If you have ideas for more tutorials, let me know that, too. I have a couple more, but, I had a hard drive failure and have had to rebuild another computer. In the meantime, I'm trying to finish some projects for work, blah, blah, blah. You get the ...

tutorials

Good luck with this. I tried a few months ago, but, was quite unsuccessful. Please let me know if you find out how to do it. Regards, stockwet

Two accounts with one broker

You can easily modify whichever EA you're using so that you can input your own magic number. Right click on the EA in MetaTrader and select "Modify". In the code window, scroll down until you see "int magic ...." Prepend the "int" with "extern" so ...

The Fozzy EA

Palmer, I think I had the same problem, too. It happened after I had used the new Download feature. I deleted the existing M1 data in my history folder, re-launched metatrader, and then imported OK.

Funky Fresh Historical Data Issues

Unfortunately, nobody can make these decisions for you. You'll hear it over and again that becoming a successful trader requires you to take personal responsibility for your decisions. The problem you present will elicit different opinions from ...

what would you do?

Yes, this is normal. They are entirely different feeds. The demo feed may even be a simulated feed.

MetaTrader and Oanda

hastings, The first thing to do is to make sure that the EA can be traded live. It's a little known fact in this market that brokers can distinguish between EA's trading and manual trades. They can further distinguish between EA's that are ...

What's next if you had a profitable EA?

This isn't necessarily true. Imagine, for example, that you've developed an incredible strategy for a ranging market. How does a market break out of an extended range? With powerful moves. Look at what happened Thanksgiving week to the EURUSD and ...

changing psychology

MT4 users a client/server architecture. Brokers purchase the server which the client server connects to. The IP address you point to must be to the MetaTrader server running. That's why you won't get anything pointing MT4 that way. As someone who's ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I think you'll need to post your code, or part of it, in order to get some responses.

Why can't I divide two variables?

Terranin, Just a thought from a product manager type. Why not use this forum as a way to help prioritize all of those features? You have a captured audience of users and potential users who are enthusiastic about your product. Perhaps Merlin, et al, ...

trade simulator

Justin, I appreciate the response and appreciate the comparisons. Nevertheless, a 5 pip spread in the market on GBPUSD is becoming quite a rare thing. I have an OANDA account and regularly see the spreads at 2.5 pips. Additionally, your answer ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Frank, I don't think there's an OCO function in the MT4 interface. It's something that could be easily programmed with a little bit of knowledge, but, no, there is no OCO that I know about. stockwet

Metatrader and OCO Orders

Well, my wife isn't British, but, I can say that when she speaks, I listen Hmm, I wonder what I could have her record for me that would get my attention on an alert

anyone have a good WAV Alarm file?

I use a little Nirvana. Just take your favorite CD, rip the songs you want into WAV format, place them in the MetaTrader/sounds directory and then use whichever one's you want. You can also use a sound editing program to cut the song down.

anyone have a good WAV Alarm file?

All good points. I didn't mind the Forex Simulator when I tried it. It was just a "no-go" for me because it didn't have pending orders and getting updated data was an extra cost. On Forex Tester, you can control the speed it moves easily. It also ...

trade simulator

Yeah, I've used the F12 key. Actually, I have an indicator that breaks out my trading open and end times with vertical lines. Then, I use the F12. When I have an entry signal, I log it into a database I created, take a screenshot and post the ...

trade simulator

I actually haven't used the visual mode yet in MT4. But, one difference I can see is that I can practice trading without having programmed an expert. There are a couple strategies I use that can't be traded with as an expert, or rather, it would be ...

trade simulator

Shucks. Now that I pay for it you guys get together for the discount

trade simulator

Clearly, you're not looking to make a good first impression here. I'm glad that you're willing to pay so much to participate in Forex. As for me, I treat this like a business. It's not a "privilege" for me to trade at any forex brokerage - they must ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction