Archive for January, 2010
Simple MetaTrader MQL4 helper functions
Here are some simple functions that you can use in your forex expert advisors and custom indicators written in MQL4 for MetaTrader. If you split out commonly used functionality into separate functions with logical names (as I’ve done here) then you should find that your MQL4 code becomes more readable. If you use these functions in your [...]
Disadvantages of expert advisors
Following on from my advantages of expert advisors post here are some disadvantages of trying to write and use expert advisors. Curve fitting Because it is easy to backtest expert advisors many times with different parameters it is very easy for them to suffer from curve fitting. Curve fitting means that the EAs are highly optimised for [...]
