I haven't used excel much, so I'm not sure how it behaves when the file is being written underneath it.. Your next option is using duckascopy, they have a starter kit and you can easily write an EA in java that would write the ticks to a file.. If ...
No, I think the indis write the data in the history folder and then I open the chart in off line mode. Put these on a regular m5 chart, leave this open to collect, then go offline and open your chart that has the suffix the number of ticks set in ...
Well.. It's a little trial and error. Nothing fancy. For the number of bars, once you figure there's a new trend starting (like the last one from 1.300) wait for a swing H/L and see how many bars it took between them (use the time cycle indi in ...
Yeah. My buy/sell scripts are mapped to two of my side mouse buttons. That's how lazy I am. I may incorporate some mm into the scrips. Add this as an expert adviser and no need for the keyboard anymore... Just don't put it on two charts of the same ...
Would you share that formula? I'm thinking at different things. This is a good read. Might give you more ideas. It's not only about Risk mgmt., it's also about optimization of your capital.
see attached. overwrite the Buy/Sell scrips i sent before. i changed it quickly, didn't test it so not sure if it works. I used to use it before in demo. works pretty well. as i'm not using mt4, i might have forgot how exactly it works. anyway, you ...
attila replied Jun 28, 2011