How do you interpret the difference then? How much is "enough" and with how much history will the backtest be initialized? And how much available history will be ignored when initializing the backtest? (I'll write an EA to find this out in 30 ...

Major problem with metatrader

The iMA() call should simply return the value of the indicator buffer and that should be the same as the one visible on the chart. If there are rounding errors they would be in the indicator itself. I suspect that the indicator when initialized by ...

Major problem with metatrader

You could also think about renting a virtual server, accessible via RDP (remote desktop) (search google for VPS, vServer) and install and run your trading platform and every other software you may need there. This way you could access it from every ...

Looking for a broker which offers web based trading platform

Could it be that you ever saved a chart template with the same name as the EA that you are testing? in this case it will load the template with all objects on it everytime an EA with that name is tested.

"Ghost" Orders displayed after Backtesting

Current time in backtest will be the time on the historic chart. It will always return the time that corresponds to where (in time) the backtest currently is. Otherwise my above example would not be able to trigger the creation of the vertical lines ...

Major problem with metatrader

I have extended your example for better visual debugging output. I have not changed anything, except formatting it properly for better readability and storing the ma value in a variable before printing it and only added some Object*() functions to ...

Major problem with metatrader

I'm not sure where the error is because i havent tried your script yet. I only believe with 99.9% certainty that there is an error. It is the kind of error that will only be obvious after having found it. Making the Arrows is easy. Instead of ...

Major problem with metatrader

I am using Alpari, but i dont think HA candles on Alpari look very different than on other brokers, especially on such big timeframes. I just assume that when Mr Ed trades his system he uses some additional discretionary rules that cannot easily be ...

Mister ED's 4 hour Heikin Ashi system

could you for debugging purposes write an expert (or modify the existing one) that would create an arrow (or other object) in the chart at the exact price the iMA() function returns (on every bar, so the arrows will form a curve) and compare that to ...

Major problem with metatrader

I have made a few tests with the EA version 1.6.2 (the current version i assume) EU, H4: image GJ, H4: image GU, H4: image UJ, H4 image I have used default settings and tested from January '09 until now. The curves suggest that either the EA ...

Mister ED's 4 hour Heikin Ashi system

You should learn coding (not mql-coding) first. By coding i mean all the general concepts of how to approach problems, how to write the solutions down in a way a computer can understand, how to debug whats going wrong, how to look at the code and ...

How Code Price of EMA at Specific Time ?

Then just use iMA() with appropriate parameters for period and type instead if iOpen() to get the value of the MA instead of the bar open price.

How Code Price of EMA at Specific Time ?

No. You are asking the wrong questions. If you are familiar with programming you should be able to translate the concepts into code yourself. If you want to immediately get the EMA value of the last time it was 2 o'clock then you have multiple ...

How Code Price of EMA at Specific Time ?

iBarShift() will give you the bar offset (how many bars back in the specified timeframe) that is closest to a given time (time given as POSIX timestamp, see the reference documentation for date and time functions). Use this number returned by ...

How Code Price of EMA at Specific Time ?

Learn programming first. After you have learned programming you can start learning MQl4/MT4 and how to program Expert Advisors.

what is the best way to learn programming expert advisors

If i were to write something like this i would make it an indicator, this way it can be attached to a chart even if there is already an EA running on it and it also would not interfere with other scripts.

Trade detail scripting

Attached is an example for an indicator that will record 4 equity curves of the whole account, of only manual trading, of a manual strategy identified by a comment string and of an expert advisor itentified by its magic number. It is used the same ...

Equity Recorder - record the performance in real time

This syntax isn't mentioned in the MQL4 reference, at least not in the "functions" section where it would belong. I found it by accident while looking into the help for some of the array functions.

can we use Pointers like in C++