Position Size Calculator
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Hey just wondering, how difficult would it be to add the accounts currency type to the end of the applicable text objects?
For example -
Acc. Balance: 1000 GBP
But also applied to Future Free, Future Used and Position Margin and also Risk, money (Input and Result) and any other money related values that I may have missed.
Or even just to the account balance text so it doesn't keep repeating the same thing over and over.
Thanks.
For example -
Acc. Balance: 1000 GBP
But also applied to Future Free, Future Used and Position Margin and also Risk, money (Input and Result) and any other money related values that I may have missed.
Or even just to the account balance text so it doesn't keep repeating the same thing over and over.
Thanks.
Not difficult, but what is the point? Account currency does not change or update, and it can be seen in the trade tab of terminal.
Yep true,
I brought it up since I have different brokers with different broker accounts funded in various different countries/currencies and so do my friends and family (I've been travelling abroad much more these days too). Since we pretty much have MT4 configured in a certain way and stay in full screen mode with everything we need to know being displayed on the chart itself (Thanks to your PSC and Spread indicators and script, plus the less things constantly fluctuating and flashing the better in my opinion) I have almost been caught out a few times where there had been an account switch and I had not realised since all the values related to money have no clarification of currency type to them (or at least just the account balance).
I realise it may be a pretty uncommon situation, hence why I asked if it was easy to implement. I often think the things I suggest would be appreciated by more than just me but people either don't know about the forum or just don't like to post and communicate their thoughts and opinions on the matter.
Thanks in advance either way.
I brought it up since I have different brokers with different broker accounts funded in various different countries/currencies and so do my friends and family (I've been travelling abroad much more these days too). Since we pretty much have MT4 configured in a certain way and stay in full screen mode with everything we need to know being displayed on the chart itself (Thanks to your PSC and Spread indicators and script, plus the less things constantly fluctuating and flashing the better in my opinion) I have almost been caught out a few times where there had been an account switch and I had not realised since all the values related to money have no clarification of currency type to them (or at least just the account balance).
I realise it may be a pretty uncommon situation, hence why I asked if it was easy to implement. I often think the things I suggest would be appreciated by more than just me but people either don't know about the forum or just don't like to post and communicate their thoughts and opinions on the matter.
Thanks in advance either way.
I am glad to announce the release of the graphical panel version of the Position Size Calculator. You can see the blog post about it here: http://www.earnforex.com/blog/metatrader-panel-for-position-size-calculator/
Can the PSC 2.0 be minimised and restored with keyboard input in any way? seeing how close the 'minimise' and 'restore' buttons are to the 'remove indicator from the chart' button.
And what things appear in the charts object list now? would it only be the horizontal lines and their respective line labels?
Can the open PSC panel(s) be docked and or locked to the charts edges or corners? (and does it always minimise to the bottom right of the chart?)
Can the size of the panels be changed with the fonts, buttons and field boxes scaling accordingly?
And has there been any recent changes or updates made to the PSC script?
Thank you.
And what things appear in the charts object list now? would it only be the horizontal lines and their respective line labels?
Can the open PSC panel(s) be docked and or locked to the charts edges or corners? (and does it always minimise to the bottom right of the chart?)
Can the size of the panels be changed with the fonts, buttons and field boxes scaling accordingly?
And has there been any recent changes or updates made to the PSC script?
Thank you.
No way to do that in MetaTrader as of now without importing DLLs - and that's what I am trying to avoid with this indicator.
Yes, only lines and labels. "List all" would still show all objects, of course.
Yes, it can docked (in fact, it cannot move outside the screen). When minimized, it can also be moved wherever you want on chart.
No.
Yes, the new script is available for download here:
http://www.earnforex.com/indicators/Position-Size-Calculator/
It works with 2.xx and 1.xx versions and now also supports MT5 hedging mode.
Thanks Enivid,
For now I have upgraded the script, but I've got to sit and think about how to best incorporate the panel (if at all).
Regarding the script, which maximum slippage input would take top precedent out of the 3 slippage settings?
(The 3 that I know about).
There is the value in the scripts code, MT4 options then trade tab and then there is the value on MT4s new trade window.
Thanks again.
For now I have upgraded the script, but I've got to sit and think about how to best incorporate the panel (if at all).
Regarding the script, which maximum slippage input would take top precedent out of the 3 slippage settings?
(The 3 that I know about).
There is the value in the scripts code, MT4 options then trade tab and then there is the value on MT4s new trade window.
Thanks again.
Hey, is it possible via means of your MQL sorcery to detect and display broker enforced maximum leverages on an individual market basis?
For example. We have our universal current leverage of say 1:500. This can usually be applied to the most popular and most liquid markets (Most forex pairs). This is our standard default account leverage. Then we have certain asset classes and markets that have much lower maximums, for example XAUUSD with a 1:200 maximum. Or a WTI CFD with 1:100 maximum. Then we have temporarily enforced maximums that you may or may not have seen in the recent months. Such as the leverage increase to GBP markets before Brexit or the TRY increases, where the leverage increases are usually accompanied by massive macro-economic events which may last days, weeks or months.
So, is it possible for the new PSC to detect and display these values for the markets which have a different leverage amount (temporarily or permanently) compared to our universal account default?
Of course if we know in advance then now we can just input the new known different value into the custom leverage field and we should be fine, but some times this isn't the case.
Thanks.
For example. We have our universal current leverage of say 1:500. This can usually be applied to the most popular and most liquid markets (Most forex pairs). This is our standard default account leverage. Then we have certain asset classes and markets that have much lower maximums, for example XAUUSD with a 1:200 maximum. Or a WTI CFD with 1:100 maximum. Then we have temporarily enforced maximums that you may or may not have seen in the recent months. Such as the leverage increase to GBP markets before Brexit or the TRY increases, where the leverage increases are usually accompanied by massive macro-economic events which may last days, weeks or months.
So, is it possible for the new PSC to detect and display these values for the markets which have a different leverage amount (temporarily or permanently) compared to our universal account default?
Of course if we know in advance then now we can just input the new known different value into the custom leverage field and we should be fine, but some times this isn't the case.
Thanks.
I can try coding it, but I am not sure it will be able to calculate symbol-specific leverage correctly.
Yeah no worries It was just something I was thinking about earlier today.
It seems that the level of control that brokers have in regards to how they set up each market they offer through their MT platform is extremely high yet some things are failed to be clearly reported back to the client/user.
The contract specification window for each market was updated a few versions ago to include more information but yet they never really included any in-depth information about each markets leverage structure or being able to track any changes made to it in real-time.
It seems that the level of control that brokers have in regards to how they set up each market they offer through their MT platform is extremely high yet some things are failed to be clearly reported back to the client/user.
The contract specification window for each market was updated a few versions ago to include more information but yet they never really included any in-depth information about each markets leverage structure or being able to track any changes made to it in real-time.
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Hi, I have set the indicator to be included with my default template. When I open a new chart window I get 2 "more" calculators that can not be minimized or moved, nor do they show up in the indicators list so that I can remove them from there.
The third one I can use, move and remove.
Previously I had another version of the calculator installed as to my default templet and this never occurred.
Any ides of what I can try to make only one show up when I open up a new chart window?
The new design is great.
The third one I can use, move and remove.
Previously I had another version of the calculator installed as to my default templet and this never occurred.
Any ides of what I can try to make only one show up when I open up a new chart window?
The new design is great.
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The problem is that when you save a template, it also saves all the graphical objects currently on chart to that template. When you activate that template on a new chart, you get old objects placed there, and an indicator attached. The indicator creates a whole new set of objects to work with, so you are left with one "live" version and one "ghost" version. I am not sure if that can be solved because the indicator generates a random numeric prefix for all its objects on new attachment. However, I will try to come up with some solution to the problem. Thank you for reporting!
All mentioned issues have been fixed and all the requested features have been added. Please download Position Size Calculator v. 2.01. Detailed change long is available in a separate blog post.
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