Articles on trading system automation in MQL5

The article deals with various ways of how to control open positions and pending orders. It is devoted to simplifying of writing Expert Advisors.

All categories classifying trading strategies are fully arbitrary. The classification below is to emphasize the basic differences between possible approaches to trading.

Examined are the most frequent mistakes that lead the first-time programmers to creation of a "super-moneymaking" (when tested) trading systems. Exemplary experts that show fantastic results in tester, but result in losses during real trading are presented.

General principles of considering orders in a large and complex program are discussed.

The article deals with the problem of how to arrange pauses between trade operations when a number of experts work on one МТ 4 Client Terminal. It is intended for users who have basic skills in both working with the terminal and programming in MQL 4.

The article deals with the problem of conflict-free trading of several experts on the same МТ 4 Client Terminal. It "teaches" the expert to manage only "its own" orders without modifying or closing "someone else's" positions (opened manually or by other experts). The article was written for users who have basic skills of working with the terminal and programming in MQL 4.

25 to 30% of all crashlogs received from users appear due to errors occurring when functions imported from custom dlls are executed.

The article deals with the outlook of using MQL4 for more productive work at FOREX markets.

The article deals with realization of charts without skipped bars.

Genetic (evolutionary) algorithms are used for optimization purposes. An example of such purpose can be neuronet learning, i.e., selection of such weight values that allow reaching the minimum error. At this, the genetic algorithm is based on the random search method.

The article gives formulas and the calculation order for data shown in the Tester report.