Quick post, Metaquotes has rolled out their latest MT4 build 500. Significant thing to note is that it appears to be a mandatory update the moment your selected broker decides to roll it out to clients, i.e. completely bypassing the liveupdate.exe in the root folder. The most glaring intro to this is a pop-up window you’ll … Continue reading
MT4 build 482, a jump from 451, has been released on 2013-03-09. http://forum.mql4.com/54431 A key feature is item 2: Terminal: Increased the number of allowed parallel trading operations for MQL4 programs – up to 8 parallel trade requests are allowed now. This ensures uninterrupted simultaneous trading of several scripts or Expert Advisors – it means … Continue reading
Here’s some simple plots of the EURGBP spread during the course of a day. Initially tried to use Excel but R handles it much faster and leaner. You can evidently see the spikes during news releases and a general increase as the liquidity drops during the Asian hours. 2012-10-07, 2012-10-14, 2012-10-21 are Sundays. Green line … Continue reading
myfxbook is one of the most aesthetically pleasing and versatile MT4 statement reporting sites. Its ease of adding an account surpasses many others, where it uses the investor password to gain access to your statement and uploads it automatically and periodically. No requirement for a separate broadcasting EA to be attached to a chart, neither … Continue reading
Occasionally, your connection to your broker’s price feed is disconnected, either because of your own terminal/router/modem issues, or issues arising from your internet provider/VPS service. This happens often enough that most programmers will consider how their EA’s will pick up and manage open positions when the connection returns. However, as with what I experienced today, … Continue reading
