not really then if you actually wanted to know how many orders you had you would have to remember to add one

Quick Programming Question

Won't hurt anything.

Quick Programming Question

let's say there are 10 orders for orderstotal. Although it would be human nature to count them 1 through 10, computers like to make things difficult and number them 0 through 9. So we subtract 1 to compensate for that.

Quick Programming Question

double AccountFreeMarginCheck( string symbol, int cmd, double volume) Returns free margin that remains after the specified position has been opened at the current price on the current account. If the free margin is insufficient, an error 134 ...

Calculate the used margin per trade

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Well said.

Is "systems-sharing" really a good thing?

System sharing is a waste of time and a major distraction. How much help do you think the 95% who fail are going to offer to improve your system?? How do you know if they are a 5%'r or a 95%'r. Chances are they are a 95%'r. That's like taking ...

Is "systems-sharing" really a good thing?

Anywhere from 1 to 10 per session. I will trade the Asian and U.S. sessions. It really just depends on what the markets are doing as to how many trades I will make.

How many transactions do you open during a day ?

nope no way to do it. one of the many limitations of mt4

TimeCurrent() in strategy tester

so you are waiting for it to be greater than 200 pips?

Learning out of desperation----a bit of a blog

You can get the time of the current bar with Time[] you cannot get a time countdown kind of feature just when the bar started.

TimeCurrent() in strategy tester

are you using it on a yen pair or a dollar pair?

Learning out of desperation----a bit of a blog

you need to convert Bid-OrderOpenPrice into pips.

Learning out of desperation----a bit of a blog

fxsol just opened a UK office I wonder if they will deposit in EUR??

any credible broker with credit/card deposit in euro?

Notice they don't tell you exactly what the qualifications are to be considered a scalper. Just the fact that they charge extra for this is shady. How does Investtechfx determine if there is a scalping fee and what are the charges incurred? The ...

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Are people who trade Forex TOTALLY INSANE?? I am seeing more and more threads popping up that have 20-30 pip stops AND A TAKE PROFIT OF JUST 5 PIPS!! Unbelievable!! What the hell has people so scared?? Do they realize that for every time they are ...

The Ogre's Trading Journal

SELECT_BY_POS - index in the order pool, i.e. step through sequentially SELECT_BY_TICKET - index is order ticket. pool - Optional order pool index. Used when the selected parameter is SELECT_BY_POS. It can be any of the following values: MODE_TRADES ...

Learning out of desperation----a bit of a blog

yup

Learning out of desperation----a bit of a blog

Markets finally decided to move. U.S. Session Winning Trades 5 (includes one break even) Losing Trades 0 Total Time 3.5 hours Winning Pips 136 Losing Pips 0 Total Pips Gained/Lost 136 Weekly Total 236

The Ogre's Trading Journal

Set up a loop where you use the OrderSelect function to scan through all of the orders until you find the one that meets your criteria. bool OrderSelect( int index, int select, int pool=MODE_TRADES) The function selects an order for further ...

Learning out of desperation----a bit of a blog