More dumb questions:

[lbranjord]

Ok, so I have an EA that I'm trying to demo, it shows an 'x' and is not placing trades. Any ideas there?

Second question: getting TestGenerator: unmatched data error - i was just testing fine then I did something to beef it up. Anyone know the common causes for this?

Thanks, you guys are great!

 

[lbranjord]

Got it going-needed to turn it on in the Tools menu

still don't understand that Unmatched data error though

 

[Adamus]

MetaTrader4? Hmm, can't help you there, but I have heard that it's really difficult to get your head around some of the stuff it does, so good luck. Having said that, it looks quite useful.

 

[lbranjord]

The mismatched data of MT4 really bugs me. Some serious issues. The code offers most features that I would look for though. I'd like some way to rate fundamentals however, I know, that's crazy.

 

[shadowninja]

MetaTrader4? Hmm, can't help you there, but I have heard that it's really difficult to get your head around some of the stuff it does, so good luck. Having said that, it looks quite useful.

I don't see why. I found it easy to use and I'm used to Windows-style programs.

 

[lbranjord]

I built an EA from scratch after only a few days of googling/learning. I must agree with shadow here. If you can code in any other language, you'll be fine with mql4

 

[Adamus]

OK well I don't remember where I saw the comments on mT that I'm talking about, but I'm obviously picking up fag ends so I'll drop my objections.

 

[lbranjord]

OK well I don't remember where I saw the comments on mT that I'm talking about, but I'm obviously picking up fag ends so I'll drop my objections.

Ha ha, I don't know what fag ends are, but yes, best not to pick them up IMO

 

[wackypete2]

If you didn't get the mismatched error before then are u using a different currency or different time frame than previously? Your terminal doesn't have the correct data stored that you need so it calculates probable data points within a bar or the data set is somehow corrupted.

The only way I could figure out how to get around this (anyone else speak up...??) was to download a new data set in the timeframe I needed.

Peter

 

[lbranjord]

Ok, yeah that makes sense. I test my system on multiple pairs/tf's and the problems get consistently worse. Then I had to uncheck the 'by date' button in order to get it to do anything. MT4 wasn't made for abuse.

 

[wackypete2]

Ok, yeah that makes sense. I test my system on multiple pairs/tf's and the problems get consistently worse. Then I had to uncheck the 'by date' button in order to get it to do anything. MT4 wasn't made for abuse.

exactly.

Peter