MM Indicator Help Please (iExposure)

Please note that the indicator Futurespec designed is attached to post 13 and amended here to post 1 as well.
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Dear All,

Thank you for reading and in advance for your help.

I attach 2 indicators here.

1. iexposure
2. pipsometer

I have a Pipsometer on every chart I trade. This allows me to see the open P&L in pips, the day's P/L and the current risk in pips by looking at my stop loss.

I also use iExposure to look at all my open positions.

A screenshot to illustrate ( I hope it shows up):

As you can see, iExposure displays the:

1. Symbol
2. Deals
3. Buy Lots
4. Buy Price
5. Sell Lots
6. Sell Price
7. Net Lots
8. Profit (Loss)

What I would very much like is if the following could be added (with respect to each of the open trades):

1. Current risk in pips (calculated per deal by the difference between price and set SL)
2. Current risk in $
3. Current Profit potential (calculated per deal by the difference between the entry and the set TP)
4. Current Profit Potential in $

If at all possible, a summary below all open trades of the net of all the above as well as a $ value per pip would be fantastic - but the four points mentioned above are really what would make my day.

Just in case, this is another screenshot I dug up with open trades on iExposure:

I have searched around but couldn't find anything that would do the above - if you know of something, kindly point me in the right direction.

Alternatively, I would VERY much appreciate if anyone could help me to edit/add the magic bits to the iexposure indi.

Many thanks,
n2o

PS. I should add that I don't require a history of trades - only currently open ones. I log all my trades, but need something quicker and live like the above for shorter term and scalping MM and trade management. The more time goes by, the more it settles in just how pivotal money management is in this game. Every single pip counts, one way or the other.

Modded something that I already had.
Should work but you will need to check the figures.

You will need to set mCrncyPairs[] to the pairs that you use before you start.
Currently set for max of 6 traded pairs.

HTH

M.

Hi M,

Thank you very much for your time and trouble. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to return the favour.

I added the indicator and opened a couple of orders, noticing some things:

1. The word 'label' appears when a trade isn't open.
2. When no SL or TP is set, it uses a self chosen pip SL (I assume this is total account value/value per pip?)
3. There is a problem in the calculation (please see further below)

I forgot to ask if there could be a column for profit/loss in pips (not $) as well, but it doesn't matter as I use pipsometer - it's the $ that counts at the end of the day

Personally I don't take much note of the net lots, but in case you do, note that although it colour changes, it doesn't neg the value - screenshot below



With regards to the calculation, the $ Risk and Profit don't multiply by lot size I think - notice in the screenshot how the lot size was 0.2 lots but the $risk=pips_risk

I tried fixing it with this:


But that just makes the $ Risk and profit $0 - any suggestions? (weirdly the label values disappeared though)

Please let me know if there's something I can do to omit the 'label' values, but no worries if not. I always have a TP and SL set, so the self chosen value doesn't impact me - but I mentioned it in case you or someone else wonders where it's from.

Lastly - is there a way to remove the order once closed? it doesn't seem to refresh until a new order is placed. In the screenshot below, please note how the tally row has refreshed after the order was closed, but not the order row which still seems to indicate that the order is still open.



Cheers,
J

Hi J,

Mods as requested.
Thought I had multiplied risk pips/$ by lots but perhaps edited/deleted out by mistake)
'Label' removed.
'-' added.
order removed.
Will look at risk?$ for orders with no TP/SL later if I get chance.

M.

PS. Nice cats ... how do you manage to feed them all ;-)

Ha - not with my great coding skills - that's for sure

Thanks very much for the mods. I noticed that a * 10 had to be added for the dollar amount, which I've added to the version attached. I also changed the decimals for the $ amounts.

Did my best to increase it for the 8 pairs I trade, but for some reason I can't get it to read the correct Stop Prices - the rest seems fine. I've added comments where I changed stuff.

Hopefully this will be of use to you as well M?

Any advice on the Stops? Did I screw something else up re changing it to extra currencies.

Cheers,
J



In the srceenshot above:

* extra pairs added
* decimals changed
* lot multiplier added (it was calculating as 1 pip @ 1 lot = $1)
* copyright fixed

Sorry cannot spot an error.
Looks OK and no reason why it would have changed from before apart from a factor of 10.

M.

My apologies M - I meant I screwed the sell price up, not stops. I need .

No Probs - I'll dig further. In the screenshot above the USDCHF and EURCAD sell prices were in fact 0.90936 and 1.47689 respectively.

As I typed this I just realised - it's adding the sells to the above sell prices. I.e. it took EJ's 142.870 + UC's 0.90936 = 143.7794

I can't figure out in the code where though.

Leave it with me - I'll figure it out...

No time at present, sorry.

Check ... for(j = 0; j < 8; j++) // each pair // added for extra currencies
Think it should be for(j = 0; j < 9; j++) // each pair // added for extra currencies

see if that fixes it

M.

It didn't, but don't worry about it please M. You've been a terrific help already.

I'll let you know if I get it sorted.

There should be a mPriceS = 0;
just after
for(j = 0; j < 8; j++) // each pair // added for extra currencies
{

Scratch what I said - I'd never have figured that out by myself.

Works like a charm.

Thank you!

NP.
Don't break it again!
(No I know it was my initial coding error).

All the best,

M.

My coding's a little like my French - I can read, but as soon as I start speaking I tend to insult people without knowing I'm doing it.

Please don't bother with the open SL/TP values for my sake - I always have them set. If anyone else downloads this though, please bear in mind that the value totals for risk and potential profit will only equate properly if you have TP and SL set - perhaps a good reminder to do so. There are good scripts available here on FF to add predefinable Sl and TPs even on market orders.

I'm bound to break something, but in the interim, here's the version as it stands :-)

Thanks again to futurespec for the help!

I wish both of you are yet logging in into FF and active in FF after 2 years, I need you guys' help as I don't have programming background. Seems your indicator doesn't work in the recent MT4 build.

My manual trading strategy may open a number of orders for more than 12 pairs sometimes. I would like your indicator to have each pair's summary of open orders in pips and $ value (i.e. the net profit/loss of the open positions), would it be possible to let the users to select the number of pairs ? Thanks

Does any one know if there is a modified version of the IExposure-Ticket - v1.0.9.mod that only reports on the (single) chart pair the indicator is active on, rather than all open pair positions (basket)? Could anyone create a further mod that allows you to choose 'only for current (chart) pair' true/false?