Algobee: MQL4 - Lesson 4

You can access Jim Dandy's MQL4 youtube course here for free. He also has a website with videos here and here. These are my notes of lesson 4:

Make an EA

name: hello universe
functions: initialize, deinitialize, start
function -> F1 -> helpfile
start function -> function: comment ("text"); only shown when a tick comes in -> when the comment is in the initialize function it is shown when an EA starts!
Ctrl+Z undo
Crtl+y redo
function: comment ("text"+Period()) <-Period shows opened Chart
function: comment ("text"+Period+Symbol()) <-Shows the Symbol
Ctrl+G get rid of the grid
F4 -> help -> Window functions
\n -> new line for e.g. long comments

be careful when you work on an ea which is attached to a chart at the same time
function: comment ("text"+Time[0]) ->Time in seconds since 1970 that has passed; last known server time of the broker
convert this seconds into a string: Comment("TimetoStr(Time…)

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