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How to get my Initial Deposit value?

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  • First Post: Aug 6, 2009 4:58am Aug 6, 2009 4:58am
Hello,
I have a problem:
I want to get my Initial Deposit value when I opened a new Account, but I don't know how to do it , I need the value to make some calculation in my EA.
Somebody can help me?
thankyou.
The 'AccountEquity();' function will give your current balance. And, so long as your initial deposit hasn't changed, it will post that.

PHP Code
 double current_balance=AccountEquity(); 
Aso, if you create a variable based on your initial deposit, it will remain the same, and you can call it up whenever you like.

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 double initial_deposit=AccountEquity(); 
thank's ecTrade,
however, I need the Initial Deposit value when I opened a new account, using AccountEquity() on the Init() give me the latest balance value, every time I start the EA, not the very first deposit value.
I believe there is some code to do it.
Quoting gwidijanto
thank's ecTrade,
however, I need the Initial Deposit value when I opened a new account, using AccountEquity() on the Init() give me the latest balance value, every time I start the EA, not the very first deposit value.
I believe there is some code to do it.
Maybe you can email your broker? And no, I don't know if or where it stores this information in the program. However, once you do find out what it is, you can store this as a variable inside your EA, and call it up whenever you need to do any calculations. Basically this is all that I was saying.
You'd have to get the AccountBalance() Then you need a loop going through every single order in your order history.
Quoting gwidijanto
Hello,
I have a problem:
I want to get my Initial Deposit value when I opened a new Account, but I don't know how to do it , I need the value to make some calculation in my EA.
Somebody can help me?
thankyou.
Deposit/withdrawal orders have type 6.
Search order history for orders with that type.
Hi Ronald Raygun and Irtron, thank's for your reply,
I 've been thinking about that too, but couldn't find the right code/script to do it, since I'm still learn how to make an EA, if I'm not asking too much, would you mind giving me the script for this?

regards.
Quoting gwidijanto
Hi Ronald Raygun and Irtron, thank's for your reply,
I 've been thinking about that too
About what exactly?
Quote
if I'm not asking too much, would you mind giving me the script for this?
Inserted Code
    for (int i = OrdersHistoryTotal() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        if (OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_HISTORY))
            if (OrderType() == 6)
                OrderPrint();
Inserted Code
int Total = OrdersTotal();
double BalanceUsed = AccountBalance();
int HistoryTotal = OrdersHistoryTotal();
double Balance;

for (int i = 0; i < Total; i++)
    {
    OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POSITION, MODE_TRADES);
    if(OrderType() == OP_BUY || OrderType() == OP_SELL)
        {
        Balance = Balance - OrderProfit();
        }
    }

for (int p = 0; p < HistoryTotal; p ++)
    {
    OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POSITION, MODE_HISTORY);
    if(OrderType == OP_BUY || OrderType() == OP_SELL)
        {
        Balance = Balance - OrderProfit();
        }
    }

Print("Your starting balance was: "+Balance);
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Inserted Code
int Total = OrdersTotal();
double BalanceUsed = AccountBalance();
int HistoryTotal = OrdersHistoryTotal();
double Balance;
....
        Balance = Balance - OrderProfit();
....
        Balance = Balance - OrderProfit();
....
Print("Your starting balance was: "+Balance);
I gave you three apples. You've eaten two. How many apples do you have?
Quoting Irtron
I gave you three apples. You've eaten two. How many apples do you have?
Oops!

This is what happens when you don't debug your code. haha
The only issue I see with this (or any approach really) is you'll need to have your complete account history available in your 'Account History' tab which you'll have to do manually. By the time you've done that you could have just read it and entered it into your EA as an external variable. Of course I'm not really clear why you 'need' to get your initial deposit.


Good luck

Lux
MT4 EA, Indicator and Alert Coder Since 2006
The only problem with the Account History tab (at least with my terminal) is that it's automatically reset at the beginning of the month, and this is as far back as I can go to access any information. Not unless it can be set up differently?
Initial account balance is not something you can get from variable or calculate somehow.
Initial account balance is a concept for demo accounts mostly, because when you test a strategy you open a new demo account.
There is no sensible reason to calculate something from EA using that IAC(initial account balance), because it is not normal to open a new real account every time you use different EA. It would be much better to place a extern parameter where you can specify initial balance for testing. By that way you can use this EA on real accounts too.

If you tell me what you want to calculate, I can tell you the best way to do it. But I am sure that you are at wrong way.
Okay, if you do a right hand click in the "context" area (where the data is displayed), a menu will pop up that will give you the option to select "All History."
Hi Ronald Raygun and Irtron, wow... thank's for your script,
after some minor change for Ronald raygun's script:

int Total = OrdersTotal();
double BalanceUsed = AccountBalance();
// HistoryTotal = OrdersHistoryTotal(); -->couldn't use it, always error
double Balance;
for (int i = 0; i < Total; i++)
{
OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES); -->not POSITION
if(OrderType() == OP_BUY || OrderType() == OP_SELL)
{
Balance = Balance - OrderProfit();
}
}
for (int p = 0; p < OrdersHistoryTotal(); p ++)
{
OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_HISTORY);-->not POSITION
if(OrderType() == OP_BUY || OrderType() == OP_SELL)
{
Balance = Balance - OrderProfit();
}
}
Print("Your starting balance was: "+Balance);

both script are working, unfortunately both doesn't show the correct Initial deposit value ...
I think the problem is : I run multi pair (EURUSD,GBPUSD,EURJPY and USDJPY) for one account.
I already tried to get it worked by adding a script, something like this:
if (OrderSymbol()==Symbol() && OrderMagicNumber() == Magic)
{ .....
but failed,
If you don't mind, please fix this problem, since it is almost woking.

Hi charmforex,
yes, I use it for demo account, I need it because I don't want to type it manually every time I open a new account,
so it will be better if there is a way to do it inside the EA.

thankyou for your help.
As I mentioned before you'll only be able to retrieve what you have in your LOCAL account history (via clicking the 'Account History') tab so you'll have to refresh it to ALL HISTORY manually every time you open up MT4. By the time you've done that you could have just entered it as an external variable.

In short, you're wasting your time.

Lux
MT4 EA, Indicator and Alert Coder Since 2006
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  • Edited 12:27am Aug 10, 2009 12:02am | Edited 12:27am
Quoting gwidijanto
Hi charmforex,
yes, I use it for demo account, I need it because I don't want to type it manually every time I open a new account,
so it will be better if there is a way to do it inside the EA.

thankyou for your help.
Is this so you can keep track of your profits and losses on each individual account? Of course if each individual account has a separate folder containing its own EA's (this is usually how it's setup, initially I think), you only need to retrieve the initial deposit only once, and store it as a variable within an EA specific to that account.
Hi ectrade,
No, I just want to retrieve the deposit value as you can see it at Account History tab (as per Luxinterior said),
at the very first/last row. (for example: Balance ....Deposit 5000), that 5000 is the value I want.
If there is a code like: AccountDeposit() ......
thank's
Ola Não sei se alguém já conseguiu!!!
Segue código

Inserted Code
double valor_depositado()
{
   double retorno = 0;
   for (int i = OrdersHistoryTotal() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
   {
      if (OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_HISTORY))
      {
         if (OrderType() == 6)
         {
            Print("Deposito: ",OrderProfit());
         }
      }      
   }   
   
   return (retorno);
}
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