Request for EA Help

Hello MQL Programmers,

I am new to MQL, like 2 days, and am asking for some assistance.

I wrote and EA that works in a basic way but I have the following issues.

1. The EA, when run on the strategy tester, only picks one setup and no more. Is some looping or resetting required?
2. I need to ensure that only one order is triggered per bar.
3. I don't now how to trail my positions or set my stop at entry when in X pips profit.
4. How do I put an expiry time on pending orders?
5. How do I control in on/off time of the expert? or is this a manual situation?
6. I notice when the EA is left running it does not pick up the trades automatically. I will have to click the smiley face which brings up the EA properties and after clicking ok, detected setups are triggered. What could be the problem?
7. How do I make it check multiple pairs on two time frames for trades?

Please HELP!!!

Thanks much!

Way too much for anyone to answer.

I chose the easy one - #4. Most brokers will not accept an expiry time on orders. You can of course continuously check the current broker time and cancel the order at the desired moment.

Like CM says you are asking too much .... You need someone to teach you coding! ... it isn't going to happen overnight.

1. Not enough detail to comment.
2. Need to check time of bar and not enter new trade until new bar time.
3. Monitor open positions and modify order once x pips profit.
4. answered. ... check open time of order and cancel order after elapsed time.
5. Set code to work only at required times.
6. No idea ... a coding issue I would assume.
7. From within the coding.

Not v helpful answers but I think you need to learn more about MQL coding first.

M.

http://book.mql4.com/

Thank you all for your responses! I was able to resolve some of the issues so far, but yes, I need to learn some more about MQL. Thanks for the specific answers CodeMeister and futurespec. Thanks for the link joancb!