You better also ask for execution times (speed) on live trades and in different market conditions. For example, I am currently not satisfied with one of the brokers regarding execution speed (I use market orders, I trade E/U). I get ~450ms for open ...

What broker to trust? IC Markets, FXOpen.com, or Armada?

I in fact never "learn" MQL. I simply look up things as I need them. There's nothing special about MQL; basically it is a (simplyfied) C-derivative e.g. old-school imperative language; if you know one, you know them all. Its (or rather MT4's) ...

I Will Learn Coding in 1 Month - Give me the 80/20 of MT4 Coding

There's an example of named pipes that comes with MT4 in the MQL4\Scripts\PipeExample folder. (And search the inet for Java+windows+pipes) Also check this article: url Finally, you can search the code base ( url ) for client/server - there is ...

Real time data export from MT4

What are you trying to accomplish? If you are trying to output "long" or "short" do: if(OrderType() == OP_BUY) { string side = "long"; ... }

Open Trades Indicator - Help Needed

I have watched the screen cast. How do you read/display the content. Possibly the issue is on that part. Otherwise what you can try is to close the file after each write (see post #12). IDK I do export real time data to my application too, but I use ...

Real time data export from MT4

Why you define a number as string? As FerruFx already pointed out to you, it should read like so: Before the loop you define: int Ydistance = 260, ystep = 20; Then, within the loop you increment (at the end): Ydistance += ystep; Also, what do you ...

Open Trades Indicator - Help Needed

I made this test script to use with my broker (live); it took ~1900ms (1.9 sec) to place 10 pending orders (buy limit) on E/U. My ping time is <50ms and it took ~80-90ms per order (and ~100ms inbetween). If you get a higher number here then check ...

How do I get rid of TP option in EA?

Yes. bool OpenBuyPendingOrder(double BOP) { int TicketNumberBuy; double Spread = MarketInfo(Pair,MODE_SPREAD)*Point; double Free = AccountBalance(); double OneLot = MarketInfo(Pair,MODE_MARGINREQUIRED ); double Step = MarketInfo(Pair,MODE_LOTSTEP); ...

How do I get rid of TP option in EA?

Deleting the input will cause a compile error. You can comment out the TP set code. But for that you'd need to understand the code logic (without seeing the part of code nobody can help you out with this either).

How do I get rid of TP option in EA?

No, you cannot just insert the line of code because the EA is not aware of such a switch (I persume). You would also need to make the code that reacts to the switch.

How do I get rid of TP option in EA?

Here's a Timer demo code (EA). Put in your local start/stop times into the respective strings in standard notation hh:mm:ss. [Note: It will print a message every second from start to stop time] #property strict input string starttime = "18:37:09"; ...

Need to add "seconds" to start time for EA. Please help!

This code works without a Timer function, so, no. Because in close proximity to high impact news there will frequently come in ticks, so that, in fact, it is unlikely you will miss it : )

Need to add "seconds" to start time for EA. Please help!

What is so confusing about braces? Braces denote scope e.g. what code belongs to what group of (other) code. #property strict input int StartingHour = 12; input int StartingMin = 29; input int StartingSecond = 52; input int StoppingHour = 12; input ...

Need to add "seconds" to start time for EA. Please help!

You did not specify, so I'm assuming you're using Win7. Then copy the MT4 folder to e.g. your Documents folder. Make a shortcut to terminal.exe and place it e.g. onto your desktop. Now open the properties of the shortcut (right mouse ...

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How nice. Thanks.

What do you think about FXOpen?

Disclaimer: All just my personal opinion. If OP is to invest $100, and if it be FXOpen, he would be recommended to open a STP account with FXOpen.com; those conditions appear okayish. A spread of 1 pip on average in E/U is not exactly good but ...

What do you think about FXOpen?

There are free as well as open source FIX engines around. Sure, ask your broker lol. Even if it were to offer FIX, it will also ask for 25k+ min deposit and/or many many many many million ccy traded per month... With other words: they charge an arm ...

Best Broker for Extreme Scalper - When Spreads Matter

Thanks for the feedback, Adal, good to know. Yes, their ECN account terms seem ok, but you need to deposit 1000+; below that it does not look rosy to me.

What do you think about FXOpen?

You know what a search engine is - not. So, how about start here: url

Best Broker for Extreme Scalper - When Spreads Matter

And why do you think that is? [FIX is free, MetaQuotes costs (everybody) a lot of money]

Best Broker for Extreme Scalper - When Spreads Matter