Its been a long day !! Sorry FXDayTrader, I normally trade daily or greater timeframes so my example reflected that. What I should have said for my basic example was: High of CURRENT formed bar > High of PREVIOUS formed bar AND Low of CURRENT formed ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

HI FXDayTrader, Thanks for the help. I am reading through the other post but I guess I'm trying to get my head around the logic of how it will all work. If the first EA opens trades only and another EA will manage them then someone each trade must ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Hey FXDayTrader, I appreciate the reply. As I am new to MQL (but not trading) I'm finding some of the concepts/coding around MQL a little difficult to get my head round. I'll take a look at the link which you have posted. In answer to your question ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Hello Ferru, I have briefly outlined below what I want to achieve with an EA and would welcome your thoughts on the best way to achieve this. For the currency pairs which I choose to trade, each time my signal trigger occurs I need to perform the ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Thats ok. I wasn't expecting any specific answer at this stage as I need to sit down and decide clearly what I want to achieve first. cheers...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Hello Ferru. Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure how I would do what you are suggesting but I guess that is another thread!! Out of interest with regard to my last post is my assumption correct ? Thanks.

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Ah..ok I think I understand now..... Thinking about your question I think my light-bulb has just come on. I think the reason for your question (and please correct me if I am wrong) is that whatever the trigger is (price pattern, indicator based, ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Sorry Ferru, I'm not I understand your question. If I have multiple open positions on one chart which have been opened at different price levels and for argument sake I wanted my EA to close one of them how would I be able to identify to the EA ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Interesting..... My basic understanding was that a different magic number was needed for every trade in order to identify each specific trade. If I were trading, for example EURUSD, and had multiple open trades all opened in the same trading session ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Hi Ferru, Firstly thanks for the very prompt reply. I think I may have not explained myself too well or otherwise misunderstand your reply. My understanding is that an EA that enters a new trade would be assigned the magic number which I had given ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Hello FerruFX, Leading on from my last question, as each trade needs its own Magic Number to identify it, is it possible to create an EA to only enter new trades (eg. each of the open trades will be exited manually at a future time). Assuming that ...

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

Great .... Thanks the prompt reply

MT4 Auto/Manual Trading

OK.... Thanks for trying to help and happy trading

How to Export Historical data from MT4 to Amibroker

Hello FXTrader, Firstly thanks again for helping someone new to MT4 to get their head around it. I have been playing with this this morning but I am unable to get the EA to create an excel file with any data. The new folder is created but it is ...

How to Export Historical data from MT4 to Amibroker

A seriously BIG thanks FXTrader.... this had been causing me issues for days !!

How to Export Historical data from MT4 to Amibroker

Hello FXTrader, Thanks for replying. I appreciate the help. The thread I was referring to was this one : url I have contacted the OP of the thread but unfortunately they have not yet replied. I've currently just started learning MT4 language so ...

How to Export Historical data from MT4 to Amibroker

Just thought I'd bump this up just in case someone who can help missed it. Cheers......

How to Export Historical data from MT4 to Amibroker

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