Posts made by Cgammons01

Sure. The 2 things I did was rename the indicator to a one word name. Instead of "Pipfinite Trend PRO MT5" I made it "TrendPro". Not sure if this was absolutely needed but I did it for ease anyway. The other thing and the more important thing is that when you're loading the custom indicator into Fx Dreema, DO NOT LOAD any inputs beyond the MAIN SETTINGS. If you do, you'll get the compilation errors. If you're using this indicator or any other Pipfinite indicator, you shouldn't need any inputs beyond the first few anyways. Also, when adding the Periods input, change the name to ThePeriods or whatever else other than just "Periods" as this affects this particular input in a negative way for some reason.

I have figured this out. Let me know if anyone needs help. Thanks!

This question has been asked before on these forums by someone else but there wasn't an answer. I'm using a custom indicator called Pipfinite Trend Pro. When compiling my project, I get this error:

'StringConcatenate' - wrong parameters count
'iCustom' - wrong parameters count

When opened in Meta Editor, the line of code that has a problem is:

StringConcatenate(key, Symbol, Period, "Market/Breakout " , (string)"==========================", (int)CurrentTimeframe(), (double)2.0, (int)1, (double)4.0, (int)25000, (string)"==========================", (bool)true, (bool)true, (bool)true, (bool)true, (string)"==========================", (bool)true, (bool)true, (bool)true, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (int)8, (bool)false, (string)"==========================", (color)DodgerBlue, (int)3, (color)Red, (int)3, (color)MediumBlue, (int)1, (color)Crimson, (int)1, (color)Aqua, (int)2, (color)Yellow, (int)2, (color)Blue, (int)2, (color)Crimson, (int)2, (color)Yellow, (int)1, (color)Yellow, (int)1, (color)Yellow, (int)2, (color)Magenta, (int)1, (color)Magenta, (int)1, (color)Yellow, (int)3, (color)Magenta, (int)2, (color)DarkBlue, (color)DarkBlue, (color)Maroon, (color)Maroon, (color)DarkSlateGray, (color)DarkSlateGray, (color)Yellow, (color)Magenta, (string)"==========================", (bool)false, (bool)false, (int)8, (int)8, (int)8, (double)2.0, (double)20.0, (bool)false, (color)Black, (bool)true, (color)White, (bool)true, (color)Magenta, (color)White, (color)Lime, (color)Red, (color)Yellow, (color)88,0,88, (string)"==========================", (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (bool)false, (string)"alert.wav", (bool)false);

Is something missing to correct this error? Thank you!

@josecortesllobat
Lmao.... I didn't even see that there was a Check Distance function on here.... I must have looked right over it as I scanned through everything. Thanks for pointing it out!

Let's try this. How can I measure a distance between 2 points? Let's say on some candle close, I would like to get the amount of pips from that candle close to the lowest point over the last 8 candles? Then, I would like to take that calculation in pips and compare it to a number of pips like 50. For example, is that number calculated from the above example less than or equal to 50 pips? Please..... Need some help on this. Thank you.

If this has to do with variables, please show me an example on how to use those. I have no idea at this point.

@forexsake

There are many time blocks. Look at all of them. They are very self explainatory. Each one is a different amoun
t of time.

@forexsake

Use a Time Filter Block before the Buy Now or Sell Now block to avoid multiple trades opening.

@fxDreema
@josecortesllobat

@cgammons01

Anyone have any ideas?

So, I am trying to figure out a way to avoid having my EA take certain sized trades. For example, right now after certain conditions are met, it will open a trade. As it does this, it looks at a range of candles to determine where the stoploss will go, (For a Buy Trade, It looks at the last 8 candles and places the stoploss 6 pips lower than the lowest price reached in that range, basically looking for the most recent swing low and placing the stop 6 pips below that. This is all done in the Buy Now block by the way). 
What I am trying to do is avoid taking trades let's say that are 50 pips or more from the point of entry to the stoploss. Since the stoploss is all calculated in the Buy Now block, how can I get this thing to measure the distance from the entry point to the stoploss point calculated and avoid opening a trade if the stoploss calculated is 50 pips or more?

@josecortesllobat

This was exactly the type of thing I was looking for. Thanks for the response Jose!

I need some help figuring out how to have my EA set stop losses based on recent swing hi/lo's OR just off of the candle that has the highest high or the lowest low over the last 10 candles. Thanks in advance for any input on this.

Might have figured this out.... Under the Buy/Sell Blocks I am able to use the Group # parameter and when closing trades, I can use the If Trade block and reference the Group # there right?

Hello.... I'm working on an EA that has a few different ways it places trades. One module places scalping trades with a trailing stop and the other places longer swing trades when certain conditions are met. My problem comes when I'm creating my trade closing rules. I want a separate set of closing rules for my scalping trades and a separate set of closing rules for my longer swing trades. Is there a way I'm not seeing that I can ID these trades so my closing rules don't apply to EVERY trade taken by this EA but just to the ones of a particular module?

Hi there.... Was just wondering if a book was ever going to be published that goes through every block available on this awesome platform and uses examples so all of us novices can grasp a much better understanding to all of this lol. I can make my way around pretty good at this point but there are so many ideas and things I would like to implement into EAs but just don't have the knowledge on how all these blocks work! I know there probably won't ever be a book or a pdf that goes over every block in detail, but one can always dream! Still, this is the best platform I've used to date for building EA's!

You guys just need to use the Time Filter "Once per Bar" or whatever Time Period you need after your conditions blocks, but before your Buy/Sell now blocks.

@miro1360

Thanks.... I actually ended up using the hours filter and just specified a 1 min range at which to close the trades.

Thanks for the link to where this question was kind of asked.... However, it still doesn't tell me how I can get my open trades to close right when the current candle closes and a new one opens. Admin, any ideas?

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how to have my EA close any open trades at current candle close. for example, I have a buy trade that was opened on a 4 hour candle. At the close of that candle, I would like it to close the open trade as well. Any suggestions?

@haliloo They both just mean that it will only allow passage to your next block once per bar and once daily, respectively. As for the time on the daily, I imagine if it allows passage, the 24 hour timer will start right then.