hmm actually i take back that statement about random walk. now that i rethink it i realise that, yes, prices move to varying degrees of movement, but when you look at it at the tick level you see it moving 1 degree of price up or down... potentially ...

Inescapable Truths

wowzers, that was unexpected. 15 posts and already a vouch. did, did... did i just break some kind of record? anyone know? Cheers capitalist88. that's blown me away. --- ok people just a heads-up. i've had little sleep, been out in the sun and been ...

Inescapable Truths

nope, to me it sounds more like the thoughts running through someones head between each smash of the forehead against a wall. i bet a few people still have the scars to prove it edit : WHOA crap. i didn't realise how old this thread was... saw it ...

A collection of truths and proto-truths

oh, and to follow on from that, the problem i previously didn't mention that is quoted in 7bits post regarding the index's always trending up... the index's change. the losing stocks are discarded and replaced in the indexs by the best performing ...

Inescapable Truths

yeah man, let's rock this. i just put the 'disclaimer' because some people (probably younger people, who probably aren't even here and don't even know what forex is... assumption++) tend to take my posts the wrong way. Possibly an ego thing that i ...

Inescapable Truths

1. The anti-chump method is still usually a chump method. people expect a 'pattern' to 'go in the right direction', set stops (and maybe profit targets), then instead of the market 'doing the right thing' it starts chopping around taking out the ...

Inescapable Truths

if you are a vegetarian and bake an awesome carrot cake, do you then put a dead goat on top of the cake? If you just wanna know what it's like then sure, but else why? you never know, maybe you'll like dead goat.

metatrader advice

i use p4L clock... google it. shows ny / london / sydney current time too. really simple and works well.

time left on current bar until a new one on MT4

how the hell do they beat the spread trading such short timeframes? without hugely volatile action it'd be impossible to trade for profit, no?

Any short-term tick / 10 sec scalpers???

a better question is probably 'why do chart patterns work'... if, in fact they even ever do. systems that fail? i'd take a guess that you could pick any system posted anywhere and you would find it would fail, even if it's working for it's creator. ...

Why a chart pattern fails?

nope. it's easy. MT4 could have been designed exactly how you want it, and my understanding is MT5 is actually this way (sends minute data only)... but the way MT4 was designed was to transmit and store only what's necessary for the sake of ...

Why isn't MT4 smart enough to allow me to set when D1 candles form

No indicator etc necessary... put your mouse over the chart. MIDDLE click (if you have at least 3 mouse buttons that is). move the newly appeared crosshair to the start of where you want to measure. LEFT click and drag to the end of the area you ...

pip count tool

in that case you can still compile the above code into a new custom indicator, and then run that alongside the indicator you are using to have it affect it as i had coded it to do. or you can have a go at ripping the code out of mine and making it ...

Simple programming help needed

the problem is that you can only set a style for ALL levels, not individual levels. You will even see in your first block of code that you did it correct... SetLevelValue(0,50); SetLevelValue(1,80); SetLevelValue(2,20); ...

Simple programming help needed

To understand (and appreciate) why this is like this you need to understand how the chart data is transmitted and archived... M1 - Imagine there are no bars at all, and you are watching the very first bar ever to exist starting to form on your ...

Why isn't MT4 smart enough to allow me to set when D1 candles form

nevermind, i rub my eyes and see you aren't talking mt4.

Number of Bars

build it and they will come — i only put this together an hour ago, but i think it's ok and what you are after. you have to do a little work though in that you need to drag the vertical bars that appear to the start and end of the section you ...

Number of Bars