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Help!! I have lost access to all my programs.

I have lost access to MQL4 Storage and 100's of programs that I have written. I took a few months off at the end of the year, when I returned to trading with a new computer system and a fresh download of MQL4 my programs are not available through storage anymore. Anyone know how I can retrieve them

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mql storage

i finally updated to windows 10, but now when i tried to update files from storage nothing happens, it is like blank. anyone else have this problem

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Is there a better way to do this?

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void StopLoss_Management() {

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Margin Requirements

My broker has changed some of its margin requirements but when I print the results I am still getting the old requirements. When I place a trade with one of these currencies the new margin requirements are used. Yes I have tried to get an answer from the broker but they either say it is a Metaquotes

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Question for the Guru's

I have an idea for a advisory type of indicator. 1) Calculate the maximum risk of a account using a Risk/Reward ratio and convert into the number of pips allowed to risk. <Got this covered. 2) Reset the Risk at midnight (Broker Time). < Got this covered 3) Check Order History for losing trades

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Question for those smarter than I

double StopLoss() { /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ double Calc= 0 ; double TickDigits=MarketInfo( Symbol (),MODE_TICKSIZE); if (TickDigits== 0.00001 || TickDigits== 0.0001 ) Calc=. 001 ; else Calc=. 1 ;

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Is there a way to program color changes on the chart?

I have searched google and the MQL's but I cant find any examples on how to change the colors of the axis, scale, etc. I would like to cahnge the according what order is open. red for sell,green for buy,blue for no orders

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I am stuck. What am I missing?

I have the following function that is supposed to create 5 pending orders . The distance of the the pending orders are to be 20pips apart. I can open the inital market order and place the first pending order at the proper distance but the following 4 pending orders are placed at the same price as

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Blank Tab

I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to create a totally blank tab. I have tried setting the all of the colors in the properties section to black but my panel will still show candles in the background. thanks in advance

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Margin used to open a position.

I am working an a indicator that gives me certain information about the currencies I trade. One part of this is the amount of Margin Used to open a trade. Market Info(NULL,MODE_MARGIN REQUIRED) works just fine as long as the "quote" part of the symbol is USD but it does nothing if USD is the "base"