MT4-Java API

To make use of JFX API, one must create its own strategy java class, extending
com.jfx.strategy.Strategy and overriding coordinate() method:

public class MyStrategy extends com.jfx.strategy.Strategy {
public void init(String symbol, int period, StrategyRunner strategyRunner) {
super.init(symbol, period, strategyRunner);
//
// load existing orders, recover itself from the previous shutdown
//
}
public void deinit() {
// release resources on EA exit
}
public void coordinate() {
// trading logic goes here
/* make use of all API methods: accountBalance, accountCompany, accountCredit, accountCurrency, accountEquity,
accountFreeMargin, accountMargin, accountName, accountNumber, accountProfit, comment, day, dayOfWeek, dayOfYear,
getLastError, getTickCount, hour, iAC, iAD, iADX, iAlligator, iAO, iATR, iBands, iBars, iBarShift, iBearsPower, iBullsPower,
iBWMFI, iCCI, iClose, iCustom, iDeMarker, iEnvelopes, iForce, iFractals, iGator, iHigh, iHighest, iLow, iLowest, iMA, iMACD,
iMFI, iMomentum, iOBV, iOpen, iOsMA, iRSI, iRVI, iSAR, isConnected, isDemo, iStdDev, isTesting, iStochastic,
isTradeContextBusy, isVisualMode, iTime, iVolume, iWPR, marketInfo, minute, month, objectCreate, objectCreate, objectCreate,
objectDelete, objectGet, objectGetFiboDescription, objectSet, objectSetFiboDescription, objectSetText, objectsTotal, objectType,
orderClose, orderCloseBy, orderClosePrice, orderCloseTime, orderComment, orderCommission, orderDelete, orderExpiration,
orderLots, orderMagicNumber, orderModify, orderOpenPrice, orderOpenTime, orderPrint, orderProfit, orderSelect, orderSend,ordersHistoryTotal, orderStopLoss, ordersTotal, orderSwap, orderSymbol, orderTakeProfit, orderTicket, orderType, print,
refreshRates, seconds, timeCurrent, year
*/
}
}

// Java:
                double point = marketInfo(EURUSD, MarketInfo.MODE_POINT);
                double price = marketInfo(EURUSD, MarketInfo.MODE_ASK);
                buyPrice = price;
                int ticket = orderSend(
                        EURUSD,
                        TradeOperation.OP_BUY,
                        1,
                        buyPrice,
                        2,
                        price - 100 * point,
                        price + 100 * point,
                        "" + System.currentTimeMillis(),
                        0,
                        new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + 60 * 60 * 1000),
                        -1
                );
                System.out.println("---------------------------------------");
                System.out.println("Buy order ticket: " + ticket);

Nice!!!!

Congratulations

Dan aka BearNaked

Is this an academic exercise?

What can you do in Java that you cannot do in MQL4?

More sophisticated robots... Java is object oriented MQL4 is not.

at least, you can set breakpoints