Insert the file in the "Scripts" folder:
ForceLoadHistoricalData_mod.ex4
ForceLoadHistoricalData_mod.ex4
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From the "View" menu at the top left of the MT4
select "Navigator" and after right clicking on it, select "Refresh".
You will now see the ForceLoadHistoricalData_mod file inside the scripts.
Drag it to the open chart and click OK to start loading the entire history for the 28 FX pairs.
You can go and do more now. It takes about 1 hour to complete the upload.
select "Navigator" and after right clicking on it, select "Refresh".
You will now see the ForceLoadHistoricalData_mod file inside the scripts.
Drag it to the open chart and click OK to start loading the entire history for the 28 FX pairs.
You can go and do more now. It takes about 1 hour to complete the upload.
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ForceLoadHistoricalData_mod does nothing but scan each pair, for all times from 1 minute to 1 month. It does this by opening and closing all the charts one by one, ending with the monthly.
When it is done, I would have a series of deleted charts that are useless and therefore to be deleted.
Two possibilities:
1) delete one by one from the following list
2) go back to the "portable" folder and (again) in the "deleted" folder, select them all together and delete them in a second.
Of course I recommend the second option
When it is done, I would have a series of deleted charts that are useless and therefore to be deleted.
Two possibilities:
1) delete one by one from the following list
2) go back to the "portable" folder and (again) in the "deleted" folder, select them all together and delete them in a second.
Of course I recommend the second option
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To keep only files corresponding to the minute,
go to the "portable" folder, history and to the section where there is all the downloaded history
(it has the name of the Broker and the wording Demo or Real)
select all non M1 files and delete them.
The result will be this:
go to the "portable" folder, history and to the section where there is all the downloaded history
(it has the name of the Broker and the wording Demo or Real)
select all non M1 files and delete them.
The result will be this:
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Delete the "terminal - link" file in the new "MT4 Original" folder and create a new one following the instructions described above.
ATTENTION:
this is a very important and fundamental step for the MT4 to work in portable mode.
The only attention you need to have when duplicating / moving / renaming the folder is to have a new "terminal - link" file with the correct link path.
Once this is done, it all comes down to a few seconds of work.
And you will always have all the MT4 / MT5 you want, wherever you want, with the name you want.
ATTENTION:
this is a very important and fundamental step for the MT4 to work in portable mode.
The only attention you need to have when duplicating / moving / renaming the folder is to have a new "terminal - link" file with the correct link path.
Once this is done, it all comes down to a few seconds of work.
And you will always have all the MT4 / MT5 you want, wherever you want, with the name you want.
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Last post (I think and I hope).
You can also later rename the "terminal - link" file, apply your Broker's icon to it and send it to the Desktop, to the Windows 10 START button or wherever you want.
In case you want to have an MT4 with all your brokers, you can do it.
You must have the .SRV files that you find inside the "Config" folder of Your Broker, and put them inside a portable version.
You will then have to one by one, connect to the account of each Broker and download the history.
Or if you already have it, insert it with the entire folder inside "history."
You can also later rename the "terminal - link" file, apply your Broker's icon to it and send it to the Desktop, to the Windows 10 START button or wherever you want.
In case you want to have an MT4 with all your brokers, you can do it.
You must have the .SRV files that you find inside the "Config" folder of Your Broker, and put them inside a portable version.
You will then have to one by one, connect to the account of each Broker and download the history.
Or if you already have it, insert it with the entire folder inside "history."
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Well.
I hope this guide is of some use.
Really, my hope is that every Trader learns how to use and manage one or more portable MT4s.
The advantages are infinite and you see them little by little, with the passing of time.
It has helped me a lot and saved me several hundred hours over the years.
And now it's been more than 7 years, since my first "MT4 Portable".
Good continuation to all.
I hope this guide is of some use.
Really, my hope is that every Trader learns how to use and manage one or more portable MT4s.
The advantages are infinite and you see them little by little, with the passing of time.
It has helped me a lot and saved me several hundred hours over the years.
And now it's been more than 7 years, since my first "MT4 Portable".
Good continuation to all.
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- #52
- May 27, 2021 5:24am May 27, 2021 5:24am
- Joined Mar 2010 | Status: Trader | 5,930 Posts
Forex can only be understood backwards, but it must be traded forwards.
- #53
- May 27, 2021 3:57pm May 27, 2021 3:57pm
- Joined Apr 2020 | Status: Trader/Coder | 1,929 Posts
Well. I hope this guide is of some use. Really, my hope is that every Trader learns how to use and manage one or more portable MT4s. The advantages are infinite and you see them little by little, with the passing of time. It has helped me a lot and saved me several hundred hours over the years. And now it's been more than 7 years, since my first "MT4 Portable". Good continuation to all.
But how about mt5? The same way?
Observer effect
- #54
- Edited 5:39pm May 27, 2021 5:08pm | Edited 5:39pm
{quote} Great tuttorial! (trying to speak Italian) But how about mt5? The same way?
Yes. Exactly the same way.
Nothing changes (perhaps the platform menus), but the procedure for making MT5 portable is the same as that of MT4.
Including (VERY IMPORTANT) the creation of the file "terminal64.exe - link"
Some of my portable MT5 platforms (from last year)
PS:
I'm sorry for the Italian language in the pictures.
When I realized that I hadn't set the English one, it was too late.
However, I hope that the English description in the posts can help you understand more.
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Another thing:
Don't be afraid to use the platform without menus at the top or various windows on the left and below.
Everything is activated from these menus
with a click when needed, and when you're done, they take them off again.
Furthermore, there is always the possibility to recall or remove them, using the keyboard: for example Ctrl + T to display the "Treminale".
In this way you have all the possible space available to display one or more charts
Which is the most important to see and the more you see (chart size and information inside) the better.
Don't be afraid to use the platform without menus at the top or various windows on the left and below.
Everything is activated from these menus
with a click when needed, and when you're done, they take them off again.
Furthermore, there is always the possibility to recall or remove them, using the keyboard: for example Ctrl + T to display the "Treminale".
In this way you have all the possible space available to display one or more charts
Which is the most important to see and the more you see (chart size and information inside) the better.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
This is an example of how I see ALL MY MONITOR. Its every millimeter.
There is no bottom bar in Windows 10 (just bring the mouse down and it appears if needed)
and no MT4 menu (in this case).
Isn't it better this way? I paid dearly for all the inches of my monitor ... let me enjoy it all !!!
Some explanations on how to save space and on managing MT and Windows in general,
you can find them here:
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...istory-the-eos
I am only at the beginning and there is still a lot to write, but what is already there is a good start
There is no bottom bar in Windows 10 (just bring the mouse down and it appears if needed)
and no MT4 menu (in this case).
Isn't it better this way? I paid dearly for all the inches of my monitor ... let me enjoy it all !!!
Some explanations on how to save space and on managing MT and Windows in general,
you can find them here:
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...istory-the-eos
I am only at the beginning and there is still a lot to write, but what is already there is a good start
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe
- #57
- May 28, 2021 8:04am May 28, 2021 8:04am
- Joined Apr 2020 | Status: Trader/Coder | 1,929 Posts
Observer effect
- #58
- May 28, 2021 12:39pm May 28, 2021 12:39pm
I thought I read all your posts, but still can't understand how you removed all that window titles? Could you please explain or if I missed where you already said that share link? Thanks!
The explanation is simple:
If I had left the name of the Broker in sight, for Forex Factory it would have been a "hidden" advertisement
and this Thread would immediately be moved to the "Commercial Section", where I have another Thread.
If this Thread had ended up in the "Commercial Section", these instructions would have reached a much smaller number of Traders,
and my "good deed" (disseminating important information) would have been limited.
For this reason, I've covered everything that referred to the Broker, including the name that appears in directories and files, in Explorer.
The only other data I have covered, refers to my personal data and other sensitive data.
I am not interested in letting someone know who I am, what I call my computer, the names of the various HDs, which HDs I use, where you can find my files, etc.
Everything I have covered is absolutely irrelevant to the preparation procedure of an MT platform.
Is it clearer now?
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