you can't do it — There isn't a way to amend the comment on existing open trades either via MT4 or in code (scripts/etc.) Regards, Paul

how to add comments on MT4 Terminal

the dashboard does that — Please see title "the dashboard does that" url the latest one was posted a week or two ago. Regards, Paul.

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

maybe one day — You're right, so many ways to skin a cat. In the first instance I'd simply write a file saying buy this, sell that, etc. which a regular EA could detect and act upon. It's a pity there is no documented API/wrappers for ...

No Expert Advisor can replace human mind

the dashboard does that — It will give an alert whenever any of the groups pass the zero point. Regards, Paul.

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

I'm thinking Prolog — Well that's the issue, if you can't convert to such a formula then you need to approach it another way. I'm a delphi programmer by trade but have 'dabbled' with expert systems and the like in Prolog for example (do you ...

No Expert Advisor can replace human mind

not a job for MT4/5 — I agree with what you say. Many of the items you mention aren't simple/possible to code into an MT4 EA. I think the job requires a more sophisticated development tool which has far more capabilities than you have at your ...

No Expert Advisor can replace human mind

I can't — No seriously... I think the issue is defining the steps we take in arriving at trading decisions in a different way so that they could be replicated using an EA. It's not that there is a lot of complexity required but I think we ...

No Expert Advisor can replace human mind

does it use RefreshRates() — I've seen it more on some brokers than others, does it call RefreshRates() before calculating the order values, esp. if it is retrying for several seconds they go out of date or beyond the slippage if price is ...

Trading Made Simple EA by Guess Whom

usually just needs to resend it — It's usually when the price changes in between the time when the EA sends an order and the server actually processing it. I've not looked at the code but it may just need to RefreshRates() before sending ...

Trading Made Simple EA by Guess Whom

nice one! — Nice going there moodybot Regards, Paul.

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

No NZDJPY on fxdd demo — Hi Brian, Just set up a demo on fxdd and it seems to be missing NZDJPY. I don't know whether it's on their live accounts. Not sure how it's working otherwise? [edit] I see what's happened in the video. The template you ...

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

what are the fxdd pair names — What characters does this broker add to the pair names? There seem to be a few having trouble with them. Are the problems on standard or 'micro' type accounts? Regards, Paul.

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

blank dashboard — The other thing that might prevent it displaying (and is also causing those zero divide errors) is if one of the pairs is not available on your broker or if you don't have all your symbols displayed in the market watch ...

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

good point — That would be required since it accesses your windows dlls to determine time zone info for GMT calculations. Regards, Paul.

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

should work... — Once it is in your indicator folder and MT4 is restarted, you just need to drop it on a blank chart window and set the parameters (defaults should be fine). Do you have all your symbols visible in the market watch window? That ...

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

you're right — I misread the sheet, it is a 5 day week and I missed you mentioning it was 50 pips per day.

Leverage, Loss & Account Balance

not really — As far as I can see, the sheet shows your $1K account would grow to $6K after 12 months and $10K would grow to $25K after 6 months. Don't forget that the micro lot sizes are only worth 10 cents/pip not $10 Whilst it looks good in ...

Leverage, Loss & Account Balance

Their balance will equal but their margin used on the trade will be different, Trader B with higher leverage (over-leveraged) will use less margin per trade than the other trader. Because of this, Trader B could place more orders or use larger lot ...

Leverage, Loss & Account Balance

good idea — Hi, Thanks for sharing a good idea! The basket of 8 is something I'd planned to put into the dashboard but time has not permitted me to get this done yet. I thought it would be useful and, as you say, you are trading the difference ...

Brijons advanced traders multi-currency strategies

Greyed out is OK — They are greyed out when you only have the executable and not the source file for the EA. Is the MT4 option to allow live trading enabled. Is the common tab of the EA input box set to allow live trading Are the options to ...

Trading Made Simple EA by Guess Whom