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About 1 month I can't withdraw and the support is not responding. I got this text at withdraw section: Withdrawal unavailable: We need to perform additional verification of your account. This is a standard procedure meant to ensure the security of all MQL5.community members. Currently, no action is
Hi, I joined the community a few weeks, I have been trying to write blogs but in the ` https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs ` page, I do not find the `create new` button as described by others. Wonder is there any restrictions to users on that and what exactly are they? Thanks
HI all, need help to check why my EA is not making any trade on MT4 VPS. I migrated it and no errors appear, but then it is not making any trade. Did you see anything weird/incorrect I should correct
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  All About Price Action  (12   1 2)
Dear friends/Brothers/Sisters, 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...
I transferred the money to my bank card. How long will it take for the money to reach the card
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Why minimum project price is decreased. Thats ridiculous. Normally it have to be increased. Because Since few years it been at lowest of 30. I think it have to be atleast 60 currently. If you are dev here please support with your comment
For traders MT5 user interface If you can't view the calendar tab, probably it's a choice a your broker : This tab may be missing if the economic calendar is disabled on a trade server. Video : How to delete Calendar Events from charts ? Video : How to disable Calendar Events from charts ? Video
Hello guys , I clicked right to my acc but there isn't 2FA option to enable it like in this article https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/start_advanced/otp How can i active it on desktop mt5 ? I have activated on mobile phone mt5
I'm trying to login to another mt5 account but it keeps disconnecting and reverting back to the original? any ideas please
I have purchased NASDAQ subscription to get real time data for all US stocks, but I can only see the first 200-300 stock bid/ask prices for stocks starting with letter A. All other stocks have just symbol name, but no bid/ask price in the Market Watch. What might be the problem? How to make MT5 show
Hello community! I'd like to inquire if there is anyone who uses MT5 clients across multiple instances? My setup involves four UltraHD monitors, each with a resolution of 3840 x 2160. I intend to display approximately 80 overview charts on one monitor, resulting in four MT5 clients connected to a
Almost everyone who is engaged in social or algorithmic trading sooner or later recognizes the need to rent hosting for their robots or subscriptions. Maintaining stable and uninterrupted hardware operation at home while ensuring minimal delays to the broker's servers can be quite a challenging
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
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
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...
  Simple Ichimoku System  (161   1 2 3 4 5 ... 16 17)
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...
  Quantitative trading  (386   1 2 3 4 5 ... 38 39)
Quantitative trading, also known as algorithmic trading or algo trading, is a rapidly evolving field that combines finance, mathematics, and computer science. It involves the use of sophisticated mathematical models, statistical analysis, and computer algorithms to identify and execute trading
Hi all, I've been trading a live account for just about 4 weeks now and managed to tripple my account. I started with a $100 account at FXDD and my account balance is now $312.65 with a Floating P/L of -$48.50. This does not bother me much, because I'm sure the EURUSD will go down on Monday. I'm...
Well you open two positions at the same time and price. So you close the loss/negative one as soon as you realized the trend. I can only think of swap if it took too long to find the trend
This is a snippet of a metric page of a signal provider. My question... What is the effects of this signal provider: making this huge deposit -- on the subscribers? Does the lotsize of the subscribers jump higher too
  Programming tutorials  (174   1 2 3 4 5 ... 17 18)
In our technologically advanced world, programming and computer science have become transformative disciplines that drive innovation and shape society. Programming, as an art form, combines creativity, logic, and problem solving to create elegant and efficient solutions. Fusion of science and
  Is trading a zero sum game?  (18   1 2)
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  Does a safe Martingale exist ?  (207   1 2 3 4 5 ... 20 21)
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...
Hello, Anyone tell me that, which trailing stop loss is best for Gold scalping in 5m, because when i set fixed trailing stop loss its hits and Trend wave goes up or down, so i eagerly want to know about any dynamic trailing stop loss, which will handle my Trade manager as long as trade
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...
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
Hello, Can any one please suggest me the best indicator for binary options trading? Thanks...
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
Hello guys, I just opened a MetaQuotes demo account because they offer real time stock data from the NASDAQ but I saw that the quality of the EOD data is not the best (daily open and close is very often different from other data sources like nasdaq.com). I don't want to trade stocks with the MT5 but
  us stocks  (1)
Hi I can't open spx and spy ,AMD on the chart no data What is the issue and how i can fix it
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
There are plenty of resources on the internet with analytics. But I am interested in the opinion of real traders, not analysts. Please share your expectations and forecasts. Do not copy analysts' posts and insert links to them. I am interested in traders' opinions and news + links to the news, which
Hi all, I am new here and I have started coding my own strategy on stocks, already backtested ***. For the case of NVIDIA which had a 10:1 split back in June, how could I have increased my lot size automatically without stopping my strategy? (Assuming I have money etc...) This is important because
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
HI all, how can I recall CFD expiration date indicated in properties window? I tried with SYMBOL_EXPIRATION_TIME but I seem it's not correct. Thank you
how to know which of the trade/stock has the highest volume/most gain
Hello all, This topic is extended to those who utilise algos or trade manually. I am looking to gain an insight from traders who have maybe migrated from CFDs to trading futures, or perhaps those who trade futures alongside CFDs. I would like to know your "why" - is it due to portfolio
Hello all, I have a few questions for anyone with knowledge and/or experience trading futures. Any input would be greatly appreciated. From experience scalping in live market conditions, how does slippage and spread compare to trading CFD in markets such as FX? Is there a notable difference, and
Hello community, A code MQL5 for some years. Did my stuff... algos.. indicators... and now I`m facing a new challenge which I think I do not have enough knowledge to foresee the next steps What are the steps in a higher level to achieve an integration with Binance for trading via MQL5? I saw some
  Options Trading  (3)
Hi, Is there any way to access Options Trading in MT5 Platform
Fellow hobbyists, please advise where to find an exit to the NYSE via mt5
The Automatic validation is giving errors that I can't reproduce in my computer. Let's review just the first error of [Invalid Stops]. Here is the code to review the freeze level and adjust SL & TP void ReviewPositionModificationForFREEZE_LEVEL( int direction, double tp, double &newSL
Hello everyone, For the past few weeks, I have been encountering an [invalid stop level] issue with a robot I am developing to trade in the Brazilian futures index market (WIN and WDO). The problem is that my robot enters a trade and places (plots) position increase orders on the chart if the trade
A must ! Before using it or asking any question : please read the Online Help (Also accessible by F1 on your MT5 platform) Strategy Tester For Traders General overview of the possibilities. Overview of results : Visualize a Strategy in the MetaTrader 5 Tester The general information about
I had something interesting happen, i optimized an EA up until the start of september and I figured I would re optimize it. just for fun i ran a single backtest up to the present date (a month and a half out of sample) and the results were great, i was starting to wonder if I even had to reoptimize
Hi All, Sorry for another pipe vs. http dll question, but I don't think it's been asked before whether you can use pipes in Strat Tester on remote agents in your own network farm. I've been trying to run an EA that communicates through a named pipe (using the stdLib CFilePipe), and it all works in
Hi all, I'm relatively new to coding, but can someone take a look at this code and tell my if there's a reason the trades aren't triggering in back testing? I'm getting no errors back from MetaEditor, and the defined variables are how I'd like them. Just not getting any trades lighting up in MT5
Hello, I am creating a multi-symbol EA (22 symbols) and need to change the iCustom conditions before each pass of the OnTimer(). My OnTimer is set to 15 seconds. So, there is a lot of time before I use the new settings. I have a INT to switch what happens when the timer is triggered. The first pass
Hello I am getting this error in validation pass, can someone help me out with this thing ? Attaching the code and the error screenshot. What should I add into this to avoid this error ? int myOrderModifyRel( ENUM_ORDER_TYPE type, ulong ticket, double SL, double TP) //works for positions and orders
  Python to EA  (1)
Hello, I do most of the code in python then connect MT5 in order to create a bot. However i just found out that MT5 has good support on backtesting . Is it possible to export python to EA or i have to rewrite all the code over again in EA
Recently, I watched a video of a person coding an EA that took historical data, offset it by 1 candle and loaded it into an EA that tailor positions based on whether the prior candle went up or down. The result was an EA with amazing performance and very low DD. The point it was trying to make was
Hello developers, I have write this, becasue I have sreached everywhere and still find no solution. I appriciate any help in advance, Problem: I have a panel which is bitmap object with lots of objects above it on the chart, I want to draw a line on the chart, but the line must appear below the
Hi There, Can anyone please advise why i have this message when i start my MT5 software? Tester: "cloud servers switched off". I cannot use the strategy tester because of this issue. Thanks
Does anyone have an expert who can help with the calculations and recognition of these patterns? chart pattern: triangle, channel, head and shoulder, double bottom and double top
Hii. I am looking for a advanced EA with a 100% Profit accuracy, which can take its own plans ,Strategies , Decisions and Trading in BUY SELL 2. I Require a Round the clock working EA with 100% Accuracy. I dont mind getting from the EAs Trading Advice as i give 100% Freedom to the EA with its own
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
I'm trying to build an indicator using multiple fractals in order to spot support and resistance levels . The thing is I want multiple consecutive fractals to be close to each other in order to form a valid level, like if we draw a line linking them; it needs to appear nearly horizontal. But "close
I need to know the RSI value for a specific date, for example "2024.10.24 09:16". How could I do this from that information? What would be the most efficient way to get it
Hi everyone . How can I draw a rectangle that shows me the pips value in the corner? In fact, the mql5 code as an indicator that displays the pips value of each rectangle I drew. I have attached a photo as an example
if (! ObjectCreate ( 0 , "Candle" + IntegerToString (i), OBJ_RECTANGLE , 0 ,candleStructure.mtime + multiplier,candleStructure.mopen,candleStructure.mtime + multiplier + 600 ,candleStructure.mclose)) Print ( __FUNCTION__ , ": failed to create candle body! Error code = "
OBJPROP_TOOLTIP is not working in visual strategy tester. Instead, the name is always used which is why I need to use different object names in the tester than I use in real operation. MT 5.00 build 4620
Friends, I made a custom indicator with a basket of symbols to make a signal bullish or bearish for a index. The indicator works fine and does not freeze during low volume trading hours. But for high volume trading hours the indicator gets too heavy with the calculations and freezes my entire
I have an indicator that displays account information along with details about trades made during the current day and previous days. The indicator shows information on both the right and left sides of the chart, reading from the trading history. With my limited programming knowledge, I've added
Hi everyone, I’m working on an MQL5 indicator where I need to check if any of the last 8 daily candles falls on a Sunday. I’m using the TimeDayOfWeek function to determine the day of the week, but I’m encountering the following errors: 'TimeDayOfWeek' - undeclared identifier time - some operator
Good morning Without being the holy grail , I think it is still a step or two in its direction. Here is my opinion It is practically impossible to fit into a time frame even with a lot of information. Often it's trying to make a decision on 1 bar How to choose a bar among many others? I think the
In MT4, there are two types of text that can be written on the chart: "text" and "text label." The "text" option remains automatically anchored to the point where it was inserted, while the "text label," if placed at a specific point on the chart, will move away from that point when you scroll the
  Division problem  (3)
Hi , First of all sorry, I know there are a lot of topics with this issue, but couldn't find an answer to my problem. Here is piece of code : Dt[i] = ((alpha * MathAbs(Et[i] - Xt[i])) + (( 1 - alpha) * Dt[i+ 1 ])); CI[i] = ((High[i]+Low[i])/2) / ( 0.015 * Dt[i]]); where Dt[] is
Hello everyone, I am currently developing a custom indicator in MQL5 which utilizes multiple Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs). However, I am encountering a parameter count error with the iMA function and need some assistance in resolving it. The code is intended to calculate four EMAs (5, 10, 20
Found this cropped image online. The line below or above candlesticks seems interesting. I don't think this is supertrend. Can anyone tell me what this indicator is
Hello guys, I am new trader please anybody can help me about these indicators for mt5 i will be so grateful
Folks, for the built in ichimuko indicator under : "Indicators" --> " Examples" ---> "Ichimuko". T he code for this indictor is available ....so i am wondering if there is some attribute/property we could include to get the two lines in the screen shot to diplay on top of the cloud ? thx
Backtesting Trade Assistant Panel : Backtesting Trade Assistant Panel Author: Amirhossein Heydarijokani
Check out the new article: Price Action Analysis Toolkit Development (Part 1): Chart Projector . This project aims to leverage the MQL5 algorithm to develop a comprehensive set of analysis tools for MetaTrader 5. These tools—ranging from scripts and indicators to AI models and expert advisors—will
Triangle Day : The indicator plots (using OBJ_TRIANGLE) the area between 'Open', 'High', 'Low' and 'Close' of the day Author: Vladimir Karputov
Drag and Drop Move StopLoss : Set StopLoss by just dragging and dropping script on the desired price level. Author: Chioma Obunadike
Check out the new article: Integrating Hidden Markov Models in MetaTrader 5 . In this article we demonstrate how Hidden Markov Models trained using Python can be integrated into MetaTrader 5 applications. Hidden Markov Models are a powerful statistical tool used for modeling time series data, where
iTrend: The iTrend indicator determines the beginning and the end of the trend. Author: Collector
Check out the new article: Trading with the MQL5 Economic Calendar (Part 2): Creating a News Dashboard Panel . In this article, we create a practical news dashboard panel using the MQL5 Economic Calendar to enhance our trading strategy. We begin by designing the layout, focusing on key elements like
Check out the new article: Reimagining Classic Strategies (Part XI): Moving Average Cross Over (II) . The moving averages and the stochastic oscillator could be used to generate trend following trading signals. However, these signals will only be observed after the price action has occurred. We can
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
simple mt5 trade copier : simple mt5 trade copier Author: Allan Maurice Mwesigwa
Check out the new article: Example of new Indicator and Conditional LSTM . This article explores the development of an Expert Advisor (EA) for automated trading that combines technical analysis with deep learning predictions. Technical indicators have long been used by the financial industry to spot
DinapoliTargets: The operation logic is as follows: Once a local maximum\minimum has been determined several horizontal lines will be drawn. The white one is an entry point, the following lines in its direction are targets. Naturally, the first one is the most reachable.... Red line is a stop line...
DinapoliTargets: The indicator draws a grid of possible future levels of price. The idea of working with the indicator is the following. Once a local maximum (minimum) has been determined several horizontal lines will be drawn. Pink line is an entry point, the following lines in its direction are...
New article How to Subscribe to Trading Signals is published: "Signals" in MetaTrader 5 trading platform allow traders to connect to any signal issued by providers. Select and subscribe to any trading signals provider to copy all his or her deals on your account. How to become an investor and...
Economic Calendar CSV : This script saves a predefined set of economic events from the MetaTrader's built-in economic calendar into CSV file. Author: Stanislav Korotky
  Usefull links/threads/tools  (57   1 2 3 4 5 6)
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
In MQL4 is it possible to create a two-dimensional array whose first dimension is a number and the second is a string? If the answer is yes, is there a way to sort it? Like this : Array[ 4 ][ 4 ] = {{ "USD" , 1 },{ "EUR" , 4 },{ "NZD" , 3 },{ "CAD" , 2 }}; and after sort : Array[ 4 ][ 4 ] = {{ "USD"
I started this thread to post all news/signals indicators and EAs we have now and will have in the future.
hello I downloaded tick data from Dukascopy in csv and need now to convert in fxt to handle in mt4; in fact the import from csv handle only m1 as a minimum). Can someone tell me how to do? The script " csv_to_hst.ex4" do not work anymore in new builds. (I understood that fxt is needed and not hst
I trade in the US where the FIFO rule applies. However this rule does not apply if your trades use a different lot size. I contacted my broker (forex.com) to ask why MT4 platform always rejects a closing order if it was not the first trade in a series. I was told that the forex.com's web trader
Hello everyone. Indicator handles do not exist in metatrader4. So how do you make sure if indicator is available and iCustom is returning a valid number
Hi, Using Strategy Tester with "Every tick" model option it goes in second level testing, while the lowest data is in minute level (M1). How is this possible? Can I test in minute level? Thanks
I was trying to use the Debug button on MT4 for Mac (downloaded from MetaQuotes website), but it looks grayed out. Is this disabled on Mac, or did I forget to do anything along the way? Any way to get it working? Thanks in advance
hi im Tarek i bulled mql4 program and when program size more than 50000 line the program not work when program size less than 35000 line work very well the question how to bulled program more then 1000000 line and work very well in mql4 ? is mql5 can do it
hi all i have quite recently encountered a problem with METAEDITOR for MT4 being able to use the STORAGE Is this a universal thing MT5 does not give this problem Please advise and guide Alister
So ill try to keep this short and would really appreciate some help I have connected Broker-MT4-MQL5 all on my iPhone I have been trying to access MT4 on my Mac book. The files are downloaded on my Mac book but I feel there is something more, I never see an interface on MT4 on my Mac, it simples
I checked that when the lot size is below 20, the margin requirement is correct. However, when the lot size increases to around 50, the margin requirement increases by an additional 9,000 USD. Why is there such a large difference, and how can I handle this in MQL4? margin required to open 1 lot
Hi, I would like to publish a free robot , but the validation system is indicating errors. If there’s a simple solution to fix them… great. Otherwise, I'll let it go. Thanks for your advice. test on EURUSD,H1 2021.04.01 03:00:00 Moo_Deng EURUSD,H1: OrderSend error 131 2021.04.01 04:00:00 Moo_Deng
hello   is there a hack that allows to know, within an indicator, the expert name that is on the same chart as the indicator?   thanks a lot   Jeff 
The ZigZag MQL4 code is not drawing on the chart. Where am I going wrong in using this indicator that it does not draw the ZigZag? Thank you. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| myzigzag.mq4 | //|