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I used to be a able to withdraw with paypal but now that has been banned, I've tried different virual cards and visa cards with no progress. What is the solution to this, I feel alot of people are going through the same problem and support is not doing anything about it. Probably alot of small

Hi,, Does anyone know how i can export live data from my mt4 to someone else's computer in real time, the balace, eqyity etc? Not via a third party company such as mql4 or myfxbook. Only direct. Thanks, Yossi

Good afternoon, everyone, I know that there are machine learning and statistics enthusiasts on the forum. I propose to discuss in this topic (without holivars), share and enrich our own knowledge bank in this interesting field. For beginners and not only there is a good theoretical resource in

"Can someone please help me? I have already purchased the EA AW Recovery and money has been deducted from my account, but now the EA that I bought doesn't appear in my successful purchase box. What should I do? I have already contacted the seller but haven't received an answer yet." This appears to

this is the EA trading XAUUSD, backtest 1min data from 01/01/2021-30/06/2025. i plan to put it on sell in the Market but would like a feedback on the test result. please let me know so i can improve it

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This is about something interesting which we can find here for MT4 and MT5 on CodeBase, Articles and inside the threads. No any signals, market prodducts, external links (to download or any), no any advertising, no any commercial things please

MetaQuotes has launched new MQL5.community information channels on Facebook, X.com (Twitter), and Telegram. These channels provide daily publications of relevant technical materials from the MQL5.com Articles and CodeBase sections. They are designed to promptly update developers on algorithmic

MetaQuotes Software Corp. continues to expand the opportunities of MQL5.community. On June 17th, two new services were launched on the website: Payments and Jobs. With these services, the website visitors will be able to order and pay for different works performed by other members of the community....

I just bough intel core ultra7 265k in the window showing 20cpu but after optimizing with MT5 it has only 8Agent and also in Agent manager showing only 8

Hi , I am writing a code in OnTradeTransaction() event handler ,that whenever order hit stoploss i am taking it's position id of deal type DEAL_ENTRY_OUT and iterating HistoryDealTotal() to find DEAL_ENTRY_In for that position_id but problem is HistoryDealTotal() is holding only latest deal for

Hello, Do you listen any music while you trade? I have tried with many different kinds, but I think classical music is the most appropriate to remain discipline focus and calm . Any replies are appreciated. Let's start

Hi everyone, I’m new to freelancing on MQL5, but I have solid experience in building bots and indicators. I’m currently speaking with a potential client who wants to move the conversation to Telegram. I’ve read that MQL5 rules don’t allow sharing personal contact details before an order is placed. I

Considering the potential delay in investor accounts, the stop loss set at 100-200 pips on the provider’s account could be hit faster on the investor’s end. This happens due to execution differences caused by delays, even if the provider's analysis has accurately identified the market’s power

Guys, I have been trading since 2011, I have tried nearly 2000 strategies, I have build almost 2000 Eas and indicators, on this olatform and on other platform, but I have not really found what works, what actually works? and does such a thing exists

Good day dear forum members. After reading the forum a bit, I came across several threads on arbitrage and pair trading . Judging by the threads, some are interested and some are trying it. I used to dabble in this topic a long time ago, but my knowledge was not enough. Now I am a complete mess in

Hello, I am sharing my strategy, which I am using for manual trading, and I am planning to build an EA based on this strategy soon. This strategy works for all currency pairs and timeframes, but the recommended timeframes are M1, M5, M15, and M30. This strategy is currently giving me an 80% win

Simple Ichimoku System. Some members remember Ichimoku informational template for Asctrend M5 elite section system thread: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/174756 and new set of this system from this post. It is so called Ichimoku informational template to check market condition on H4/D1 timeframe...

This is the thread about books related for stocks, forex, financial market and economics. Please make a post about books with possible cover image, short description and official link to buy (amazon for example). Posts without books' presentation, without official link to buy and with refferal links...

Here is a new indicator I threw together this weekend. This is the beginning, I'm going to add more indicators to this one as I go along. Basically, this indicator gives buy and sell signals on multiple timeframes based upon stochastics and RSI. I was going to wait until I posted this one but even...

Hello all I have tested many strategies and many other stuff but i did not found them more accurant then basic analysis of the market. i mean,the Price Patterns. 1. harmony indicators : here and here. 2. candelsticks reversal patterns is here. 3. Price Patterns : - Price Patterns

Some people say that it is the best signal system in the world. It is very famous system and it was developed in the interesting way: Russians recognized this system for MetaTrader some years ago and this western trading system was not very profitable (I am talking about MetaTrader only) but had as

Here is a suggestion for a possible trading system... System one is MT4-Xard777.rar and System two is XARD-BOX.rar Enjoy... All the best Xard777

Since it seems that some new reincarnation of "Solar wind" is appearing at least on a weekly basis, and since it seems that is useless to repeat over and over that it is a wrongly coded Ehlers fisher transform and that it is one of the most famous re painters, here is this nice little thread in

Hello , at Stochastic Oscillator thread , Dear Mladen wrote a cool indicator , which was Dear PAVA's idea.It was DSS3 . It's a good system for scalping . I want to scalp with it and share my result at this thread .

I just started this thread as a continuation of the talking made on this topic (we can read it). Or ...to make it shorter: it was some discussion about forecasting/predicting of the next candle or direction of the movement or market condition evaluation. And it was around standard indiocators in

Hi everyone! I’ve been testing several Expert Advisors lately and realized that risk management often makes a bigger difference than the actual entry logic. Curious to know what’s working for others here: Do you stick to fixed lots, dynamic lot sizing, or use equity-based risk? Do you apply

can anyone help me with a broker that will allow me to trade stocks and crypto on Meta Trader 5

If BTC/USD has support at $68,000 and resistance at $70,000, what type of group or person would keep dumping at $70,000 when they make very little profit from a buy at $69,000

Hi, I have data export from NT8 and need to import it in MT5 but the formats compatible with the two platforms are clearly different. Is there a process/tool to automate this

Hi @ all, i´m new with MT 5 and wanted to know if its possible to trade on sim/demo account other markets than forex? For instance, NQ, SP500, etc. For now i only see forex markets to choose from. Any ideas? Thanks

MetaQuotes Software and oneZero Financial Systems announce a new connectivity gateway for integration with Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., available through the oneZero Hub product. The gateway provides the possibility to trade stocks, futures and other exchange traded instruments on the largest...

Hi. How much would it cost to make this DOM?

good day. I'm new here, and I can't find an answer. Please advise: I downloaded a couple of "free" EAs to MT5 and I need to backtest them via "test". But I have a problem that it is counting my profit as a few dollars. I have something set up wrong. I need to set it up for back-testing on stocks and

I used to use metatrader4 when I was messing with Forex, but I have funds that I'd like to use out of my stock porfolio to trade one particuarl stock which goes up and down $1-2/day pretty much all the time. I'd like to set metatrader up to say, sell at a certain price, then buy at $2.00 lower, then

Hello all, I am new to the MT5 platform & my background is in trading E-Mini S&P500 futures. Of course, I am interested in algorithmic trading but I have not been able to find any source code for this particular instrument. I would appreciate any guidance or assistance in finding some expert

Hey guys, dumb questions from a noob I just created a demo account on ****** to try their MT5 and I'm trying to find the emini futures in there (S&P 500) but I simply can't. Their website says they support it, but I just can't find it. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong here

SP500 and NASDAQ Indexes are not up to date and have been disabled for some time now. Is anyone else experiencing this

I know this is possible on demo accounts, but on real accounts? Anyone who operates with this strategy on a real account

Hello all, I'm a software engineer with a C++ background and have been using metatrader for a long time. I've been importing chart data into custom symbols successfully however, I lately have been needing to import historic prices; and in this area, MT5 is limited. The issue --seems to-- lie in the

Dear all, I am trying to import historical data (M1) to MT5 from my Tradestation account. I have export the data in csv format and below there are some rows as example: "Date","Time","Open","High","Low","Close","TotalVolume" 1/2/2008,03:01:00,3841.00,3842.25,3840.25,3841.75,184

does the future contracts on mt5 automatically rollover? Like ES, YM, NQ

So I have been reading through https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/451498 and https://www.mql5.com/ru/forum/442814/page2 and from what I understand the iClose/iOpen and things like CopyTime can return wrong values if not synced up and is therefore unreliable? But with both don't you still just check and

Hi guys, I have an EA compiled without any errors but in backtesting it wont do anything, just stucked. There is also no errors in journal. What I'm missing here: #property copyright "Copyright 2023, MetaQuotes Ltd." #property link " https://www.mql5.com " #property version "1.00" #include

Hey, I have been trying to write one function that would calculate LotSize regardless of the instrument, but it seems that despite all my efforts the program seems to throw weird lot sizes anytime I use it for index - ES or NQ. It's working good for forex, gold and crude. I am yet to try it fully on

Greetings All, If I may, Id like to start a discussion on how and why you choose which optimized setting to use after results. In particular, Profit v Drawdown. Or do you use Profit factor? I have attached two results as an example. Which of the two would you choose and why? * If there is already a

if more than one tickets are opened at any time (not opened at the same time), MQL5 wasn't able to close all of the tickets (see enclosed figure). Enclosed: Call to close long and short Code of closing functions Figure show not all are closing void closeLong(){ int total = PositionsTotal ();

Hello great people. Kindly help me fix the error in my EA. It fails to pick trades. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| BB_Ichimoku_AD_RSI_ATR.mq5 | //| Stricter Confirmation Logic v2.6 |

Good morning everyone, I was wondering if anyone has experience with any AI that can really help you with writing MQL5 code and, above all, that understands the difference between MQL5 and MQL4. From personal experience, I have tried several AIs, I can say that my experience with them is rather

What is MQL5 Wizard : The MetaTrader 5 Trading Platform includes the MQL5 Wizard , which allows to quickly generate code of an Expert Advisor (Expert Advisor builder). With MQL5 Wizard, knowledge of programming languages is no longer a prerequisite for creating trading robots . In the past, it

...please help...I updated my expert...what are the next steps and what should I do with the data...how do I adjust the expert to the update so that I can test it for better results...what should I do with the data from the update

When using optimization, the Drawdown % displayed for each pass is equity drawdown maximal. How can we get it to display equity drawdown relative? Equity drawdown relative is much more useful for testing EAs that scale with account size. I've seen this posted a couple times, but it seems like the

Hello MQL5 community, I'm developing an Expert Advisor in a netting account . the EA work perfectly but when i want to publish my ea i get these error messages: failed market sell 0.2 EURUSD sl: ... tp: ... [Invalid stops] failed modify #... sell 0.2 EURUSD sl: ... tp: ... [Modification failed due

Hi I have this message on my version 5120: "Resource indicator .. is compiled for debugging. That slows down the performance. Please recompile the indicator to increase performance." I'd like to, but I can't find the option to remove to avoid compiling with debugging. Could you help me? Thanks

How can I get SymbolInfoSessionTrade information using mt5 Python integration

Can anyone check out the following script, and explain why it has not yet generated any trade, and whether it well ever trade. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert Advisor: XBRUSD EMA Scalper - 30 Ticks Target |

I am building with the help of Gemini a code that reads the journal and checks for specific messages in order to enter a trade. For some reason the "MqlJournalInfo" function is not working on 3 different PCs that I tried, this is the code below and the error I get is "'MqlJournalInfo' - undeclared

Hey does anyone have a good suggestion for a indicator that provides signals for forex pairs on the 1-5 min time frames

Hi, Was wondering where I could get my hands on the ADX indicator with color changing when above a certain level

As title, i've already set INDICATOR_LEVELCOLOR = clrNONE but it still show level color on initialize. for ( int i = 0 ; i < 8 ; ++i) { IndicatorSetDouble ( INDICATOR_LEVELVALUE , i, i + 1 ); IndicatorSetInteger ( INDICATOR_LEVELCOLOR , i, clrNONE ); IndicatorSetInteger (

I want to make an indicator by this code - https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/39835 But i do not understand it properly. How to use it for binary option put and call. What's the meaning lower wick number? Upper wick number and body number? How can i count it for buyer and sellers power? Can anyone

Hi all, I've created a custom lorentz curve indicator inspired from one of them in TradingView however, when I use it in my EA with iCustom() and I copy the CopyBuffer ( hLorentz , 3 , 1 , SIGNAL_BUFFER_SIZE , stateBuf ) != SIGNAL_BUFFER_SIZE ), it says the 0 index values are different for

Dear Viewer, Can somebody please convert this small MT4 indicator to MT5 version, would be highly thankful 🙏🏻

I'm not really a great programmer but sometime I can modify some indicators to make our trading life easier. Attached are some modified indicators and some useful ones too. Most of these indicators are not mine. Credits are in the source codes....

I have lost my money past 6 months. So i do not want more losses. Please suggest me good indicator or EA that make me profitable. Win rate minimum 85% to 90. Please suggest

Some indicators with alert/signals with author's comments: - EMA-Crossover_Signal: Enter two Exponential Moving Average periods and it'll tell you when they crossed. - SMA-Crossover_Signal: Enter two Simple Moving Average periods and it'll tell you when they crossed. - SMMA-Crossover_Signal: Enter...

We are continuing discussion about the indicators. We have the following thread: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/175886 https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/177239 https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/177358 https://www.forex-tsd.com/forum/debates-discussions/9785-rsi-indicator https://www.mql5.com/en/forum https...

look at the code, please note that the parameters is "13,9,9,6,5,3". //--- paramters is not "13,8,8,5,5,3", is "13,9,9,6,5,3". int handle = iGator ( _Symbol , _Period , 13 , 9 , 9 , 6 , 5 , 3 , MODE_SMMA , PRICE_MEDIAN ); double gator[]; ArraySetAsSeries (gator, true ); CopyBuffer (handle, 0

Hi everyone, I'm trying to calculate Stochastic 5 3 3 oscillator using python but the result is different from chart MT5. Please help. My code below def calculate_stochastic_oscillator(df): df['low_min'] = df['low'].rolling(window=5).min() df['high_max'] = df['high'].rolling(window=5).max()

Post all MA indicators here

Hi everyone, it probably is a very dum8 mistake but I'm new to coding, I've created an indicator that calculates the difference between two consecutive candles tick volume but for some reason, unless i refresh it manually in mt5 , after first loading it it will display wrong values I'll post my code

BreakRevertPro EA Adaptive Trading Edge for Breakout Mean Reversion : BreakRevertPro EA merges breakout and mean reversion strategies with adaptive SL/TP and multi-timeframe ATR trailing stops for flexible trading in volatile markets. Author: Mustafa Seyyid Sahin

PNG : Forget about BMP files like a bad dream. With this library, you will now be able to use the more advanced and compact PNG image format for your programs. Author: BeeXXI Corporation

Check out the new article: Introduction to MQL5 (Part 18): Building Expert Advisors Using Technical Chart Patterns (III) — Introduction to Wolfe Wave Pattern . This article explains the Wolfe Wave pattern in detail, covering both the bearish and bullish variations. It also breaks down the

Check out the new article: Building a Custom Market Regime Detection System in MQL5 (Part 2): Expert Advisor . This article details building an adaptive Expert Advisor (MarketRegimeEA) using the regime detector from Part 1. It automatically switches trading strategies and risk parameters for

New article Payments and payment methods is published: MQL5.community built-in services offer great opportunities both to MQL5 developers and ordinary traders with no programming skills. But all these features can't be implemented without in-house secure payment system, that provides a convenient

Day Of Week, Week Of Year and other marks in Data Window and on chart : WeekDays indicator displays Day Of Week, Week Of Year, Day Of Year or Bar Index in the Data Window, and optionally in labels on the chart. Author: Stanislav Korotky

Check out the new article: Non-linear regression models on the stock exchange . Non-linear regression models on the stock exchange: Is it possible to predict financial markets? Let's consider creating a model for forecasting prices for EURUSD, and make two robots based on it - in Python and MQL5. I

Ind_2 Line+1 : The indicator of the arbitrage situation for spread consisting from two instruments Author: Evgeniy Trofimov

Pending tread EA (Best for Gold) : The Pending_tread EA is a versatile and easy-to-use trading robot designed to automate the placement and management of multiple pending orders arranged in a grid pattern above and below the current market price. This EA is well-suited for scalping strategies and

Daily VWAP : Daily VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) is a simple yet powerful indicator that calculates and displays the Volume Weighted Average Price for each trading day. Ideal for identifying intraday fair value and supporting your daily trading decisions. Author: Guillermo Pineda

Manual Backtest Bar Replay Simulator : A simple indicator which may help you in manual backtest by just moving a vertical line to show hide bars. Author: Rajesh Kumar Nait

Check out the new article: From Basic to Intermediate: Union (II) . Today we have a very funny and quite interesting article. We will look at Union and will try to solve the problem discussed earlier. We'll also explore some unusual situations that can arise when using union in applications. The

Smart Trend Follower : This EA is designed to automatically follow market trends using signals from the Moving Average and Stochastic Oscillator indicators. The EA detects buy and sell signals by utilizing MA crossovers and confirms the trend with Stochastic. Additionally, the EA includes automatic

Check out the new article: Introduction to MQL5 (Part 17): Building Expert Advisors Using Technical Chart Patterns (II) . This article teaches beginners how to build an Expert Advisor (EA) in MQL5 that trades based on chart pattern recognition using trend line breakouts and reversals. By learning

Check out the new article: Feature selection and dimensionality reduction using principal components . The article delves into the implementation of a modified Forward Selection Component Analysis algorithm, drawing inspiration from the research presented in “Forward Selection Component Analysis

Hi Guys, i've been searching with not much luck for an MT4 version of the ConnorsRSI. A lot has been said about this indicator, which was developed by Larry Connors and Cesar Alvarez. The indicator is available for amibroker and tradestation but find no coding for MT4.. Can someone be able to help...

As bitcoin was climbing yesterday I had 2 ages of orders. One type from back in May when I was buying the May 23rd high. 12 orders were left open with swap fees totalling almost $40 each. The other type were bought just yesterday as the price was climbing. All the order lines were indicated in green

how can I use a python server to copy trades between MT4 accounts (Masters and slaves)

Hi all How do you solve stop loss slippage. On a demo account account the stoploss is hits the stoploss perfectly but on a real account it's a different story (Using the same ECN Broker). Below I attached images to look at the different Stop loss for demo account: For real account here here is the

Hi, I have a multicurrency hedge EA that I am trying to get listed on the market place, however when it comes to the final part of getting the automatic verification it keeps up coming as failed with numerous errors for example "no trading operations". I have tested the EA on MT4 and it works

Hello, MT4 Volume shows number of Tick per Candle? For example, if volume value is 20 that means 20 times it Tick on the current candle? ATR Indicator shows Price Change difference per Candle? For example, here ATR Period is 14 (Means last 14 Candle) and ATR Value 1.15 (XAUUSD) means 115 Point on

Hi i have developed an indicator that should recognize the IDNR4 pattern and suggest to enter Long or Short based on the pattern. Looking at the indicator it seems correct but: 1. Display Long and Short arrow 2. If it is included into an EA getting the Bars-1 (so the previous closed bar) it doesn't

The problem is from the Mechmatov forum, here . Петя заметил, что у всех его 25 одноклассников различное число друзей в этом классе. Сколько друзей может быть у Пети? Comment: 1. Petya is also in this class, i.e. there are 26 people in total in the class. 2. If A is friends with B, then B is friends

Hello MQL5 Community, I'd appreciate it if you could help me with the following errors in my code. The first is at the beginning of my "int OnInit()" code, and the second is at the end: "return(point);" I had previously made some minor changes to the code in order to resolve other errors. I'm having

I am able to get my EAs working on any pair 3,4,5 decimal places but it would appear that I thought I understood this but obviously i dont!!! as i play with each to get it correct on any provider or currency pair. Life is easier if you know what you are doing and it appears it can be done in one way...

Hello, I Built Market Speedometer to check if market speed is high, low or in normal using MT4 Volume (Tick) data and ATR data. Hope this will useful for peoples. if you have any suggestion or fix please let me know. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Market

Hi, I am having trouble with the 'market' tab on MT4 after I login to community, I am unable to see all my purchases on my account to download my products I have purchased, and this started occurring after I reinstalled metatrader, but also checked a different installation I have on MT4 on a

I have been trying to have my Grid/Martingale EA modified to make it safer and more efficient. Unfortunately, the feedback and results coming in have been unsuccessful. 1. Can a skilled MQL5 programmer modify an EA with any conceivable modification idea possible? 2. Does the ability of a programmer

Hello, I learned In MT4 and Forex Market volume does not mean total number of Active and Pending Orders but instead it means how many Tick per X time or How much price change per Tick. Is there any indicator which i can use to check Market Volatility and Speed of the market or Which Indicator shows