MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 448

Hi all,  I would be grateful if someone could advise on the scenario below.  I'm aware a Reason 9 error message is due to terminal closure, however the majority of my EAs have been removed from their charts whilst the terminal was open. I'm now unable to recompile the same EA strategies in...

Hello my friends, I want to build an indicator that show the close for the last X numberof candles only. Therefore, I wrote the attached indicator. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|                              Close Oscillator I.mq4...

Hi, I'm looking at MT4 tick-data backtesting & optimizations that take hours/days for intraday scalping strategies. Is there any way to test these strategies much faster ? replacing CPU, outside software that can backtest etc... I have i7-4700HQ 8 cores not too bad but multithreading is useless in...

Hi, i need help to get a number from a CSV file, and assign it to a variable,  this CSV file is very simple, it only have numbers and commas, int handle;int start()         {handle=FileOpen("filecsv", FILE_CSV | FILE_READ);double val = FileReadNumber(handle);// QUESTION- in my CSV  the numbers...

Hi, I wanted to know how should I include Ask price in offline hst files ( version 401 ) for mt4 ? I was testing the period converter script and when I open the generated offline timeframe history, It has the Ask/Bid lines and they are updating. but when I create a offline hst file for a...

Hi, I am having trouble with my code which I use as an extra insurance to close any trades that are too far in the red (more than 7 pips). It seems like it closes trades almost immediately some times. It seems very unstable. I am wondering if a switch operator cannot handle more than one stipulation...

Help! Today i start mt4 and data folder changed to other place on startup! How do i change them all back to original place? Please see this picture:

Hi all,  I write a file in an expert with timestamp, OHLC and Volume obtaining something like: 1522101000,1.24556,1.24559,1.24546,1.24557,126 I would like to have something like: 2018.03.27 21:53:00,1.24556,1.24559,1.24546,1.24557,126 Here is the code: int handle_write = FileOpen( StringConcatenate(...

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|                                                      Querty2.mq4 |//|                        Copyright 2018, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |//|                                             https://www.mql5.com...

I'd like to use Script for reading information from external .csv files.  If I know how many files exist and the name of the files it is easy with the code below.  ...but how to modify the file for smooth working  - if I don't know how many files exist - if I don't know the name of the files  ? many...

Hello all!  I'm working on a EA that uses Money Management, I found this code very useful: //+--------------------------------------+//|Manejo de capital                     |//+--------------------------------------+double Lotaje(){ if (Activate_Money_Management == Use_Money_Management) //Si el...

Hello, I ask for your help to add an option to my indicator. it is an RSI multitimeframe alert indicator. I would like to add to the RSI, the indicator Awesome oscillator. currently I get alerts when for example M15 is 90 and M5 to 90 also but I wish that the alert is given only when the awesome...

Hello, concerning the implemented VPS function in Metatrader 4 I have two questions: 1. Assumed I want to place a position manually and sell it by using an EA: Is it possible to place the order manually, transfer the data of the corresponding symbol (including the already placed order and the...

Hallo, I have found this solution (mql-auth) to login into an account from an MQL4 program. It fills by Windows APIs the "Login", the "Password" and the "Server" fields but doesn't care about the "Save account information" checkbox, so it is always checked. How could I uncheck it from the program?...

I am ashamed to have to ask this, after 10+ years of mq4 programming. I have been programming in general for 30+ years, and one of the rules I use is to extensively look for an answer before asking for it. This time I am desperate, actually. Loosing my faith in MT4 (...ehm), or just losing it

Hi everyone I have some great trading ideas, well tested in manual trading and in some basic MQL4 code, but I lack experience in making EAs. The code works fine in indicators, but it fails in EA. For example: For Loops used to fill in and update arrays, they work fine in indicators, and yet the

My understanding is that Constants such as Open[], Close[], etc. automatically shift right each time a new bar is created. As does and Double Array that you designate as an indicator buffer. My question is, can you declare your own arrays that will automatically shift in the same way? So that you...

This Indicator does not repaints its arrows after candle close. Very good for scalping on M1 and M5 time frames. Just need to filter with some other indicators. Some one can please add alerts to this indi when it draws buy and sell arrows

Hi,  Is there any way to plot the Fractals indicator on a different time frame from the current chart? I have tried replacing the High[i] section with the iHigh function with iHigh(NULL,PERIOD_H4,0)[i]. However it doesn't seem to work and says an "array is missing [". I am basically looking for it...

Hi, I've written this short script to open 5 charts on the 15 min timeframe and apply a template to those charts, then open another 5 charts on the 5 min timeframe so that I can apply a different template to those. The script runs but the last part doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in...

I want to return the standard deviation of the ATR over a given period.  Trying to do this, but it isn't working. double my_ATR = iATR(NULL, 0, my_ATR_period, 0); double my_ATR_stddev = iStdDevOnArray(my_ATR, 0, my_ATR_period, 0, 0, 0); Any Ideas?

Hi, I would like to prevent that after restarting the MT4 the user will be able to connect to the previously connected account in spite of that in the login window the "Save account information" and in the server options window the "Keep personal settings and data at startup" are klicked on. I mean...

I'm writing a script for MT4 on the Oanda platform and I'm a bit confused. Normally with a 3 or a 5 digit value you would need to convert a Point to a pip by multiplying by 10. When I do this however, I end up getting 10 times the amount of pips. So when I want to set my take profit to 50 pips. it...

How do you get "Date" of specific candle? For example I want to know the date of previous candles. The only solution I discovered to use the iTime() function but it's so weird to me because of it's name time, and not only you get time but including the date. I want to know if there's other way to do...

How to get date of period separator? I have a hard time to get 1 day or I mean 5 days of data in 4hrs timeframe. In 1min to 1hr timeframe I can easily get the 1 day of candles if I compare the current date to previous date but the problem in 4hr timeframe have 5 days of candles, sometimes 4 days of...

Hello,  I`m attaching a file for MT4 EA, I want to know if this file is convertible to MT5 EA? i found this EA is helpful for MT4 and i want to use it on MT5. Thanks

Hi I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but if I have multiple timeframes open for the same currency pair, with different EAs running on each of them, how can I tell which EA actually triggered the Buy/Sell order? Edit: Sorry, just realised if I hover over the order in MT4 I can see the expert ID...

Hi guys, I'm trying to debug my EA on history data and the option on the menu is always disabled. I see it works fine with real data. I already did the necessary setting under Tools -> Options -> Debug tab and the menu option is still grayed out. I found some old topics about this subject but they...

I am trying to download historical indicator data and open/high/low/close values to a .csv file.  When I run the following code on an offline GBPUSD 5 minute chart (see screen shot) I am not getting the values I see in the chart.   Here is the last line in the .csv file which matches the datetime of...

Hello, i am having trouble with my trades. I dont know if it's the EA or the broker am using that causing me problems. All my trades are opened 4 to 5 pips away from the previous bar's close. I understand there's slippage but 5 pips away from the close is just too much. the ea reads a decision from