[walterw]

Picturesque...

[Z_trade]

My question would be kind off topic but I am a new user of this platform /MT4/ and would love to participate in research.
Is this software has no features as a very basic and necessary for me like global cursor to truck a price across multiple timeframes/charts and tick charts or it’s just my inexperienced first impression?

[walterw]

Originally Posted by Z_trade »

My question would be kind off topic but I am a new user of this platform /MT4/ and would love to participate in research.
Is this software has no features as a very basic and necessary for me like global cursor to truck a price across multiple timeframes/charts and tick charts or it’s just my inexperienced first impression?

unfortunately it still doesnt have that feature... you only have crosshairs on each individual chart and you have to manually find the matches between charts... it will be great to have this function added... I really dont know if it is asked for the next version... should I check that... cheers Walter.

[PYenner]

Originally Posted by walterw »

Pyenner... man... I feel like a kid with a new toy...

Enjoy Walter
You earned it.
Hope it delivers 4U.
Bruce

[PYenner]

Z trade
You can write your own indicator to display prices from one pair onto another chart or say show a 5min bollinger on a 1 min chart. But the catch is that you have to have both charts open in order to access the market feed for the other chart. So you can end up with 10 charts for each of 3 time frames = 30 charts = slow platform.

The programmable indicators are their edge for flexibility and there are forums were that stuff gets shared. But yes MT4 has limitations. You cant run indicators in the tick chart, 1min is fastest chart, when one chart is getting data from a chart for another pair the data only comes through when the other pair has a tick, then it has to wait for a tick on the main chart before it gets processed and displayed, so there can be time delays being a pest.
It really depends on what you want to do, maybe MT4 will be good, maybe bad and you find out the hard way by wasting time.

MT4 will also send the market feed to Excel, so there you might be less restricted by the limitations of any proprietory platform. Do your own thing maybe.

MT4 is the only one I have used so I am short of things to compare it to.
Sometimes it is frustrating.

[Z_trade]

Walter and PYenner
thanks a lot for detailed explanation and review of MT4, I ve spent some time using it but think its better for me to replicate the indicator for eSignal or Tradestation and stick with what I already know and prefer to use.
Once again, greatly appreciate your contribution.

[PYenner]

FantailVMA2 is a pup.
#--------------#
Got it wrong again...so the files have been removed.
The fantail defaults to Close price at the live end of a chart.
This is the iMAOnArray function being dis-functional.
Had no live charts to test it on over the weekend.
Sorry to the 12 who DL'd a pup.
Will get VMA3 out asap.<sigh>

[walterw]

Originally Posted by PYenner »

FantailVMA2 is a pup.
#--------------#
Got it wrong again...so the files have been removed.
The fantail defaults to Close price at the live end of a chart.
This is the iMAOnArray function being dis-functional.
Had no live charts to test it on over the weekend.
Sorry to the 12 who DL'd a pup.
Will get VMA3 out asap.<sigh>

No problem Bruce... but the lines will be exactly the same ? as they rock ¡¡

look how we start the week O my Lord...



I sense this week will be one of those non sleeping weeks jejeje.... should I ask Janice about this... cheers Walter.