Yep cool, thanks

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I think its got a lot to do with the code as well... I read up on the MQL4.community forums (under articles) (and using common sense as well) that a lot of indicators that are available to the public are poorly coded and its quite often down to the ...

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Yer the standard definition is quite vague... so Point knows what currency pair the expert is working on and uses the appropriate quantity? So you don't need to specify anything more for it to be calculated correctly?

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Hmm this whole margin call issue has got me wondering about the credibility of all those EA's posting huge profits and nice exponential looking equity curves... very sus great strategies aside! Also another question regarding these margin ...

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Another question... what is "Point"? I know that if we say something like: extern int slippage = 3; then in OrderSend we would need to write slippage * Point but what exactly is it? I'm pretty sure it changes from currency pair to currency pair... ...

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Yep as I thought... once again thanks.

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Just to reiterate... opening a 1 lot 100:1 trade on a $1000 dollar account wouldnt be a good idea? (and not just because of the fact that thats just too great a risk anyway)

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Yerp I do that but doesn't always make the problem apparent... but I've sorted the problem now I think.

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Im paper trading at the moment using Interbank FX trader 4... I have an account open and have been monitoring the margin levels. I am writing an EA and I need to know this info in order to program the optimal amount of trades that I should have ...

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So essentially depending on broker policy... they will liquidate all your trades and close your account as soon as your equity goes to 0 or near it... so margin is essentially equity? i.e. assuming you enter that trade of 1 lot @ 1:100 leverage with ...

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Hmm Im pretty sure i now know where the source of my confusion lies... and thats in the fact that I dont understand what margin is. Ive looked at how its calculated I just dont understand what it is still... im sure its something really simple but i ...

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Thanks man I'm pretty sure I get it now. It should take some time to get my head around how to program this way the same way that you have to get your head around thinking like a computer when you first start programming but yer this is great... now ...

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// manage your order entry here void manageEntries() { } assuming you said double manageStopLoss() (probably should be int manageStopLoss() but you get the idea) { return(stopLoss) } would you use manageStopLoss() in the remainder of the code? i.e. ...

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thanks for the link

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Have you got any interesting articles or threads on this topic? Has this been discussed on these forums elsewhere?

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Somehow I dont find that site that credible for a statistic like that. They want people to trade to earn comissions... I doubt that figure is 100% truthful.

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I'm not very good at reading other peoples code but I'm pretty sure I understood what you suggested. Thank you very much. Coincidentally, I am one of those people who crams everything into the start function , I just don't understand ...

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