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- frank99 replied Sep 28, 2008
Thanks for the replies guys. This was helpful. I will look for those indicators.
- frank99 replied Sep 27, 2008
Please help. How did you calculate the percentages? — I have read almost this entire thread and have read the Word document twice. I am missing a very simple piece of information that would clarify quite a bit for me. How do you calculate the ...
- frank99 replied Aug 9, 2008
question on commissions — What will the commission be if I trade 5000 units of EURUSD? Can someone confirm that you can trade microlots on MBTrading/EFXGroup? Thanks!
- frank99 replied Aug 5, 2008
Thanks MagnumFreak! This was very helpful. Frank
- frank99 replied Aug 5, 2008
Magnumfreak, Thanks for the reply. So, Close[0] will give me the current price even if it's in the middle of a bar? I was under the impression that it would only give me the close value of that bar. Please confirm either way. I wish I could test ...
- frank99 replied Jul 29, 2008
Syanwar, Yes, I will explain completely. first, here is a summary: There are two moving averages: 1) average of high/low/lose, and 2) moving averge of the true ranges. In this system, the direction of the moving average and the penetration of the ...
- frank99 replied Jul 29, 2008
Syanwar, Thanks I really appreciate it. the following is TradeStation code, but the logic is pretty straightforward. Inputs: avgLength(40), atrLength(40); Vars: upBand(0), dnBand(0), movAvgVal(0), movAvgVal2(0); movAvgVal = average(((High + Low + ...
- frank99 replied Jul 6, 2008
Kenz897, I've been working on trying to get the hotkey working since yesterday. I'm not sure what's wrong. My script compiles fine. I try executing it on the chart, and I get the following messages: Script buy-script EURUSD H1 loaded successfully ...
- frank99 replied Jul 5, 2008
I tried these exact steps and nothing happens when I press the hotkey. I tried multiple hotkeys including ALT N, ALT I, ALT1, etc. I do have Allow Live Trading checked under Expert Advisors. I compiled the script, exited, and then opened up ...
- frank99 replied Jul 5, 2008
Kenz987, I see what you're doing now. This is an excellent idea! I will be out most of the day, but I will start working on this tonight. I can't wait to see if it works or not. Thanks so much for all of your help. This is brilliant. Frank
- frank99 replied Jul 5, 2008
Kenz987, Hey. Thanks for all of your help. I am running Windows Vista, but if this will do what I want, I will easily switch back to XP. Can you confirm or describe what the code below is doing? In the first part, you said to put it in the script, ...
- frank99 replied Jul 4, 2008
Kenz987, I appreciate all of this info. I will start looking at the link you sent me. I am hoping an expert with DLL will reply also. I do not have any experience writing DLLs and very little with C or C++. Frank
- frank99 replied Jul 4, 2008
How would a MetaTrader DLL work? What do I program it in? Thanks, Frank
- frank99 replied Jul 4, 2008
Kenz987, I am using Excel to determine when to place trades. I want Excel to execute my trade using a Excel VBA (Excel Macro). Excel VBA can call a shell program when certain rules change. I basically need Excel to call the MetaTrader script. I ...
- frank99 replied Jul 4, 2008
How do you map a script to a hotkey? The script has to run from the command line. Frank
- frank99 replied Jul 3, 2008
Ronald, Thanks! I'll give this a try and see how it goes. Frank
- frank99 replied Jul 3, 2008
Thanks Rusty. I appreciate the reply and your idea. That is definitely one way to do it. However, it has to be very quick. I want to buy at the exact price that it is when I run the program. I wonder how much time opening, reading, and closing a ...
- frank99 replied Jun 29, 2008
MrWhipple, I would like to see how an API works for VT Trader. Can you post short sample code that does something very simple such as: buy 1 minilot of eurusd and then exit. that's it. I just want to see how this is done and then I can add the rest. ...
- frank99 replied Jun 19, 2008
Thanks! You're awesome!! Frank
- frank99 replied Jun 4, 2008
Does anyone know how to get this to work with multiple MT4 brokers? I want to have 2 sets of data in my Excel spreadsheet. Thanks, Frank