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double totalProfit; [...] totalProfit = totalProfit + OrderProfit() - OrderCommission(); The other things you'll want to add in there are OrderMagicNumber() and Symbol(). You'll want OrderMagicNumber() because you may eventually be running multiple EAs on one symbol. You'll want...

For the time zone, I'll add some code for that since I wrote it just yesterday. int timeServer = TimeCurrent(); // Server time in seconds, right now int timeDifference_seconds = 3600.0 * MathRound((timeServer - TimeLocal()) / 3600.0); // How many seconds the server is ahead of us, rounded to...

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 make judgements about the value of their existence. For instance, if this theoretical gentleman in Hong Kong very much enjoyed his job, found value...

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 that what is interesting or motivational to you must or should be interesting and motivational to everyone, and that if you find something boring then...

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 Java Native Interface might be the way to go but I thought I'd ask you in case you've used one method or another. - Andrew.

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 Metatrader that I'm hoping I can resolve with TickZOOM as a partial solution. I've emailed you about some of this, in case it sounds familiar. My main...

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 believe that POV == point of view. - Andrew.

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 is a product geared at techies AFAICT so those of us who are interested in the project will be interested in this sort of information. Actually 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 one go about hiring a trader? How much capital does one need to provide? Thanks, - Andrew.

It seems to me that one can be successful in almost any business by sticking with it, differentiating between sound and unsound advice, following through with customers (where appropriate). I like my job and I'm good at it. But whether I charge $10, $100 or $1000 an hour, my income is fixed...

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 strategies. All three have shown to be "maybe" profitable sometimes. However, I'm not sure if the things stopping them from being profitable enough...

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'm trying to do my best to learn from others' successes and mistakes, and to be as efficient as I can with what is basically picking up a second...

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 :) I think one impediment to many peoples' success in an endeavour such as this is that they believe it to be "easy". When it gets "hard", they give...

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 that can be reduced, in full, to computer code." That's the million dollar question.

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 direction. I am working with two traders. My hope is that I can learn from their successes and failures and use my experience along with theirs to...