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  • #1
  • First Post: Edited 10:47pm Dec 21, 2006 4:58pm | Edited 10:47pm
I've been asked by several FF members how to use Expert Advisors. I wrote the attached guideline to address some of the questions related to using EAs. Please post your relevant questions and comments. I would be more than happy to hear from you.

Good Luck,
Al
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  • #2
  • Dec 21, 2006 5:14pm Dec 21, 2006 5:14pm
Quoting aparsai
I've been asked by several FF members how to use Expert Advisors. I wrote the attached guideline to address some of the questions related to using EAs. Please post your relevant questions and comments. I would be more than happy to hear from you.

Good Luck,
Al
Your pages are mixed up in the PDF. Pages 3 and 5 are the same. There is no step 5. Probably on the missing page.

I think it is sometimes easier to tell people to restart MT4 rather than use MetaEditor to compile *.mq4 code.
  • #3
  • Edited Dec 22, 2006 10:45am Dec 21, 2006 10:49pm | Edited Dec 22, 2006 10:45am
Quoting nvwine
Your pages are mixed up in the PDF. Pages 3 and 5 are the same. There is no step 5. Probably on the missing page.

I think it is sometimes easier to tell people to restart MT4 rather than use MetaEditor to compile *.mq4 code.
Sorry about that. I replaced the file with the correct one.

Also thanks for your comment.
  • #4
  • Dec 22, 2006 9:59am Dec 22, 2006 9:59am
Just wanted to express my thanks for writing this help file. pkchilly
  • #5
  • Dec 22, 2006 10:05am Dec 22, 2006 10:05am
When I looked into my files I found out that I had installed MT4 twice from the vendor. Somehow, I installed the pip boxer EA's to the other experts folder and I could compile them in the MetaEditor, but they would not show up on the MT4 Experts section. All is working correctly now...This may help anyone else out there as foolish as I.
Merry X-mas
pkchilly
  • #6
  • Dec 22, 2006 10:44am Dec 22, 2006 10:44am
Quoting pkchilly
When I looked into my files I found out that I had installed MT4 twice from the vendor. Somehow, I installed the pip boxer EA's to the other experts folder and I could compile them in the MetaEditor, but they would not show up on the MT4 Experts section. All is working correctly now...This may help anyone else out there as foolish as I.
Merry X-mas
pkchilly
Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
  • #7
  • Dec 31, 2006 11:20am Dec 31, 2006 11:20am
If you've read the guideline please post your comments here. Thanks.
  • #8
  • Jan 5, 2007 4:30am Jan 5, 2007 4:30am
Hello everybody

Thanks to everybody for their excellent posts. They have been really helpful.

I am hoping that somebody could help me with my problem.

I have been trying to attach certain EA's to charts. I have compiled them with no errors and after doing so, they appear in the Navigator box under "Expert Advisors". But, when I either double click them, or right click and select "Attach to a chart", nothing at all happens.

I am using Metatrader 4 which I downloaded just a few days ago for the first time. Metatrader 4 came with two default EA's. These being an MACD sample and a Moving Average EA. And both these defaults work just fine.

The EA's that I have been trying to install are Vegas1hour tunnels and some of Accrete's EA's. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly.
  • #9
  • Jan 5, 2007 8:05am Jan 5, 2007 8:05am
Quoting ChaosPipper
Hello everybody

Thanks to everybody for their excellent posts. They have been really helpful.

I am hoping that somebody could help me with my problem.

I have been trying to attach certain EA's to charts. I have compiled them with no errors and after doing so, they appear in the Navigator box under "Expert Advisors". But, when I either double click them, or right click and select "Attach to a chart", nothing at all happens.

I am using Metatrader 4 which I downloaded just a few days ago for the first time. Metatrader 4 came with two default EA's. These being an MACD sample and a Moving Average EA. And both these defaults work just fine.

The EA's that I have been trying to install are Vegas1hour tunnels and some of Accrete's EA's. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly.
Welcome to the forum.

My guess is that you are trying to attach an indicator, not an EA, to your chart. If you downloaded an indicator it should have been saved and compiled in the indicators directory which is a sub-directory of the experts directory / folder. The indicator would then show up in the navigator under 'Custom Indicators'. If saving the file as an indicator does not solve the problem please list the exact name of one of the files you got from Accrete.
  • #10
  • Jan 5, 2007 8:18am Jan 5, 2007 8:18am
Quoting nvwine
Welcome to the forum.

My guess is that you are trying to attach an indicator, not an EA, to your chart. If you downloaded an indicator it should have been saved and compiled in the indicators directory which is a sub-directory of the experts directory / folder. The indicator would then show up in the navigator under 'Custom Indicators'. If saving the file as an indicator does not solve the problem please list the exact name of one of the files you got from Accrete.
nvwine,

I believe you are right.
  • #11
  • Jan 5, 2007 8:56am Jan 5, 2007 8:56am
Quoting ChaosPipper
Hello everybody

Thanks to everybody for their excellent posts. They have been really helpful.

I am hoping that somebody could help me with my problem.

I have been trying to attach certain EA's to charts. I have compiled them with no errors and after doing so, they appear in the Navigator box under "Expert Advisors". But, when I either double click them, or right click and select "Attach to a chart", nothing at all happens.

I am using Metatrader 4 which I downloaded just a few days ago for the first time. Metatrader 4 came with two default EA's. These being an MACD sample and a Moving Average EA. And both these defaults work just fine.

The EA's that I have been trying to install are Vegas1hour tunnels and some of Accrete's EA's. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly.
Check the tabs at the bottom it may give you some info. I think it is the Journal tab.
Have you tried restarting MT4?
  • #12
  • Jan 5, 2007 1:33pm Jan 5, 2007 1:33pm
Well, I put the first file into the indicators folder and presto... it worked

Thank you very much guys. You all have been a great help. I have not tested all the files I have, but I am quite certain that I have the solution in hand now
  • #13
  • Jan 5, 2007 10:15pm Jan 5, 2007 10:15pm
Quoting ChaosPipper
Well, I put the first file into the indicators folder and presto... it worked

Thank you very much guys. You all have been a great help. I have not tested all the files I have, but I am quite certain that I have the solution in hand now
Good for you and good luck.
  • #14
  • Jan 6, 2007 6:34am Jan 6, 2007 6:34am
Quoting aparsai
I've been asked by several FF members how to use Expert Advisors. I wrote the attached guideline to address some of the questions related to using EAs. Please post your relevant questions and comments. I would be more than happy to hear from you.

Good Luck,
Al
thaks..it's very useful to me...
  • #15
  • Jan 31, 2007 3:17pm Jan 31, 2007 3:17pm
What Time Frame should I use for PB2?

Thanx.
  • #16
  • Jan 31, 2007 3:53pm Jan 31, 2007 3:53pm
Quoting rosso832
What Time Frame should I use for PB2?

Thanx.
15min chart.
-i trade currencies at the airport-
  • #17
  • Sep 15, 2007 6:57pm Sep 15, 2007 6:57pm
I moved this thread to MetaTrader forum. I hope you'll find it useful.

Good Luck,
Al
  • #18
  • Sep 15, 2007 7:00pm Sep 15, 2007 7:00pm
Click here to see a video that shows you how get back-test data for back-testing a system.

Good Luck,
Al
  • #19
  • Nov 21, 2010 4:07am Nov 21, 2010 4:07am
I would greatly appreciate if someone could change this daily pivot to make weekly pivots and also one more for monthly pivots..
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  • #20
  • May 10, 2013 10:43am May 10, 2013 10:43am
I downlaoded ur pdf, quite helpful. Pls, does this apply to attaching a script to a chart? I tried to attach this script with lot size, s/l & t/p to my chart without success. I get a message that the script must now be relunched. How do i get it to work?
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