Haven't tested this 100% but it should be OK. Lux

Linear Regression Channel or I-Regr

Hi D Quick question. On exit are you including the close of the bar you entered on in your in profit or BE calculation or does it start at the close of the bar AFTER the bar you entered on? Thanks Lux

Slingshot 30M & 1H - The 2nd Coming......

I don't believe it's possible as tasks are executed as they arrive at the server and the next task will not happen until the previous one has succeeded or failed. Lux

Closing all orders immediately instead of one at a time

A very good book about trading pshycology is "Trading in the Zone". If you want the basics of trading the babypips.com as has been suggested above is a good starting point. Good luck! Lux

A Good Forex Trading Book For A Noob

I took a quick look at your code and I think somebody already mentioned it but don't over complicate things. Take a look at some of the EA's and indicators posted by someone like mladen (maybe he's over at forex tsd, can't recall) and see how he ...

Is This Tutorial Wrong ?

No it's not a prerequisite that you know C++, though that may change with MQL5. I think MQL4 is similar to Visual Basic which is a relatively simple language to understand. The most important talent to posses if you really want to learn MQL4, or any ...

MQ4 Tutorials

Are you assigning the variable "ticket" anywhere? Try selecting by SELECT_BY_POS instead of SELECT_BY_TICKET, check the help file if you're not sure. You're coding seems a bit messy to be honest which usually leads to many errors. Try using ...

code not reading open orders

Try posting an image my friend. Your "explanation" reads like Russian to an Englishman. lux

Retracement grid indicator

MQL is only for MT4 but it has similarities to other languages. Lux

What is the best way to learn programming and coding?

Hi Learning MQL4 is not as difficult as some other languages so it's perfect for newbies. The best way to learn is to look at code of indicators and EA's you have on your machine and follow the code. Use the help file and look up any functions etc. ...

What is the best way to learn programming and coding?

Here are two simple scripts that will do what you want. They go in experts/scripts folder. Just change the variables in the code and double click them to execute. One click ordering. Good luck Lux

I need simple EA for SL and TP...

If you use Outlook then use the same settings as that otherwise contact your ISP and ask them for the SMTP settings. It's nothing to do with hotmail. Good luck Lux

Email alert setting

You'll need to actually go over to the T101 thread and read from the beginning. Most of the important information is in the first few pages. Lux

T101 external IA Monitor

You may want to check your coding again as it's firing on every single tick. I put it on a 1MIN chart to test and it continuously goes off. Lux

Need Programming Help with Bykov Indicator

The link provided by smjones is very good information for sure but if you're completly new and just want a taster check out the link in my sig. It's a basic primer for non-programmers so it might help. Good luck Lux

EA Primer anyone?

Here's a simple alert function I use. void Alerts(int Direction) { static datetime AlertLastTime = 0; string strDirection = "DOWN"; if(Direction == 2)strDirection = "UP"; if(TimeCurrent() > AlertLastTime ) { AlertLastTime = ...

Programming Alert for Indicators

You need to use braces in your IF statement, like... if(loads of conditions){ do this; and do this; } Hope that makes sense. Lux

Currenttime() - Orderclosetime() problem

You need to add it as an #include. Lux

Simple Trading Method with trader101

You could write an EA to write to a csv file as often as you want. Take a look in the MetaEditor help file at the file functions (filewrite etc.) Lux

How do you Export MT4 price to Excel?

Why not download one of the many EA's here that have a trailing stop feature and study the code. Lux

Trailing stop code for an EA