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  • #21
  • Apr 1, 2013 8:01pm Apr 1, 2013 8:01pm
Quoting CodeMeister
At first, this guy wanted something to pull data from MT4 (as per the thread subject). After I wrote that comment, he decided he wanted to pull it from Excel. Two entirely different things. I agree completely that the second doesn't require much technical ability, just someone who has the basics. Now my opinion is this guy expects something that is nearly impossible and not worth spending any effort on - figuring out what he really wants.
I wanna pull the price data feed from MT4 using API 'cos that's what I gathered from a programmer.

The excel data is basically historical trades that I downloaded.
  • #22
  • Apr 1, 2013 8:21pm Apr 1, 2013 8:21pm
You don't need to pull candle data from MT4 using an API and present that data in an external app, that's just re-inventing the wheel and is not a perfunctory task.

Instead you could just have an indy read the excel data and plot objects on your chart to show the 3rd party trades.

You have all the data you need from the trade info, so it's easy to transfer this to an object such as a trendline:

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string objName = johnDoeTrade1;
datetime startTrade = t1;
datetime endTrade = t2;
double entryPrice = 1.1001;
double exitPrice = 1.2001;
color lineColour= Green;
int lineWidth = 1;

if (GetOrderType() == "sell") lineColour= Red;
if (GetLotSize() > 0.01) lineWidth = 2;

ObjectCreate(objName , OBJ_TREND,0, Time[t1], entryPrice , Time[t2], exitPrice ); 
ObjectSet(objName , OBJPROP_COLOR, lineColour);
ObjectSet(objName , OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_SOLID);
ObjectSet(objName , OBJPROP_WIDTH, lineWidth);
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  • #23
  • Last Post: Apr 2, 2013 3:09am Apr 2, 2013 3:09am
Quoting nathaniel
If I had these data readily available on MT4, then yeah, it would be about finding the appropriate indicator, or creating one to plot historical trades on my MT4 Platform.
This means your objective just changed to: How to import specific excel data into mt4 and put it on the chart(s).

This would be a simpler task than creating a full charting application from scratch for simple purpose.
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