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Build 730 crashing on Strategy Tester

After updating to build 730 today, the program randomly crashes on startup. It will run if I open it again, but the Strategy Tester will not work. Here is the information from the terminal crash: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: terminal64.exe Application

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Walk Forward Analyzer for MetaTrader 4 now available

I've just release a walk forward analysis software for MetaTrader 4. For those of you not familiar, a walk forward analysis is the best way to determine the long-term profitability of an EA through backtesting. If you've been wondering whether your automated forex trading system is truly profitable

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First/Previous Indicator's Data in MQL

Hello, Is there a way of doing in MQL something similar to the 'First indicator's data' and 'Previous indicator's data' option in the 'Apply to' dropdown box in the Indicator Parameters tab? I would like to apply, for example, a Bollinger Band on top of another indicator. Is there any way to do this

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MarketInfo() not working properly on 5 digit brokers

I've been running into problems on some 5 digit (fractional pip) brokers. MarketInfo () variables such as Point and TickSize are not being reported correctly, and I've noticed this across different brokers. We all know that Point is hosed -- I had to write a special routine to find the actual point

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Max external parameters for iCustom?

I'm coding an indicator that has a lot of external parameters (over 60 at present), and I'm having trouble using the iCustom function to call it from an EA. Is there a limit to the number of parameters you can pass using iCustom? (This is probably a question for the MQL programmers). I thought about

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FileWrite keeps writing over the same line

Hi, I'm trying to create a log file for an expert advisor, but I'm having a problem writing the data to a file. I'm testing it in the strategy tester right now. The problem is that when I open the log file, there's only one line of text in the file - the last line that was written. It appears to be