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Code MQL4 Help

One possibility: does your broker set a minimum number of pips between where the market is & where you set your SL? I know some brokers have a 5 or even 10 pip minimum, which means you can't set your SL to within 5-10 pips from market. Another thing ...

Order Modify Question

One way to do it is to cycle through your open orders and count your orders. Then use the appropriate logic conditions in your order execution section to act accordingly based on the count, whether pair-specific or total number in the account across ...

Problem with 5-8 Cross EA

Yes, what you describe is a straddle-OCO (One-Cancels-the-Other). Attached is a straddle-order OCO EA which I wrote. It may or may not be what you want, but you can edit it to your needs, or use the same logic to edit your EA.

Alteration

One way to do it would be to use the Alert command after your signal condition. For example, if(your signal condition) Alert("Signal condition is satisfied!"); The Alert box will pop up & sound an alarm upon your signal condition being true. You can ...

Turning an MT4 Indicator into a Template?

This is an EA, not an indicator. So, save it in your /experts/ folder, then bring it up in your MetaEditor, then hit F5 to compile it. After doing this, it should show up in your experts section of the Navigator in your MT4 platform. Drag it onto a ...

EA Alteration

MQL5 will be object-oriented. Java doesn't support pointer arithmetic. MQL4 & C/C++ do. Yes, my EA is up 250% since this February. PM me, and I'll send you a trade report. I agree with you that learning programming in general is a good start to ...

My own EA ?

I've worked on collages like these before. You have to be careful not to mix methods of the same type, though. For example, if all of them are trenders, then the drawdowns will all amplify during non-trends. You have to understand the strength & ...

Forex Factory EA Portfolio

No retail broker is friendly to news-scalpers. That's because in order to guarantee liquidity, they have to take the opposite side of your trade, and if you're in-and-out to take a quick profit, the broker loses. So, it's not in the interest of any ...

The best broker to trade forex with news

Call Dave Manukian at ATC-Avail in San Francisco. They've got MT4 up and running for ECN via Hotspot/Currenex right now, and they're in the process of hooking up MT4 for the whole line of CBOT/CME futures. It's "in the works," which means it'll ...

Problems finding good futures broker for MT4

All that anyone said is that MQL4 is like C/C++. MQL4 is basically C/C++ with a trading function library, that's all. (As opposed to Fortran or Basic or Java or Revolution or even Easy Language, etc.) And, by the way, it's only MQL4 that's similar ...

My own EA ?

I know that Patrick Nouvin custom coded IBFX's PRS. Whether he used autochartist, I don't know.

Searching for triangle indicator

This EA has the kind of time-coding you need. Alter it to your needs: url

EA to Open trade at specified time

Also, I just altered someone else's EA which sounds similar to what you want: url

Hedge Expert Advisor!

Yes, use use DDE. Check this out: url

MT4 to Excel question

Here you go ... (Notes: I got rid of the Pips parameter, since it's no longer needed. The TP and SL are still in terms of pips, but now, calculated from the Buy and Sell prices you specify. If Buy or Sell price is set at 0 (zero, or a negative ...

EA Alteration

It sounds like you're looking for a "straddle" EA or script. Here's one I wrote for news-trading ... it may not be exactly what you want, but you can edit it to suit your purposes.

Hedge Expert Advisor!

Here you go ... from MetaQuote's CodeBase: Optimized Period Converter: url

2 or 3min plugin?

Use the Period Converter script which comes standard with every MT4 platform. There is also an optimized version. I'll try to find it for you ...

2 or 3min plugin?

This sounds like POC (Point-of-Control). What's the difference?

Trading the NOW Pivot