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You may also need to take into account the minimum distance that your broker allows stops/limits to be placed away from current price

This will only open both sides if the current price is between the high and low, if the current price is outside then only one leg will be opened and you would get the 130 message for the other.

What entries do you have in the maximum deviation field for each MT4 instance, and have you checked the maximum deviation in each instance. I have found that since brokers went to 5 decimal places you must have this checked and have a deviation of at least 30 (3 pips) in order to get filled as...

IP Blocking Bookies tend to block IP addresses from the states - I would presume financial bookies do the same. You would need a VPN set up to a UK or European site.

EA's The standard indicators are built into the MT4 language. in meta editor select help/technical indicators for a list of indicators and their parameters. Just decide which indicator(s) you wish to use and then open/close trades. There are a number of standard EA's available from meta editor...

Everyone welcome Saturday 12:00 The Bell Nottingham

See you at 12:00 in the Bell. All welcome Kevin

21st is good for me

Not sure if this will help, but there is a parameter in tools/options/trade /deviation which determines if a requote is automatically accepted. This previously defaulted to 3 to accept a quote if it was within 3 pips of the current quote. With the extra decimal place you will be requoted if the...

Nottingham meeting Have to agree - very enjoyable meet up. Look forward to next time. Kevin

OK with me

Ignore the Leeds location - I am now based in Nottingham, but have not figured out how to edit the location yet

I would be up for that.

In MT4 and Alpari, you can close off a partial position just change the number of lots to close on the close screen.

I presume the data is being imported from a file. If so either rename the file to xxxxx.CSV and double click to open it, or use DATA, GET EXTERNAL DATA, INPORT TEXT FILE, and import as comma delimited