Tough Ones — Those questions are definitely tougher. I think you need to start thinking differently. You cannot do anything "before the next candle will open". You have to wait until the new candle opens. If you think about it, you will ...

Modify Script to become an EA

Try This — You need to become aquainted with Time[] and date arithmetic. Here are a few code snippets that will help. The first will execute once on the opening of a new bar. The second will do basic date arithmetic to figure out the time of ...

Modify Script to become an EA

Old Saying — This thread reminds me of an old saying. Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die. Time to kill this thread.

I Have Zig Zag Non Repaint Indicator!! A Programmer Needed To Optimize It!

Try This — OK, I will help but I won't write the code for you. First you create the object in the Init() section with ObjectCreate using type OBJ_LABEL.Here is a chunk of code I used. You will have to fiddle with the positioning. Remember the ...

Reading from comments with EA

Don't Post EA — Unless you are wanting to demostrate your skills or acquire some bragging rights, don't post your EA anywhere on the internet. You will just attract a lot of frivolous mod requests and requests for help in how to do MT4 basics ...

Backtesting EA and closing trade at ma

Already Done — I believe Easy EA already does what you have described and I remember some discussion about another similar one, but the name escapes me. You should start by looking in the "Sticky" threads at the start of the forum.

Orders, take profit and SL directly from you MT4 chart

Euro at 85 (cents) — I can remember trading the Euro when it was at .85 and I think that was in the first year of its introduction. Even then the scammers were out in full force. I think the system they taught me (for $3000) was 3 ...

Who has traded since before the time of euro?

Can't be Done — Comments are write only. You have the source code so you could change the comments to a Text object and then use ObjectGet() to get the value you want. That wouldn't be much trouble to do.

Reading from comments with EA

Backtesting Isn't Reliable — If you are scalping, you need to use tick data and consistent spreads. Backtesting isn't very reliable at best, although your experiences is more extreme that mine and others. I have seen variations but usually in ...

Backtesting EA and closing trade at ma

Great Thread — My congrats to all posters on this thread. You made it to 10 posts and everything makes technical and more importantly common sense. I hope others can learn from this thread. I will bookmark for future reference on this topic.

Dynamic (Magic Number) - Randomizing

Help Who? — I wouldn't be mentioning that in this forum. You are that close to an infraction.

Simple Inside Bar indicator

Same Problem — Looks like the posted IB indicator has the same problem regarding High and Low being equal. I don't know if it has the required functionality that Billion is expecting, so I will wait until he responds before fixing.

Simple Inside Bar indicator

Parameters — Functions are normally declared with parameters to allow you to do this. It is poor programming practise to use statically declared values in functions. So it is good to get in the habit of passing variables as parameters. There ...

passing a varible between functions help

Your Eyes — Nothing on the computer will work as well as your eyes. Just do a search in this forum for others who have struggled to solve this problem.

trend and range indicating indicator

Source Code — Even the best programmers can't work on an executable file. We need the source code (.mq4) to work with. I know exactly what the problem is. If the code is written properly it should only take a short time to fix. In the future, ...

Simple Inside Bar indicator

Witty — Comments like this make reading the boards worthwhile.

I need a programmer

email — I sent you an email with my address. You should have it by now.

Bollinger EA Code Problem

Try This — Indicators as well as EAs can be tested in Strategy Tester. Just start up an an EA in visual mode, press the pause icon and add the indicator to the chart in the normal manner and press the pause icon again to resume testing. Try to ...

Can anyone advise how to backtest an EA?

Unclear — Well, the code is very obscure even with the rules and I'm not going to tear it apart to find a missing bracket or something similar. It would help to have a screen shot of an actual trade, showing the entry point, trigger bar and ...

Bollinger EA Code Problem

Explanation — I don't mean to be harsh but I can think of several reasons why the original coder won't fix this. What was the support period? What specfically were the specs for the code? Even if you are not a coder, the instructions provided ...

Bollinger EA Code Problem