Well Said — My thoughts exactly. I should have had the gumption to say this myself.

A trusted programmer needed

Not For Free — I love simple, I hate free.

A trusted programmer needed

Disagree — Well I'm not sure what criteria you use to judge the usefulness of an indicator. I figure 50% accuracy is a pretty good indicator. I know of some that were 25% accurate and were still useful because I didn't let the computer make ...

Candle trading pattern seems too good to be true

Wrong Approach — As long as the computer is aiding the trader and not taking over for the trader, it can handle things like candle pattern recognition just fine. I have writtern several myself. It will probably pick a few invalid ones, but a ...

Candle trading pattern seems too good to be true

Script Is One Time — Scripts typically work as one time set of instructions or code to execute. The EAs operate continously, reacting to every tick to see if conditions are met to carry out their instructions. There are times you only want to ...

EA vs Script?

Try This — I will guess at what you want to know. The accepted term is Risk to Reward or the Risk/Rewand ratio or R:R. I believe that you can change this ratio and achieve a higher win rate. I have one scalping EA that I normally run at 4:1 ...

Using MT4: Is Strategy Testing Proportional?

OrderLots() — I think you need to use OrderLots(). Don't try to keep track inside the program. OrderLots() will give the accurate up to date count. Documentation is in the online help section.

About Lot size, Hedging and OrderType()

Don't Understand — There isn't any trade opening logic in the code you posted. How can it open trades?

How do I open only 1 buy/sell trade per bar?

Not Sure — What do you mean? Was there a compile error? Where is the rest of the code for checking the setup conditions and sending orders?

How do I open only 1 buy/sell trade per bar?

Try This — I assume you already have buy and sell flag logic in your code. Just add the following code to the Start() function. What it does is resets the flags to false at the start of every bar. Once a trade is opened, set the appropriate ...

How do I open only 1 buy/sell trade per bar?

Try This — This should work. double green = iCustom(NULL, 0, "SilverMACD", 0, FastEMA, SlowEMA, SignalSMA, applied_price, 1, ix); double red = iCustom(NULL, 0, "SilverMACD", 0, FastEMA, SlowEMA, SignalSMA, applied_price, 2, ix); The value of ...

icustom help please

Another Live vs Demo Thread — Well complain to your broker. He/they probably need a good laugh. I thought there were enough threads on live vs demo that anybody with more than a few month's as a member would know the answer.

Will I have a case against the broker if I run an EA on live and demo simultenously ?

Try This — If you look at the left side of his main page you will see a "Profiting in Forex" link. He doesn't give away much in his speil. I did view one of his webinars targeted at Forex traders and he gave us a few teasers. The main thing I ...

Need EA based on candle patterns

Try This — Just look for MTF MA indicators. There are lots of them around so I don't know which to recommend. Perhaps the feedback on the forum will give you an idea.

Need custom MA indicator for 2 time frames

Forex Specific Is Tough — That is a tough question. Many will claim that the same ones can be used for end of day as well as intraday trading. Steve Nison is the best at differientiating. Otherwise, you can pick up tips through online webinars ...

Need EA based on candle patterns

Try This — This Bulkowski guy has been researching them for 30 years. Most of his comments relate to the stock market though. Steve Nison who introduced Japanese candlesticks to westerners provides some insight into Forex market patterns. Just ...

Need EA based on candle patterns

Repainting — Repainting seems to be one of the most misunderstood yet simple ideas in the Forex world. Good to see a forum with calm reasoned discussion and none of the emotion I have seen on others.

Repainting Moving Averages?

Code is No Help — Perhaps you could include the iCustom() call and the Print() statement. Just those statements - not the whole EA. There is nothing wrong with the indicator.

cannot use iCustom(), need help

One More Thing — I remembered something else. Usually the value of limit is 1, so processing from left to right or the other way wouldn't matter. It is larger (usually = Bars) when changing from one TF to another.

Please help with "int start()" structure - I want to process bars left to right

Not Sure — There are some subtle things going on that you need to be aware of. Processing from right to left means that most bars are left untouched once processed. This lessens the "repaint" condition and saves on processing. If you reverse ...

Please help with "int start()" structure - I want to process bars left to right