MT4 navigational tips and techniques

Quoting piperomia

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David,

if your up for another one...

It appears MT4 does not offer the simplest of tools: the segment.
Lines it offers, yes. But its the segment I'm looking for.

Is it true MT4 does not offer the segment tool?

Sincerely,
~Piperomia

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Quoting Apom

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Hi, Hanover, thanks for posting of your skills and experience.
I am not good at programming but I have a simple idea for a simple EA. Hope you or some of your followers can write the EA for me. If similar EA already exists somewhere at this forum, please let me know.

My EA description:

1) It works on any currency pair, especially EURUSD, EURJPY, GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, USDCAD, USDCHF.
2) Time frame is not important.
3) First, it opens a trade on random direction: SL at 10 pips; TP at 20 pips.
4) Lot size shall follow auto money management;...

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Quoting Sammy Kingz

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Is there a way to add one of the symbols to the arrow column. Been looking everywhere..

Thenks,
Sammy

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Quoting hanover

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Sammy,

You can't change the items on the dropdown menu.

Instead, insert an arrow onto your chart and change the Arrow code to 172, as shown below.

David

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ObjectCreate(prefix+" stop1",OBJ_ARROW,0,ebartime,stoploss);
ObjectSet(prefix+" stop1",OBJPROP_COLOR,FibColor);
ObjectSet(prefix+" stop1",OBJPROP_ARROWCODE,172);
                    // was 4 for a dash, now 172 to try a star

Quoting Shabs19

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You can copy the trendline by selecting & dragging the middle node (square on the line) whilst holding down the CTRL button.

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Quoting ahelix

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OP, Shabs, any idea?

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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()   {
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
  string ccy     = Symbol();
  double pnt     = MarketInfo(ccy,MODE_POINT);
  int    dig     = MarketInfo(ccy,MODE_DIGITS);
  if (dig == 3 || dig == 5)    pnt *= 10;

  for (int i=0; i<ObjectsTotal(); i++)   {
    string objname = ObjectName(i);
    if (ObjectType(objname) != OBJ_TREND)   continue;
    double price1 = ObjectGet(objname,OBJPROP_PRICE1);
    double price2 = ObjectGet(objname,OBJPROP_PRICE2);
    double pips   = MathAbs(price1-price2)/pnt;
    ObjectSetText(objname,"Pips = "+DoubleToStr(pips,1),8);
  }    
  return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Quoting daveone

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hey guys,
sorry for asking here, but since iam new to this board iam not able to open a new thread.

why does my version of mt4 not show the standard entry and exit arrows in the chart where you open or close a position? is it because iam using the fxcm metatrader4 version?
how can i activate the entry and exit arrows? is there a special indicator necessary?

thanks in advance!

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Quoting alvseek

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Hi,

it's not standard. my MT4 isn't showing the entry exit arrow neither. However, if the order is already closed, you can drag the order from "Account History" terminal to the chart to make the arrows appear.

while for open trades, i use script to make it appear from the beginning.

Regards

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Quoting daveone

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could you please send me the link to the script or post it here (if its allowed)? thank you!

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Quoting hanover

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You don't need a script, it's a facility built into MT4. Press Ctrl-T to open the Terminal, go to the 'Account History' tab, and use your mouse to drag any closed order upward onto the chart.

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Quoting daveone

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i was talking about the arrows while the trade is still open .

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Quoting hanover

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You could write a simple script along the lines of the code below.

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