with respect for Jacko, not wanting to make this another EUR/USD thread, just briefly: as far as I'm concerned, with the time frame that "I" trade, the trend have been down since end of last month, about 1 week after the 1.6035 new high, and I've ...

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

thanks, had a look through that tutorial, too much text.. i think it's easier if i just self learn it from the documentation function by function, easier for me this way.. and just looking at example codes gave me pretty good ideas already..

where to learn the scripting language?

I'd never thought I'll see someone with such a big head jump in the thread trying to prove no one else is making money? What's your point? What good have you ever done to this community?

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

I come to visit this thread every now and then, and noticed the contents of the thread have changed considerably over time, this thread started when a man called Jacko decided to unselfishly share his knowledge and wisdom for free, for not so ...

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

and the reason why the price whips around is because there's lack of volume, seems pretty easy to understand, which part don't you understand?

problem with trading news...?

the currency market is just like any other market, there's people waiting to buy at one side and people waiting to sell on the other, before major news releases, professional traders move to cover their risk by covering their high risk positions, ...

problem with trading news...?

which part don't you understand? At major news time most if not all big and institution investors take away their sell/buy orders, leaving both side of the resistance and support unguarded, so right after the news, the price can whip around both ...

problem with trading news...?

you try trading like this your broker will rip you off both ways... everytime! when the news comes out you'll have instant loss in less than 10 seconds...

problem with trading news...?

low spreads are bull biscuit anyway, since they've introduced their NEW "1/10 pip" spread, the bid/ask price have been swinging around wildly, and when you try to place a market order, no matter if the price moved 1/10 pip in your favour or 1/10 pip ...

is fxcm the best retail broker out there?

Seavo: thanks for the kind offer! At the moment I'm still ok, most of the answers i can find in the mql4 website, I've been watching very carefully how the code was performing this week and it looks very promising right now! I'm not sure if I'll ...

where to learn the scripting language?

don't you think this will become a problem say if I'm in Australia, and have daylight saving too and trying to trade at US times on Metatrader? Although my time shift can be calculated from the server time, but I would not know the time shift of New ...

Dealing with Daylight Saving Time

but this trick won't work, say if your computer is located in another country while you're trying to determine the daylight saving that's happening in New York?

Dealing with Daylight Saving Time

haha... make good use of the opportunity while it still exist, but i'm sure fxcm won't be happy when they catch up with you, most broker hate people that gets in and out of the market too quickly, they'll probably start sending you a warning very ...

Has anyone noticed negative spreads before?

they probably don't care enough about it right now, because the money they're making from people blowing up their micro accounts are more than enough to cover your 10 pips at the moment.. once they've ironed out other problems, they'll come to ...

Has anyone noticed negative spreads before?

thanks Seavo! the docs.mql4.com have been great help!! I can't express my excitment now, I've just finished coding two of my custom indicators and finally ironed out all the bugs, I couldn't believe I could pick it up as quick as I did after more ...

where to learn the scripting language?

metatrader.info is down right now, so just going thru the docs first, something to do in my spare time this weekend! Thanks again..

where to learn the scripting language?

thanks everybody Seavo: i'm reading the link to the docs now, very helpful, hope i'll be able to pick it up quicker than 4 years.. i gave up programming years ago before the C language started to get popular... used to be doing things like ...

where to learn the scripting language?

all the charts i ever used showed the bid price (lower price) unless you change the settings otherwise... not the average price, nor the ask price.. except i used to notice a broker from memory was mig, their chart application, most of the time, the ...

Did you know this about Oanda?