tick-chart coding question

hi,

i want to program an ea that groups the ticks in ranges of 5 seconds. that means:

group1=00-04
group2=05-09
group3=10-14
group4=15-19
......
......
......

than i want to find the highest and the lowest of each group. well, i think this is not too difficut but i have no idea which functions of mq4 i have to use. i'm a beginner in programming-questions...any ideas?

Get the free version (6.5) of Ninja Trader, and the free data feed from Gain (no demo account necessary), mostly tick-by-tick, then open a 5-second chart. Look on their forum for a range indicator. You can have this running in 30-minutes, but with MT4 it will be much longer.
ps: Also, big mikes forum has lots of NT add-ons for free. See link in one of my recent posts.

This isn't a project for a beginner. Even for somebody with a year's experience this would be a challenge. Find something easier to do and then later consider this project if Ninja Trader doesn't work out. Oh, and consider using MQL5 for this project, it has better tools.

If you really really really want to do this in MT4, here is the code:

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...28#post3212428

aw man. I've been trying to do this all day. well most of the day. lets see if this next article has the right ingredient to get this done.