Text Message Help

hey coders out there, im wanting a text message sent to me when a trade is opened and closed

im using a commercial ea and it sends only an email when trade is opened but not when closed

I would like it to send a text message when trade is opened and closed. is this possible?

i know there are trade management ea's that can manage trades that other ea's have opened by manageing a certain pair.

so what im hoping can happen:
set up chart with commercial ea ( it only trades one pair )
set up different chart with different ea that manages this pair and shoot me a text when trade is opened and closed. would be nice if it could say:
" open buy at 1.3XXX" , " close buy at 1.4XXX" something to that effect

is this possible??

The only thing I can say with certainty is that it's definitely possible where I live, in New Zealand.

Include a SendMail("Topic","Message"); command in your EA at whatever points you want a text sent, i.e. whenever your trade is opened or closed.
"Topic" and "Message" can be any text that you code into the EA, e.g. " open buy at 1.3XXX" , " close buy at 1.4XXX"..... or anything you wish.
(You will need to have the source code, i.e. file with MQ4 extension, to do this)

You also need to set up the e-mail parameters in MT4. Press Ctrl-O and select the Email tab. Mine is as follows:
SMTP server: smtp.xtra.co.nz:25 (note: depends on your telecom provider)
SMTP login: (blank)
SMTP password: (blank)
From: (your e-mail address)
To: (your e-mail address)

Use the TEST button to check that an e-mail (and a cellphone text) is sent. However, if the commercial EA is sending you e-mails, then I assume that you already have these settings correct.

The above should send an e-mail. Having the e-mail routed as text to your cellphone depends entirely on how your telecom provider operates (facilitation, costs, etc).

well i don't know where the posts went. if you are still out there pm me and ill send you my email address I really appreciate it

if not, anyone else interested in helping me out with this?

would be very helpful for those of us that use ea's and can't be there when trades are taken but would like to know when they are