Take screenshots at trade
I’m kicking myself for not implementing this earlier (actually I did implement it a while ago, but didn’t start using it until a few days ago), so I thought I would share some code for once to help out anyone writing and optimizing their own MT4 strategies. I simply call this function after I have taken a position, which saves the current graph (including any information written on it) for later inspection. I have found that this greatly helps me analyse the trade afterwards.
extern int ScreenShotWidth = 1200;
extern int ScreenShotHeigth = 1000;
void TakeScreenShot(int ticket) {string ScreenShotFileName = StringConcatenate(”Purple_EA_”,Symbol(),”_”,DoubleToStr(ticket,1),”.gif”);
if (WindowScreenShot(ScreenShotFileName,ScreenShotWidth,ScreenShotHeigth)) {
//WriteLog(”Screenshot taken: “+ScreenShotFileName);
}
else {
//WriteLog(”Screenshot failed: “+DoubleToStr(GetLastError(),1));
}
}
Just call the method with the ticketnumber of the trade. This will dump the current graph and all eventual indicators and visible objects to a screenshot.
