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  • #301
  • Edited Feb 13, 2014 6:04am Feb 12, 2014 11:21pm | Edited Feb 13, 2014 6:04am
Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} Have you looked at the trading functions within mql5?
The "functions" are to open an order or change size of that order or close the order.
What is programming using trading functions on that platform is meaningless about diffusion of MT5.

I started programming in '84 writing manually directly opcodes for microcontrollers in a real time environment. After i created for my personal use an assempler disassembler, because wasn't very userful to program writing sequences of numbers and mnemonics were more simple to use. So, learning new languages, change developing environment is what I'm doing from 30 years, if I must learn something new I learn it.

Your question is for traders, not for programmers.
The reply is that traders don't wont simply trade opening a single position per pair.
The fail of MT5 happened for that, not because is a new programming environment or because MetaQuotes has rewritten all trading functions.
MetaQuotes thinks that MetaTrader is a software developing environment (but, if were this, programmers would not use it because it is an environment obsolete (MT5 included), now the environment is Visual Studio, and yet I am one that use it).
MetaTrader is a trading platform, that is the point, and till TRADERS will not adopt it, programmers will not adopt it.


I've just applied all Windows updates on my CNS VPS.
After restart, ALL MT4 present have decided that the "Data path" NOW, is the same as "Terminal path" and have lost all settings.
So I copied all data present in that stupid/hash directories in "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\MetaQuotes\Terminal" in classic "Terminal path".
I hope that at next Windows restart the "Data path" will remain the same.
My associate has decided to use all MT4 with /portable option to eliminate this big source of issues.

I hope that all traders will start a "no trade month" waiting that MetaQuotes resolves all the "BetaTrader" issues.
  • #302
  • Feb 12, 2014 11:28pm Feb 12, 2014 11:28pm
  •  FerruFx
  • Joined May 2007 | Status: MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder | 6,542 Posts | Online Now
Quoting positiveday
{quote} My associate has decided to use all MT4 with /portable ooption to eliminate this big source of issues
That's also very important for those who backup their platform folders regularly (I do every 4 hours!) ... These folders installed elsewhere musn't be forgotten when backup ...
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #303
  • Feb 13, 2014 4:32am Feb 13, 2014 4:32am
If Metaquotes treats users like this there is no point continuing on the platform. They will do it again!!

I refuse to fix what wasn't broken, so as an interim measure have rolled back the mt4 version and will migrate to another platform.

Metaquotes just peaked. Time to SHORT it.
  • #304
  • Feb 13, 2014 5:49am Feb 13, 2014 5:49am
Traders<

I received this update from my broker,

Dear George Berens,
As a result of the recent MetaTrader 4 (MT4) Build 600 upgrade, and subsequent versions, the folders for saving EAs have been moved.

To identify your MT4 build click Help > About on your client terminal

https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr...014_075902.png

Since this upgrade EAs, Indicators, Scripts and Library files are now to be saved in different locations.

You can access this folder from your MT4 client terminal by clicking on File > Open Data Folder.

All indicators should be saved in the folder titled: MQL4 > Experts.

All indicators should be saved in the folder titled: MQL4 > Indicators.

All library files should be saved in the folder titled: MQL4 > Libraries.

All script files should be saved in the folder titled: MQL4 > Scripts.

Clients using an earlier MT4 build, please note that once you upgrade to the new version your EAs, Indicators, Scripts and Library files will be transferred automatically to the folders mentioned above. Please ensure that this is effective once you upgrade and that your EAs and/or indicators are working correctly.

Finally, the MQL4 language has also been modified in this latest build, and this may interfere with your installed Expert Advisors (EAs) and indicators. If you notice any issues with your pre-installed EAs or indicators we encourage you to take the below actions.
Action 1: Contact your EA provider if you do not have the source code available and request an updated version of the EA, or ensure that the current one can properly run under the new MT4 build.
Action 2: If you have written your own EAs or have the source code available, please follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Tools > MetaQuotes Language Editor – a new window will appear.

  1. Navigate to View > Navigator – the Navigator box will appear in this window (if not shown already).

  1. Double-click on the EA/indicator you would like to use and update – the relevant EA script will appear in the main window.

  1. Alternatively navigate to File > Open to locate the relevant EA/indicator source code saved on your computer.

  1. Click on Compile in the toolbar on top of the main window (or navigate to File > Compile) – a message will appear in the Toolbox window at the bottom.

  1. Once this has completed and there are no error messages displayed you will need to close and reopen your MT4 client – your EAs and indicators should now be ready to use

  1. If errors or warnings are displayed please review your code again or consult an MQL4 expert.

  1. If it is an EA you are using, it may be good to back test it again, and/or run it on a demo environment for a while prior to using it live.


FinFX wants to inform our clients that we do not upgrade to latest version of MT4 until it has been fully tested on by our development team and with our technology providers.

Build 509 will be usable as long as MetaQuotes keeps the build available for login. Currently the oldest supported version is build 500 and according to MetaQuotes this should not change meaning that even after we have upgraded our server to the latest build, clients can still use the old build 509.

Feel free to contact our Customer Support team via live chat or email [email protected] for further assistance.


Hope this helps

  • #305
  • Feb 13, 2014 6:22am Feb 13, 2014 6:22am
I need some help.
My mt4 604, don't have the zigzag indicator and when I copy paste the zigzag indicator from the last mt4 509, don´t work, what do I need to do, thank you.
  • #306
  • Feb 13, 2014 9:17am Feb 13, 2014 9:17am
[quote=Pipwizer;7279467]Traders< I received this update from my broker, Dear George

Oh THANK YOU!!

That fixed the ding....
Happy pips!
Scarlett
  • #307
  • Edited 12:43pm Feb 13, 2014 10:17am | Edited 12:43pm
Made my decision today - moving all my Forex trading over to Ninjatrader! I see MT4 possibly going down hill from here as this new trend does not look good. The "morphing" of MT4 into MT5 is not my idea of a game I want to play.


List of brokers for Ninjatrader - http://www.ninjatrader.com/Ecosystem/Broker.php


I will work to have all my systems over to ninjatrader in the next 30 to 60 days.


I like the protrader.com option if they had a better list of brokers to use.
  • #308
  • Feb 13, 2014 2:13pm Feb 13, 2014 2:13pm
Quoting bodypip
I need some help. My mt4 604, don't have the zigzag indicator and when I copy paste the zigzag indicator from the last mt4 509, don´t work, what do I need to do, thank you.
From post #304:

"Since this upgrade EAs, Indicators, Scripts and Library files are now to be saved in different locations.

You can access this folder from your MT4 client terminal by clicking on File > Open Data Folder.

All indicators should be saved in the folder titled: MQL4 > Indicators."


Note: copy ONLY the zigzag.ex4 file (NOT the mq4 file) from .....(your MT4 build 509)/experts/indicators to the folder described above.
  • #309
  • Feb 13, 2014 2:38pm Feb 13, 2014 2:38pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} From post #304: "Since this upgrade EAs, Indicators, Scripts and Library files are now to be saved in different locations. You can access this folder from your MT4 client terminal by clicking on File > Open Data Folder. All indicators should be saved in the folder titled: MQL4 > Indicators." Note: copy ONLY the zigzag.ex4 file (NOT the mq4 file) from .....(your MT4 build 509)/experts/indicators to the folder described above.
If you install a brand new Build 604 download on your PC (not a 509 that auto-upgraded to a Build 600 series) do you still ONLY install the .ex4 files to the new Build 604 Experts (EA'S) or Indicators (indicators) folder?
  • #310
  • Feb 13, 2014 2:40pm Feb 13, 2014 2:40pm
BTW, some additional Build 604 reference material............


http://www.dailyfx.com/forex_forum/f...ml#post1850262
  • #311
  • Feb 13, 2014 2:47pm Feb 13, 2014 2:47pm
Quoting COGnizant
{quote} If you install a brand new Build 604 download on your PC (not a 509 that auto-upgraded to a Build 600 series) do you still ONLY install the .ex4 files to the new Build 604 Experts (EA'S) or Indicators (indicators) folder?
COG,

Yes, it's safest to copy the .ex4s only. MetaQuotes assure us (for whatever that's worth! ) that all .ex4s that ran happily on 509 will continue to run, without modification, on 600 onward. The trick is to copy them to the correct folder (the folder structure has changed in 600).

Whereas many .mq4 files that compiled without errors in 509 will no longer compile cleanly in 600 onward. This is because the MQL4 programming language has changed, i.e. some of the commands in 509 are no longer recognized.

Good luck with Ninja. I'd consider changing platform myself, except that would likewise necessitate re-coding a lot of my EAs and indicators. Hence I'd be no better off, at least in the short term.

David
  • #312
  • Feb 13, 2014 3:01pm Feb 13, 2014 3:01pm
OK - sounds good!


I like Ninjatrader due to the Ninjatrader 8 version they will release later in the year. That version has some amazing performance enhancements that take advantage of better computing power. I have almost everything I need for Ninjatrader converted now so I just have to start shifting accounts to a few different brokers.
  • #313
  • Feb 13, 2014 3:28pm Feb 13, 2014 3:28pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} From post #304: "Since this upgrade EAs, Indicators, Scripts and Library files are now to be saved in different locations. You can access this folder from your MT4 client terminal by clicking on File > Open Data Folder. All indicators should be saved in the folder titled: MQL4 > Indicators." Note: copy ONLY the zigzag.ex4 file (NOT the mq4 file) from .....(your MT4 build 509)/experts/indicators to the folder described above.
I did not know, that I should only copy the ex4 files and not the mq4.
Problem solved and thanks for your help
  • #314
  • Feb 13, 2014 4:05pm Feb 13, 2014 4:05pm
hi all.
How I make 2 graph show on one window? EUR/USD and XAUUSD?
  • #315
  • Feb 13, 2014 4:50pm Feb 13, 2014 4:50pm
I just added a new laptop for my home and my broker has changed over to build 604. I found out how to transfer my indicators, experts etc but I am having a problem with chart management. I follow 8 pairs and like to tile them vertically. In the past, mt4 would make 2 rows of 4 and stack them for easy visual following. In build 604, mt4 arranges them all side by side giving me tall skinny charts that just wont work (at least for me). Has anyone else seen this? what can be done?
  • #316
  • Feb 13, 2014 5:35pm Feb 13, 2014 5:35pm
Quoting 68jules
I just added a new laptop for my home and my broker has changed over to build 604. I found out how to transfer my indicators, experts etc but I am having a problem with chart management. I follow 8 pairs and like to tile them vertically. In the past, mt4 would make 2 rows of 4 and stack them for easy visual following. In build 604, mt4 arranges them all side by side giving me tall skinny charts that just wont work (at least for me). Has anyone else seen this? what can be done?

in the top Menu > Window,> you have four options for arrangement - Cascade, Tile, Horizontal and Vertical. Chose the one you want.
Honesty is a very expensive gift. You wont find it in cheap people.WBuffett
  • #317
  • Feb 14, 2014 2:57am Feb 14, 2014 2:57am
Quoting CodeMeister
{quote} Its not a question of working,its a question of doing things properly and maximizing the security of your machine. The program files directory is for executables, not data that changes. In order to take full advantage of the new MS securrity model, there should be a strict separation of code and data, but MetaQuotes didn't get the memo and still do things as if it were 1995. But better to put executables in the data area than vice versa.
You know what. That is absolutely bull crap!
I do not need anyone to help me protect myself from myself. That is the dumbest thing and biggest excuse I ever heard for a click of people trying to take over a population of people such as those who have used MT4 successfully for years. I KNOW HOW TO SECURE MY OWN FUCKING COMPUTER! The real purpose of all the crap is to disenfranchise us from our own successful implementations of codes that we have come to use and like.

You guys disgust me. As soon as there is any other platform that will allow some freedom of use again for the average trade/coder I gone from this Metacrap garbage. Those responsible ROSH that those fucks could not make it with MT5 so they had to take a great version like MT4 and totally FUCK IT UP. Assholes!
Charts never lie! (everyone else does) ... now where's that FF Adult lounge
  • #318
  • Feb 14, 2014 3:11am Feb 14, 2014 3:11am
Quoting TraderJoe
{quote} You know what. That is absolutely bull crap! I do not need anyone to help me protect myself from myself. That is the dumbest thing and biggest excuse I ever heard for a click of people trying to take over a population of people such as those who have used MT4 successfully for years. I KNOW HOW TO SECURE MY OWN FUCKING COMPUTER! The real purpose of all the crap is to disenfranchise us from our own successful implementations of codes that we have come to use and like. You guys disgust me. As soon as there is any other platform that will allow...
feel better?



On one hand I don't mind them separating the user data from the application, but why bury it down some stupid blind alley where nobody can find or access it easily, what was wrong with the users home directory... dumb dumb dumb, hence I use the portable flag and have all my stuff in the MT install directory still as I expect most people will.
  • #319
  • Feb 14, 2014 4:17am Feb 14, 2014 4:17am
Quoting CodeMeister
{quote} Its not a question of working,its a question of doing things properly and maximizing the security of your machine. The program files directory is for executables, not data that changes. In order to take full advantage of the new MS securrity model, there should be a strict separation of code and data, but MetaQuotes didn't get the memo and still do things as if it were 1995. But better to put executables in the data area than vice versa.
Such a structural change with a 7 day beforehand announcement is by itself a huge violation of best IT practices. It adds unneccessary technical operational risks into the trading with MT4. We will see if the german regulators tolerate such an approach and shut them down in germany.

Not that trading is inherently unrisky - but this additional technical risk is completely out of the scope of an UDPATE and MetaQuotes attitude to roll out live and demo accounts simultaneously is beyond any good manners.

I for myself lost trust in the software of this company as they put MY money at risk in this way.
  • #320
  • Feb 14, 2014 4:32am Feb 14, 2014 4:32am
Quoting MaxDoom
On one hand I don't mind them separating the user data from the application, but why bury it down some stupid blind alley where nobody can find or access it easily
Why? It's very easy to find: in your terminal File > Open Data Folder
You can even see the path in your explorer, if you choose so.
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