make sure you don't use ArrayResize() on every tick. It seems to be quite expensive, at least with large arrays (thousands of elements).

how do I initialize an array in an indicator that is not a buffer?

But how do you handle the *immense* drawdowns that could occur? You bought 2.56 lots at 1190, so your total exposure was 5.12 lots with a break even point at 1180. Then it dropped below 1140, this would be a loss of over $20000?

Compounding to Riches

where dou you place the stops? Do you stop all trades at once if it hits break even (1190 at gold for example, if you last bought at 1200) or do you have another strategy for that? How could your gold pyramid survive the recent drop to 1140 (you ...

Compounding to Riches

In your EA you could use the current time and construct the name that the label at the current bar would have if it existed. Then on every new bar simply search for a label with exactly that name. If it exists you have it.

GetLastObjectDescription()

How exactly do the names look like?

GetLastObjectDescription()

mql4.com --> book learning the basics of programming first (before you begin with mql4) in some other, more user friendly language (almost any other language) will help.

how to learn mq4 ?

Did i already mention that this strategy is not only dangerous but also extremely boring?

magic shift

What is your exact definition of "building a strategy"? IMHO building a strategy includes a lot of data mining and systematically running many, many automated simulations. I doubt that you will be able to do this (program your simulations) without ...

MQL4 or Excel for building strategies

This is an interesting trailing stop algorithm i will have to investigate further. Theoretically this could be made into an indicator so it could be used like parabolic SAR or similar trailing stop indicators. Does it already have a name? Edit: Its ...

magic shift

I trade it forward only since a few weeks, so i can't really say what to expect in the future. Drawdown can be a few hundred pips in less than a day, i currently have something similar running already a bit longer (it uses another indicator and ...

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H4: image h1: image

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Exactly. Same candle time as here (8:00 CET)

magic shift

You need much patience. If you attach the Accelerator Oscillator to the chart you can see how many H4 candles it will stay above or below the line. Be careful with the lot size because it may go up and down hundreds of pips during the trade. On H4 ...

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Yes. And and after they stole your code you will die in an accidental plane crash, together with your prorammer, your laptop and your mobile phone with all your top-secret SMS from your secret Metatrader[tm]-EA. Meanwhile Agent 008 will steal your ...

Workstation Security Contest-Super Hacker

extern int HMA_period = 10; extern int HMA_PriceType = 0; extern int HMA_Method = 3; extern int Stoploss = 50; extern double Lots = 0.1; int start() { int signal0 =0; //current signal int signal1 =0; //previous signal int bars =0; //number of bars ...

Multiple order issue with EA

This is already included in my IF. But i also haven't seen any other thing so far that is guaranteed to beat the market. Such a "thing", if it existed, would be nearer to the ideal holy grail than anything else.

How to avoid forex scams

No, there are no .def files, .def files are never needed for distributing dlls. I have seen the results when googling after metatrader error 127 in some forums, i don't know who first came up with this disinformation, you definitely never need a def ...

embedding python

Going through this kind of experience is the fate of every programmer. Over and over again.

Another icustom question

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