Latest Code Contemplation — lol, you might have started something now. I was thinking of changing the code in the MinHoursBetweenTrades check from for (cc = OrdersHistoryTotal() - 1; cc >= 0; cc--) to for (cc = 0; cc < OrdersHistoryTotal(); ...

Hanover: an auto-trader using Recent Strength

also make sure that... — I see you spotted the bloop, good catch. Aside from that, applying a date range filter to your history will render the check of orders in history invalid depending on when the check is made, the time of day, whether ...

Hanover: an auto-trader using Recent Strength

alternative ma values — Hi LG, Thanks for sharing. You asked in an earlier post about alternative settings. Compare the following with the 3/8/200 which you use. I was using this configuration for something else but it actually works very well ...

Yet another moving average crossover system

you must have seen him about — He's a great coder and has provided a lot of useful stuff here on FF, particularly his work on currency strength meters url Very nice results on the bot by the way scoobs, great work. Regards, Paul.

scooby-doo BOJ JPY pairs trading robot

thanks for that — Thanks for your reply Xaphod

MT4: WinApi GetFileSizeEx

off topic question for Xaphod — Hi Xaphod, I wanted to ask you about iPipMult[] but could't PM you. Feel free to PM me if you prefer. When using the PositionSize script for example, it appears to give an incorrect result on gold with Digits = ...

MT4: WinApi GetFileSizeEx

I don't think that's right — From my testing, it appears that when one EA has called e.g. Sleep(20000) and is waiting, another EA continues to run without interruption. It's possible that this issue used to apply to older versions of MT4 but ...

jor1234's PwR always-in auto trader by Steve Hopwood

was it something I said — Hey Steve, Don't give up, use this. Note: The only history trades 'seen' by the EA code are those which you currently see on the history tab after the date filters are applied. If you have a tendency to fanny about ...

jor1234's PwR always-in auto trader by Steve Hopwood

might not be right — Steve, A quick look at TimeElapsedIsOk(). I seem to recall that the order of trades in history is not guaranteed so it may not correctly find the latest trade first. It might be safer to loop through whilst keeping track ...

jor1234's PwR always-in auto trader by Steve Hopwood

yep, there you go —

jor1234's PwR always-in auto trader by Steve Hopwood

hhmmm, not so sure about all that — Well, I know this argument has been bandied about since neanderthal man wandered the earth trying to find a power socket for his laptop.... Here's my take on it. Short version: Don't worry about magic ...

jor1234's PwR always-in auto trader by Steve Hopwood

try this — Hi Steve, Maybe I should have been a bit more specific. Each EA must only manage it's own trades via magic number. Only when the total pips/$$$ of it's own trades meet the criteria can it close them and then only it's own trades. ...

jor1234's PwR always-in auto trader by Steve Hopwood

I know that feeling — Maybe something as simple as a 'basket' trailing/jumping stop loss on pips or $$$. I generally find that code to prevent this sort of thing usually ends up affecting the strategy unexpectedly at other times and brings the ...

jor1234's PwR always-in auto trader by Steve Hopwood

I know — I met one of your chickens once, very accommodating! I think her name was Lollita though it was all a little hazy. Regards, Paul.

jor1234's PwR always-in auto trader by Steve Hopwood

it does — In the latest Gi is is implemented using Replicate_Slope_Indi() and GetSlope() without referencing to the external inidi(s). Regards, Paul.

002097's PwR scalping auto trading robot by Steve Hopwood

change the way you test — If you have to use MT4 and since you have a reasonably quick processor already (although not all of it can be utilized) the best way for you to reduce optimization time is to reduce the amount of parameters being ...

MT4 Strategy Tester Computer Hardware Bottleneck

no — No, I don't work for them but as a professional programmer I can see why they would not want to take a perfectly stable (in most respects) version of a program and start heavily re-writing it. The time involved and risk of introducing new ...

MT4 Strategy Tester Computer Hardware Bottleneck

delete the .ini file — It stores the settings used in an .ini file with the same name as the expert you're testing. These are in the MetaTradertester folder. If you delete that (or rename it if you feel safer) it should then use the default ...

TakeProfit & StopLoss Problem