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Download history in MQL4 EA

I need 15M 1H 4H 1D 1W for all 28 pairs for 30 periods back in my EA. I have used a very good tool in MQL5 published here but is there a way of doing this in MQl4?

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How does iMACD MODE_SIGNAL work?

Hi all, I am pretty new to forex and MQL4, I tried to find an answer to my question using google and the search button but didn't find anything useful. My question is, what value does MODE_SIGNAL give when using iMACD? The reason why I am asking is that I am comparing those values, to the one that...

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How does this site work?

Hi, I'm new and am practicing with a demo. Is this site a brokerage? I see where we deposit and withdraw money, so is this site like Forex.com, et al? Also, when I copy trades, am I able to close them out manually when it reaches enough profit for me, or is the closing set by the provider?...

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Pay for creation of an EA

Hi all, I am quite familiar with trading CFD's and MT4 and MT5 in genral, but writing an EA is just not possible for me. As much as i understand, you can create almost all kinds of algorithms and stuff. So, to the point. I am willing to pay a fair price for the creation of an EA. In short, i want to...

Closing the order with the least profit

Hi guys... I've been killing myself over this piece of script for the last 1 week(yes, one entrie week...) and I still can't find the problem... Can you pleasehelp me? I'm trying to write a small function to close up the one order that'scurrently in the biggest loss (or: the "Least pofitable open...

Problems logging in to the mobile app

Hi, For some reason my Mobile app stopped working over the weeknend. I opened it on monday and no charts or history or trades were showing up. I was still logged in, and I was also logged in to it on my laptop and everything was fine there. I reinstalled the app, deleted the cache and tried to log...

expert market

There are 114pages of mt4 expert advisors, are all these products checked or verified? , some are expensive some are cheap, but there main aim is to make profits according to the way they have been designed by their authors.

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MQL4 optimizer: why does this happen after a while?

After a while, everything in my optimization returns zero. What could be wrong? Can metatrader only handle so many iterations?

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creating MTF indicator

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Studying candlestick analysis techniques (part IV): Updates and additions to Pattern Analyzer

The article presents a new version of the Pattern Analyzer application. This version provides bug fixes and new features, as well as the revised user interface. Comments and suggestions from previous article were taken into account when developing the new version. The resulting application is described in this article.

Developing a cross-platform grider EA

In this article, we will learn how to create Expert Advisors (EAs) working both in MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. To do this, we are going to develop an EA constructing order grids. Griders are EAs that place several limit orders above the current price and the same number of limit orders below it simultaneously.

A DLL for MQL5 in 10 Minutes (Part II): Creating with Visual Studio 2017

The original basic article has not lost its relevance and thus if you are interested in this topic, be sure to read the first article. However much time has passed since then, so the current Visual Studio 2017 features an updated interface. The MetaTrader 5 platform has also acquired new features. The article provides a description of dll project development stages, as well as DLL setup and interaction with MetaTrader 5 tools.

Using MATLAB 2018 computational capabilities in MetaTrader 5

After the upgrade of the MATLAB package in 2015, it is necessary to consider a modern way of creating DLL libraries. The article uses a sample predictive indicator to illustrate the peculiarities of linking MetaTrader 5 and MATLAB using modern 64-bit versions of the platforms, which are utilized nowadays. With the entire sequence of connecting MATLAB considered, MQL5 developers will be able to create applications with advanced computational capabilities much faster, avoiding «pitfalls».

MTF indicators as the technical analysis tool

Most of traders agree that the current market state analysis starts with the evaluation of higher chart timeframes. The analysis is performed downwards to lower timeframes until the one, at which deals are performed. This analysis method seems to be a mandatory part of professional approach for successful trading. In this article, we will discuss multi-timeframe indicators and their creation ways, as well as we will provide MQL5 code examples. In addition to the general evaluation of advantages and disadvantages, we will propose a new indicator approach using the MTF mode.

Library for easy and quick development of MetaTrader programs (part III). Collection of market orders and positions, search and sorting

In the first part, we started creating a large cross-platform library simplifying the development of programs for MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 platforms. Further on, we implemented the collection of history orders and deals. Our next step is creating a class for a convenient selection and sorting of orders, deals and positions in collection lists. We are going to implement the base library object called Engine and add collection of market orders and positions to the library.

Extracting structured data from HTML pages using CSS selectors

The article provides a description of a universal method for analyzing and converting data from HTML documents based on CSS selectors. Trading reports, tester reports, your favorite economic calendars, public signals, account monitoring and additional online quote sources will become available straight from MQL.

Library for easy and quick development of MetaTrader programs (part II). Collection of historical orders and deals

In the first part, we started creating a large cross-platform library simplifying the development of programs for MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 platforms. We created the COrder abstract object which is a base object for storing data on history orders and deals, as well as on market orders and positions. Now we will develop all the necessary objects for storing account history data in collections.

Studying candlestick analysis techniques (part III): Library for pattern operations

The purpose of this article is to create a custom tool, which would enable users to receive and use the entire array of information about patterns discussed earlier. We will create a library of pattern related functions which you will be able to use in your own indicators, trading panels, Expert Advisors, etc.

Library for easy and quick development of MetaTrader programs (part I). Concept, data management and first results

While analyzing a huge number of trading strategies, orders for development of applications for MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 terminals and various MetaTrader websites, I came to the conclusion that all this diversity is based mostly on the same elementary functions, actions and values appearing regularly in different programs. This resulted in DoEasy cross-platform library for easy and quick development of МetaТrader 5 and МetaТrader 4 applications.

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Integrate mt4 with discord channel

Hi, I need help to send alerts from mt4 to one discord channel without latency. when user(s) place, edit, cancel some order we need to send those information to a discord channel

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Creation of simple short-term bar range break indicator

This order is quite simple. To develop an indicator that would print up/down signals when a bull bar breaks the close price level of the previous bear bar and vice-versa. The concept relies on short term S/R in the simplest way More details are provided in the specs sheet that is attached...

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Great Robot required

Need help for a profitable EA, which I would like to test and buy. I am interested for high profit( min 30 to 100 percent of capital- per month or 2-3 percent per day) , low drawdown ( max 20 percent per month at any time) Can use on small 200-500 dollar account standard -...

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Martingale Simple Expert Advisor

Make a simple Martingale logic based on a formula for entry & booking profits. It will open orders based on an indicator and then follow martingale principle. -Will have just 3/4 input settings.

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Add security to MT4 indicator and Ea , with User + key

Need - method , safe and maybe part code on dll ( encrypted, or on my own server and not in file ) easy to handle , and cost effective partial trial activation may be possible ( days basis) can handle multiple indicator / ea provide and show a demo of it to proceed.

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Create a trading robot for auto trading my strategy based on three trading signals.

Hi there, I would like to have a EA robot automatically trade for me using my strategy. I would also want it to send me alerts to my email when it does take a trade. I will provide the rules, indicators and screen shots for testing as well simple step by step instructions on how the set up...

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Build EA with auto-trading MT4

Hi Coders, i need a robot which can auto trade with stop lose & take profit,with my own strategy which based on RSI, Stochistic , further information i will provide @ cotactthanks

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Modification of an existing EA to detect trade copy

Hi All,I need an experienced coder to modify my EA such that the EA is to have "send email" function without using the email tab details from MT4. The login credentials of the email address will be input inside the EA, the EA will send email to me and inform me when someone puts a trade copy EA on...

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Expert Advisor based on Donchian Channel is required.

:) Hello Sir, I require a simple MT5 expert advisor based on Donchian Channel to only place orders, rest all will be managed manually. The detailed specification of job with example will be discussed via private message with the prospective developer. Thanking you.

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Converting Mt4 to Mt5

I need 7 indicators converted from Mt4 to Mt5..would appreciate it if someone could quote me a price for this job. Thanks, Roger Sessions Sweetspots Bucpivot daily Bucpivot weekly Bucpivot monthly pivot daily median pivot weekly median

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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

Painting Deals

Painting Deals on active chart. It allows analyzing trade history on an account to which you have an investor (read only) password. Type of the arrow displayed indicated the deal type: Right Arrow means In and In/Out deals Arrow Left Left means Out deals.Blue arrows are for Buy deals and Red arrows are for Sell deals. The indicator displays deals in the real time mode, it also displays their Stop Loss and Take Profit levels. Put the mouse over the arrows to see the details of deals includ

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

Majors Advantage

Работа Советника базируется на синтетических паттернах между ценой и индикатором(CCI). Данные паттерны были найдены и протестированны с помощью алгоритмов машинного обучения и селективного выбора на промежутке более 20 лет. Советник не использует в своей работе мартингейл или усреднение и другие опасные методы манименеджмента. Используются тейк профит и стоп лосс. Советник не чувствителен к спреду. Советник показывает стабильную работу на основных мажорах рынка. Советник полностью оптимизирова

Fast Copy MT5

The program allows to copy trades between different MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 accounts in any direction and amount quickly and easily. Any type of copying is available MT4 → MT5 MT4 → MT4 MT5 → MT5 MT5 → MT4 * full description How the program works The program copies transactions between two or more terminals installed on one "PC" or "VPS". You need to install the program in the "MASTER" mode on one terminal, it can be a terminal with a trading password or an investor pass

Asmani Pro

ONE OF THE MOST SAFE AND POPULAR EAs !! * Low Risk / Consistent Profit EA. * Works on EURUSD and EURJPY on M15 Timeframe only. * Capital requirement : Minimum : $300 Ideal : $1000 MUST : Please go through following blogs before Back Testing or Using the EA 1) General Strategy of Asmani Pro https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/725758 2) Inputs explained in detail for Asmani Pro 21.1 https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/725759 3) Backtesing for Asmani https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs

Max Mixed Hedging DC

Attention!!! Do not try to test an Expert Advisor in Tester, this is simply impossible and meaningless, since the principle is based on multi-currency trading, that is, the robot opens several positions at once on different instruments. The tester is able to test only one pair. Therefore, a separate real account is attached to the product, where you can constantly monitor all trading results: https://www.mql5.com/en/signals/491068, which is much more convincing and weightier than any tests, and

Twin Hedge DC

Attention!!! Do not try to test an Expert Advisor in Tester, this is simply impossible and meaningless, since the principle is based on pair trading, that is, the robot opens two positions at once for different instruments. The tester is able to test only one pair. Therefore, a separate real account is attached to the product, where you can constantly monitor all trading results: https://www.mql5.com/en/signals/491066, which is much more convincing and weightier than any tests, and demo results

AlgoTradeSoft Innovative EA

The strategy is based on the breakdown of the most important support and resistance levels. The EA uses the adaptive trade management algorithm. It was backtested and optimized using real ticks with 99,9% quality. The Expert Advisor has successfully passed the stress test with slippage and commission approximate to the real market conditions. The EA contains the algorithm of statistics collection and slippage control with complete statistics output on the information panel, so you can control

Scalping Indicator Pro mt4

Scalping Indicator Pro is a powerful indicator that works in trend as well as non trending market conditions. This indicator is perfect for scalp trades as well as swing trades. Scalping Indicator Pro is not just an indicator, but a trading strategy itself. It doesn't requires any additional indicators for the trading setup. Check out the indicator in action. [Video demonstration below] Why use Scalping Indicator Pro? Great for novice traders as well as experienced traders.Low risk entries.Do

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