Expert Advisor Programming by Andrew R. Young

An Introduction to MQL
// Preprocessor Directives
#property copyright "Andrew Young"
#property link "http://www.expertadvisorbook.com"
#include
#define MYCONSTANT "This is a constant"
// External Parameters
extern int Parameter1 = 1;
extern double Parameter2 = 0.01;
// Global Variables
int GlobalVariable1;
// Init function
int init()
{
// Startup code
return(0);
}
// Deinit function
int deinit()
{
// Shutdown code
return(0);
}
// Start function
int start()
{
// Main code
return(0);
}
// Custom functions
int MyCustomFunction()
{
// Custom code
return(0);
}
Fig 1.4 – Sample expert advisor layout
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