Scorpion I knew I could count on you to put my arrogant attitude in its place!

What you say makes a lot of sense. It still seems though that the average trader should at least have a fighting chance when it comes to autotrading. Clearly MT3 isn't reliable in this sense but perhaps I wrote off MT4 too quickly. I had read numerous reports on various forums about all the bugs which needed to be fixed in version 4 and was put off quite quickly. However, after taking your advice things seem to be working quite well. In fact I have no complaints whatsoever. Hopefully MT4 is the answer. Thanks again for your insight Scorpion - it's always welcomed.
