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  • #1
  • First Post: May 12, 2011 11:35am May 12, 2011 11:35am
My EA isn't working, and as a matter of fact, most of my EAs aren't working with my broker. I emailed them and got the reply to make sure that my EA is programmed to work with ECN/STP brokers.

Can anyone help?

Attached is the EA.

Thanks, and it is much appreciated!
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Firebird-v63H04 (EA) 5 digit platform.mq4   21 KB | 537 downloads
  • #2
  • May 12, 2011 11:48am May 12, 2011 11:48am
The coding change is fairly simple. When the order is sent to the server, be sure that the SL is set to 0. After that, the SL can be managed within the EA on the client or if that isn't acceptable, update the SL on the server on the next tick.
  • #3
  • May 12, 2011 12:01pm May 12, 2011 12:01pm
Quoting Raindrops
My EA isn't working, and as a matter of fact, most of my EAs aren't working with my broker. I emailed them and got the reply to make sure that my EA is programmed to work with ECN/STP brokers.

Can anyone help?

Attached is the EA.

Thanks, and it is much appreciated!
Raindrops,

CodeMeister is correct.

The change that I've made to my EAs is to set the the TP and SL to 0 (zero) on the OrderSend() command, but then add an OrderModify() command immediately afterward, to set the TP and/or SL to the required values.

Setting the SL/TP as part of the original order returns "Error 130 - Invalid stops", if the br0ker is ECN/STP. You can determine this by pressing F9 in MT4. If the SL/TP fields are grayed out, then (in an EA) the SL and/or TP must be set using a separate ModifyOrder().

David
  • #4
  • May 12, 2011 12:56pm May 12, 2011 12:56pm
Thank you so much, Hanover and Codemeister for helping me out with this...

Did I forget to mention that I am not a coder or programmer, so I'm not sure where in the code I'm supposed to modify this? Never done this before...



Anyone up for looking at the code and inserting or telling me what to insert and where?

Thanks,
Raindrops
  • #5
  • May 12, 2011 2:52pm May 12, 2011 2:52pm
Here you go. I have not tested it. You will have to test it out yourself:
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Firebird-v63H04 (EA) 5 digit ecn platform.mq4   22 KB | 763 downloads
  • #6
  • May 12, 2011 3:40pm May 12, 2011 3:40pm
Quoting Raindrops
Thank you so much, Hanover and Codemeister for helping me out with this...

Did I forget to mention that I am not a coder or programmer, so I'm not sure where in the code I'm supposed to modify this? Never done this before...



Anyone up for looking at the code and inserting or telling me what to insert and where?

Thanks,
Raindrops
@Raindrops, I got your PM. Looks like Xaphod has already done the job for you, saving me some time and effort.

@Xaphod, Many thanks.

David
  • #7
  • May 12, 2011 4:33pm May 12, 2011 4:33pm
Thank you!! I'll test it out!

Raindrops
  • #8
  • May 12, 2011 5:07pm May 12, 2011 5:07pm
It worked!!!

Thank you so much Xaphod for adding the code, and to Hanover and Codemeister for posting the necessary changes!

I am sooooo happy!

Thanks a bunch!

Raindrops
  • #9
  • May 12, 2011 6:38pm May 12, 2011 6:38pm
@Hanover, @Raindrops,

You're welcome. Glad to help out a bit.
  • #10
  • May 14, 2011 11:57am May 14, 2011 11:57am
Quoting hanover
Raindrops,

CodeMeister is correct.

The change that I've made to my EAs is to set the the TP and SL to...
Hi David and All,

Can anyone please help me to modify the attached EA.
I know nothing about coding. What I did was trying to cut and paste from here and there but still failed.

Kindly help.
Thank you very much.
Ken
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 hedge Lot EA.mq4   11 KB | 629 downloads
  • #11
  • May 15, 2011 8:00am May 15, 2011 8:00am
Quoting Penangmari
Hi David and All,

Can anyone please help me to modify the attached EA.
I know nothing about coding. What I did was trying to cut and paste from here and there but still failed.

Kindly help.
Thank you very much.
Ken
Hi Ken,

I received your PMs. I'd actually already downloaded your EA and had a look at it. I couldn't figure out what it was doing within a reasonable amount of time, and I wasn't willing to risk making any mistakes, especially if you were planning on running the EA on a live account.

I hope that you can find another programmer to do the work.

David
  • #12
  • May 15, 2011 8:35am May 15, 2011 8:35am
Quoting hanover
Hi Ken,

I received your PMs. I'd actually already downloaded your EA and had a look at it. I couldn't figure out what it was doing within a reasonable amount of time, and I wasn't willing to risk making any mistakes, especially if you were planning on running the EA on a live account.

I hope that you can find another programmer to do the work.

David
Hi David.

Thanks for your attention.
I just need your help to modify the EA(to set the the TP and SL to 0 (zero) on the OrderSend(),) so that it could run on 5 digit broker. For me, I really don't know what to add to do away error code=130.
The EA is doing fine on my 4 digit broker.
Don't worry about what would happen to me. The risk is on my own.

The objective is to make the EA run on 5 digit broker and you do not need to add any additional input for the parameter.
Or you may leave the parameter as follow:-
extern double StopDistance = 50;
extern double TakeProfit = 0;
extern double StopLoss= 0;

Then the SL/TP I will do it manually.

I would be very appreciate if you could help.
Thanks again.
Ken
  • #13
  • May 15, 2011 6:03pm May 15, 2011 6:03pm
Quoting Penangmari
I just need your help to modify the EA(to set the the TP and SL to 0 (zero) on the OrderSend(),) so that it could run on 5 digit broker. For me, I really don't know what to add to do away error code=130.
ECN adaptation fixed. The 4/5 digit stuff is more complicated to do. I have not tested it. You will have to test it out yourself:
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 hedge Lot EA ecn.mq4   11 KB | 666 downloads
  • #14
  • May 15, 2011 9:30pm May 15, 2011 9:30pm
Quoting Xaphod
ECN adaptation fixed. The 4/5 digit stuff is more complicated to do. I have not tested it. You will have to test it out yourself:
Hi Xaphod,

Now is working on 5 digit platform.There is some bug on sequence increment. Any way, I will try to find way to fix it.
I am so happy. Thank you & Thank you very much.
So kind of you. God Bless!
  • #15
  • May 15, 2011 10:49pm May 15, 2011 10:49pm
Quoting Penangmari
Hi Xaphod,

Now is working on 5 digit platform.There is some bug on sequence increment. Any way, I will try to find way to fix it.
I am so happy. Thank you & Thank you very much.
So kind of you. God Bless!
Ken,

I've attempted to include the 4/5 digit modification for you. I have absolutely no idea as to what the EA does, or how it does it, hence what I've done amounts to nothing more than some (hopefully educated) guesswork. I've simply replaced every occurrence of 'Point' with a variable that's been suitably adjusted, depending on the value of 'Digits'.

Although the attached EA has its original name, it includes the ECN-br0ker fixes made by Xaphod. That way, if my code changes don't work, you can simply revert to Xaphod's version (hedge Lot EA ecn.mq4).

Use at your own risk.

David
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 hedge Lot EA.mq4   11 KB | 533 downloads
  • #16
  • May 15, 2011 11:24pm May 15, 2011 11:24pm
Quoting hanover
Ken,

I've attempted to include the 4/5 digit modification for you. I have absolutely no idea as to what the EA does, or how it does it, hence what I've done amounts to nothing more than some (hopefully educated) guesswork. I've simply replaced every occurrence of 'Point' with a variable that's been suitably adjusted, depending on the value of 'Digits'.

Although the attached EA has its original name, it includes the ECN-br0ker fixes made by Xaphod. That way, if my code changes don't work, you can simply revert to Xaphod's version (hedge Lot...
Hi David,

Thank you very much.I will try it out.
I am really appreciate your helps and speedy reply.
Your kindness of sharing and caring manner earned honour.

Lucky to have you ,Xaphod and other in this world.

Cheers!
  • #17
  • May 17, 2011 12:09pm May 17, 2011 12:09pm
Hi:

Here is another EA that I need to have code added to so it will work on my 5 digit ECN/STP broker.

Xaphod or Hanover, if you can help, or anyone else, that would be great.

This is the same EA I posted initially in Post 1 of this thread, but it has been added to, and this is around the 7th version of this EA with many new features added. I took a look at the code that was changed initially in Xaphod's fix, but I don't have the confidence in myself to get it right in this particular version because the coding looks so different.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Raindrops
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Firebird-v63H04_H_Ashi_Trend_vs1_5c.mq4   43 KB | 407 downloads
  • #18
  • May 17, 2011 9:44pm May 17, 2011 9:44pm
Quoting Raindrops
Hi:

Here is another EA that I need to have code added to so it will work on my 5 digit ECN/STP broker. .......
Raindrops,

Try the attached. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I have merely copied the concept used by Xaphod in your first EA, i.e. added the ModifyOrders() code needed for it to run on an ECN br0ker. I have not performed any testing; you will need to test it for yourself.

I'm not going to try to modify the EA for use on a 5/3 digit br0ker. The code surrounding the 'Point' usage is too complex, and I don't want to risk introducing an error. I am very cautious about modifying code that I haven't written myself. Even more so here as I have absolutely no idea what the EA does, or how it works. I only do freebees like this if the work looks like it will take less than 30 minutes. Anyway, all you need to do (for example) is type '30' for 3 pips, '50' for 5 pips, etc, for any inputs, and it should work OK.

David
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Firebird-v63H04_H_Ashi_Trend_vs1_5c.mq4   44 KB | 582 downloads
  • #19
  • May 18, 2011 1:56am May 18, 2011 1:56am
Thanks Hanover!
  • #20
  • May 18, 2011 9:59am May 18, 2011 9:59am
I will try this one and let you know how it works!

Thanks, Hanover! This is much appreciated!

Raindrops
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