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Hello everyone, I’m experiencing an issue with MetaTrader 5 on my MacBook Air M1 running macOS Sequoia Version 15.1.1. While the installation process completes successfully, the application fails to launch when I try to open it. Interestingly, MetaTrader 4 runs without any problems on the same
This thread will discuss undocumented methods of working with the mql5 language , examples of solving certain problems. It would be desirable, that this branch on the maintenance was closer to FAQ, than to discussion. I suggest that all experienced programmers share their solutions and programming
2020.12.02 04:04:09.150 Signal : connecting to signal server 2020.12.02 04:03:45.037 Network : ping to current access point MT5-Real-Access-2 is 2.73 ms [next point MT5-Real-Access-1 is 3.40 ms] 2020.12.02 04:09:09.854 Signal: connecting to signal server 2020.12.02 04:03:45.004 Terminal RAM: 92 Mb
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Hi, I am using MT5 web version in my laptop and Mobile apps. But I am observing when change setting in web version, it is not found in mobile apps. Why this setting discrepancy between MT5 web version and Mobile apps? How to fix it
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Maybe, it depends, I am not sure, No. Never, Most probably No, unless it's very cheap, Yes, if the paid version is really worth it, Yes without a doubt
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I want to know how many people from Indonesia is joining this forum. If you're from Indonesia, please comment this topic..Thank you..
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I wonder if it's possible. I want to try copy trading. And I've been analyzing several signal providers for a long time. In all of them, the opening and closing prices match (algo trading). In one provider who has impressive results, the opening price is ok, but the closing price does not match the
Recently, while tidying up my old laptop, I accidentally stumbled upon a folder lost in the wilds of directories. I clicked on it. And there it was. Nostalgia. A darkness of pictures, gif-files, screenshots and all kinds of windows of multi-coloured GUI and controls.... All written by me in MQL4/5
Hi there, Any idea why I'm not seeing the BUY/Rent Button in Market anymore? See screenshot. Seems to be for all products ... Thanks
I decided to create this thread to help to myself and to the others to start with Metatrader 5. I am experienced in MT4 and in forex in general (i hope : ) but we traders really need to collect all the information about it in one place. I will make some posts about 'how I am starting with MT5'. :)
Hi All. I am unable to figure out this. 1) Step 4: Code - Stuck at 20% Not sure what to do here. I believed my code is compliant with the code standards. Can anyone provide any advise? screen shot link is below, 2) Unable to insert img from codebase and forums. Insert img icon is missing on both
This thread won't be about a question or problem, but rather about the anouncement of the presentation and documentation of an exciting trading concept. I plan to do a series of postings here in order to keep you guys updated. Anybody who has an opinion on the topic, please don't hesitate to comment...
As from the title, I mean which method has the best ratio safety/profitability for you (support resistance based, atr based, range based, time based etc etc.) Share your opinion...
I'm having some large discrepancies between strategy tester and live trading (shocker). I recall looking through the backtest and forward test results after optimizations and my MFE was always very good, i left little on the table I was content. However after running my latest test it would seem I'm
http://www.alpari.co.uk/en/market-analysis-guide/chaos-theory/index.html I had a quick read through and it sounds very impressive. what do other people think? is it good? has an AE been done before based on this theory?
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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
Hi, With this topic I would like to contribute in a very serious way to the world of the martingale "believers". For those who don't know me or doubt my intentions google on "fxigor". So I hope with this topic that I can make a new wind blowing in martingaling. Let me first answer the question to...
The thread about threads: what's going around the forum everywhere ============ MT5, mql5, mql5.com suggestions for improvement thread ============ Requests & Ideas The beginning Requests & Ideas, the beginning - the thread Suggestions for Trading System thread After Requests & Ideas (MQL5
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I want to start this post regarding Price Action. I want people to help about what I know. Please Respond this post, Share the way you know and learn the way I know. I am not a master but a trader like others and also like to know how others doing. Reply and Keep in...
Simple Ichimoku System - rules for the systems. Introduction. This indicator was created by Tokyo newspaper writer before World War II who had the pseudonym called Ichimoku Sanjin which we can translate as “a glance of a mountain man”. Ichimoku means “one look”; a chart of this style is referred to...
At the bottom of the market, if the price is rising, you should see volume increasing. So every time you see a spike, volume should increase at that spike. This is accumulation and distribution stage. As the price goes down, volume should increase, and as the price goes up, volume should go down
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
Classic martin management when the price goes in the wrong direction is to hedge and reduce the initial trade propotionally. Do anyone have a management strategy without hedging and a hard stop? For example reducing the initial trade when acceptable DD is reached
Market Condition Evaluation based on standard indicators in Metatrader 5
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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
Discover in 15 Minutes: Watch the Video about Trading Signals in MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 The most frequently asked questions related to the Signals service will be collected and processed in this topic. The list of questions will be updated from time to time. Soon we will try to give answers
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
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
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
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
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
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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...
Newbie question I know..trying to place a leveraged buy order for stock RNG.N. Current ask price is at 32,950. Account balance is 103€ with the same free margin (no other open positions) and a 1:200 leverage. For 50 stocks this should be enough, right? Stop loss is not set. Still getting the "not
does the future contracts on mt5 automatically rollover? Like ES, YM, NQ
Hi I have been trading UNLEVERAGED ETFs on non metatrader broker of Indices (NASDAQ100,S&P500) and Metals(Gold, Silver) . I was always buying .Long The reason for this choice was because no Swap is being charged and I can hold a position for months without much stress. I will now seek MT5 brokers
I have a custom symbol for heating oil futures. At times, historical prices have dropped below zero. It seems that MT5 will not accept negative numbers for prices (see image). Is there any way to load negative values or is this not supported
Last Friday, the new MetaTrader 5 trading platform build 1375 with the Time & Sales option was officially released. The Time & Sales feature in the Market Depth window enables users to view the real-time list of all exchange transactions.
The Time & Sales list provides...
Hello, Can any one please suggest me the best indicator for binary options trading? Thanks...
Hi I can't open spx and spy ,AMD on the chart no data What is the issue and how i can fix it
Hello all, I have been developing EAs for a little while now and have noticed not every broker or server provides the same amount of data. For example on EURUSD you may be able to get the data from now to 2020 for a 1 hour chart but if you switch brokers you can get the a longer period of data for
Hello Folks, Does anybuddy can tell me, how the CScrollV works? I have a CScrollV in my Panel, an the CScrollV Element packt with dummys. One is allway overlapping down there, but most confusing is: I can not tell, how to get the Entrys move, while scrolling (I can move the ThumbBar) I can not put
Hello, I am seeking a method to get deposit and withdrawal record by code. MT4 and mT5, any idea and experience share ? Many thanks
I know how to publish settings to VPS, but how can I view the settings on the VPS at a later date from within MT5? I know there are journals but is there any easy way to see my EA settings? I have multiple VPS so it would be able to click a button to see the EA settings
Hi Better has really good EA and is winning the championship Participants - Automated Trading Championship 2007 Profile Better - Automated Trading Championship 2007 What is NN ? Where are the NN threads in this forum? Can anyone here make this EA El cid
Hi, I'm working on an indicator which makes the same calculation process for each symbol of an internal list selected by the user (for exemple : EURUSD, USDJPY, etc...). The event which initiate a new calculation process for a given symbol shall be a new tick of this symbol. Important : This...
Hi! I have set my strategy back tester to back test a EA against a daily time frame over a year's worth of data. I have checked and Exness is able to provide tick based data for this time frame. One of my conditionals before submitting a long or short trade is to check whether the bid or ask price
Where can I learn neural network in mql5? Or which book can I use to learn neural network in mql5 or mql4
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we buy and sell in the stock market. This discussion is about understanding how computers use AI to make quick trading decisions. We will look into how AI can spot patterns in the market, make predictions, and decide when it’s a good time to trade
Hi, I ran an EA on Strategy Tester and it seems like the profit calculated for the trades does not match the lots and the pips. For example, as you can see in the picture there is a trade of 3.84 lots opened at 1.43611 and closed at 1.44403. This results in a profit of 2106.11 according to the...
Hi! I added into my EA that my positions should close on a specific day of the week. I understand that the int values for each day of the week is as follows: Monday = 1 Tuesday = 2 Wednesday = 3 Thursday = 4 Friday = 5 Saturday = 6 Sunday = 0 The code I made is as follows CTrade trade; input double
I am running into an issue, where every time I request the DEAL_ENTRY, only DEAL_ENTRY_IN is returned. This occurs no matter if I am looking at a ticket for the entry of a position vs the ticket for the exit of a position. Based on some research, this may be a bug. If this is correct, what is the
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Hi everyone, after having optimized my EA, the table of the results shows 23% as max drawdown. However, when I run the optimization variant with right click "Run single test", the drawdown is computed to be 87%. What could be the reason for this issue? Is there a way to fix this from my side? Thank
I have an issue with my Ea, my code as been successfully compiled and the bot was working fine till it predicted a buy trade but opened a sell trade, I’ve been trying to detect what could be wrong but I can’t find it. The journal shows market buy failed [Position doesn’t exist] sometimes it only
Hello i have a problem running optimization on an EA that i am backtesting. Here's the situation: if i run the optimization assigning 4 EA parameters different values for example moltiplicator from 1.2 to 1.5 tp from 20 to 40 maxorders from 8 to 12 i get a bunch of results. I was thinking that i
Hi, I Add some levels to Fibonacci Retracement but now I can not use F Retracement tool and it is locked. how can I fix the problem
Hello, a function of my indicator is to get history data and visualize the information of the History tab of MT5 to make it easier for me. The thing is that after some tries I realized I was getting double the number of positions that I had in the MT5 history tab. although I was getting the correct
a nice indicator i think green GBP /red USD se the pic
As from the title, how can I prevent chart objects from being seen in foreground in MQL5? I have also tried with OBJ_RECTANGLE_LABEL by setting different foreground properties of the chart and of the rectangle object, but without success. As soon as I drag my EA (with the rectangle object) onto
Is there any better way to add custom timeframe rather than creating an indicator for that? The problem with this approach is to modify existing indicators to work/get data of the first indicator
So I wanted to use a Bollinger Band Width indicator in mt5 but the only one available for free measured it in a weird ticksize so using it in optimizations or multisymbol EAs is not possible because of the huge difference in values. So I took the one from tradingview and tried to convert it into a
Hi! What type of data should I have to create my own live graph like the Trading View in MQL5/MQL4? And where can I find the code to display it and make it alive? Thank you for reading my question at least
void drawlr( string points) { string res[]; StringSplit (points, ',' , res); Print ( "res[0]" ,res[ 0 ]); Print ( "res[1]" ,res[ 1 ]); if ( ArraySize (res)== 2 ) { double close_array[ 1 ]; CopyClose ( _Symbol , PERIOD_H1 , 0 , 1 , close_array); datetime todays_time = iTime ( NULL
Hi Traders/Devs, I am trying to create quite a complex indicator that pulls data from the 28 major pairs and I keep getting error 4806 when I try to copy the handle data to the buffer, can you see what is wrong? Pairs is an array with lists of pairs, in this case I tried to get the RSI value for all
Hello everybody, I'm trying to set the color and degree properties for an Elliott Wave object with the following code ObjectSetInteger(0,"ElliottWaveMotive",OBJPROP_COLOR, clrWhite); ObjectSetInteger(0,"ElliottWaveMotive",OBJPROP_DEGREE,ELLIOTT_INTERMEDIATE); However, the color and degree are not
Hi I bought 3 indicators and downloaded them without any problem, but later on I am unable to install my indicators. When I click to download the page go to the payment page, but when I click to download the free indicator they can download fine. Can you help me to solve this problem, I can not
Does anyone have a large collection of oscillators (works best in a trading range) that he/she put together? Maybe we could start a thread where all oscillators are gathered. And let's go a little beyound RSI and Stochastic
i go an error ';' - open parenthesis expected Line 158 column 23 here is the code //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| NSNDHistory.mq5 | //| Converted to MQL5 by OpenAI |
Like title , is possible open chart without chart ? or i can do it only if i cover up with colored square ? thanks
Hi , i am new to coding with mql5 and i struggle to find a way of returning the monday high and low . I don't even know where to start from to be honest. Thank you
Check out the new article: Integration of Broker APIs with Expert Advisors using MQL5 and Python . In this article, we will discuss the implementation of MQL5 in partnership with Python to perform broker-related operations. Imagine having a continuously running Expert Advisor (EA) hosted on a VPS
Check out the new article: Application of Nash's Game Theory with HMM Filtering in Trading . This article delves into the application of John Nash's game theory, specifically the Nash Equilibrium, in trading. It discusses how traders can utilize Python scripts and MetaTrader 5 to identify and
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
PTB : Indicator Description: PTB.mq5 Overview: The PTB.mq5 indicator for MetaTrader 5 calculates short-term and long-term high and low prices, along with Fibonacci retracement levels based on these extremes. Features: Short-Term High and Low: Identifies immediate support and resistance over a
Custom Bollinger Bands : Standard Bollinger Bands indicator with averaging features added Author: Lucas Moura Vidal Da Silva
Dominant Candle : Dominant Candle is a a two candlestick set where the wicks intersect each other but body of the candles are either gapped up, gapped down or equal Author: Rajesh Kumar Nait
Price increase Indicator : Price increase Indicator Author: Igor Widiger
simple mt5 trade copier : simple mt5 trade copier Author: Allan Maurice Mwesigwa
Economic Calendar Monitor and Cache for Backtesting on History : This indicator displays current events on the chart and allows you to export the calendar to archives for backtesting, automatically fixing time discrepancies between the history of bars and the history of events. This is an improved
Code To Check And Delete Chart Objects For MT5 : - The script scans through the current chart for any available chart objects, - Counts and delete them accordingly - And log the the names of the objects on the chart respectively. Author: Chika Echezona Anumba
Fair Value Gap (FVG) Indicator : The Fair Value Gap (FVG) Indicator identifies price gaps that occur when there is an imbalance between buying and selling pressure. It highlights areas where price is likely to return to fill the gap, providing potential trade entry points based on market
Risk reward box : This Indicator creates automatically a Risk/Reward Box on you all opened chart base on High, Low price with the old candles. You can use it easily to drag and change size and price to your desire wanted. Author: Livio Alves
Rsi Engulfing Bar V2 : Rsi Indicator Author: Paul Conrad Carlson
Close on Trendline Touch : Closes trades when bar touches trendline Author: Paul Conrad Carlson
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I've been trying to install an indicator I purchased from the market place on MT4. The indicator shows up on purchases but when I click install, I login, then it does not install. When I go to terminal I get an error that says "MQL5 Community Authorization failed". Anyway to fix this, step by step
Hi, I'm looking for a simple martingale EA that would reverse the BUY and SELL signals using the martingale method and when it hits for example BUY take profit it would start with BUY signal. For examle it would BUY 0.1 lots, stop lose, SELL 0.2 lots, SL, BUY 0.4 lots, SL, SELL 0.8 lots, TP and then...
double OnTester () { int tester_method= 1 ; double ret= 0.0 ; if ( TesterStatistics ( STAT_MIN_MARGINLEVEL ) < 100 ) return - 1001 ; } } when compiling, there is no error, but in strategy tester the value of TesterStatistics ( STAT_MIN_MARGINLEVEL ) is always zero. does OnTester()
Hi, I have been testing this Elliot wave EA for the last 2 days. The results are good especially for the market conditions this past 48 hours. I have asked the permission of the author to post it here, the original thread can be found here
``` double Total_Current_Risk() { double res = 0 ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < OrdersTotal (); i++) { if ( OrderSelect (i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES) && OrderStopLoss() != 0 ) { double m_point = MarketInfo(OrderSymbol(), MODE_POINT); double m_lotstep =
I have a credit MT4 account. However my EA does not work because it seems that the way Meta has a credit allocated cannot be configured with an EA. Does anyone have experience with this
hello all I've been trying to send a webrequest from mt4 to Telegram to send a message with the minimum supported html, eg bold, some emoticons, italics via parse , parsemode2, html but all not working, I receive message 400 obviously the raw text works and all mt4 settings are correct; can someone
Hello I have a problem on an indicator. It works on Testing chart but not on PD chart. My indicator calculates the difference between the close() and a value (named open0 in my code) which changes at certain times (beginning of the day, open hour FRA40 and open hour US30). I thought this indicator
You may have already noticed that the most interesting things now happen mainly on the MQL5.community . MQL4.com is about to be switched to the data archive mode. Only Book and Documentation sections will remain on MQL4.com by November. Besides, the entire MQL4.com Forum content is to be transferred
So my other two brokers work fine. Even changed the password with the recovery. Why would my password not work with the new broker? Yes I'm talking about the mql5 password in Mt4 Thx
I have a volume indicator I would like to share here which displays No Supply and No Demand indications when confirmed, however I would like for it to show the indications before confirmation/instead of waiting for confirmation if possible? I tried to do it myself but to be honest I am not sure how
I can't update my MT4 EA in market—Upload ex4 error—I got this error when upgrade my product!
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when i try to update my EA i get this error and my metaeditor version build is in the picture: this is first time i see this error
I am learner, Iwant to know that how to solve the repeating order. Pic attached.Please give me a code
Hi I am using MT4 web terminal (as I can't download MT4 for desktop it always downloads MT5 ). The 'Navigator' window is missing - CTRL+N doe not bring this up (it opens new browser windows) and 'View' does not show Navigaot. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks, Steve
Have EA running on MT4. Had a smiley face but with tongue sticking out. Just want to check if anyone know what does it means? Thank you
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