Thanks for the replies guys. This was helpful. I will look for those indicators.

Hedge trading spieler system derived from futures spread trading

Please help. How did you calculate the percentages? — I have read almost this entire thread and have read the Word document twice. I am missing a very simple piece of information that would clarify quite a bit for me. How do you calculate the ...

Hedge trading spieler system derived from futures spread trading

question on commissions — What will the commission be if I trade 5000 units of EURUSD? Can someone confirm that you can trade microlots on MBTrading/EFXGroup? Thanks!

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Thanks MagnumFreak! This was very helpful. Frank

How can I do this in MetaTrader.

Magnumfreak, Thanks for the reply. So, Close[0] will give me the current price even if it's in the middle of a bar? I was under the impression that it would only give me the close value of that bar. Please confirm either way. I wish I could test ...

How can I do this in MetaTrader.

Syanwar, Yes, I will explain completely. first, here is a summary: There are two moving averages: 1) average of high/low/lose, and 2) moving averge of the true ranges. In this system, the direction of the moving average and the penetration of the ...

Can someone help me convert this simple program to an EA

Syanwar, Thanks I really appreciate it. the following is TradeStation code, but the logic is pretty straightforward. Inputs: avgLength(40), atrLength(40); Vars: upBand(0), dnBand(0), movAvgVal(0), movAvgVal2(0); movAvgVal = average(((High + Low + ...

Can someone help me convert this simple program to an EA

Kenz897, I've been working on trying to get the hotkey working since yesterday. I'm not sure what's wrong. My script compiles fine. I try executing it on the chart, and I get the following messages: Script buy-script EURUSD H1 loaded successfully ...

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I tried these exact steps and nothing happens when I press the hotkey. I tried multiple hotkeys including ALT N, ALT I, ALT1, etc. I do have Allow Live Trading checked under Expert Advisors. I compiled the script, exited, and then opened up ...

can this be done with MetaTrader?

Kenz987, I see what you're doing now. This is an excellent idea! I will be out most of the day, but I will start working on this tonight. I can't wait to see if it works or not. Thanks so much for all of your help. This is brilliant. Frank

can this be done with MetaTrader?

Kenz987, Hey. Thanks for all of your help. I am running Windows Vista, but if this will do what I want, I will easily switch back to XP. Can you confirm or describe what the code below is doing? In the first part, you said to put it in the script, ...

can this be done with MetaTrader?

Kenz987, I appreciate all of this info. I will start looking at the link you sent me. I am hoping an expert with DLL will reply also. I do not have any experience writing DLLs and very little with C or C++. Frank

can this be done with MetaTrader?

How would a MetaTrader DLL work? What do I program it in? Thanks, Frank

can this be done with MetaTrader?

Kenz987, I am using Excel to determine when to place trades. I want Excel to execute my trade using a Excel VBA (Excel Macro). Excel VBA can call a shell program when certain rules change. I basically need Excel to call the MetaTrader script. I ...

can this be done with MetaTrader?

How do you map a script to a hotkey? The script has to run from the command line. Frank

can this be done with MetaTrader?

Ronald, Thanks! I'll give this a try and see how it goes. Frank

can this be done with MetaTrader?

Thanks Rusty. I appreciate the reply and your idea. That is definitely one way to do it. However, it has to be very quick. I want to buy at the exact price that it is when I run the program. I wonder how much time opening, reading, and closing a ...

can this be done with MetaTrader?