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MT5 potable or data folder relocate

Hi all. My tiny SSD is full. Super full. and i want to be able to put all the tick data on a USB drive or even just the whole install on a USB drive. I couldnt find anywhere to change to settings for the data and its seems it is hardcoded into the program. Relocating the folder and creating a

Network Farm Optimisation wont work

ok so i setup the network farm on my 2 pcs. they are visible and show as ready. standard setup settings used. but when i run an optimise - it displays connecting, then ready, then connecting, then ready etc etc etc. is this a bug of mt5 we all deal with or it there another step im missing

MA cross EA ideas

I’ve been working on an MA cross EA. Fast SMA X slow EMA with trend WMA to dictate the direction of trade. It’s works, but DD is large and there a many bad trades. Has anyone got any experience with MA cross? What else have you had success with to help filter the bad trades

Posts removed?

I tried posting in https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/276910 And both times it got removed. Why would this happen

Tickstory killed my history

MT noob here so be gentle lol. I downloaded tickstory to add some history to my MT4. After exporting to Mt4 it downloaded the chart and said complete. After closing and restarting MT4 I cannot do a single backtest on any pair. It just stops as soon as I press start. Also scrolling back through

Acceptable EA for small account

Can anyone recommend (from their experience) a decent EA to run? I’ve only got a small account (will demo first anyways). There’s so many to choose from on MT4. But I’m sure a lot of scams too. So far I’ve liked the backtests I’ve done for <Deleted>. Anyone use and can share an experience with these

How to set which Pairs an EA runs on?

Hi, new to MT4 but not trading. I’ve tried adding a bot to AUDUSD pair to test it. I also had a EURUSD chart open which I did not attach the bot to. However the bot placed trades on both AUDUSD and EURUSD. How do you make it only trade the pair it’s attached to? I want to run several bots and can’t