WOW! — Hello Bruce, Thanks so much... I think I've got it now. So you start and EA in visual mode, then you pause it and load a template (or indicators as you please) then you start the EA running again. It's amazing! I'm so glad I can now see ...

EA indicator not showing on chart

Hello hello, Just to let you know the EA is running properly again... had to restart laptop to sort out problem. I'd still like more info' on how to drag EA onto chart for backtesting, please. Cheers, g

EA indicator not showing on chart

Hi Again Bruce and Enivid, A new issue has cropped up: when I run the strategy tester now, it runs at a fraction of the pace, like 1/20 or something silly. Not sure why. I thought maybe the ones I dragged onto charts to test are still running in the ...

EA indicator not showing on chart

Backtesting with templates — Hi Bruce, I soon discovered you were right about indicators not NECESSARILY displaying: some do and some don't. So I tried what you recommend about dragging the EA onto a chart, but I didn't manage. The EA name and ...

EA indicator not showing on chart

Hi enivid, Thank you for that... I changed the basic settings and now I see the lines on the chart. Of course, not sure what that will do to results, but at least I know what's going on. I don't know why I didn't think of that! Thanks ...

EA indicator not showing on chart

I should have said... I can print out the values of the band, and they keep changing, as I'd expect. The line is just not on the chart. I tried running on only the last 2 months' worth of data, but that didn't fix the problem. Thanks, Gerry

EA indicator not showing on chart

Yay! — Hi Alvseek, Thanks for your advice on iClose, iOpen() etc. That was exactly what I was looking for... just didn't know about it. I'm sure that's going to work for me once I've changed all the code from Close[] to iClose(...daily...) ...

MT4 navigational tips and techniques

Hi Giovanni, Thanks for your input. Compile twice in a row: in my editor, I literally press 'compile' and when it's done I repeat the process. I cannot understand why when I do it once, the MT4 still runs with previously compiled code, but it does. ...

MT4 navigational tips and techniques

Hi, not sure whether this will help you, but it might... I very often compile my code and find that MT4 still runs the old code. i've got into the habit of always compiling twice in a row and that works for me. Other than that, maybe search the code ...

MT4 navigational tips and techniques

Timeframes with MT4 and EA — Hi, I want to use an EA to do backtesting more than anything else. I’m fairly new at this, but think I’ve progressed well with learning about EA’s. I’ve done a few little tests that (eventually) do what I want them ...

MT4 navigational tips and techniques

Hi fxtr51, Are you still there? I posted the info' below elsewhere on an OLD thread but got no responses. I was wondering whether you had advice for me. I'll do a quick summary of what I'm after: I want to look at daily patterns, but when I'm doing ...

Indicator fails to display - need help to fix

Hi fxtr51, Thanks so much for the information. I'll go look see... You take care. Gerry

Indicator fails to display - need help to fix

debugging — Hi jjasper7, I know you asked these questions a long time ago... but I'm really having difficulty with the debugging process. I find if the only thing I can do is print it's really hard to debug. Did you ever find a solution to ...

Indicator fails to display - need help to fix

Please help with strategy tester — Hi, I want to use an EA to do backtesting more than anything else. I’m fairly new at this, but think I’ve progressed well with learning about EA’s. I’ve done a few little tests that (eventually) do what I ...

Strategy Tester - Need Help

Hi Timebandit, It is a stop loss that trails the high of a long trade or the low of a short trade. So (for a long trade) as the high goes higher, the stop loss is set higher, increasing profits (or decreasing losses). If you have Metatrader ...

EA for trailing stops

Cannot find mq4 — Hi Ekro, This was an old post of yours... regarding the Jacko Anti Hedging EA. I have the .ex4 file, but cannot find the .mq4 file. Could you point me in the right direction please? Thanks, Gerry

EA for trailing stops