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Programmable Autotrading on Other Platforms

Are there trading platforms other than Metatrader 4 that are programmable with similar flexibility to MT4 but are offered for trading on ECNs? I see plenty of discussion on these forums about trying to create a bridge between the MT4 client and an ECN. What about rewriting custom indicators and

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Income Taxes - FOREX Traders

Does anyone know where there is a good, comprehensive, and trustworthy source of information on the preparation of US Federal Income Tax returns for gains or losses in Forex trading

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MT4 terminal.exe CPU Usage - Build 210

I've been trading with a small computer running Windows XP. The computer has only 256Mb memory and not a very fast processor (less than 1 GHz). It worked fine with build 208. But now that we're at Build 210, the CPU usage goes to 100% and stays there, as reported by the Task Manager at the time I

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Take Profit Level

I haven't used TakeProfit much in my EA's, but now I'm considering it. What I want to know is whether, once the Take Profit level is set, whether anything BEYOND that level will be triggered. For example: If I open a BUY trade with Take Profit set to 0 (no setting) and then modify the order so that

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Text-Based Tutorial for MetaTrader 4

If it exists, where can I get a text-based tutorial for Metatrader 4? I have one for Metatrader 2, but it seems that the MT4 brokers are usually presenting online video tutorials. I'd like to have something I could read, mark up or give to someone so they can learn to use the trading platform . It

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Using Custom Indicator in EA (MT4)

I've been trying to code an EA in MT4 using custom indicators and I always have the following problem: When the EA tests the value of the indicator at any shift value (I usually use 0 or 1), it often returns a value quite different for that period than the corresponding indicator value displayed on