double totalProfit; [...] totalProfit = totalProfit + OrderProfit() - OrderCommission(); The other things you'll want to add in there are...
For the time zone, I'll add some code for that since I wrote it just yesterday. int timeServer = TimeCurrent(); // Server time in seconds,...
I agree with most of that. I'm just saying that without seeing the full picture of someone's life it's not particularly useful or instructive to...
Saxon22, I'm not a "successful trader" by any means, being new to all this. However, it appears to me that you are under the mistaken impression...
This is slightly OT, but how do you do this? I've never had to do it until now, and in reading up I see several ways of doing it. It seems the...
Yes, Metatrader can call com objects. MQL is basically c. Tell me if I'm barking up the wrong tree here, but I have several issues with...
If I stick with Metatrader I'll have to figure out a way to get those live ticks into the TickQueue. I'll burn that bridge when I get to it. I...
If you provide me a documented API, I'll use that either from Java (likely) or C++ if I feel like learning that. It's "techie stuff" but this...
I just did a quick Google search on hiring a trader and came up with nothing instructive. I've been wondering about this for a while. How does...
It seems to me that one can be successful in almost any business by sticking with it, differentiating between sound and unsound advice, following...
Thanks again. The three systems I've written so far have all been systems identified by the traders I'm working with as potentially profitable...
OK, fair enough. Do you have any suggestions on what I might do next to pick up the knowledge and wisdom I need next to be successful with this?...
I was hoping to hear someone say something like that. I appreciate you being willing to share this information, and I'll choose to believe it :)...
Thanks for your post. I think you've summarized my situation quite well. I just hope there's such a thing as "a genuinely profitable strategy...
Points taken. One of the guys I'm working with has been spending quite a bit of time in the last few months with S&P500 and that might be a good...
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