MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 571

Hello there, How can i pass a value (a variable) from the EA to other classes, even when class A (for example) will also initialise class B? I created a function in a class to display Print or not based on an extern variable set in the EA. While using the function in the EA is a simple exercise of...

New article Cross-Platform Expert Advisor: Introduction has been published: This article details a method by which cross-platform expert advisors can be developed faster and easier. The proposed method consolidates the features shared by both versions into a single class, and splits the...

Hi, is there a function to get the information about the account type? I have to know, if the account is a demo or a live account.   Thx. 

what is this?? I have logs in metatrader that are gygabytes of data!! http://screencast.com/t/NH2DaG7rM8R

Hello there I just tried to download the Metatrader 4 and I cant install the program  It keeps asking me for Proxy Server login and password even before It finishes downloading

Hi, first time to write and hope someone could help me. I have been using MT4 3 years and now trying to use its Strategy Tester (ST) function. In my MT4 build988, there are only menu boxes of indicator, pair and time (H1, H4, Daily etc) (may not be exact as I am using in Japanese). By looking...

hello everybody, I'm trying to learn while loop and in this my code I would like the RSI, when it comes to 70/30, must await the descent / ascent to 50 then give me back the Buffer / Cue Ball. i--; It is correct for the increase of a future candle? The code does not give me errors but does not work,...

Hi all,  English is not my native language, but i try to explain what i want to say ...  I do strategy test on M15 and i want to get price on other timeframe. ex: H4, D1....  iclose, iopen, ihigh and ilow are always 0 on other timeframe...Why?  there is a problem during 2007~2014 only, but it will...

I am new to using ea's and I would like to know how to load an ea in two different brokers at once?

New article Graphical Interfaces VIII: The Tree View Element (Chapter 2) has been published: The previous chapter VIII on graphical interfaces has focused on the elements of static and drop-down calendar. The second chapter will be dedicated to an equally complex element — a tree view, that is...

Hello guys! I was wondering if there is a way to check the same condition with a different variable. For example: I want to buy when Open[1] is lower than a certain price and Close[1] is higher than the same price. Lets say the price is 1.2500 I know how to write this condition, but what if i want

When I use F12 "Step by Step" sometimes a bar that goes beyond the visible bottom or top of the chart is not displayed fully: 1) Is there any MT4 settings that can help correctly displaying such bars? 2) Is there a way to program correctly displaying such bars?

I recently upgraded my desktop and my Asus Vivo Note 8 tablet to Windows 10 Anniversary update. After the update I can no longer attach indicators or do a debugging session in the metaeditor using MT4 builds 971 & 988. Using build 950, I was able to attach and debug in my tablet.  The weird thing is...

Trying to get gvs of testerstats and the following is not working. Have also tried placing the code within Start() within an IsTesting() condition and still no go. How do I retrieve TesterStatistics?  //*************************************************************** 1 **//...

The mt4 has an "alert" by right clicking on mt4 for "Trading" then "alert". I used to get alert push notification to my phone Samsung S4, and now the function doesn't work. The red arrow is suppose to appear after clicking on "alert" but it doesn't show anymore. I seen on one of the forums that...

New article Graphical interfaces VIII: the Сalendar control (Chapter 1) has been published: In the chapter VIII of the series of articles dedicated to creating graphical interfaces in MetaTrader, we will consider complex composite controls like calendars, tree view, and file navigator. Due to the...

Hello folks, I want to be able to control line description field via MQL code. As you know when double clicking on line in MT4 you get a message where you can fill in two fields with text - 'label' and 'description'. I can set a lable name but could not find any reference how to change description

Metatrader is an excellent tool and congrats to all of you for building it and keeping the community active. My Metatrader4 is forcing 0 commission on the forex instruments which is good for my backtesting but forcing a commission of $10/lot on stocks. How can I change this setting to make it 0...

Hi, I would love to backtest my strategies using 2 years' worth of data. I was able to find a source to import the data, which is 1-min OHLC. However, my strategy is based on hourly candles and I would like to use control point and obviously I need to import data to go back as far as I want to go. I...

The style dropdown field (OBJPROP_STYLE) of existing horizontal line is disabled and I cannot set for example a STYLE_DASH. Any ideas why and how to enable it?

Hy, beginner question, I have an EA that closes open positions like this: for(i=OrdersTotal()-1; i>=0; i--){        OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES);        if(OrderSymbol()!=Symbol() || OrderMagicNumber()!=magic) continue;        if(OrderType()==OP_BUY)OrderCloseZ(OrderTicket(),OrderLots()...

hu, i signed up to a signal provider about tw weeks ago and she is taking no trades. What can i do about it? the signal is Profit Point. Can anyone help.how doi switch toa differnet signal? cheers Andrew

I am calling an indicators values in an expert using iCustom. My question is, when I call the indicator using iCustom again, is the previous iCustom call still active, or is it like loading the indicator fresh again? I want to essentially simulate dropping the indicator on a chart, and removing it...

i can't get counted bars to work properly. it keeps reusing the last two trend lines. if(LookBack==0){ iCNTr=Bars-1; }else{ iCNTr=LookBack; } iCb=IndicatorCounted(); if(iCb<0){ return(-1); } if(iCb>0){ iCb--; } iCNTr=iCNTr-iCb; while(iCNTr>=0) { //- } thx again to whroeder for help with placing...

Hello, please, could you tell me how to have an alert when a buystop or sellstop is open ? Thanks, can not find it in documentation. best regards, 

Hello all, I'm playing around with the MT4 simple panel (existed by MT4 default). I'm trying to change the background color but have no luck so far. Is it possible? if yes, how? Thank you

I am wondering why I can't open and close a position. Can you please tell me the problem?   0 14:05:39.390 '1055': close order #182 sell 1.00 USDCHF at 0.97947 sl: 0.00000 tp: 0.00000 at price 0.00000 1 14:05:39.800 '1055': order #182 sell 1.00 USDCHF closing at 0.00000 failed [Trade is disabled]...

Hi   As far as i understand it, stopout level is a percentage of the minimal margin at which all orders are forcibly closed.   to compute the stop out here is the code: int level=AccountStopoutLevel();  if (AccountStopoutMode()==0)  {     Print("StopOut = ", level, "%");  }    else  {      int d =...

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Hi, I'm running 6-8 scalper EAs at once. Today there was a massacre when I went out to eat and by the time I got back the 3.2% daily gain was replaced by 1.5% loss in a 30 minute window with 6 different scalping attempts that were called to dance and hit the stop out. This is what I am hoping to...