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OpenOrders shows 0 despite I have 13 open positions??

I have on a demo account 13 open positions: but OrdersTotal() shows zero(?): uint o = OrdersTotal(); Comment("OrdTotal ",o); How do you get the open positions in MQL5?

Help please! how to write code lines for an indi(scanner) to work on different pairs & multi timeframes

Hello Pro Coders, Im aPhong, new to FX & Im learning coding as well. Could anyone share a MQ4 file of whatever scanner you have like Pinbar , Harmonic ... scanner that will work on different pairs & multi timeframes without loading lots of charts? Im tring to code simple Pinbar scanner but after a...

Indicators: Corrected RSX

Corrected RSX: Corrected RSX Author: Mladen Rakic

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Should I login to my account before sending orders in MT5?

Should I login to my account before sending orders in MT5? I mean before using commands like: Ordersend(), should I send user information to server? should I do somehting else? because the server rejects all of my orders, but when I manually put them there is no error.

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Why is MathArctanh and all "h" functions not found in my MT4 MetaEditor?

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How to get custom indicator current color

Hi I hav an indicator which shows trend . UpTrend is green and down trend is red. As I know some of this kind of indicators are drawing 2 lines .one of them green and the other one red . and when they want to show green one they make red one equal to zero and And conversely if they want red one so...

Indonesian Member

I want to know how many people from Indonesia is joining this forum. If you're from Indonesia, please comment this topic..Thank you..

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Must every individual object on the chart have its own unique name?

I want my EA to print arrows on the chart to indicate where a trade was opened/closed. Is there anyway that we can draw multiple of the same object at different points in the chart? For example I might want to create an arrow on the current bar: Created = ObjectCreate(ChartID(),"Sell_Arrow"...

4TF Bars: Indicators and Ideas

Hello everyone, I am a new member of this community and I must say I am superbly impressed by the members of this community not only for their knowledge but also for their dedication and sincerity towards trading as a business. In the country where I come from (India) trading is viewed as just...

Is there any way we can add functionality of auto update in EA?

Hi All, I want to know that Is there any way we can add functionality of auto update in EA? So our client don't have to do any thing they can enjoy latest versions without any difficulty.

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Custom presentation of trading history and creation of report diagrams

The article describes custom methods for assessing the trading history. Two classes have been written for downloading and analyzing history. The first of them collects the trading history and represents it as a summary table. The second one deals with statistics: it calculates a number of variables and builds charts for a more efficient evaluation of trading results.

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Trading account monitoring is an indispensable trader's tool

Trading account monitoring provides a detailed report on all completed deals. All trading statistics are collected automatically and provided to you as easy-to-understand diagrams and graphs.

Expert Advisor featuring GUI: Adding functionality (part II)

This is the second part of the article showing the development of a multi-symbol signal Expert Advisor for manual trading. We have already created the graphical interface. It is now time to connect it with the program's functionality.

Integrating MQL-based Expert Advisors and databases (SQL Server, .NET and C#)

The article describes how to add the ability to work with Microsoft SQL Server database server to MQL5-based Expert Advisors. Import of functions from a DLL is used. The DLL is created using the Microsoft .NET platform and the C# language. The methods used in the article are also suitable for experts written in MQL4, with minor adjustments.

Visualizing optimization results using a selected criterion

In the article, we continue to develop the MQL application for working with optimization results. This time, we will show how to form the table of the best results after optimizing the parameters by specifying another criterion via the graphical interface.

Testing currency pair patterns: Practical application and real trading perspectives. Part IV

This article concludes the series devoted to trading currency pair baskets. Here we test the remaining pattern and discuss applying the entire method in real trading. Market entries and exits, searching for patterns and analyzing them, complex use of combined indicators are considered.

Deep Neural Networks (Part VII). Ensemble of neural networks: stacking

We continue to build ensembles. This time, the bagging ensemble created earlier will be supplemented with a trainable combiner — a deep neural network. One neural network combines the 7 best ensemble outputs after pruning. The second one takes all 500 outputs of the ensemble as input, prunes and combines them. The neural networks will be built using the keras/TensorFlow package for Python. The features of the package will be briefly considered. Testing will be performed and the classification quality of bagging and stacking ensembles will be compared.

How to create Requirements Specification for ordering a trading robot

Are you trading using your own strategy? If your system rules can be formally described as software algorithms, it is better to entrust trading to an automated Expert Advisor. A robot does not need sleep or food and is not subject to human weaknesses. In this article, we show how to create Requirements Specification when ordering a trading robot in the Freelance service.

Implementing indicator calculations into an Expert Advisor code

The reasons for moving an indicator code to an Expert Advisor may vary. How to assess the pros and cons of this approach? The article describes implementing an indicator code into an EA. Several experiments are conducted to assess the speed of the EA's operation.

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Expert Advisor required which can generate 15-25% a month. I will back test it, and on demo account for a month.

Hi, I am looking for an Expert Advisor EA, which can generate an income of around 15-25% a month. Drawdown should be minimum. You can send me a file which I can back test, also I will be testing it on live demo account for forward testing for two months. Once I am satisfied, I will pay, and...

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Convert Tradingview indicator Pine Script to MQL4 language

Convert TradingView indicator to MT4 (I have the source code)Conversion of indicator from TradingView pinescript to MT4.Indicator must give the exact same results compared to TradingView indicator.Indicator must be error free.

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Need to build expert advisor based on my description

Hello sir , This is Praful Vhatkar, I want a Expert advisor based on my discription as below points , 1) EA start with Buy Trades sell trade open at same point, 2)Both Trade have TP - 10 pip And SL - 500 pip, 3) Everytime when price Hit TP Level , EA should place Market order and...

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To add MTF to an indicator

hi everyone i need a coder, to change my indicator to be MTF indicator, but the indi is not in mql4 source file,, only in ex4 file, and adding alert : sound, message, arrow thanks

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I need expert advisor based on fibo

i need help with my fibo expert advisor,the expert should be able to fit my trading strategy the ea should also be able to send notifications once orders are open,the ea should have a break even stop loss and a trailing stop loss.thank you

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MA averager

I would like to know if it is possible to assemble an EA based on the management of the alternating moving average averager.The EA must manage the typical opening signal (both direction simultaneously), the averager, the distance, the multiplier of the distance, the lots etc ...In addition it must...

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I would like to make an EA that will work based on candle.

1. The trade will place when candle start (Yes/No). 2. The trade will place middle time of the candle (Yes/No). 3. The trade will place when the candle...

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Code an Indicator & Script for a custom offline tick-based chart similar to renko/range bar charts

Hello, I need an MT4 indicator coded that is for a custom tick-based offline chart that does not exist. I designed it, but it's similar to a renko or range bar chart. I did hire another excellent coder to start it, but it needs revision, so I already have version 1 as a foundation. With...

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Fractal ea

hello everyone i need a custom ea that will be able to trade fractals combined with bollinger bands the ea should be able to draw object on chart,the ea should be able to trade limit order,and the ea should have a trailing stop loss.thank you

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EA Based on a Indicator

HI, I need to create a EA Based on a indicator . The indicator is just up and down arrow system Below features required . MM Required Customisable TP and SL Trailing Stop Bid who can done it very fast . Thank you

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CreateGridOrdersTune

A script for opening a grid of orders If you need to quickly open several pending orders (Buy Limit, Sell Limit, Buy Stop, Sell Stop) on a certain distance from the current price, this script will do all the routine for you! Allow AutoTrading before running the script. Usage: Run the script on a chart. Input Parameters: Language of messages displayed (EN, RU, DE, FR, ES) - language of the output messages (English, Russian, German, French, Spanish). Price for open - open price. If set to

Virtual pending buy stop order

The script is intended for automatic placing of Buy Stop pending orders, Stop Losses and Take Profits on the user specified levels. Main Purposes Avoiding unwanted entering a long position in case of false hitting the level as a result of widening of the spread by a dealing center. Avoiding unwanted triggering of a Stop Loss in case a quote pierces a significant level (fractal) without further confirmation with the close price. Setting a necessary virtual order and entering the marke

Depth of Market

This is visualization tool based on the Depth of Market. It works with the symbols that have the Depth of Market available. It's a visual indicator that shows the volume of each Bid/Ask price and ratio of total volume of Bids/Asks. Note: check if your broker supports DOM before purchasing.

AccountQuickReport

The script creates account summary report in a separate window. The report can be created for all deals and on deals for selected financial instruments. It is possible to specify a time interval of calculation and save report to htm-file. The script creates account summary report in a separate window. The report can be created for all deals and for deals of the selected financial instruments. It is possible to specify a time interval of calculation and save report to htm-file. Input par

Hamster Scalping mt5

Hamster Scalping is a fully automated Expert Advisor with no use of martingale. Night scalping strategy. The RSI indicator and an ATR-based filter are used for entries. The advisor needs a hedging account type Real operation monitoring as well as my other products can be found here: https://www.mql5.com/en/users/mechanic/seller General Recommendations The minimum deposit is $100, use an ECN account with the minimum spread. Input parameters The product works both on 4 and 5-digit quotes. Spe

Grid Hero

Grid Hero is a fully automated EA that uses a revolutionary Grid algorithm (P.A.M.A.) together with a signature synergy of Price Action trading and an Artificial Instinct Self-Adaptive Processing Unit. Grid Hero was strictly developed, tested and optimized using the "Reversed Sampling" development methodology based on "In-Sample" phase (2012 to 2017) and "Out-Of-Sample" phase (2004 to 2011). It has passed 13 years back test of real tick data and real variable spread (with commission) from 2004

R747 BreakOut EA

R747 BreakOut EA is a fully automated Expert Advisor that analyzes the market trend and moves orders to breakeven. It contains a smart algorithm to determine the support and resistance levels based on the latest market trend and breakouts of these levels. This trend is calculated for a period that can be easily modified by user. This EA is fully customizable by user. For safer trading, it includes slippage protection as well as protection during high spreads on the market. It does not use mart

Dark Hole

Dark Hole is a fully automatic Expert Advisor for Scalping Trading and Intraday Trading. Dark Hole is based on an artificial intelligence algorithm that allows to predict and anticipate the trading Signals that it uses. In this way, the expert advisor is able to get a very high-rate of winning trades. The Expert was tested on the whole available historical period of many currency pairs with exceptional results. You can download the demo and test it yourself. My tests were performed with the re

PipFinite Trend PRO

Breakthrough Solution For Trend Trading And Filtering With All Important Features Built Inside One Tool! Trend Pro's smart algorithm detects the trend, filters out market noise and gives entry signals with exit levels. The new features with enhanced rules for statistical calculation improved the overall performance of this indicator. Important Information Revealed Maximize the potential of Trend Pro, please visit -> www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/713938 Test the demo version and explore its fe

Hamster Scalping

Hamster Scalping is a fully automated Expert Advisor with no use of martingale. Night scalping strategy. The RSI indicator and an ATR-based filter are used for entries. Real operation monitoring as well as my other products can be found here: https://www.mql5.com/en/users/mechanic/seller General Recommendations The minimum deposit is 100 USD, the recommended timeframe is M1. Use a broker with good execution and with a spread of 2-5 points. A very fast VPS is required, preferably with a latenc

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