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  • #1
  • First Post: Apr 14, 2017 5:28am Apr 14, 2017 5:28am
Hi,

I would like to create a single button EA that will open trades based on the output of an indicator (attached) when said button is clicked.
I thought that maybe reading the indicator's buffers would suffice but alas, I was wrong.
I don't have much coding skills (like, zero, more likely) and would love some help with this.
I would rather learn then being spoon fed, so, how do I get a list of the buys and sells signals from this indicator?


Thanks.

[EDIT]
OK, it looks like it actually prints to the screen, the data window is empty for this indicator.
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File Type: ex4 CCFp-Diff_[v2.0](1).ex4   96 KB | 348 downloads
  • #2
  • Apr 14, 2017 5:48am Apr 14, 2017 5:48am
OK,

This is actually getting me somewhere.
Turns out, I can read objects from the chart.
So, I would like to get the content of an object, need to understand how to read the "Text: ¤ ---> Sell" value.

Will update.
  • #3
  • Apr 15, 2017 10:43am Apr 15, 2017 10:43am
This is how I've managed to accomplish this:
Inserted Code
int obj_total=ObjectsTotal();
void GetSignals()
{
  RefreshRates();
  for(i=obj_total-1;i>=0;i--)
  {
    if(StringFind(ObjectName(i),"suggest",0)>0)
    {
      name=ObjectName(i);
      description=ObjectDescription(name);
      StringReplace(name,"1CCF_diff","");
      StringReplace(name,"suggest","");
      StringReplace(description," ¤                  --->    ","");
      BuySell(name,description);
    }
  }
}

There are probably more or better ways to achieve this but the learning process was fun and productive and I'm happy with it.

Now, off to learn how to close all trades.
  • #4
  • May 4, 2017 3:10pm May 4, 2017 3:10pm
So, decided to share what I find and write for myself, learn as I go, if anyone feels like commenting make my poor code better, feel free

Closing all trades function
Inserted Code
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Close orders                                                     |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void CloseOrders()
{
  int  OrderCount=OrdersTotal()-1, i;
  bool ok;
  RefreshRates();
  for(i=OrderCount; i>=0; i--)
  {
    if(OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES))
    {
      if(OrderType()==OP_BUY)
      {
        ok=OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),MarketInfo(OrderSymbol(),MODE_BID),5,clrBlue);
      }
      else if(OrderType()==OP_SELL)
      {
        ok=OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),MarketInfo(OrderSymbol(),MODE_ASK),5,clrRed);
      }
      if(!ok)
      {
        if (TryAgain < MaxTries)
        {
          Sleep(3000);
          TryAgain++;
          CloseOrders();
        }
        Alert("Close failed on "+OrderSymbol()+" due to error: "+IntegerToString(GetLastError())+". TryAgain: "+TryAgain);
      }
      else
      {
        TryAgain = 1;
        ClosedProfit = ClosedProfit + OrderProfit() + OrderCommission() + OrderSwap();
      }
    }
  }
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Two things to note
The first, I've written this for myself, so no MagicID was used, this will close all the open orders.
The second, there's a ClosedProfit calculation which you don't need if you don't plan on calculating closed profit.
  • #5
  • May 4, 2017 3:16pm May 4, 2017 3:16pm
This is how I trail my profit, it's not super duper bestest ever but it works.
Please note that DrawProfit() and CloseAllAndDraw() are functions that print text to the screen and close all trades and are not shown here (don't want to clatter the forum too much so I'm moderating my number of posts here, I'll put them on later).

Inserted Code
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Profit lock  function                                            |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
double ProfitAllTrail()
{
  CurrentProfit = AccountEquity() - AccountBalance();
  if (CurrentProfit>ProfitLockAt && ProfitLocked==0)
  {
    ProfitLocked = ProfitBELocked;
    ProfitLockNext = ProfitLockNext + ProfitLockNextJump;
    DrawProfit();
  }
  if (CurrentProfit > ProfitLockNext)
  {
    ProfitLocked = ProfitLocked + ProfitLockNextJump;
    ProfitLockNext = ProfitLockNext + ProfitLockNextJump;
    DrawProfit();
  }
  if (CurrentProfit>0 && CurrentProfit<=ProfitLocked)
  {
    CloseAllAndDraw();
  }
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
  • #6
  • Last Post: May 4, 2017 3:19pm May 4, 2017 3:19pm
Anyone knows how to open an offline chart using mql4 code?
There's not a lot of information about it and what little I've found is not something I understand. At all
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