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Accessing the spread from each trade


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PaulyB 2009.12.01 04:14 

Hello

I have looked far and wide and cannot find where a record of the actual spread for a trade is logged inside MT4. This doesn't matter with fixed spread brokers but it's difficult to actually place a trade and know what the spread is to a decimal point. Looking even 1 min later the spread will have changed. Surely it is stored somewhere inside the MT reporting. Can anyone assist? Thanks
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cloudbreaker 2010.01.02 15:14 

Spread is not an "attribute" associated with an order.

In your EA, you would need to calculate the difference between the Ask and Bid price and log it.


CB
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