hindsight — Should have listened...

The "Buy Silver, Crash JP Morgan" Hype

Thanks guys!

Need custom MA indicator for 2 time frames

does orderprofit() return value of the selected order's profit as pips or as currency?

Hidden SL & TP

I'm back testing now in visual mode.. thanks for the advice. Question though, does strategy tester account for each and every tick exactly ans the it happened live(or theoretically at least)? I ask because the history data i downloaded was for the ...

misguided logic?

yea, you guys are right.. spread is in there. but this is crazy, so that means that at least 20% of my trades are going at least 17 of the 20 pips in either direction, then retracing and going at least 17 of the 20 pips in the other direction... ...

misguided logic?

two things: 1. for some reason when i use strategy tester, it doesn't include spread in the results 2. each losing trade loses exactly 20 pips, and each winning trade wins exactly 20 pips. That's why i'm so confused.

misguided logic?

you have to deal with spread cost regardless of which way you play the market (i.e. short or long)

misguided logic?

maybe you could point me to a few threads?

misguided logic?

yea.. i got interested in the forex in 2006.. opened and account.. started a business, got very busy, and now i'm back.. I have missed a lot.. Sorry, but I'm happy they kept my seat warm here at ff!!

misguided logic?

Thanks Ronald.. do you know if the metatrader time is based on EST?

Optimization of a strategy..

oh, and the parameters i'm checking for are : Stoploss and take profit!

Optimization of a strategy..

Ok, i know i'm late as hell on all of this; and that this was news like 12 months ago. But i am lost.... whats the deal with using SL and TP with US brokers? is it a no go? I'm finding so many different answers and i just need a burst of clarity... ...

closing positions

I've been using market info function to identify the required distances and adjusting for them... i did a search that suggested that the NFA has forced US brokers to remove this feature. Any truth to that?

closing positions

thanks.. I thought that it was no longer possible to specify sl and tp in order... When i tried, i kept getting error 130?

closing positions

You guys are great.. I was pulling my hair, and for some reason i missed that... its always the simple stuff... Thanks ALOT!!

Newbie programmer.. a quick glance would help a lot

Thanks, I will try your suggestions. From looking at it could you see any reason why this simple program wont work. I'm using a demo account, does the broker I'm demoing with make a difference on how i write certain variables?

Newbie programmer.. a quick glance would help a lot