title: Post Trades to IRC from MT4
body: <p>I attempted to create my own small program to post my trades to IRC. I had trouble finishing the program.</p>
  
  <p>Then I found this program which essentially accomplishes what I'm trying to do. There are two problems: The first problem is, I just want a simple program that will post my buys, sells, shorts and covers to IRC using mIRC's DDE because I want to post the trades in the same format as the other traders.</p>
  
  <p>The second problem is, the MT4 EA doesn't seem to be doing anything. It doesn't connect to IRC. The MT4 experts and journal tabs show that the EA is working properly. I've entered valid information for the server, channel and nick. I've disabled my firewall. I'm able to otherwise connect to server port 6667 with IRC clients. Can someone steer me in the right direction? Or perhaps tell me what's wrong with the code?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I've noticed a [handshake error: 0] and [connect error: 0] in the Expert tab in MT4</p>
  
  <p>A copy of the full MT4 EA script is at the bottom of this page [down arrow]: <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/prof7bit/irc_signal/experimental-new-version" rel="nofollow">http://sites.google.com/site/prof7bit/irc_signal/experimental-new-version</a></p>