Tried comparing Close[0] to and iLow setting of 5 bars back but the problem is the when using iLow you are looking at comparing the Current close to the low 5 bars ago. This is a subtle difference to using iLowest. I want to compare the Current ...

Exiting Trades on iLowest and iHighest

Ronald, Thank you for the fast post, unfortunately I tried the alternate code but it makes it worse, keep in mind with the original code I posted that the SHORT EXIT is working as it should by calculating the highest high of the last 5 bars and ...

Exiting Trades on iLowest and iHighest

That is SLICK.... Thank you.

Combining EA Results

lol never post again?

EURUSD

We'll have to wait for the US reports in an hour...

EURUSD

June 12th 12:19 London Time — Is everyone ready for a free fall? All charts are hovering right at support with impending weakness....

EURUSD

Here's some promising results...No curve fitting. No optimization. Just a simple trend reversal system on a one hour chart with pre defined stops and exit rules and 3.0 pips slippage. The results are quite profitable even with a 34% win rate. And ...

Show your best EA

Correct me if I am wrong....I think with the OrderClose, if your MT goes offline when your stop is hit you are SOL, at least when your order is filled and has a stop at the same time, if your CPU goes offline you are still covered.

complex stop loss possible?

Follow up question... When testing...are "optimized" or "non optimized" results a better indication of what to expect in live trading?

Optimized Parameters in Metatrader Testing?

There's a couple things to think about here... 1. if you have an ea that trades one position at a time you are not affected. 2. if you have multiple ea that counter trade each other then you could be screwed, but what if the broker allows you to ...

NEW MT5 Seriously Stuffed For Traders Platform

One thing that this new version 5 could prevent to the disadvantage of traders is those traders that use multiple EAs for different types of market behavior could be taken out of a trade because one EA could over ride the other's trade. For example, ...

NEW MT5 Seriously Stuffed For Traders Platform

What about trading different positions with different brokers to accomplish your trading style...

NEW MT5 Seriously Stuffed For Traders Platform

Cch, I thought of doing what you did below but found a way that offers step increments, and allows changing the amount of funds required for each incremental step...for example each $500 or or this case $300 after testing different ...

How can this be made into an EA