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Use MetaTrader Price Feed on a different platform?

  • #1
  • First Post: May 29, 2012 5:26am May 29, 2012 5:26am
Hi,
I have looked everywhere on the forum but i did not figure out a solution to this.

I want to get a charting platform (Updata) which accepts price feed in csv format. It continuously scans a given folder and updates chart when the csv files change.

How can i get Metatrader to save into a csv file each time a 5 minute bar closes (appending to existing data).

I have looked at DDE server but from what i understand it only updates values in a given cell, it does not create a new row with OHLC data each time a bar closes.

Thank you in advance for any ideas.
  • #2
  • Edited 7:31am May 29, 2012 6:43am | Edited 7:31am
This should be quite simple:

Create an EA that writes bar data to CSV file; attach it to a M5 chart; done.

Docs: http://docs.mql4.com/files/FileWrite

Quick example (can attach to any chart for the respective data):

Inserted Code
datetime currentBarTime;
int fHnd;

int init()
{
fHnd = FileOpen("M5.csv", FILE_CSV | FILE_WRITE, ';');
currentBarTime = Time[0];
}

int start()
{
if (currentBarTime != Time[0])
{//write
FileWrite(fHnd, Open[1], High[1], Low[1], Close[1], TimeToStr(Time[1]));
FileFlush(fHnd);
currentBarTime = Time[0];
}
}

int deinit()
{
FileClose(fHnd);
}
  • #3
  • Last Post: May 29, 2012 7:45am May 29, 2012 7:45am
I used the code and it works Nice!
Thank you.
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