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Set chart window vertical scale: Is it possible with MT4?

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited Dec 9, 2012 10:17am Dec 7, 2012 11:44am | Edited Dec 9, 2012 10:17am
As per title...
I want to set the vertical scale of the chart to something not related to the underlying pair values.

Is it possible to do this from within MT4 code??
If so how please?

TIA

M.
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  • #2
  • Dec 7, 2012 12:07pm Dec 7, 2012 12:07pm
Hi Futurespec,

this says it's impossible: http://www.metatrader4.com/forum/2722 I couldn't find any other info about it. However, it's definitely possible in MQL5: http://www.mql5.com/en/docs/standard...cchartfixedmax

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Ralome
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  • #3
  • Dec 7, 2012 12:13pm Dec 7, 2012 12:13pm
Thanks Ralome,
That is what I thought and had searched previously.

At the moment I have no intention of changing to MT5 ... my thoughts are that not many brokers support it yet ...am I correct?

Just thought that someone good with the windows interface may have come up with a solution.

M.
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  • #4
  • Dec 7, 2012 3:25pm Dec 7, 2012 3:25pm
Quoting futurespec
As per title...
I want to set the vertical scale of the chart to something not related to the underlying pair values.

Is it possible to do this from within MT4 code??
If so how please?

TIA

M.
M,

Definitely not possible with MQL4. Not sure about Windows API, but I suspect it would be difficult.

Possibly stating the obvious, but why not use a sub-chart, and then simply drag the separator up so that it fills the whole MT4 window (that's if you don't want to see the candlestick chart at the same time)?

D
  • #5
  • Dec 8, 2012 1:03am Dec 8, 2012 1:03am
Thanks David.
At least that confirms it. (My love for MT4 grows!)

Subwindow .... yes that would work . Think the reason I did not do that was something to do with the histograms colouring down to '0' which was annoying to workaround but not impossible.

Thanks all,

M.
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  • #6
  • Dec 8, 2012 1:22am Dec 8, 2012 1:22am
Quoting futurespec
Thanks David.
At least that confirms it. (My love for MT4 grows!)

Subwindow .... yes that would work . Think the reason I did not do that was something to do with the histograms colouring down to '0' which was annoying to workaround but not impossible.

Thanks all,

M.

you just have extra buffers to overlap the background color from the bottom of whatever is meant to be the bottom. that's how i build almost perfect candlesticks in sub windows. sometimes they are still off by a few pixels due to the way some of the buffers round-off when drawing, but that can't be helped afaik.
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  • #7
  • Last Post: Dec 8, 2012 5:18am Dec 8, 2012 5:18am
Thanks Nubcake.
Already using 8 buffers.

M.
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