Yes, I checked the journal. No errors for the trades that were'nt opened. Nothing at all as a matter of fact. I dont understand it because the EA works perfect in the backtest with these settings, but just wont open a trade on the chart.

EA not opening trades.... ??

Here is the trailing stop code and the buy code, I think the prob may be in here, but not sure...... //Trailing stop if(UseTrailingStop && TrailingStop > 0) { if((OrderOpenPrice() - Ask) > (Point * (TrailingStop+0.5))) { if((OrderStopLoss() > (Ask + ...

EA not opening trades.... ??

Now my next step would be to turn it into a EA, but I am lost on that.

Adding audible alert?

Finally got it working, thanks for the help magnumfreak. Here's the finished product..... #property indicator_chart_window #property indicator_buffers 2 #property indicator_color1 Yellow #property indicator_color2 Yellow #property indicator_width1 3 ...

Adding audible alert?

ok, I tried that, still not working..... here is what it looks like now //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| //| //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "niva" ...

Adding audible alert?

Could someone look over the code for me? I have tried to add the alert, but it wont work when I try to put it on a chart. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| //| ...

Adding audible alert?

Well the EA already has, TP, SL, max concurrent trades. I want to add the following inputs: Use Money Management - True or False Use Margin % - Percent of margin to be used on each trade (5,10,20) Max Lots - Max number of lots to be used (never to ...

adding money management...

Here it is.

adding money management...

Thats correct. But one word of caution. If your testing with more money than you will actually be trading with, be careful. It may put you into a false sense of security. I usually only backtest with the amount I will be actually trading with so I ...

Starting balance in MT4

Hey fry, Was just wondering if you could add some kind of visual indicator to this EA? Like it places a gray box around the previous days bars and puts a colored line extending off the high and another extending off the low? So you know where it ...

EA to buy/sell previous days high/low

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iCustom doesn't return correct value

Can anyone help add these parameters??

iCustom doesn't return correct value

This is what I changed it to and it looks to be working. Thanks dragoncat! if (X01 > X02) {color_X01 = Lime;} else if (X01 < X02) {color_X01 = Red;} else {color_X01 = Yellow;} if (X02 > X03) {color_X02 = Lime;} else if (X02 < X03) {color_X02 = Red;} ...

Help changing code......

Yes, it does seem to be working as it is set so far. Thanks for all your help with it. Hopefully someone can help with the "cost averaging" function. Thanks again!

EA to buy/sell previous days high/low