Thnx Apocalypto!! Much appreciated - Your example shows how critical it is to get into a trade when YOU want to - NOT when a broker lets you. I also was a BIG Alpari fan until... I've had LIVE account with Alpari, IBFX and a few other Market Makers. ...

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What does Alpari "Requotes" have to do with Strategy? If I try to execute a order at $1.50 and the price moves to $1.58 before the platform allows me to place another order - what does that have to do with my strategy of executing a ...

Alpari.co.uk Discussion

if(Bid>myprice && OrdersTotal()==1) - Also close BUYS at the 'Ask' and SELLS with the 'Bid' price.

How to find out the current market price?

Yea sure, I work for the Worldwide ECN Conglomerate. If you've been reading the last couple pages I've (and others) have stated the problems with Alpari. scary slippage. 3 to 4 minute reqoute time, multiple requotes, slow price updates, ...

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Try this.

Auto adjust for 5 decimal brokers

You cant change the number of digits your broker sends to you. that code snippet just lets you not worry about it when placing orders. you can't disable 5 digit. You could print numbers with NormalizeDouble(x,2) for numbers with 3 digits. And (x,4) ...

Auto adjust for 5 decimal brokers

Wazzup with the MT4 Demo swap rates? I ALWAYS earn negative swap!! - Is this the way the LIVE platform works? Will I/you always lose money on swap?

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

ECN Brokers!! - A different world!! atcbrokers.com - (MT4 and LIVE right now!!) mbtrading.com - (MT4 in beta but in demo) FXDD MTextreme - (OK but 4 digit and $15 per 100k) PFGBestDirect - (MT4 ECN but havent tested them yet) get a hold of the atc ...

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This method may work for you because you're a manual trader. If a good entry gets slipped and you see that the next available entry isn't as good you'll just skip the order. - This is a real problems for EA's since slipping 10-20 pips can make a ...

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double xecn; //Put at top of code xecn=1; if(Digits==5||Digits==3){xecn=10;} Anywhere you use the TakeProfit, StopLoss or Slippage - It will make your code work with any 4/5 digit broker automatically. before: TakeProfit*Point after: ...

Auto adjust for 5 decimal brokers

You don't have to be a Scalper to HATE missing good entries because the platform freezes for 3 to 4 minutes before giving you "REQUOTE" - I can accept this is it happens rarely but Alpari is getting ridiculous!! I've been Requoted 2x and 3x before ...

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Edited the TakeProfit and StopLoss - minor adjustment so it'll work with 5 digit brokers automatically. (my broker is 5 digit so i had to modify to test) - it tests profitably but just barely. drawdown for profit is too high for me. I tested on H4.

Artificial Intelligence EA

Google "Metatrader Moving Average" - change chart to "Daily" and change period from 14 days to 30.

Auto buy/sell at fixed time everyday

Nice Thread - My 2 Cents. (This is a report from a system that allows traders to autotrade the generated signals). Will update performance here every couple weeks. 20K initial deposit. Up 9+% in about 1.5 weeks.

Show your best EA

extern int MAGICTerminal=101; extern double LOTSize=0.10; extern string ORDERComment="Order Comment Text"; //TOTAL Count.. int btotal=0; int stotal=0; int ticket=0; double closelots=0; bool xbool; for( int cnt=OrdersTotal()-1;cnt>=0;cnt--) { ...

Ea code request: Close previous order when open new position

Ha! Thnx! Magnum - I always screw em up when I just write em online and cut/paste from existing code.

Ea code request: Close previous order when open new position

i updated the code. I added a LOTSize extern for the lots. - (thought you'd replace that with your own variable) - Also make sure your LOTSize is a DOUBLE.

Ea code request: Close previous order when open new position

You will have to close the orders with OrderClose() - It will have to be part of your OrderSend() routine. Close the BUY when you Open the SELL.

Ea code request: Close previous order when open new position

Yep, Its possibe but would require custom programmng. I think you want to read quotes from different brokers and execute orders on a seperate broker. (looking for lagging prices I assume) This would prob only work with ECN's or a brokers that lags ...

IS IT REAL?

Nah, I ALMOST did though. I did quite a bit of research on them and they are one of the WORST requote offenders (Alpari is trying to beat them for the title). A casual search on FF will reveal the ugly truth.

Mig now has 70 tradeable pairs