I recently had someone from Portugal approach me with an Expert Advisor that he programmed. He felt that it was successful and wanted to get my opinion on its viability. I only know a small amount of information about the system, yet I was able to confidently reject it as unprove... Read More

Ernie Chan wrote a great blog post today on the life and death of a strategy. He talks about some of my favorite points: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) and the im... Read More

All MQL expert advisors and indicators contain a few essential components. The general organization of MQL programs does not vary too often. Files usually start with a declaration of #defines (pronounced pound define) global variables and external variables, also known as an <... Read More

MQL4 supports seven data types within the program. Each type is associated with different trading tasks that programmers need to perform. The goal of this article is to provide a brief reference for when to use each data type. The double data type is probably the most common t... Read More

Trading forex with a Martingale money management system will almost inevitably lead to blowing up an account. I've written about this inevitable outcomes repeatedly over t... Read More