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Variable spread brokers - do they manipulate Ask & Bid, or just one?

Hi guys, Just wondering if anyone knew for certain or can provide any insight. Variable spread brokers will change the spread in times of high volatility to protect their profits; my question is, do they push Bid and Ask apart, or do they only make Ask higher? My reasoning was, if they manipulated

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Is there a way to ensure two pending orders are filled on the next bar?

Hi guys, I'm just wondering if there's a way to do something like a fill-or-kill with two pending orders - so that if one couldn't be filled, the other wouldn't either? I suspect not. In that case, is there a way to bias the likelihood of two pending orders being filled in my favour? There is a buy

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Strategy tester spread hell

Hi guys, I'm having real trouble with the strategy tester - as far as I can tell it only takes the spread value at the beginning of testing and just uses that throughout. So if the spread is varying from the broker between 1-2 pips constantly (as it seems to be doing for me with oanda) my test

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Calculating preliminary profit factor

Hi guys, I'm trying to calculate my Preliminary Profit Factor for my EA, but I think I must be going wrong somewhere, because its coming out at less than 1.0, but the EA is profitable. My formula is: PPF = (winning_percentage / (100 - winning_percentage )) * (reward / risk) Now, I've just set

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mql5.com hacked?

Hi guys, I'm taking part in one of the jobs listed in the jobs section - I went to check the job spec this morning and found it linked to a text file containing: "Worst website ever Worst website ever" repeated over and over. Is this just a bug or something more sinister? Job is here

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Why isn't break-even limit-order EA strategy actually break-even?

I'm trying to produce a break-even EA strategy which places pairs of opposing buy/sell limit orders with equally spaced s/l and t/p limits. 100% of the trades made in back-testing are loss trades and I'm finding it very hard to explain why. Here is an example

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Open Close price in a bar - actual traded prices, or just asks?

Hi guys, The Open, Close arrays defined here: https://docs.mql4.com/predefined/variables/open Are they actual prices trades were completed at, or simply the best ask for that bar at open and close? Cheers, Paul