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 Algorithmic trading

Development of Forex Robot and technical indicators

Algorithm Trading (Automated Trading) is one of the most powerful components of Meta Trader 4 and allows you to develop, test, and execute specialized expert advisors and technical indicators. It removes barriers to analytical and trade activities.

The platform’s MQL4,5 IDE (integrated development environment) allows the development of specialized expert advisors (trading robots) and technical indicators of any complexity. At its core is MQL4,5 object-oriented programming language for the development of trading strategies. It offers high efficiency, flexibility and functionality.

Built-in meta editor designed to develop MQL4,5’s trading strategies. It also has troubleshooting

Compilation is also done in the editor. After that, the application will automatically move to Meta Trader 4, which can be tested or optimized in Strategic Tester, another MQL4,5 IDE component. The Meta Trader 4 platform runs trading applications, making it the ultimate component of the environment.

So, in Meta Trader 4, your index analyzes the market and a special expert advisor trades in them. But that is not all. You can use your finished product in several other ways.

You can watch the video below and understand how robot trading works

This is example Forex Robot CODE

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| MACD Sample.mq4 |
//| Copyright 2005-2014, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| http://www.mql4.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "2005-2014, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "http://www.mql4.com"

input double TakeProfit =50;
input double Lots =0.1;
input double TrailingStop =30;
input double MACDOpenLevel =3;
input double MACDCloseLevel=2;
input int MATrendPeriod =26;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick(void)
{
double MacdCurrent,MacdPrevious;
double SignalCurrent,SignalPrevious;
double MaCurrent,MaPrevious;
int cnt,ticket,total;
//---
// initial data checks
// it is important to make sure that the expert works with a normal
// chart and the user did not make any mistakes setting external 
// variables (Lots, StopLoss, TakeProfit, 
// TrailingStop) in our case, we check TakeProfit
// on a chart of less than 100 bars
//---
if(Bars<100)
{
Print("bars less than 100");
return;
}
if(TakeProfit<10)
{
Print("TakeProfit less than 10");
return;
}
//--- to simplify the coding and speed up access data are put into internal variables
MacdCurrent=iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_MAIN,0);
MacdPrevious=iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_MAIN,1);
SignalCurrent=iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_SIGNAL,0);
SignalPrevious=iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_SIGNAL,1);
MaCurrent=iMA(NULL,0,MATrendPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
MaPrevious=iMA(NULL,0,MATrendPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,1);

total=OrdersTotal();
if(total<1)
{
//--- no opened orders identified
if(AccountFreeMargin()<(1000*Lots))
{
Print("We have no money. Free Margin = ",AccountFreeMargin());
return;
}
//--- check for long position (BUY) possibility
if(MacdCurrent<0 && MacdCurrent>SignalCurrent && MacdPrevious<SignalPrevious && 
MathAbs(MacdCurrent)>(MACDOpenLevel*Point) && MaCurrent>MaPrevious)
{
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,3,0,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"macd sample",16384,0,Green);
if(ticket>0)
{
if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES))
Print("BUY order opened : ",OrderOpenPrice());
}
else
Print("Error opening BUY order : ",GetLastError());
return;
}
//--- check for short position (SELL) possibility
if(MacdCurrent>0 && MacdCurrent<SignalCurrent && MacdPrevious>SignalPrevious && 
MacdCurrent>(MACDOpenLevel*Point) && MaCurrent<MaPrevious)
{
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,3,0,Bid-TakeProfit*Point,"macd sample",16384,0,Red);
if(ticket>0)
{
if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES))
Print("SELL order opened : ",OrderOpenPrice());
}
else
Print("Error opening SELL order : ",GetLastError());
}
//--- exit from the "no opened orders" block
return;
}
//--- it is important to enter the market correctly, but it is more important to exit it correctly... 
for(cnt=0;cnt<total;cnt++)
{
if(!OrderSelect(cnt,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES))
continue;
if(OrderType()<=OP_SELL && // check for opened position 
OrderSymbol()==Symbol()) // check for symbol
{
//--- long position is opened
if(OrderType()==OP_BUY)
{
//--- should it be closed?
if(MacdCurrent>0 && MacdCurrent<SignalCurrent && MacdPrevious>SignalPrevious && 
MacdCurrent>(MACDCloseLevel*Point))
{
//--- close order and exit
if(!OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),Bid,3,Violet))
Print("OrderClose error ",GetLastError());
return;
}
//--- check for trailing stop
if(TrailingStop>0)
{
if(Bid-OrderOpenPrice()>Point*TrailingStop)
{
if(OrderStopLoss()<Bid-Point*TrailingStop)
{
//--- modify order and exit
if(!OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Bid-Point*TrailingStop,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Green))
Print("OrderModify error ",GetLastError());
return;
}
}
}
}
else // go to short position
{
//--- should it be closed?
if(MacdCurrent<0 && MacdCurrent>SignalCurrent && 
MacdPrevious<SignalPrevious && MathAbs(MacdCurrent)>(MACDCloseLevel*Point))
{
//--- close order and exit
if(!OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),Ask,3,Violet))
Print("OrderClose error ",GetLastError());
return;
}
//--- check for trailing stop
if(TrailingStop>0)
{
if((OrderOpenPrice()-Ask)>(Point*TrailingStop))
{
if((OrderStopLoss()>(Ask+Point*TrailingStop)) || (OrderStopLoss()==0))
{
//--- modify order and exit
if(!OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Ask+Point*TrailingStop,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Red))
Print("OrderModify error ",GetLastError());
return;
}
}
}
}
}
}
//---
}
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