Just what are you planning to do? You can analyze data in the script languages provided with the platforms. The easiest way to get free tick by tick fx data is to hook up Ninja Trader to Gain and dump it out as it comes in, or shortly afterward ...

[Ask] Automatically Update forex datafeed from Real-time!

There is plenty of available EA source code if you look in the right places. There are other metatrader forums.

Script that Opens/Closes charts

The metatrader sources mentioned above are all about the same. The way you get data from them is to open a chart, capture the data tick by tick as it comes in with an indicator (write it to disk or or use pipes). You would have a difficult time ...

[Ask] Automatically Update forex datafeed from Real-time!

Free data: Gain (RateGain for history, Ninja Trader -C#-for realtime), All the MT4 demos - all have fx and some have gold - I'm not sure which ones, but I think maybe FXDD, ODL, FxPro, BroCo maybe others. This is mainly C++, but you can handle it if ...

[Ask] Automatically Update forex datafeed from Real-time!

Verto: Order Send returns the ticket number, or -1. iTicket = OrderSend(... ,0 TP, 0 SL if (iTicket > 0) { //got a ticket bRtn = OrderModify(iTicket, 0, sl, tp, NULL, CLR_NONE); } if (bRtn ... err do something You can make it smarter by checking for ...

Trading aud/nzd successfully

1) Hide it in plain site. There are good EAs with source code on this forum that few people ever look at, and there are other metatrader forums with more. If you can't make plenty of money trading and depend on a few dollars for some EA code that ...

A couple of EA questions.

Ha, yes a loaded question. ;=) Of course there is no correct answer. The answer shows your preferred style of trading. Everyone would like to make one huge trade and then go play the rest of the day. There might be an opportunity for a 100 pip move, ...

Win or lose 100 pips. Place your bets.

Excel (w/VBA), VB6, NinjaTrader, DOS bat and vbs , IBs API, MQLs C import, scripts w/ hotkeys, msAccess

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Todd, would you rather have 1 100-pip trade, or 20 5-pip trades? Which do you think the market is more willing to give you?

Win or lose 100 pips. Place your bets.

Hi Todd, The "Open" is basically 5:00 pm EST, everybody is tired and thru for the day. What happens next is a little rest, then Aussie and Tokyo open, and on some pairs there is action, but I doubt there is much on the G/U until London opens. And ...

Win or lose 100 pips. Place your bets.

The EMAs are standard Moving Average in the Indicators folder. Exponential (I prefer), on Close, the parallell lines are done with Levels +50, +100, -50 etc. I don't know if there is a place to read up on them, I just started experimenting with them ...

Win or lose 100 pips. Place your bets.

1st pic: At Open (Friday 03/06): No obvious trend. Why bet 50/50? 2nd pic: At Close after NFP around 14:30. A EMA(45) with parallels every 50 up and down gives a better than 50/50. Good trade around 15:30. ps: I obviously do not know how to get good ...

Win or lose 100 pips. Place your bets.

sea plus plus ;=) — MQL is mostly C++ with their own twists thrown in. Additional software? Well, it's quite useful to know Excel, both from a user standpoint and a programmer's, which is Visual Basic.

What programming language do I need to learn to develop my own EA?

Look up Pro act traders in Austin, Texas. I have no affiliation. They are free (well maybe a connect charge, but online webinars are free.)

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V2 — Ok, this works for me.

Indicator on 2min chart

Highest is not a function. Try iHighest.

Indicator on 2min chart

Maybe depends if they really send tick by tick data - IB does not. They send a representative sample every x / 10ths seconds. I've had tick charts and 1-minute from them be way out of whack (or really "whacked"). Ken.

Tick vs higher timeframes.....

PFG Best — Why has this broker not been mentioned? I just happened upon their website thru an indirect link and it appears they have succeeded in getting MT4 up and running as an ECN. 100:1, $10.00 rt comm, 0.10 mini-lots. Anyone have any ...

MT4 with ECN brokers' list

There are key senders that will do some of that. For example, if you already have a chart open, send Enter, then the symbol, time, or time-date (see hotkeys for details), and enter again. Same as with the keyboard. And you can run scripts and (I ...

Script that Opens/Closes charts

10K to open account. Most instruments world wide. Good commission, good spreads, a-bit clunky order entry interface (sorta like spreadsheet), api. Tend to suspend 50% day-trader margins when volatility goes up a bit. FX: do not offer mini-lots, but ...

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