Take a look at the link in my sig. It may be of use to you. It's a free course that'll take a complete novice with no programming experience through the process of building a very simple EA. Hope it helps you and others. Good luck Lux

do you have to be a programmer?

Just had a quick look and noticed a few stray braces. Try this and see if it compiles... if(Ticket > 0) { if (OrderSelect(Ticket, SELECT_BY_TICKET, MODE_TRADES)) { Print("BUY order opened : ", OrderOpenPrice()); if (SignalMail) SendMail("[Signal ...

Help with EA - Code Error

If you want to post or PM me the whole script I'll take a look at it for you. The problem with these things the error reported is usually a "red herring" and the actual problem exists above it. Lux

Help with EA - Code Error

The lack of a decent debugger is one of MT4's weaknesses. The only way to do it is to put in print statements in key places and see which ones get hit and which ones don't then you'll be able to trace the problem. Hope that helps. Lux

Should I Learn MQL4 and WHY?

I'm in on that ride too! Let's see how it goes. Lux

Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)

Haven't posted on this thread in a while. Been busy with other projects. Glad to see most of the original guys are still here and still going strong. Good luck to all! Lux

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

I see somebody having a VERY short life on FF Lux

No Free Lunch but all the Free Coffee you can drink

Here's the indicator I did for the DIBS method and it draws two lines for open and close of session. You can take a look at the code and see how I did it. Hope it helps. Lux

Create a verticle line at certain hour for every certain hour

If you've downloaded 1.2 earlier please download again. I've been fiddling and added a few extra tweaks. 1. The open hour line appears on the open of the bar not the close. 2. An option to show day close. Lux

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

If you comment out the line if(Period() != PERIOD_H1){Comment("Only works on 1H timeframe!"); return(0);} by putting '//' (no commas) at the front you can test it on 1min TF and see that it's updating correctly now. Lux PS: If you're testing out of ...

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

Updated version of indicator with a few issues fixed. Lux

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

Tools->Options->Charts -> 'Max Bars In Chart' Lux

No. of bars?

I live GMT+8 and European session starts around 2-3pm so it's fine to trade. Take a look here to verify the openings in you timezone. url Lux

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

update of indicator — I noticed a bug whereby the last trigger wasn't being drawn correctly and was being drawn multiple times. I've updated it in the original post I made here... url May still have issues with last trigger so if you notice ...

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

It depends on your broker. Mine is IBFX so it's GMT. I'm testing 5 but yours maybe different. 'OpenHour' is the hour you choose for the start of the day. Read the thread to get more information. Lux

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

One of the better posts I've read in a LONG time. Excellent! Lux

8 Keys to getting your Indicator or EA Programmed Successfully.

DIBS Indicator — Here's a simple indicator I put together for this system. Has a few options that should be self explanatory. Enjoy and good luck! Lux PS: If you only want triggers for the current day set 'bBackTest' to 'false'. UPDATED V1.1 - ...

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

Try clicking the link in his sig. Lux

PearsonFX Trades

So that would be about a 550 pip SL with a 1:1 RR? Thanks Lux

World's Simplest System

Teb - where would you put your SL on the eur/jpy trade? Lux

World's Simplest System