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NZD/USD April-June 2017 Forecast: ranging within Ichimoku cloud for direction W1 price is located inside Ichimoku cloud for the ranging market condition within the following support/resistance levels: 38.2% Fibo level at 0.7163 located in the beginning of the bullish trend to be resumed, and, 0...
This link provided to me by RaptorUK, give me the idea that it would be interesting to have a place here on the site to share such links. So I opened a new topic, it will be moderated to follow the rules as usual, but also about the content.
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While I was studying Technical Analysis I made a lot of Photoshop imagesto show words of wisdom that was said by writers of technical analysis books. Ibuild this thread to share those pictures with you and I hope they could helpyou to find them interesting.
I encourage you also to...
Hi, while trying to validate my mt5 EA for the market I get these following errors: test on EURUSD,H1 (netting) 2018.06.22 00:00:00 failed modify #62 sell 0.20 EURUSD sl: 1.16448, tp: 1.14249 -> sl: 1.16025, tp: 1.14249 [Invalid stops] 2018.06.22 00:00:08 failed modify #62 sell 0.20 EURUSD sl: 1...
Would an EA based on tranding signals be possible? that is to say an ea that is collecting information of how to trade with my signals so that he can automatically be intelligent and can use my tendency to learn and execute his own signals and every time I can go giving him more parameters of...
Hello everyone. I've been having a problem and wanted to ask for some backup. So, I have been running the strategy tester using multiple cores in my computer, but also using other 3 computers in my network to accelerate the process. The problem is that, when using the function FileWrite(), this csv...
Articles Strategy Tester: Modes of Modeling during Testing MetaQuotes Software Corp., 2005.09.13 13:10 Many programs of technical analysis allow to test trading strategies on history data. In the most cases, the testing is conducted on already completed data without any attempts to model the trends...
I'm developing a trend following system. So far is good, but I need to make better filters for the trades. As any trend following system, the win rate is bellow 50% (way bellow) but Risk to Reward compensate for the losses. I want to apply simple filters (no more than 3 input variables) in order to...
i manage to enable the real time signal but after i migrate the settings to my VPS and go back and check the box has been unticked. Does anyone know why this is? i have only just subscribed.
Trading and training video (from youtube for example) about forex and financial market in general. thread for April 2013 - look at this thread, thread for May 2013 - look at here,for June 2013 is here.July thread 2013 is hereAugust thread 2013 is this oneSeptember thread 2013 is hereOctober thread...
Hi. I am seeking validation on a strategy from some experienced traders. The strategy is simply to avoid negative swap trades when it is best to do so. When I refer to negative swaps I am referring to trades involving open positions that if left past roll over time, will incur a charge. Still, one...
Brain System. 8 indicators in total (see in download area). Some people said that it is great system. I did not try yet. I am very affraid for every great systems. I want to try but I fear. Because of great.
Hi, I want to add new signal (as signal provider) but after adding all the details of account and broker i get an error "invalid broker server". I have typed my broker name and eventried with the server ip but all filed. The broker is <name removed> Sever name: <name removed> Sever address: <name...
Hi guys, Want to open a crypto related topic. Would be good to discuss MT5 possibilities to trade crypto using API. Lately, Metaquotes released a new MT5 build which supports some functions to ease a crypto trading. Does it mean MT traders and forex investors are getting more interested in crypto?
Why are signal providers allowed to deposit money on their account so often ? This is corrupting the curve ? MQL5 should allow deposits only as an extreme measure of rescuing the account. And this should be mentioned on the chart with a RED vertical line, because it artificialy pimps the result....
i am a professional trader that have been in the marketplace since 9 years ago . check tens of thousands of EAs , indicators , strategies like price action , ichimuko etc... and can assure you 99% of them not work in long term. because market is unpredictable and full of uncertainty. so no one can...
Hello to everybody, I have a little problem, because of my little knowledge of MQL5 language... Once I open an order, using OrderOpen() of Ctrade class, now I want to know to check its status at every tick; i.e. I want to know if it is still opened or instead closed because of TakeProfit or StopLoss...
Hi everybody I am beginning to think its impossible to predict the future so I thought of a new system and would like to hear your two cents On the daily Find three or four currencies with the lowest spread Buy or sell them It really doesn't matter \ Put a 15 pt stop loss on each one Check them...
I plan on copying trades from MQL from a trader, however want to connect 3 accounts to the same trader. Do i have pay individually 3 times separately with 1 MQL account? is that possible? Or i will have to create 3 separately MQL accounts and make the payments from each MQL account separately?
i have wanted to test some indicators from the market for MT4. but backtest engine produces error. as shown, it expects "EURUSD5" but correct sintax is "EURUSD,M5" this problem occures during the test of the indicators which is from the market. there is no problem for unprotected indicators. is this...
Dax Index January-March 2017 Forecast: flat within bullish with key resistance at 11,649 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 11,485 level to above on close weekly bar with 11,649 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...
There is an opinion that from time to time some great capital, who knows SL in small enterprises, is playing against the market to defeat them and their machines. On mql5.com, I read that in the last days there was a loss of 4 to 5 million baks in the group of salesmen. This is a huge loss of...
Hello all, I am new to this forum and I have recently downloaded MT5. Now I want data for Indian Stocks. Can someone help me who are authorized data vendor for India Exchange NSE for MT5. There are many data vendors for Amibroker and Ninjatrader in India but not for MT5. How I can import historical...
Hello, is anyone aware of any futures broker that offer its client the MT5 trading platform? Is there a list of those? I mean real futures, not CFDs. Futures that trade on CME Globex and Eurex exchanges. Thank you.
CAC 40 January-March 2017 Forecast: bullish with key resistance at 4924.69 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 4860.85 resistance level to above on close weekly bar with 4924.69 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...
Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Press review Sergey Golubev, 2016.12.25 06:50 Hang Seng Index Q1 2017 Forecast (based on the article) "Underlying sentiment surrounding Hong Kong stocks has remained negative with underlying concerns surrounding...
S&P 500 January-March 2017 Forecast: long-term bullish ranging within the narrow s/r levels for direction W1 price is located far above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price is on ranging within the following narrow support/resistance levels for the bullish trend to be resumed...
Bitcoin vs USD January-March 2017 Forecast: key resistance level at 850.15 to be broken for the bullish trend to be continuing Weekly (W1) price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price is on ranging within the following support/resistance levels: 850.15...
DJIA January-March 2017 Forecast: long-term bullish; resistance level at 19,987 is the key W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart: the price is on testing 19,987 resistance lkevel to above for the primary bullish market condition to be continuing. The price is...
Stock Market A To Z: 26 Names, Themes And Trends To Watch (based on the article) A is for Apple "The stock trailed the broader market in 2016, but there may be tailwinds in 2017. Tax reform may include a provision that incentivizes the company to deploy its billions in foreign cash back to...
The international broker has expanded its exchange trading offering. Using the multi-asset platform, traders can invest in securities of global corporations, such as Allianz, BMW, Bayer, Siemens, Heineken and Royal Dutch Shell. This addition to the previously available portfolio of US stocks, brings...
When using MT4 Strategy Tester for CFD strategies, I noticed that the historical data for CFDs went back to only 2015, whereas FX historical data went back to 1980. I tried to download more data from History Centre, but I got the notification 'No new data for this pair' Is MT4s CFD historical data...
Hi all, I have an EA that is checking an indicator every tick to see if an arrow appears. Should an arrow appear it will do something. I am finding that the EA is locking up my system with the amount of RAM and CPU its using for the task. so clearly my approach is wrong or i am asking too much....
Dear members, I will like to ask for advise on how to reduce the CPU processing power with MT4? I am using several EA for trading a few currency pairs. It seems that the CPU can fluctuate from 10% to 100%. The MT4 is residing on the VPS host and my RAM is 1.3GB and CPU is 2.2GHz. Thanks in advance....
Hello all, I'm facing a strange error. The optimization is usually some passes successfully and then it starts returning only zero trade results, as follows: Scrolling down, all of the bellow tests return also 0. After the successful passes, I could see on the Journal that the errors are happening...
Hello developer's. I really want someone who able to developed my Renko EA. That EA have some awesome logic to place trade also have good exit logic there. Not a single indicator use under this EA. If anyone have awesome knowledge in Renko then most welcome for my upcoming project. Also you not...
Hey, I want to Round the number of an Array of my indicator. I need to Round the numbers to the number of digits of the currency, for example the EURUSD in my broker has 5 digits, while USDJPY have 3 digits. I cannot do it this way. And I want to change Round the numbers as soon as they are created,...
Hello, I would like to implement Websockets in an EA. I have reviewed the following library https://github.com/krisn/lws2mql but I have not compiled. What would be the solution to get the signals from a website as quickly as possible? If you can not use WebSocket, what do you think about...
Hi, is it possible to re-implement iADX() using iCustom() or any other option to have ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE on its call (as it was on MQL4)? MQL4: double iADX( string symbol, // symbol int timeframe, // timeframe int period, // averaging period...
Greetings. I've coded a simple EA that uses CTrade to buy, sell and modify orders. When buying or selling, I'm using SL / TP to close orders. The issue is that although SL / TP are correctly set, they're completely ignored by Strategy Tester. The prices will reach the SL / TP levels many times, but...
Hi everyone :), I've currently got a freelancer working on an EA for myself and there's one strange bug that I can recreate but they are unable to. Basically when changing variables in the 'input' tab on the strategy tester I find that they get automatically reset if I tab out of the 'input' tab and...
Hello, i want to catch market orders in OnBookEvent(). But all i get are limit orders of the market depth. My Code: //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| testbook.mq5...
From what I remember, when I activated an EA on different installs of MT4 (tied to different accounts) on the same computer, I used one activation for each install. According to all the documentation I've read on this, it is one activation PER COMPUTER...meaning I can install the EA on as many...
Hi All, I've been using these forums for a while but not posted before. I've been digging around but can't seem to find a full resolution to my query so here goes. I see this as more of a logic problem and not specific code so haven't included any coding. I have an EA that runs on MT4 and runs...
see picture and i wirte code : if(Ask!=FindOrderOpenPriceByType(MagicNumberBuy,OP_BUY) && (Ask-(GridStep*Point)>=FindOrderOpenPriceByType(MagicNumberBuy,OP_BUY) && Ask+(GridStep*Point)<=FindOrderOpenPriceByType(MagicNumberBuy,OP_BUY))) int buy4=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,MinLots,Ask,0,0,0...
Hello everyone! I know how to say " If RSI > x , then do this" But, how to say "If RSI > x when candle is closed then do this" ( I mean the last candle ) Thanks for your help. Have a good day :)
In the May 2012 issue of TASC, Walid Khalil in hid article "Exploiting Extremes Sentiment Zone Oscillator" describes a "Sentiment Zone oscillator" Sentiment zone oscillatorThe sentiment zone oscillator (SZO) is a leading contrary oscillator that measures the extreme emotions of a single market or...
I have an Indicator with Alarm function, which is fixed, so I can't pick another Sound but the Alarm sound. However the Alarm sound goes off as well for different things. I switched it off for all other indicators, but the alarm sounds off at the beginning of every candle. How can I switch that off?...
Here is a little guide on how to get the work done NOTE: An indicator can be of 2 format (extensions), .MQ4 and .EX4. MQ4 is the source code, and EX4 is the compiled version of the code. Step By Step 1) Download/Copy/Save the MQ4/EX4 file into your C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 4\experts\indicators...
Very nice indicator I found elsewhere. I'm not sure what the 'official' way of trading it is following the direction of the blue or yellow line (depending on timeframe) looks very nice. And ofcource the xovers.
Hello. This indicator doesn't repaint with higher settings (length 8-9), but with length setting at 1 it repaints (on current candle if open price is used), but it's with that lower settings (1) that it "does the trick"... Is there an error in the code that can be corrected making the indicator non...
Hello I would like to hear advice from somebody who has experience with my problem. I have indicator and it has 4 buffers. Each buffers has own color. Its classic histogram with 4 colors. 2 color for rising and falling and 2 colors for values are above or bellow 0. When I run with cursor over bars...
Hello, I have an Indicator which calls an another CPU heavy custom indicator (on 7 different currencies). So, in the Init function I create the 7 handles and within OnCalculate I use CopyBuffer to get the data. Sometimes this indicator starts normally but sometimes it seems the buffers are not...
Hello everybodies, A new version about my chart clock As always transpareny and move it with a simple mouse click . better synch with the Pc timer and automatic synch with it check the code if you want to change any parts of that clock Hope that will give you a nice help in your trading :) If you...
Hello everyone, I find this indicator intriguing and with great potential. The only thing that's missing is an explanation for the settings. What do the parameters mean: "leftbars", "rightbars"? What do the numbers above the signals mean? How does the indicator show the trend, not just the points?...
I'm pretty new to mql5 and are trying to create an indicator, what i want is simple, but i seem to be missing something from it. I want to compare the close price of the 2 bars by the minute, if it is more than a certain value, it adds 1 to a indicator (Array?) So Say Bar A-1 closes at 1.555 Bar A...
All Arrow Buy/Sell with Alert, but only arrow without oscilator etc. ?! Pure chart with alert arrows, points ;). Stoch comeback cross arrow with alert ? RSI comeback cross arrow with alert ? CCI comeback cross arrow with alert ? ASI comeback cross arrow with alert ? Williams comeback cross arrow...
Nonrepaint RSI indicator that will assess and display trade recommendations.Alert will sound when trend changes to up down or sideways.Do not have to worry about this one repainting.
New article MQL Parsing by Means of MQL has been published: The article describes a preprocessor, a scanner, and a parser to be used in parsing the MQL-based source codes. MQL implementation is attached. Programming is essentially formalizing and automating some processes using general-purpose or...
New article Implementing a Scalping Market Depth Using the CGraphic Library has been published: In this article, we will create the basic functionality of a scalping Market Depth tool. Also, we will develop a tick chart based on the CGraphic library and integrate it with the order book. Using the...
MT5 to MT4 Set File Converter: This script converts multiple .set files from MT5 format to MT4 format. This is a necessary step for optimizing and running cross-compatible EAs. MetaTrader 5 is able to load .set files created in MT4, however, the format it saves set files in is not compatible...
Gann Grid: "Gann Grid" EA draws Gann Grid lines on chart and trades with price breakthrough,has Trailing Stop Loss &Take Profit works with all time frames major forex pairs and stocks NASDAQ. Author: Aharon Tzadik
New article How to Access the MySQL Database from MQL5 (MQL4) has been published:
The article describes the development of an interface between MQL and the MySQL database. It discusses existing practical solutions and offers a more convenient way to implement a library for working with databases....
Price Percentage and Times on cursor crosshair: This indicator enhance the functionality of the standard crosshair of MetaTrader adding the difference in Percentage and the time span in a human readable form (not in bars, but in Hours, minutes, days, etc) Author: ludoz
All Market Symbols and Data extraction script:
Reads all available instruments and their characteristics and generates an HTML report. Positive Swaps are highlighted.
Author: mgaforex
Hi Gents, I have the following code it works perfect on my EA tester but when it comes to automatic validation it fails int start() {//----int TCC = 0; for(int ii = OrdersTotal()-1; ii >= 0; ii--) { if(!OrderSelect(ii,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES)) continue; if(OrderSymbol() != Symbol() ||...
Hi friends, Hope you're doing great, Today I faced with a very special issue regarding the Account History of the MT4. I've written an EA and now I'm testing its operation on a demo account on real time. Within my EA code, I've written a procedure to save the details of the order with the info I...
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Hi, Mr. Guru could you please help me to constantly refresh an ea after each tick movement. I have tried everything, But I just can't make it refresh constantly. What lines of code must I insert to keep an ea and indicator refresh after every tick? Tnx
Hello forum, I have my entry and my stop-loss and I want to calculate the lot size according to my risk-management. It works fine and this is how I do it: double pipRisk = MathAbs(orderOpenPrice-orderStoploss);double lotSize = AccountBalance()*0.01 / pipRisk / (MarketInfo(_Symbol,...
Hello! I wrote an Indicator which works just fine. It has 5 Buffers in total, which are all working fine (i checked in the data-window when applied to a chart and they contain values where they should). Now i created an EA wich reads this indicators buffers. I can read the first 3 Buffers...
Hi All, Does anyone know how can I export Contract specifications (the one under CTRL + M shortcut) to Excel/.csv or where can i find it in MT4 files? It would be great if there is possibility to download them in a bulk. The most important for me is to get all swap values. Thanks in advance Failaps
I want to ask you if it is possible to close all open orders and to delete all pending orders within a unique call to a method. Without the need to iterate over Orders MODE_TRADES. Thanks!
Hi, can someone please advise an EA for GBP USD that would wait for the 1 hour candle to close at 3 am EST, that calculates the high and low of the previous 1 hour candle and then set two pending orders; a buy stop 10 pips above this 2 am EST candle high price and a sell stop 10 pips below...
Hi, sorry if this trivial question have been already answer somewhere in the forum, but I've been unable to find it. Does anyone know how to sort the Market Watch table by Symbol name column? Thank you very much, Best regards Stefano
These indicators are all based on a 2004 April issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities article by David Sepiashvili. Originally there were only 2 versions developed by the author, but there were some possibilities that were not explored in that article which lead to developing some more...
Hello Guys, I recently changed the broker and started using the MT4 platform. It's amazing how much is possible with it. But frankly I'm also a bit overwhelmed and searching for something specific is not that easy. So I'd like to ask you for help. Does anyone happen to know if there is an...
Hi all, I have a copy/paste script that can copy trendlines, vertical lines and horizontal lines that I draw on my charts. The ideea to do this is to be able to draw them on naked charts and then copy paste them on the same charts after I apply templates. The problem is that this copy/paste script...