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Please Help convert indi to EA

  • #1
  • First Post: Jun 24, 2013 4:34am Jun 24, 2013 4:34am
Hi

I have one indicator and want to convert it to EA. I was trying to rewrite it but it didn't work. Maybe I do something wrong or some little thing is missing there

Can anybody help me with this? of course I have whole indi in mq4 file. But I think that because this indi use also buffer it is not soo simple to only rewrite it to EA.

thx for help!!!
  • #2
  • Jun 24, 2013 4:50am Jun 24, 2013 4:50am
Quoting crusader1
Hi I have one indicator and want to convert it to EA. I was trying to rewrite it but it didn't work. Maybe I do something wrong or some little thing is missing there Can anybody help me with this? of course I have whole indi in mq4 file. But I think that because this indi use also buffer it is not soo simple to only rewrite it to EA. thx for help!!!
It is not a simple task to make an Indicator work as an EA . . . but why would you need to ? just use iCustom() to get the Indicator buffer values into your EA.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #3
  • Jun 24, 2013 4:58am Jun 24, 2013 4:58am
Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} It is not a simple task to make an Indicator work as an EA . . . but why would you need to ? just use iCustom() to get the Indicator buffer values into your EA.

I want do some changes and see it on EA if it is working correctly because in real time it can take days to see results
  • #4
  • Jun 24, 2013 6:16am Jun 24, 2013 6:16am
Quoting crusader1
{quote} I want do some changes and see it on EA if it is working correctly because in real time it can take days to see results
That is what you use the Strategy Tester for . . . testing.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #5
  • Jun 24, 2013 6:27am Jun 24, 2013 6:27am
Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} That is what you use the Strategy Tester for . . . testing.
yes exactlly but you can use only EA on tester therefore I want convert it.
  • #6
  • Jun 24, 2013 7:36am Jun 24, 2013 7:36am
Quoting crusader1
{quote} yes exactlly but you can use only EA on tester therefore I want convert it.
Why ? what is the problem with using iCustom() in your EA ?
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #7
  • Jun 24, 2013 9:48am Jun 24, 2013 9:48am
Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} Why ? what is the problem with using iCustom() in your EA ?
SRY

I don;t know what exactly is iCustom().... When I change this it will automaticly switch from indi to EA?
  • #8
  • Jun 24, 2013 10:04am Jun 24, 2013 10:04am
Quoting crusader1
{quote} SRY I don;t know what exactly is iCustom().... When I change this it will automaticly switch from indi to EA?
iCustom() and Detailed explanation of iCustom - MQL4 forum

You use iCustom() to get the buffer values from your Indicator, then you can make your trade decisions based on this information.

If you really want to get your Indicator code working in an EA . . . read this: Transferring an Indicator Code into an Expert Advisor Code. Indicator Structure but you really don't want to do that, especially if you don't even know what iCustom() is.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #9
  • Jun 24, 2013 11:34am Jun 24, 2013 11:34am
Quoting crusader1
{quote} yes exactlly but you can use only EA on tester therefore I want convert it.

Wrong. Indicators can be tested in Strategy tester, but you have to know how. You can use the delivered MACD EA or any other Then attach an indicator.
  • #10
  • Jun 24, 2013 1:10pm Jun 24, 2013 1:10pm
Quoting CodeMeister
Wrong. Indicators can be tested in Strategy tester, but you have to know how. You can use the delivered MACD EA or any other Then attach an indicator.
Not all Indicators function correctly in the Strategy Tester though, some will, some won't. For example an Indicator that uses Bid will get the current Bid price not the Bid price on the Strategy Tester chart, this can be worked around by using Close[0], this is just one example though.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #11
  • Jun 24, 2013 1:19pm Jun 24, 2013 1:19pm
Good info. I hadn't run into any problems like that.
  • #12
  • Last Post: Jun 24, 2013 5:08pm Jun 24, 2013 5:08pm
Quoting CodeMeister
Good info. I hadn't run into any problems like that.
There is a useful reference table here: http://forum.mql4.com/53762/page2#753302
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
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