MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - page 599

Hello MQL4 community! This is my first post as a MQL4 rookie. And before I start I'd like to say thank you! I have already got some helpful tips just by searching & reading the forum. Well, I have a comprehension question. So far I have "coded" EAs just for the strategy tester. That means in a lot...

any one know how to transfer  trade history data from mt4. thanks

how to make site like myfxbook that analyze history of trading?

Hello, i want to write my function so that it makes a for loop comparison of different EMAs for order execution. In theory a for loop would go through all the numbers, but mine does nothing. Any ideas? void CheckForEMATrade(){   int x,y;   int period[]={20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,60,65,70};   double...

I wrote an EA but since i am very new in programming i want my EA to work only on those trading account numbers which i include in my source code so that if any of my clients distribute my EA to any other person it should not work on that account .What lines should i add in my EA to protect this....

Hi ... I recently bought a new laptop... Unfortunately for me i bought a ACER with a 32 Gigs SSD... of course, it became full in no time... I see that metatrader datas are on C:\user\MyUserName\AppData\Roamimg\Metaquote... Those datas keeps accumulating without end... and of course i had to remove

Hello, all, yhis would be the best in french, for me can not use MathMod, could you show me an exemple Here is my wrong code, seeking to use parity:               "                 int i=3; i ++;                 double     MathMod (i,2)                 if ( MathMod (i,2) = 0) Continue;...

Hi is there any way to automatically save data from MT4 into CSV format? I have to go to each chart and manually click on File>Save as then save the entire history for the instrument, Doing this manually everyday becomes a very time consuming process. Is there any indicator or script that will save...

Hello, I have tried the "currency loader" to save live mql data in a csv format but I do not see files writing to the directory. I searched the following path but no file was seen: D:\Program Files\FX - MetaTrader 4\experts\files\. Can anyone help or direct me to an expert advisor that will export

Can somebody help me, how can I write the code, because I am beginner of programming in mql. In My strategy are two Simple Moving Average and Average Directional Movement Index. I want open buy, when SMAB>SMAR && PlusDI>MinusDI && ADX>ADXLevel And I close it on TakeProfit or Stoploss. If the buy...

Hello  I have a problem with the values returned on tester when I use the genetic algorithm to optimize. Using the same parameter in EA, the return value of the function OnTester() dont match when I compare the test individually  with the return value in optimization. Here is the Step by step:...

Hello, Ok I am new to metatrader and forex in general. However I was wondering if there is some kind of template when placing order where you specify s/l in pips and t/p in pips instead of price? And then this setting used on every trade until you say otherwise?   Reason for asking is I am testing a...

Improve Meta Trader 4 by providing account history detailed statement graph as a callable window from account history without need to print out history. This will make it better to interpret overall investment results at a glance.

can someone help me please? I can get this function to delete a pending order. What am i doing wrong? the way I would like it to work is when a open order is closed. this function will then delete the pending order. I keep getting the error 4108 for invalid ticket. I really have issue if another...

i am trying to make an EA for auto risk calculation but still not successful. i am trying to calculate risk from Stoploss value in pip. Example my stoploss is 10pip & i want to take the risk of 5% of my total Account balance. it should calculate from these two parameters... Here is my code i tried...

Hi there, Please a little elucidation about mechanism of include loading. Let this scenario: there are some include (mqh) which in turn call other includes, i.e. relative to elementary soubroutines. So, any include-container is an auto-independent module because it can be compiled without errors....

when I install MT4 on my win10(64) OS,I always stay this step as the picture giving.Help me!

Hi, I don't know where to send it, so I'm posting it here. In this page, https://docs.mql4.com/convert/stringtointeger The explanation says:  "into number of int (integer) type." and the return value is supposed to be long. And on a personal note, I think those functions are bugged... 

Hi rich people, after automatic update from build 920 to 924, the same backtest ended with a different result.   Since build 924, the spread setting is no more taken into account when backtesting using a read-only history FXT file (and only when the FXTfile is read-only) Using build 920, spread...

Hi, Iam working on an EA wich works with price action setup (pinbar only) and EMAs and I have doubts on which period should I make the backtesting. There are many articles of optimization and backtesting of stategy but there is no reference to the period to use. Should we use an random period? Or a...

Hi folks, I need to work an EA to identify support and resistance levels and I'm confused how to define and find those levels. I have read so much topics that I need your opinion about what is the most accurate. I have read the several articles using: - Fractals (https://www.mql5.com/go?link=https...

Hi guys, I started fooling around with MetaEditor and I'm not able to do a simple printf. Here is my code double down = 10;double fast=iMA(NULL,0,10,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);void OnTick(){  printf("fast=",fast);  printf("slow=",down);} The code compile without error, I'm able to make it run in the...

Hello! I amcurrently exploring the possibilities of automated trading. I wish to separate themacd zero lag into one indicator that only shows the MACD zero lag line and anindicator that only shows the signal line. I tried to work on the buffers and managedto get the MACD line separate but not the...

Hi all, Do you know broker called xxxx ?

Hi all, I want to forward test daily data but Pepperstone's tick data goes back until only 2009, not enough for several walk forward passes using at least 3 years for the sample data. Perhaps I could use a broker on MT5 like Alpari, but how do I know how reliable their data is?  A search on forums...

Hello, I would like to print some information received form an external library. The best thing I have gotten working so far is passing an array of chars as a parameter and modifying each position individually. Is there a simpler solution? Like returning a string from the DLL or modifying a string

Hi All, I am trying to create a moving average indicator of the OBV. However when I attach it to a chart, it grinds MT4 to a halt and sometimes even crashed MT4. Am I doing something fundamentally wrong here? I tried to first use iMAonArray and when that did not work, then tried to do it manually,...

In the following Indicator I fail to see why I cant here the PlaySound sounfile ive assigned to the SoundFile object? Also it appears to overun my CPU? // Turning Pivot Alarms On/Off Input Variablesinput string SoundFile = "alert...

Hey there, attached you´ll find a screenshot which shows a white rectangle (OBJ_RECTANGLE) and some light blue lines (OBJ_HLINE). As one can see, the lines turn to light yellow when they cross the rectangle, which looks kind of "dirty". I could not find any option/parameter to turn off this kind of...

Hi,  I have an indicator which works very fine in live test. It has to calculate quite a lot and draw some objects in the chart. But when I do a visual backtest, the indicator sometimes starts showing me the right objects and after a time it shows nothing. Could it be, that the OnCalculate function...