyone, When I drop the built-in Bollingers Bands on to an indicator and set the Apply to the First Indicator's Data I get the correct results. (see first two images) Now when I try to program the BB and the underlying 'price' in one indicator to mimic the results of dropping the BB on the...

Hello Everybody.   this message istranslated from french to english via the google translation service. I'm sorry ifyou find some errors.   I am a beginnerin programming, I just studied the language mql4. I'm training on designing some basic functions. I want toprogram a very easy code:  I want...

I want to request an ea. It should trade based on martingale, for ex: if it wins on buy order to place next trade also buy, if he losses on buy to place next trade sell. All trades should be with trailing stop. Lot multiply on loss by 1.5. Minimum lot 0.01. Stop loss 5 pips. It would be great if all...

Hello There I have a problem  I have a Counter Variable in my EA. If a special Event Happend i want that in the same Moment the EA should output my Counter Variable like Comment but on top of the candle where the Event was happening. So actually when the Counter has 45 in it there should stand on...

I draw a horizontal line at 1.3000 price level. I would like to have a sample code which send a market order at this price level when price cross that horizontal line. OrderType and LotSize will be specified in description of the line. Thank you very much! 

how to get 90 % modulate quality ? and how to get 5 years history data ? i have tried some toold but still failed to get 5 years data for back test with 90 % modulating quality  can some one share step by step working guide ?

I need some help guys.. now I have an opened Position "Opened Manually"  I have that expert which count the number of open position and execute orders .. I want the expert count his own position only but didn't work .. here is the code void OnTick()  {//---  int total=OrdersTotal();     double...

Hi everyone, I'm quite new to mql4 but I hope my thinking still makes sense.  In the start function I create a trendline that I then want to check the price for for every coming bar. So far i've created a function outside of the start function that checks the price of it, but I am not sure how to...

Hello, in the programming of my indicator i need the output data of two indicators, one of them is called X-ZZ.ex4 Use the iCustom function to call it, as follows: double valor=iCustom(NULL,0,"..\\Indicators\\X-ZZ.ex4",0,0,1); However i get an error in this line, saying not to recognize the file...

Hello everyone, I'm not making any progress with this code atm. If I attempt to modify the code "Forum_Test" = "Indenifier not declared ". My question. CForum_Test can see variables, but Forum_Test.Run() will fail. I'm still trying to understand classes....