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Anyone Know How To get the [shift] of Bid & Ask?

  • #1
  • First Post: Aug 26, 2009 3:24am Aug 26, 2009 3:24am
Anyone Know How To get the [shift] of Bid & Ask? - I know Bid/Ask will get you the current values but how do you access previous values?
  • #2
  • Aug 26, 2009 3:27am Aug 26, 2009 3:27am
you can't, only bid and ask of current candle is available
  • #3
  • Aug 26, 2009 3:34am Aug 26, 2009 3:34am
That REALLY Sucks!! I wanted to dynamically compute the average spread and use the avg to block hi-spread entries instead of having to input a max allowed. - Hmmmmm... And MT4 knows that's what we'd do!! This omission is definitely to help the brokers.
  • #4
  • Aug 26, 2009 3:36am Aug 26, 2009 3:36am
agreed, they definitely do not want you to go back in history and see how much the spreads actually change.
  • #5
  • Aug 26, 2009 5:24am Aug 26, 2009 5:24am
And damn that stupid thermometers as well. Why don't they show the average season temperature and allow those greedy Russians to sell their overpriced gas to Europe?

What's problem with gathering the actual data in real time and calculating whatever you need as the weather offices all over the world do?
  • #6
  • Aug 26, 2009 5:44am Aug 26, 2009 5:44am
No problem. Its just a unnecessary step as well as the time needed to compile a functional database (I want it NOW!). Of course it would be easier just to loop though a Bid(EURUSD,PERIOD_H1,shift) and get hundreds of price levels on ANY time frame in seconds. Writing the file functions is no biggie but I hate using external access on top of a complex EA since it slows everything down (especially in backtesting)...

Quoting Irtron
And damn that stupid thermometers as well. Why don't they show the average season temperature and allow those greedy Russians to sell their overpriced gas to Europe?

What's problem with gathering the actual data in real time and calculating whatever you need as the weather offices all over the world do?
  • #7
  • Aug 26, 2009 1:01pm Aug 26, 2009 1:01pm
Quoting Fulltime247
No problem. Its just a unnecessary step as well as the time needed to compile a functional database (I want it NOW!). Of course it would be easier just to loop though a Bid(EURUSD,PERIOD_H1,shift) and get hundreds of price levels on ANY time frame in seconds. Writing the file functions is no biggie but I hate using external access on top of a complex EA since it slows everything down (especially in backtesting)...
It would be easier just to get couple of million dollars on my account. And yes, I want it NOW!
Why to bother with unnecessary step and time wasted on programming at all?
  • #8
  • Aug 26, 2009 4:57pm Aug 26, 2009 4:57pm
Don't make me stop this car.

Quoting Irtron
It would be easier just to get couple of million dollars on my account. And yes, I want it NOW!
Why to bother with unnecessary step and time wasted on programming at all?
  • #9
  • Aug 26, 2009 5:18pm Aug 26, 2009 5:18pm
Why not keep a running average of the spread?

I'm not entirely sure how your EA works, but as I envision it, the EA weighs various factors into making its decision. One factor is whether or not the current spread from the broker is good to use. The longer the spread has been around a specific level, the more reliable the spread is considered to be by the EA.
  • #10
  • Last Post: Aug 26, 2009 7:03pm Aug 26, 2009 7:03pm
Yea, I've got a few ideas for doing it. My EA doesnt use the TP so I'll prob add 1000 pips to the spread and store it in the TP (and if the EA hits the TP - Vegas Baby!) then I can just scan the history of those orders or I could use the file functions to save it and grab a median value from there or have a timed save (every 15 min, 30 mins or whatever...) - couple ways to do it. It just sucks the MQ doesnt save these values in a Bid[x] array. - I just like avoiding file functions since I backtest EVERY parameter and condition looking for the best balance. External access can easily turn a 1 week testing session into a 2 to 3 week exercise simply because MQ is a very slow tester (I Hope, NO Pray that Strategy Tester in MT5 is multi-threaded so that I can put these quad cores to use)
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