You're right Trader101, I just patched the problem spots. Hopefully this EA is good enough for testing. Thanks for the help!

EA for gambler system

Fair enough, I'm not sure how many of my EAs are on E-bay. I think it's time I start looking.

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Please do keep in mind that I also have a pair of EAs that I coded for this system. image AskFX Entry Only.mq4 image AskFX.mq4 These EAs are completely unlocked and free to be placed on live accounts. I just ask that the end user have some ...

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Done. (That took a little longer than I wanted).

EA for gambler system

Thanks for the example LucidLamp, I still am relatively new to MQL, and programming in general. Looks like function-based programming and that's something I still need to learn. Any guidelines I should know about when programming functions? (I'll ...

EA for gambler system

That 5 lot/ 0.1 lot is just an example. I got this idea from what I know of Wall Street stock traders, and some short-squeezing tactics of a few hedgefunds. In an effort to disguise their trades and buy large volumes without moving the market, these ...

Block Trading?

Syanwar, Once I understand how I can get that specifc bit of logic in code, I can pull the rest of the EA together in about 20 mins. You've probably noticed already that in all my EAs, about 90% of the code is exactly the same. The past 5 bar ...

EA for gambler system

Well, the problem's right there. The iHighest and iLowest functions work only on consecutive bars unless you can direct them to a different array. I don't know how to create an array of up bars/down bars. The mathmin/mathmax functions are also worth ...

EA for gambler system

"Long Tail" candles? Sounds like a pin bar to me. There's already a thread dedicated to pin bars with EAs and indicators to match

Is this possible with metatrader?

Trust me Gambler, I've been trying to code this for awhile. The hard part right now is being able to detect the Lowest/highest of a specific bar class in the last 5 bars.

EA for gambler system

It shouldn't. All of my EAs will work on live and demo accounts. It's possible that the broker you're using doesn't allow EAs. And just so I can say "Mine is better" __________________________________ Main Computer: Abit NF7-S, AthlonXP 2200+ ...

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You cannot use the EA on a live account

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Figure an average 400 on EURUSD, 1000+ on GBPJPY, and 700 on Cable. Then a smattering of pips across other pairs.

Net pips / month / pair?

The trade management EAs out there are: Swiss Army ManageTP(Search is your friend!)

Is there a money management EA??

I would recommend using a larger test period. A good ratio would probably be 20:1. You use the previous 20 periods to predict the 21st period.

optimization in Strategy tester

They're not scripts. They're expert advisors.

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Just to add on: Metatrader's Backtesting system is incredibly inaccurate when predicting profitability. Instead, use it in visual mode to determine order entry accuracy.

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MagicNumber: The unique trade identification number for this EA. This allows the EA to figure out which trades it is supposed to manage. SignalMail: If you set up metatrader for e-mail, it will send e-mails to you whenever a trade occurs. ...

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A general rule of thumb I use when optimizing is to use a method called "rolling optimization" Example: I have 10 years of tick data. I take the first year--optimize heavily for that--and run it against the second year. I take the second ...

optimization in Strategy tester