Ok I'll try to clarify the situation, it is very strange. This is on desktop version.

When I export from fxdreema as .mp4, the new EA icon in MT4 is greyed out, as only a .ex4 file should be. When I export a .ex4 file, it shows up as yellow, which it shouldn't be, it should be grey.

In addition, this .mq4 file wouldn't even attach to a chart and cannot be imported back into fxdreema, as if it's a .ex4 file. I don't know why it wouldn't attach to a chart though. Of course I always close and reopen MT4 after exporting a project. Now, if I export the project as .ex4, it CAN be imported back into fxdreema as if it were a .mq4 file.

I've also just noticed in my Experts folder that all my EA's that are MQL4 Source Files have the notebook page with a red 4 on them as an icon, and the EX4 files all have the blue guy with a black graduation cap. I believe this should be reversed! The blue guy is supposed to be the icon for the MQL4 Source Files and the white page with a 4 is the icon for the EX4 files is it not?

At least this is how I always remembered it, and the reversal of these might explain the problems I'm seeing with the exported project in MT4. If I export as .mq4 but the file is in fact exporting as .ex4, then the icon in my experts folder would be correct, even though for "Type" it still says MQL4.

And also, when I used to export the .mq4 file, the .ex4 file would be automatically created in my experts folder within a couple minutes. Of course it doesn't do this anymore. Am I the only one experiencing this issue? Maybe it's a problem with my PC? I've built and exported literally hundreds of EA's and their variations with fxdreema over the last 2+ years so I'm not experiencing a newbie issue. I probably spend more time on fxdreema than I do at my full time job. In fact many times I use fxdreema even when I'm at my job!

I took a break from working on EA's in mid October and just restarted, so if changes have been made on fxdreema or MT4 I wouldn't know about them. I also haven't touched the PC in this same time period. I bought a brand new laptop 1 year ago and I ONLY use it for building/testing EA's to keep it clean and running fast, so I haven't made any software changes on my end. Have any changes been made to the desktop software that might have resulted in a glitch or am I just going crazy? Maybe I should have taken a longer break?

@imagine2021 said in EA doesn't open in MT4:

Yes I understand that, but as I mentioned, prior to a couple months ago, I've only exported and ran .mq4 files from fxdreema onto MT4 and they worked fine. The reason I only used these was because you are constantly testing and revising EA's so there was no point in exporting the .ex4 file, particularly if the .mq4 file would run on MT4. They've been running on my MT4 platform for the last 2 years that I've been using dreema with no problems. Now all of a sudden they don't work, and in addition they seem to be flipped with the .ex4 files on the MT4 itself. I mean that exported .mq4 files now show up with a grey dot in their icon (like normal .ex4 files do) when they used to be yellow, and when I export .ex4 files they show up yellow, meaning you could access the code, even though it seems you still can't.

Could it be that for some reason my computer or MT4 platform is not automatically creating a sister .ex4 file after I export the .mq4 file which is causing these issues? I'm not seeing this happen now and it always used to.

Yes I understand that, but as I mentioned, prior to a couple months ago, I've only exported and ran .mq4 files from fxdreema onto MT4 and they worked fine. The reason I only used these was because you are constantly testing and revising EA's so there was no point in exporting the .ex4 file, particularly if the .mq4 file would run on MT4. They've been running on my MT4 platform for the last 2 years that I've been using dreema with no problems. Now all of a sudden they don't work, and in addition they seem to be flipped with the .ex4 files on the MT4 itself. I mean that exported .mq4 files now show up with a grey dot in their icon (like normal .ex4 files do) when they used to be yellow, and when I export .ex4 files they show up yellow, meaning you could access the code, even though it seems you still can't.

@valleyfx said in Stop Loss:

Hi! i'm not having sucess in "search" with an project to find the last high or low in 30 candles and make it + 1.5 pips (15 pipetes) or -1.5 pips to set stop loss, anybody has any way of making it work? Thanks

i have no projects with it, want to implement.

For Stop-Loss mode in your Sell block use Custom (price level), Market Properties, Highest point (candles period). Then enter the start and stop candle ID, 0 and 30 and for adjust you want to enter the pips in a decimal format congruent to the pair traded. So 1.5 pips might be .00015 on eurusd.

So I found the problem but it leads to another problem. Keep in mind I'm working with the desktop version, but I always save projects as .mq4 so that they can be imported and edited later. This turned out to be the problem. I haven't used fxdreema in a couple months so something must have changed or a bug appeared, but now saving in .mq4 gives you an EA icon in MT4 that's greyed out, like it's a .ex4 file and can't be edited.

Furthermore, this file wouldn't even open at all and couldn't be placed on a chart. Then I tried saving the project as a .ex4 file and I get an EA icon in MT4 that's yellow, like a .mq4 file used to be and it opens fine. I would just keep using it like this, however when I try to import this same file saved as .ex4 onto another computer running fxdreema it won't work, just like in the past how .ex4 files cannot be imported into the program.

So what does this all mean? Am I missing something here?

What does it mean when you drag your EA over to a chart and nothing happens? Other EA's work fine, and the EA in question worked fine before making a change, then all of a sudden it doesn't work anymore.

I undid the changes I made and it still won't open. Only by disconnecting 90% of the blocks will it let me attach it to a chart. These are blocks that were all working fine before. What might be the primary cause of this and how could I troubleshoot it?

I know I've ran into instances where the project would no longer save in fxdreema which I fixed by correcting some of the Global settings, but I'm not sure where to look here.

Great that's awesome, thank you!

would this work?

https://fxdreema.com/shared/wqxK4IMK

I didnt test it but I think it would wait for the current candle close to be above the last candle close, ensuring that there is a candle close, then check that the RSI is above 70. That would mean that that you had a candle close above the 70 level.

This is where I'm having the problem. Under Market Properties, I see I can isolate the highest point over a period of time (yesterday) which is what I want to do, however that's just the market pricing. These same options to find the highest point made by the upper Bollinger Band (or any indicator) during that same period of hours isn't there, and I can't find another way to do it.

In the example, my goal would be to draw an arrow on the chart if the price is currently below the high point of yesterdays Upper Bollinger Band, produced on the 1 hour chart. In a perfect world, I would just use the condition block as shown, and under More Settings set Timeframe to H1 since I need the BB data from the 1 hour chart. Then under Even More Settings (doesn't exist), I would choose the Highest Point (hours period) 00:00 - 23:59 with a Day Offset of 1.

Otherwise, I've experimented with the Variables and Modify Variables blocks as you mentioned but can't figure out how to get all the needed data to link up as you described. Do you have any suggestions?

https://fxdreema.com/shared/vj83N8Exe

I don't know if this makes a difference, but I didn't mention that I wanted to use past values. I can look in my Data Window and see the value of the BB upper or lower band for any individual candle in the past on my 1 hr chart. Wouldn't that constitute a direct value that could be obtained by an EA function since it's fixed in the past? Then I would simply like my EA to be able to isolate the highest value achieved during the previous calendar day.