Help on getting started with coding EA's

Hello All,

I would like to write my own EA's but as someone who is totally new to MT4 (and its language) I'm not even sure where to start !!!

Consequently, can anyone point me in the right direction to get going? Ideally, what i'm looking for is some samples of simple basic automated systems (together with an explanation of what they are doing) so I can use them as a starting point for my own coding.

I'm already taken a look at the helpfiles with regard to the MT4 language but as I am not a programmer I find this information rather limited

Any help, advice, links, etc would be most welcome....

Thanks in advance.
Chorlton

Try the link in my sig for a free course aimed at newbie programmers. Then I'd suggest looking at EA's and using the F1 key to follow along with what's happening.

Good luck

Lux

Thanks Lux.... I'll take a look

Hi Lux,

I've just subscribed to your site and am looking forward to the ebook series.

In the meantime, I was checking out your blog and in one of your comments you suggested that if someone was serious about testing an EA then they shouldn't rely on MT4 strategy tester as it is notoriously unreliable.

Consequently, (i) can you clarify why the strategy tester isn't reliable and (ii) as I would obviously want to test a strategy over a large data sample before trading it, what would you recommend to use instead?

Thanks in advance,

Chorlton