Great, Many thanks for the explanation. Yes your understanding above is perfect. When in x pips of profit move SL to BE. Just for those times if one has to rush out and one is feeling cautious Glad that's not a problem. For the absolute ...

SL and TP trend line EA - altering existing code

Great coding! — !!! Thanks so much this is exactly what I was after... Great coding! The Remove SL_TP variable - little confused about this... Is it a case of if one of the lines is hit it cancels the other lines order? Like a OCO? Or is it ...

SL and TP trend line EA - altering existing code

I too am very impressed with this EA. Does anyone know if its possible to change it so that rather than drawing horizontal lines it draws trend lines? I'm after exactly this EA but one where entries SLs and TPs can be diagonal lines.... Unlike ...

Drag and Drop SL TP

Thanks so much for this. There is a bit of a glitch in that it seems to be cloing positions quite a bit before reaching either the TP or SL line. Initially I though it may be closing at the ask rather than bid line but it's not - it's just too ...

SL and TP trend line EA - altering existing code

example — here's a live example of what I'm talking about... Dave

SL and TP trend line EA - altering existing code

this EA is brilliant.... — If you're trading channels/triangles etc - I love it. The only problem with it is that you can only manage the trade by dragging the lines around if the trade was initially executed through the EA. Does anyone know ...

"EASY" EA-Trading made easier

Highlight the file (single click) hold down ctrl and hit C. This copies it. Found the folder where you want it to go (prob program files > Metatrader > Experts > Indicators) hold down ctrl and hit V. This pastes the file into the folder. Many ways ...

EA and Indicators

May I ask what kind of DLLs are you importing into MQL? ie what purpose?

I am having a ball importing DLLs

thanks for your reply. I know alpari do not allow a stop loss @ break even - a stop is minimum their spread...

specific broker requirements

Many thanks for your help. I do it in spreadsheet form so my charts don't get too cluttered. The cells in excel are conditionally formatted so when the prices gets near a level it lights up. Useful for showing when 4hrly, daily, weekly and monthly ...

Really basic question about a Script

Thanks so much. That explains perfectly the most important aspect. Now I will go about cleaning it up. I am interested in keeping track of the average range of different periods. e.g. taking the last 100 candles into account, EURJPY moves on average ...

Really basic question about a Script

Swing High low variables? — Many thanks for this. In inputs, the miniBars default value is 2. What happens if it's changed? Does 2=2lower highs either side of a high to qualify? Trying to work it out from the chart but it's difficult as all ...

Swing high / Swing low indictator+alert?

Thanks for this info. I've setup a bluebottle account but can't get this to work either. In Option > Email I have; email = checked smtp server = mail.bluebottle.com (have also tried mail.bluebottle.com:25 [26, 587]) smtp login = ...

Email option on MT4 with Yahoo account

Thanks for your replies - I'll try the code above later tonights. Did a search for 'Telsa's fancy schemancy' but couldn't find any indicators. In fact I have trouble having any success with the ff search forums facility. If anyone has any ...

sound and email indicator alerts - help!