Michael

Michael has written 41 posts for RaidenWorks

MQL: Get maximum value in an array

Posted by Michael ⋅ 2017-12-11 ⋅ Leave a comment

Simple script illustrating getting the maximum value in an array. Code identical for MQL4 and MQL5. MT4 output: MT5 output:

MQL5: [Invalid price] error on OrderModify

Posted by Michael ⋅ 2017-12-08 ⋅ Leave a comment

There’s a few things that could give the Invalid Prices error from OrderModify. 1. If you are trying to modify price, SL, TP, with the same values as before. 2. If you are trading on an asset which tick size is not the same as the smallest increment of the least significant value, e.g. Nikkei 225 mini … Continue reading →

MQL5: Get P&L of last closed trade

Posted by Michael ⋅ 2017-12-04 ⋅ Leave a comment

A quick script illustrating how to get the P&L of the last closed trade with MQL5.

Joys of coding and life //mutually exclusive

Posted by Michael ⋅ 2017-03-08 ⋅ Leave a comment

Yesterday night at 11:45pm I was coding for the past hour-plus and my wife was chasing me to shower and sleep, telling me I would have 20 mins to finish up. 10 minutes in and 2 decision trees in my neural RAM, she comes and tells me the spare toilet’s cistern is dripping water. I … Continue reading →

GBPUSD spreads on 3 different profile brokers during Brexit day 2016-06-24

Posted by Michael ⋅ 2016-06-28 ⋅ Leave a comment

24th June 2016 saw one of the highest days of volatility coupled with illiquidity ever seen. I happened to be logging tick data when it occurred. This post shows the spread across 3 brokers servicing different clientele and with different liquidity providers. To put things into perspective, the typical spread for GBPUSD is around 1 … Continue reading →