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Trailing Stop EA?

I know there are many trailing stop EA's out there. I also know there are many that close all open orders. What I am looking for is an EA or script that closes all open orders but uses a trailing stop in the overall take profit . For example, I run the "Closed trades after account profit is reached"

New EA to test!

I am no programmer by any means but I have completed my first EA using the Expert Builder and I would like some to backtest and forward test. All comments are welcome to try to improve this EA. If any programmers are out there who would like to enchance this EA with a money management system etc

Can anyone answer this question?

What would cause an EA not to trade when attached to a chart eventhough if I run it through the strategy tester with exact same settings it shows trades. I have checked "allow live trading" and the chart has a smiley face. I would greatly appreciate an answer because it is driving me nuts. Thanks

I need help adding code to existing EA

I want to add a stoploss and money management aspect to the MACD Sample EA that comes with the metatrader platform. I have tried but come up with several errors I cannot seem to fix. I believe I can make this a very profitable EA with these additions. Thanks in advance. Kevin

Is this possible?

I want to plot the 21 ema for 5 minute, 1 hour, 4 hour and daily on one chart. Is this possible. If it is does anyone know how to code it. Thanks. Kevin

Anyone want to write a simple EA?

I have taken a few stabs at this EA but I guess I am not a programmer. What I am trying to write is a simple EA using just the stoch indicator with a 5,3,3 setting on close/close. A buy is generated when the stoch value hits 0% and a sell is generated when the stoch value hits 100% on the daily

Strategy Tester question

When I try to run the strategy tester I get the following error message in my journal " no data for testing " also "error in reading USDJPY file". How do I get data for testing. I went to the history center and clicked on USDJPY 15 min as that is what I want to run the test on. Any help appreciated