Posts made by james

I have set a "Less than "n" trades are running" block up at the top of my buy/sell tree, with the "Less than" entry pointing to a variable in the Variables list called "Less_n_Trades". This value is set to 3.

I understood, therefore that this would only allow a maximum of 2 trades to run because the help text says, "This block passes only if there are less than a number of trades currently running".

However, running a USDJPY backtest the EA allows at least 3 trades to be open.

Is this expected behaviour of the block?

Yes. I looked at all the EA builders you've mentioned, but they didn't compete with yours! That's why I chose it! What I didn't appreciate was the need for an internet connection for the local version.

This isn't too much of a problem really, but would be most frustrating when wanting to work away from the office.

I'm going to keep using fxDreema as I like it the best. It does what I want, and your support for it is excellent. So I look forward to eventually seeing what you do with making it "almost offline"!

Thanks again.

I know you've been having some problems with your MySQL server recently. However one thing has occurred to me. Personally I prefer to use the local version as I thought it would insulate me a little from internet problems. But it seems it doesn't as the login authentication seems to require an active connection. Getting logged in has been quite frustrating over the last day or so. It also highlights the fact that I can't use fxDreema on a laptop whilst on an aeroplane, for example.

I'd like to make a suggestion which I hope you'll view as supportive; I do like fxDreema a great deal.

Could we please have an local version which will allow us to log in when not internet connected? Maybe you could allow a number - a big-ish number, since I might be on holiday somewhere and wanting to work! - of non-internet connected logins before one was mandatory.

Many thanks!

This is still happening. On the Alpari demo account I have a true spread of 0.027 on USDJPY. On the chart the fxDreema generated EA shows 2.70. I'm calculating the spread thus:

Spread=MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_ASK)-MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_BID);

I'm still getting a "wrong data" error when trying to use && in a custom mql4 code block in the new version of the local version. || seems to be OK.

Yes. I am using copy-paste on the same account.

However, this morning it is working for me!

No. Actually I'm copy/pasting between two sessions of the local version.

I'm experiencing strange behaviour with this block and code now in the new local version.

I can create this block OK, and input the script, and save it. Then later when I re-edit I get an error message at the top of the screen in a pink surround saying, "Error: Wrong data".

Any thoughts?

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Just wanted to say that I love the new interface on fxDreema! Well done - and thank you!

I have one small query. Previously I could have two instances of fxDreema open, and do a copy and paste of selected blocks between them. This doesn't seem to work any more. Is this expected behaviour, because this was quite a useful thing to be able to do.

Oops! I'm feeling rather foolish! Thank you so much for your very quick help. I did look at that one, but it didn't seem to provide quite what I needed. Anyway - as I say, I'm feeling foolish! - I overlooked the "On Trade event - trade closed" block. Using this, a formula and a variable "Current_Balance" its easy to do this:

On init - Current_Balance = AccountBalance
On trade - Trade closed event: Current_balance = Current_Balance + event trade attribute profit amount of trade.

Simple!

I'd be really grateful for a little help and advice. Although I haven't tried yet, I'm planning to run a single EA over several different symbols from my broker.

What I'd like to be able to do is have a comment on each chart showing the running profit/loss (balance) of each symbol.

How can this be achieved?

I know this isn't at all helpful, but I'm completely unable to replicate the problem deliberately. I can do the same as you have on http://fxdreema.com/shared/iBdbdWqsd, both on-line and in the local version. But from time to time the local version throws this up at me. I can't see any pattern. I'm really sorry to be so vague. If I do spot a pattern I'll let you know - don't worry!

I'm afraid I've bumped into this problem again today. Suddenly one of my Formula blocks with Resultnnn won't store its result in Resultnnn without Resultnnn being declared in the Variables list.

I've tried opening the local library studio several times, but all with the same "This trading platform is not supported" error. As a long shot, does the default web browser have any influence on this on the local version? My default is Google Chrome. Also I'm running on XP SP3.

In the local version, clicking on the "Go to library studio" link produces a new window with an error: "This trading platform is not supported". Its OK on the on-line version.

Is it possible to import items from the on-line library studio to the local version?

Anyway, I got round my problem by creating the block containing the && statement on-line, exporting it, then opening two instances of fxDreema local, and doing a copy and paste.

That seemed to work - but I've still to prove it, which I'll do today sometime. The library studio looks great, but is a little beyond me yet, but using the occasional "Custom MQL4 code" block I can just about do now!

This is odd.

I can do the same as you have on http://fxdreema.com/shared/iBdbdWqsd, both on-line and in the local version.

However, in my much more complex EA, I did see this behaviour. So for good measure I thought I'd test out the problem again. Upon re-launch of fxDreema today I deleted the declared "Result..." Variables. Now when I click "export to .ex4", it all runs smoothly.

Odd! What could possibly be different about today over yesterday? Apart from the fact that I renewed my subscription yesterday...???

I had 2 formulae blocks which stored their temporary results in Result1 and Result2 respectively. I did not have Result1 and Result2 declared in the Variables list.

Later I added another formula block, but this time I directed it to store its result in XYZ, which is a declared Variable in the list.

Now fxDreema needs me to declare Result1 and Result2 as Variables in the list.

Is this expected behaviour?

Have created a shared a shared on-line version at http://fxdreema.com/shared/Pj9D5UFtb.

There seems to be a difference between the local (v 031) and on-line version.

Here's a screenshot from the local version showing the error I get:

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OK. I know what you'll say; "You don't need this!"

But... there was an occasion when it would have been useful to have been able to use "&&" in a custom code block! FxDreema refuses to save the block, with a "wrong data" error. It seems happy with "||", though I haven't tested to see if it actually works.

I asked the query on the http://forum.mql4.com/54522 MT4 forum also. Now I have a custom mql4 block containing:

int total=OrdersTotal();
double v1=0;
SumAllTradesToStopDistances=v1;

for(int pos=0;pos<total;pos++)
    {
     if(OrderSelect(pos,SELECT_BY_POS)==false) continue;
     v1=v1+MathAbs(OrderOpenPrice()-OrderStopLoss());
     SumAllTradesToStopDistances=v1;
    }
Comment("SumAllTradesToStopDistances is: ",SumAllTradesToStopDistances;

And SumAllTradesToStopDistances set up as a variable to use elsewhere.

This seems to do the trick.

Thank you very much, also.