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  • #161
  • Feb 22, 2010 7:40am Feb 22, 2010 7:40am
Quoting daveoz001
Hi all,
Just wondering how to correctly take 1/2 of your profit in mt4?
Right click on the order and click 'Close Order'.
Change the value in 'Volume' field to the amount you wish to close.
Click the big yellow Close button.
  • #162
  • Feb 22, 2010 1:52pm Feb 22, 2010 1:52pm
Quoting hanover
Right click on the order and click 'Close Order'.
Change the value in 'Volume' field to the amount you wish to close.
Click the big yellow Close button.
Thanks hanover,

Wow that's it!!!

I'm feeling a little dumb right now

Thanks again, much appreciated.
Dave.
  • #163
  • Feb 22, 2010 11:38pm Feb 22, 2010 11:38pm
Quoting daveoz001
Just wondering how to correctly take 1/2 of your profit in mt4?
eg.
Say you bought 10 units, and you make some profit and you wanted to take 1/2 off the table, can you close 1/2 the position or do you have to take another order to sell 5 units ?
If i am not wrong, it can be done on a Non-hedging broker (which doesnt allow hedging) by the way you mentioned..selling(or taking opposite position) the half units.
For brokers which allow hedging...its exactly as hanover posted.
Any one please correct me if i am wrong. (Not yet with a non-hedging broker)
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  • #164
  • Feb 25, 2010 8:37pm Feb 25, 2010 8:37pm
Hanover,
Sorry to be a pain but how do you change the color of the bid line?
The ask line is in properties but can't seem to find where to change the bid line.
Thanks,
Dave.
  • #165
  • Feb 25, 2010 9:51pm Feb 25, 2010 9:51pm
Quoting daveoz001
Hanover,
Sorry to be a pain but how do you change the color of the bid line?
The ask line is in properties but can't seem to find where to change the bid line.
Thanks,
Dave.
As far as I know, the grid color also sets the color for the bid line. I don't think it's possible to change this.

Press F8 -> Colors tab -> Grid

Press Ctrl-G to toggle the grid on/off.
  • #166
  • Feb 25, 2010 10:42pm Feb 25, 2010 10:42pm
Quoting hanover
As far as I know, the grid color also sets the color for the bid line. I don't think it's possible to change this.

Press F8 -> Colors tab -> Grid

Press Ctrl-G to toggle the grid on/off.
Thanks, you are a great help.
Hope I'm not to much of a pain!

Now if only there was a way to control the bars forming on my chart?
  • #167
  • Mar 4, 2010 5:50am Mar 4, 2010 5:50am
Is there a way to set the horizontal line color so that it is a different color for each time frame? I want to be able to see if s/r lines match up from different time frames. For example 4hr-red, 1hr-blue, 30 min-green, etc.
  • #168
  • Mar 15, 2010 6:06pm Mar 15, 2010 6:06pm
Try from the horizontal line properties use Visualization just
to have different color lines visible on different time frames.
  • #169
  • Mar 18, 2010 7:18pm Mar 18, 2010 7:18pm
Can any body please help me to find an addon script or indicator which will plot round number lines automatically in MT4.

Thanks in advance.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler" Albert Einstein
  • #170
  • Edited 8:42pm Mar 18, 2010 8:37pm | Edited 8:42pm
Quoting No1Optimist
Can any body please help me to find an addon script or indicator which will plot round number lines automatically in MT4.

Thanks in advance.
Have seen 1 called sweet spots, plots 50's & 00's nearby to price with light lines. Looks good.
Will do a quick search on my C:

cheers scalpz

v5 below, maybe newer / better around.
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  • #171
  • Mar 29, 2010 2:49am Mar 29, 2010 2:49am
My preference is to use a white background on my IBfx MT4 charts.

The problem is that the cross-hair cursor is white and therefore invisible against the white background.

Can anybody advise me how the colour of the cross-hair cursor can be changed?

Thanks in advance.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler" Albert Einstein
  • #172
  • Mar 29, 2010 2:59am Mar 29, 2010 2:59am
Quoting No1Optimist
My preference is to use a white background on my IBfx MT4 charts.

The problem is that the cross-hair cursor is white and therefore invisible against the white background.

Can anybody advise me how the colour of the cross-hair cursor can be changed?

Thanks in advance.
Right click on the chart, select properties and change the "Foreground" color to your prefer color. That will change your cross-hair color, but same goes to all foreground color, like the X and Y axis
  • #173
  • Apr 28, 2010 1:50am Apr 28, 2010 1:50am
Hi Handover and all experts,

Is there anyone know how to adjust the "bars" much more ticker (in MT4) so we can easily see even zooming out? Or any extra indicator can serve this purpose.

Appreciate in advance.

City
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  • #174
  • Apr 28, 2010 7:28am Apr 28, 2010 7:28am
  •  MPP
  • Joined Jun 2007 | Status: Be yourself, everyone else is taken | 2,734 Posts
Quoting Buildcity
Hi Handover and all experts,

Is there anyone know how to adjust the "bars" much more ticker (in MT4) so we can easily see even zooming out? Or any extra indicator can serve this purpose.

Appreciate in advance.

City
I don't know the direct answer, but why don't you try using candles, the information held within is the same, only the body is clearer when zoomed out, you can still study Bar and there meanings
  • #175
  • Apr 28, 2010 9:49am Apr 28, 2010 9:49am
Quoting MPP
I don't know the direct answer, but why don't you try using candles, the information held within is the same, only the body is clearer when zoomed out, you can still study Bar and there meanings
Thanks mate,

Yes, I can always use candles instead of bars. Just a personal perference. If there is such tool, its good, if no, no bother.

Cheers
City
  • #176
  • May 22, 2010 3:08am May 22, 2010 3:08am
Hi.
How to get this?
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  • #177
  • Edited 2:26pm May 23, 2010 2:26pm | Edited 2:26pm
Form Friday afternoon my platform is not giving me the option to open a instant execution order, is missing the yellow Execute button .....

I try to change the lot size , I uninstall the platform and install a new one and still nothing has changed... http://cdn.forexfactory.com/images/smilies/yim/sad.gif
and that is happening to my live account for my broker and on another demo platform... so must be something with my computer.

did anybody has similar problem and how can I fix it...

thanks in advance ...
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  • #178
  • May 23, 2010 3:49pm May 23, 2010 3:49pm
Quoting dxvas
Form Friday afternoon my platform is not giving me the option to open a instant execution order, is missing the yellow Execute button .....

I try to change the lot size , I uninstall the platform and install a new one and still nothing has changed... http://cdn.forexfactory.com/images/smilies/yim/sad.gif
and that is happening to my live account for my broker and on another demo platform... so must be something with my computer.

did anybody has similar problem and how can I fix it...

thanks in advance ...
With my br0ker (GoMarkets) the yellow button appears only if I am closing or deleting an order. If I'm placing a market order, I get the same window as shown in your screenshot. Then I click either the blue or red button to buy, or sell, respectively.
  • #179
  • Jun 9, 2010 2:54am Jun 9, 2010 2:54am
Dear Sirs & members of Forex Factory.

From broker ALPARI
I have downloaded a Forex Demo Account MetaTrader 4,
but I do not know what I have to do:

to set up more currency pairs into Forex Demo Account MetaTrader 4

and I do not know,

how I to set up expert advisors and the indicators to the charts and/or
how I to set up into data files for broker ALPARI Demo account MetaTrader 4.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Cheers.
  • #180
  • Jun 14, 2010 3:30pm Jun 14, 2010 3:30pm
Hello Im forward testing on a demo EA and i need to know the bigest drawdown for a day. Is there any tool, graph, indicator or wahtever that will tell me a history of trading?

Thanx Karel
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