Expert Advisers - Different Time Frames, Different Cross Rates

 

What are the limitations with MT4's Expert Advisers?

Can you create an EA that trades a 5 minute chart of the EUR/USD based upon custom indicators or scripts from a 1 hour chart of the EUR/GBP?

 

RTFM: iCustom( symbol, TIMEFRAME,...

You can not get bar zero data in the tester for other symbols/TFs

 
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What are the limitations with MT4's Expert Advisers?

Can you create an EA that trades a 5 minute chart of the EUR/USD based upon custom indicators or scripts from a 1 hour chart of the EUR/GBP?

since indies have such functions....

the answer is YES

double iMA( string symbol, int timeframe, int period, int ma_shift, int ma_method, int applied_price, int shift)
 

2 late..... WHRoeder... U R QUICK /er/

 
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since indies have such functions....

the answer is YES


Thanks for your input. I appreciate it. Working on an EA that uses a wide array of indicators, so just wanted to make sure I wasn't wasting my time developing something that won't work. You guys are the BEST.
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