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I’ll be starting the next set of classes on July 6th so if you want to learn how to code MQL4 from a professional developer then read on. As part of my MQL4 training course students are given a video to accompany each lesson. The video compliments the 30 min one on one weekly chat [...]
So you want to start learning to program in MQL and begin writing you own EA’s. Well that’s great but before you start hitting the books and reading the tutorials ask yourself this question. Do you have the right mindset to become a programmer? Believe it or not most people aren’t naturally gifted with the [...]
The point of the Forex Robot World Cup is to create a new standard in every sense, shape or form. And that includes protecting and serving our clients. And NOT being mass marketers as other FX product vendors chose to do and completely disregard YOUR interests.
Does the perfect EA really exist? It’s a question I’ve asked myself many times and I’m sure it’s crossed your mind too. The perfect EA is surely one that can adapt to the current market conditions, that knows when it’s ranging or trending and knows which strategy to employ at the right time to make [...]
If you’re as interested in automated trading as I am you’ve no doubt been following the Forex Robot World Cup. Well the competition is over and the top 3 robots are available to the general public. You also get the Fusion EA that produced a whopping 354% in 19 days of trading on a LIVE [...]
A few weeks ago a client of mine contacted me about a commercial EA he had been testing and was raving about how impressive the results were. He wanted me to check it out and see if I could figure out the strategy and algorithm it was using so that I could program something similar [...]
I’ve been doing some programming recently that involved trading multiple currency pairs from a single EA. It’s pretty impressive to be able to bang your EA on a chart and see it initiate trades on a totally different pair. Couple that with the fact you can trade as many or as few pairs as you [...]
Here’s another trailing stop EA I wrote that uses the iCustom function with an external indicator. In this case it’s the BAT ATR indicator but if you study the code and use the meta editor help file a little you should be able to edit it to use any indicator you want.
Here’s a simple script that I use from time to time and find very useful. If like me you tend to open up orders knowing where you want to set the stop loss and take profit but are too lazy or don’t have the time to work out the correct price then this script is [...]
I’ve coded a simple EA that will trail an open order according to an MA. It’s really simple to use and works like a charm. Makes the task of order trailing a breeze. All you need to do is place your order as normal then set the properties of the EA. Be sure to set [...]
