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Hi There, I made a EA and tested on a demo account. It is running well on test but, when I attach it to the Chart it doesn't work, I just have an icon with a little creature and a red stop signal. How to make it work? Thanks and best regards!

USD/JPY Analysis

Well, the asset moves as I’ve predicted. I think that I can earn even more on USD/JPY! Definitely, the show must go on =)

MetaTrader 5 Platform Beta Build 1910: Unbound drag-and-drop of charts and .Net libraries in MQL5

The beta version of the updated MetaTrader 5 platform is to be released on October 14, 2018. We will update our public MetaQuotes-Demo server located at access.metatrader5.com:443. We invite all traders to join testing in order to evaluate the updated platform features and to help developers fix...

Experts: RSI MA EA

RSI MA EA: What I have is an EA working from 2000, but it is not optimized. The EA works by Moving Average trend and RSI signals at overbought & oversold areas. It doesn't have targets but instead closes with soonest profits, so it's purpose is to always win. V1 is tested and working on the...

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Checking break of price

Hi, I’mmaking an EA that buy or sell if max/min of the last week was broken. What Ido in my other EAs is to check if, for example, the close of the15min penultimate candle is below the last week max and the close ofthe last 15min candle is above. Itworks for day trade with a high volume stock. But...

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mt5 strategy tester not drawing correctly on wine in latest update

Mt5 just updated automatically and since i have not been able to see my bollinger bands drawn correctly. Im using build 1912 in wine on ubuntu. If i attach them to a normal chart in the terminal they show up fine. If i use them from with in an EA in the strategy tester they do not draw properly...

calculate margin

hi all I have 830 euro on the micro account with lever 1:30 to want to trade eur / usd can I have margin problems? How to calculate how much margin do you have to hold a position with x micro lots?

Experts: Smart Tunel Trading

Smart Tunel Trading: The Smart tunnel is a smart robot for trading with an automatically drawn trend line to act with it and market movement.Enjoy :) Author: Ali Sabbaghi

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how changing demo accounts to real accounts

Hi, I want to know how to change my demo account to real account and also trade with it directly. By the way well I need a broker

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One-Click Trading

Greetings! Is there a way to interface with it in MQL5? As in, would it be possible to have an EA or something set its volume for me instead of having to do it manually?

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MQL5 Cookbook: Getting properties of an open hedge position

MetaTrader 5 is a multi-asset platform. Moreover, it supports different position management systems. Such opportunities provide significantly expanded options for the implementation and formalization of trading ideas. In this article, we discuss methods of handling and accounting of position properties in the hedging mode. The article features a derived class, as well as examples showing how to get and process the properties of a hedge position.

Automated Optimization of an EA for MetaTrader 5

This article describes the implementation of a self-optimization mechanism under MetaTrader 5.

Elder-Ray (Bulls Power and Bears Power)

The article dwells on Elder-Ray trading system based on Bulls Power, Bears Power and Moving Average indicators (EMA — exponential averaging). This system was described by Alexander Elder in his book "Trading for a Living".

50,000 completed orders in the MQL5.com Freelance service

Members of the official MetaTrader Freelance service have completed more than 50,000 orders as at October 2018. This is the world's largest Freelance site for MQL programmers: more than a thousand developers, dozens of new orders daily and 7 languages localization.

Combining trend and flat strategies

There are numerous trading strategies out there. Some of them look for a trend, while others define ranges of price fluctuations to trade within them. Is it possible to combine these two approaches to increase profitability?

Deep Neural Networks (Part VIII). Increasing the classification quality of bagging ensembles

The article considers three methods which can be used to increase the classification quality of bagging ensembles, and their efficiency is estimated. The effects of optimization of the ELM neural network hyperparameters and postprocessing parameters are evaluated.

PairPlot graph based on CGraphic for analyzing correlations between data arrays (time series)

Comparing several time series during a technical analysis is a quite common task that requires appropriate tools. In this article, I suggest developing a tool for graphical analysis and detecting correlations between two or more time series.

950 websites broadcast the Economic Calendar from MetaQuotes

The widget provides websites with a detailed release schedule of 500 indicators and indices, of the world's largest economies. Thus, traders quickly receive up-to-date information on all important events with explanations and graphs in addition to the main website content.

Developing stock indicators featuring volume control through the example of the delta indicator

The article deals with the algorithm of developing stock indicators based on real volumes using the CopyTicks() and CopyTicksRange() functions. Some subtle aspects of developing such indicators, as well as their operation in real time and in the strategy tester are also described.

Universal RSI indicator for working in two directions simultaneously

When developing trading algorithms, we often encounter a problem: how to determine where a trend/flat begins and ends? In this article, we try to create a universal indicator, in which we try to combine signals for different types of strategies. We will try to simplify the process of obtaining trade signals in an expert as much as possible. An example of combining several indicators in one will be given.

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Writing of an Expert Advisor

This system is based on a bbstop indicator, and the ema cross of the macd indicator. The macd ema cross identifies the trend and the bbstop takes the entry. For example slow BBstop will be 7,2,1 (length, deviation, money risk) and macd macd 35,70,1,12 If both bbstop and macd show on the same...

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LOCK PROFIT IN $,£,€

I would like to have an EA that locks Profit at a provided amount of US Dollars or Euros or Pounds. e.g (If a price moves and profit is $30, the EA should be able to lock that $30 automatically)

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Multi currency indicator status panel

Hi guys. I need an indicator that can display information for all my indicators, with you sound alerts for when the the conditions are met. for each currency and each mainframe. only programmers familiar with multiple ADX slope indicator reply please.

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Create robot to trade an easy strategy ( considers only stock price )

I created a day trade strategy I want to try to use to trade my own money. The strategy is based on the moving average of 5 minutes candles and a few signals from the stock price, eg: ascending highs. Once a buying ( or a selling ) position is entered I sell '1/3' the position in three...

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Edit My Current Ea

Hi there, So would like a simple update, Currently it uses market entry to enter the positions but we would like to switch the EA to use pending orders after the first trade enters by the market entry system. It should always have the pending orders place for the next 3-4...

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An expert advisor to auto place, modify and close orders by converting website notifications or email notifications

The website notifications is refreshed instantly once a new order is placed. The notifications contains all informations needed for place, modify or close market or pending orders (each order has a specific ID shown on the website). Requirement: 1. able to read updated data from website and send...

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Add indicators open signal to existing ea. 10 17 2018

Hello,The work order is adding this:part 1 add new open strategy “based on indicator open signal” and add conditions ro open,needs to be added to my OTHER main EA part 2 "add 2 variations new open strategies to EA “based on other indicators open signal” and needs to be...

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Addition of BUY and SELL condition to an existing EA needed

I trade using Pipfinite Binary Options. But I want to apply a restriction that will allow buy or sell condition to execute only after a certain number of consecutive candles in the same direction. The number of consecutive candles should be changeable between 3 and 10. I currently combine ...

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Trade Management

I will need a trade management EA that managements all OPEN trades, Pending trades, the Recent X recent number of OPEN trades, and Oldest X open trades. Scenrio 1: Close all OPEN trades that are in profit and also close all pending orders. Scenario 2: Close the LAST 3 recent open...

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I´m looking for a well skilled, organized and honest programmer that can develop a grid EA.

For you to calculate the complexity and cost, it will be an EA which have 2 modes, automatic bidirectional grid, and manual entry (EA will manage by magic number). Some parameters will be tp1 (take profit1), tp2, tp3 , locking of orders, overlaping, stop loss, lot multiplier and a few more. I need...

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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

Ninja Route MT5

Next Update is 2018/11/01 (Every Month) Ninja Route MT5 is a combination of numerous strategies that develop during long processes of machine learning using historical data of major currency pairs. Each strategy involves a unique set of sophisticated price actions that optimized to manage decision under various conditions of the market. Connecting all the strategies into one complete system provides a significant advantage on the overall performance and enhances long-term safety. Machine lea

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

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

StoneBreaker

【Please do not trust any Backtest result from our EA 】5000CAD daily profit Every second is money , stonebreaker would never waste the momentum from the market . Make 100% as soon as possible and never be stressed . EA StoneBreaker is an Expert Advisor with a great diversification of operations and portion of lots . It will start with Scalping Strategy . Based on hedging price action orders starts ,the following protection orders with martingale。 90% of the market is doing Range or Swing . St

Real

Real is an automatic robot that trades independently determining the most important resistance and support levels. Real will trade on any charts: DAX30, SPX500, Bitcoin, EURUSD, Cotton, Brent OIL and so on. Martingale, averaging and other dangerous strategies are NOT used. Real is full compliance with the FIFO method. Real is suitable for both experienced traders and beginners, more below. The main features of the apparent superiority of Real over other similar robots is a set of "Smart con

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

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

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SkyblueTrend