How to add stop loss and take profit to your EA. This covers simple point based as well as an example using ATR multiples. If you have not seen the earlier parts where the framework is developed the links below will take you to those articles. Part 1 built the EA template and the expert […]
MQL By Request #6 – An EA with ATR Take Profit and Stop Loss Read More »
I’ve been using a common framework Version 1 in this by request series. The framework is evolving as the series moves along and was never intended to be a commercial product. The framework has always been intended for use to support tutorials. That means that the framework is more of a kit or toolbox and
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How to write a Moving Average Cross EA using the EA framework. This is in answer to a subscriber question on how to write a moving average cross EA for MT5. It is also a good example for first use of the EA framework developed in parts 1-3 of this series. To write the EA
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If you are trading with a risk management approach then you need to calculate the amount you are prepared to risk and from that the lot size to trade if you have a fixed stop loss or the stop loss price if you want to fix lot sizes. The calculations are really very simple and
How to Calculate Lot Sizes and Risk Pricing with MQL4 and MQL5 Read More »
In this video I show how to create a telemetry class and set up your VPS so that your client computer can monitor your remote EA without needing to log onto the VPS MQL4 OOP – Telemetry classes to monitor your VPS remotely
Writing telemetry for MT4 to remotely monitor your EA running on a VPS Read More »
This is the tenth part in the OOP series and the third developing an EA. In this part I take the EA developed earlier and extend the functionality to manage open trades, still using OO techniques. The sample files used in this and the earlier videos are available for download below the video Download the
MQL4 Object Oriented Development Part 10 – Managed EA Read More »
This follows from the earlier step by step video and updates the EA with exit criteria and an OO entry and exit filter. The sample files used in this and the earlier videos are available for download below the video Download the example code from the link below All downloads in this series
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There is no object oriented development in this tutorial but this simple expert advisor will form the basis of improvements that will use the object oriented techniques from earlier tutorials in the series. This video shows how to build a “Set and Forget” style expert advisor using a simple 3 moving average trading strategy. The
Build an Expert Advisor Step by Step – MQL4 Object Oriented Development Part 8 Read More »
Developing experts or indicators that use comparative or relative pricing involves frequent tests for trade direction. These techniques will help to make the coding seamless. Use the button below to download the functions shown in the video. GitHub: https://github.com/OrchardForexTutorials/200203_comparing_buy_and_sell_prices_-_revisit
Comparing prices in Metatrader – How to handle buy and sell pricing Read More »
Use common techniques to write an EA in 10 minutes
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