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Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic OrdersTotal() not working for pending orders in backtester
One more issue with pending orders and backtester... I put 2 pending orders and then OrdersTotal() = 0 when 1 of the pending orders is opened OrdersTotal() = 1. According to the MQL5 reference OrdersTotal() should give the number of all orders
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic Does expiration work for pending orders in backtester?
I make the following code for a pending order but then it seems that the order doesn't expire after 1 hour in the backtester Any idea why?          request.action=TRADE_ACTION_PENDING;
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic Tester: exchange rate cannot be calculated
Hi, I get this error "Tester: exchange rate cannot be calculated" when trying to backtest indexes such as _DJI on Alpari. This error doesn't occur on Forex, Futures or CFD just indexes. I saw that this error was mentioned in the old forum
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic CopyLow or CopyHigh make some ticks skipped in backtester
First of all I know that in the journal a lot of info is missing and I have to check the agent logs. I am talking about the agent logs here. When I have my code without CopyLow or CopyHigh I see all ticks called If I do   
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Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic how to update values in a middle of a CSV file
I have an existing file thath I open with both WRITE and READ rights to be able to update it. I want to update 2 values that are somewhere in the file. I first go tothe correctpositionbyreading the data before. But then should I just write the new
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic Tick charts
Is it planned to get real tick charts in MT4? I mean in a window like the one you get for M1, H1... and were you can apply indicators . I understand that storing the history of tichs would be too heavy but at least the ticks might be collected from
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic why partial close is not working?
In the OrderClose function you are able to define a lot size, then you would hope to only partially close the orders as it works for manual orders. But it doesn't work. The order is closed only if the lot size is the total lot size (then why to have
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic Build 207 very slow to load
I have noticed that more and more (specially with the latest build 207) it takes a very long time to start MT4 and it requires a lot of virtual memory. I don't have a bad computer (laptop with 1 Gb RAM) but it becomes really painfull to start MT4
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic How to remove demo accounts
I have several demo accounts that have expired and I would like to remove them from the list of accounts. Do you know how to do that? Thanks
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic How to limit the possible values taken by an extenal parameter?
I would like to limit the choice of possible values taken by an external parameter . I there a simple way to do than testing the allowed values and displaying an alert if it is different? For instance, let's say that I have extern int SL; and I want
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic Problem with MarketInfo / MODE_TIME
Hello, I would like to get the time of the last tick for a currency that is not the currency where I am running the EA. According to the doc I make RefreshRates (); datetime time1 = MarketInfo("EURUSD",MODE_TIME); but time1 is always 0. Any
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic MT4 to MT3
I will need to convert files from MT4 to MT3 and download a MT3 platform. Can you give me advice if there is any tutorial for this convertion, and where I should download the platform? Thank you
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic Can I perform an operation in the EA triggered by the change of external inputs by the user
Basically I would like to reinitialize one variable if the user changes the inputs values. I think that if the user changes the input, the EA is not reloaded but just the inputs are reloaded. Are also the EA's globlal variables reinitialised or is
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic OrderSend - error 4059 ERR_FUNCTION_NOT_ALLOWED_IN_TESTING_MODE
In one of my EA I get the error 4059 ERR_FUNCTION_NOT_ALLOWED_IN_TESTING_MODE on a OrderSend function. What is strange is that the first 2 orders are send correctly and then suddenly the others give all the same error 4059 Any idea why? thanks
Jean-Luc Plagnaud
Added topic Where to find historical data
Hi, I am new in using the MetaQuotes platform and the historical data that came with the platform (GBPUSD M5) went only from mid-june this year. Is there a way to get at least the whole year 2006 in M5 for GBPUSD? Thanks