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Good evening all please I have been experiencing this issue for quite a while now my MT5 platform always keeps scrolling back on its own and at such to analyse the chart to view previous price history becomes difficult. Please has any notice this and what is the likely solution. Thank you

Has anyone here tested the profits/losses of two accounts with the only difference being VPS vs Desktop/Home PC? It would be interesting to see how effective VPS actually is at reducing slippage,etc

The broker denies any issues on their end. I've used this on dedicated servers from 2 different companies. Same result. Over 200 of these drop/connect sequences. MT5 is not useable in this situation. Has been going on for weeks and everyone denies it's their problem

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

Hello, pls does anyone know why the 'submit' button for review doesn't show up for articles and what to do about it? Thanks

Why I can't connect to my VPS ? what happen to the signal

I have 2 live MT5 accounts with my broker. I want to create 2 virtual servers (2 VPS's from MQL5) one for each account. I have an EA with 5 activations, and I want to test it on both accounts. I understand that: If I install the EA on my local terminal, I will lose have 4 activations left

Hello. My account has been deactivated by the broker. Can I switch the VPS registration to another account so I do not lose fee

Hello, last Sunday the MT5 installer downloaded directly from the broker (latest version) had a problem and couldn’t be installed at all — it showed the error in the picture, and sometimes it asked me to enter a proxy. But when I tried using the older setup file that I downloaded last month, it

Over the past two days, I have realized that when my EAs send me mobile alerts, they disappear from my mt5 message dashboard by themselves randomly in little to no time, which is strange considering they were operating fine all along. Does anyone know how to solve such an issue

HELLO. I`ve been trading quiet long time now, but still haven`t solved one of problems I have with charts of MT5 setup: I don`t know how to vertically compress - move position of chart lower or higher when there`s not enough of space to see where your indicators show possible targets that are above...

I installed metatrader5 before, and it was working fine, then I uninstalled it, and when I try to reinstall it, the installer file does not work properly, it shows the warning, and when I click yes, it does not do anything, any help regarding this issue will be appreciated

I recently canceled a VPS subscription and the refund was credited to my MQL5 account balance, not back to my credit card. My current account balance is not enough to purchase the new EA that I want. I also cannot withdraw the balance because it is below the minimum withdrawal amount. My question

I wanted to find an interest group to discuss MT5 elsewhere, but I couldn't find one, so I had to come here

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

Scalping EA from russian forum finlist for usdchf, M1 with the settings attached. It is very interesting but they understand the scalping as a trading on m1 timeframe only. This EA is trading no more than one trades per day. It is backtested very good on m1, m5 and m15 timeframe for usdchf, every

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Test version of MQL5 Copilot in beta 3647 Renat Fatkhullin , 2023.03.23 23:11 In today's beta version 3647, we've included the first version of Copilot, a feature to enhance the editor's ability to write code. The settings

Recently I was experimenting with a couple of indicators used for a non-scalping system presented by BigBear - https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/177573 I was debugging one of the indicators when I switched to the M5 chart and noticed a nice setup for a quick short trade... hmmm.... probably a...

Dual Candle-stick Strategy My 4HR Dual Candlestick strategy is based on dual candlestick patterns in which the second candle is completely contained by the high and low of the first candle. Using two indicators for this strategy are Bollinger Band (20,2, close) RSI (14, close, Levels 30,50,70) Long

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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

There are so many systems out here based on indicators and it takes so much time to go through all of them to see which one deserves merit,I simply did not feel like adding one more. However most are indicator based and lagging indicators make it difficult to really simplify trading decisions and

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

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...

You are using EA, Indicator, method, all the things that can help you make money from Forex. But when you look back at that process. How many times have you deposited money into your account, how many times have you sat in front of the screen watching your account gradually disappear. Maybe you earn

How to download the complete historical data int mt5

In Forex market, it is important to know the return of your investment even you are a scalper to be able not to be discourage to the result of your trade

Please find indicator (in download area) which is forecasting the support and resistance of current day based of previous day. All the calculation is based on Thomas R. DeMark book "New Science of Technical Analysis". Works on the timeframe less than H4 (including H4 of course).

I want to demo Options board on MT5 but cant find ANY one who offers it? Where can i try the MT5 options board? Who is currently demo/ real trading with MT5 options platform? its ridiculous i cant find ANY information on how to actually do it/ who offers it. Its almost as if it doesnt exist/ noone

Want to trade gold and silver on spot not futures .. i tried futures algo trading on ninja.. too much loss on slippage. Any ideas what are others doing

If you invest in stock portfolio or asset management firm, and you have 2 options 1- Long only : go long with bullish market only ( lower return ) 2- Long-Short : go long when bullish and short when bearish market ( extra return from shorting ) When strategy short stocks it expose your portfolio to

i been using amp for future trading from last two years in usa but from last three days i been noticing disconnection of data feed in live trading for almost 30 seconds to 1 minute, is anyone else have this issue

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

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

Hello there, I'm trying to trade on, Micro E_mini Nasdaq-100 index futures, As far as I know their symbol is MNQU5, I just cant seem to get them to show on MT5

Hi I just Googled "mql5 depth of market volume", and got the following definition: In MQL5, "depth of market" (DOM) volume refers to the aggregated volumes of pending buy and sell orders at various price levels, visible in the order book

As the title says, MT5 supports options. I have been waiting for a long time, but I have not seen any use cases

Hi guys, can anyone share their experience with trading Bitcoin on nano and cent accounts? Do you have any tips regarding input settings, how they calculate decimals, and similar details? Thanks

After the last MQL update on MT5 (5273 12 Sep 2025) //--- Show all the information available from the function AccountInfoDouble() printf ( "ACCOUNT_BALANCE = %G" , AccountInfoDouble ( ACCOUNT_BALANCE )); printf ( "ACCOUNT_CREDIT = %G" , AccountInfoDouble ( ACCOUNT_CREDIT )); printf (

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

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

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

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...

Hello, using MT5 Strategy Tester with EA that is placing trades on multiple symbols the tester is not stable! It is suddenly stopping with the error: "disconnected. connection closed." Strategy tester is running on the local core. With this settings: Please fix this bug. Best Regards, Dmitry

Hello, I'm trying to create an Expert Advisor (EA) that can generate random BUY or SELL orders, and I'm using the following for this: // Generate random number (0 or 1) MathSrand (( int ) TimeLocal ()); int randomChoice = MathRand () % 2 ; So far, the EA has only placed 15 consecutive BUY

When running on the Strategy Tester the optimization results are up to yesterday even if you mark the today/next day in Custom period. How to optimize on M1 today's data ? Thanks in advance

Hello I am trying to integrate an economic calendar into my MT5 EA so that the robot temporarily blocks trading before important news events. I am using the stub function EconomicNewsGetNext(), but I keep getting compilation errors like: - Undeclared identifier - Implicit conversion from unknown to

Hello, does anyone know what the lparam values mean after a CHARTEVENT_CHART_CHANGE event

I have an indicator running on M15 timeframe. I am selecting a 15minute bar [i] and getting the time of the bar. I am tring to use the time of the bar (rounded down to the nearest full hour) to identify the corresponding bar on the H1 timeframe. Its not working.... ANy help please. //Search bar by

Hi, I'm a little confused about what exactly these functions return. If I understand correctly: - iTickVolume returns the count of ticks used to build a bar. It is also passed by onCalculate with the "tick_volume" array. It's also shown in the data window as "Tick volume". Right? - IRealVolume

Hi, since I dont know when, I try to figure out how the z-order works with MQL chart objects and my conclusion is so far that nothing works, no matter which value I give a chart object and its always random. For example: The picture shows a pattern and vertical lines, this comes from a BitmapLabel

How to only use the first decimal place in a calculation without rounding up For example 0.9864693728 = 0.9

I am totally new here and trying to code something like a simple open and close. However the EA is hitting the TP it is not continuing with anything else in the code. The part of the code to check and close is not even triggered as I don't see the print messages in the journal. Can someone explain

"My EA works only on Gold symbols. On EURUSD it shows demonstration mode with no trading. how to mql5 test on XAUUSD or GOLD symbols to see actual trading performance."

When placing a BuyLimit and a SellLimit order (both with SL=0 and TP =0) and a freezelevel is defined in the symbol config file, the SellLimit can be removed using OrderDelete, but the BuyLimit cannot. I have correctly implemented the consideration that (ask-price_open)>freezeLevel*point for

WebRequest with the same code called from the same type of computer on the same network can return mysterious 404 or 403 even though other computers on the same domain using the same code return server error 200 (ok). Server is working with no issues. Code has no issues. Problem seems to reside in

Hello, I noticed that MT4 and my Windows VPS get slower over time, and sometimes MT4/MT5 freezes. I suspect this happens because MT4/MT5 might be leaving large amounts of chart data, cache, or other files that keep loading, causing it to become slower and slower. I know it’s not a VPS problem

Hi, I go to Market > MetaTrader 5 > Experts > Free. I click on a Robot. In the left section there is a DOWNLOAD button. Once I click it, there is a prompt - "Do you have Meta Trader 5?" I click on "Yes" and nothing happens

Hi, i have a doubt about reliability of data obtained via CopyBuffer in EA. Considering this example. Let's assume we have a custom indicator where each tick in onCalculate sets 3 buffer: double A[]; double B[]; double C[]; ..... //set buffers in OnInit ..... int onCalculate(....){ //initialize

RSI_Test.mq5 | //| Copyright 2024, MetaQuotes Software Corp. | //| https://www.mql5.com | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property strict // Input parameters for the RSI input int

hello experts, im verry struggling with this warnings 'OnCalculate' function declared with wrong type or/and parameters help me pls. thanks everyone. here is my code (if there is any problem other than this OnCalculate function please comment to help me too)

Does anyone have an indicator that will highlight the major market hours for London, New York, Tokyo... etc. The only similar indicator I have will only let you highlight 2 zones. Any help is appretiated.

Hi, I'm a german trader using the MT5. I'm looking for a indicator or thomething to get a sound/notification if the limit order filled. I know this from the Ninja Trader for example. Can anybody help? Thanks and best regards Chris

Hi, im new here and have a problem trying to conect mt5 with python; i have this code: import MetaTrader5 as mt5 import pandas as pd mt5 .initialize() And this is the result: # Intenta inicializar MetaTrader 5 mt5.initialize(path) Out[ 3 ]: False Does anyone know what the problem is? I've been

I have a question for everyone, and I would greatly appreciate your insights. I would like to approximate the price change per tick (i.e., per unit of tick volume) in historical data. The reason is that I would like to use this per-tick price change as a basis for allocating tick volume into

Hello community, I would like someone to create a simple MT5 indicator for me, but I haven't been able to find one like it here. The characteristics of the MT5 indicator are: it consists of an exponential moving average that can be adjusted to the desired period, and it gives an audible alert only

I've created an indicator that calls an internal function. This function uses an array internally for intermediate calculations . So far, everything works. The indicator is displayed in the indicator chart. However, I'm wondering if I should define and use this indicator globally and register it to

Hi again, So this is my second indicator. And this indicator is created to be able to follow Jperl's Market Statistics thread on Traders Laboratory. Please read this summary document of that thread first. After reading that document lets discuss how can we use this approach in Forex trading... I am...

I am using this custom MQL5 Multi-Timeframe indicator and i get different results each time i compile the code. For example look at the two photos and you will spot the difference in bars. Why does this happen and how can i fix this ? The indicator's .mq5 file is attached

This is the 5-minute time expiry trading by the 1 minute timeframe candle stick analysis. I have searched the strategy on the web. But i didn't find it. I took this picute from a telegram group. Can anyone suggest me exact strategy for this indicator? Thanks in advance

Hello When I draw a gann line in MetaTrader 5 on a weekly or daily timeframe and then switch to a lower timeframe (1 minute timeframe) and then switch back to a higher timeframe, I see that the line has shifted. This is a known bug in MetaTrader. before after

Hi, dear MT5 experts, I face two issues: (1) the indicator added in my MT5 didn't present "arrow" icon correctly but the other one, and (2) the icon Y axis height are not aligned with its respective time frames. Do you know how to solve the two issues? I uploaded two screenshots to help explain how

Volume MA with candle color tracking : A moving average of pure tick volume with histogram bars tracking bullish/bearish candle color Author: Conor Mcnamara

PriceGrid1_Plus : A grid of round price levels. Author: Nikolay Kositsin

Check out the new article: Analyzing all price movement options on the IBM quantum computer . We will use a quantum computer from IBM to discover all price movement options. Sounds like science fiction? Welcome to the world of quantum computing for trading! While most traders still rely on classic

Check out the new article: Automating Trading Strategies in MQL5 (Part 40): Fibonacci Retracement Trading with Custom Levels . In this article, we build an MQL5 Expert Advisor for Fibonacci retracement trading, using either daily candle ranges or lookback arrays to calculate custom levels like 50%

Check out the new article: Feature Engineering With Python And MQL5 (Part III): Angle Of Price (2) Polar Coordinates . In this article, we take our second attempt to convert the changes in price levels on any market, into a corresponding change in angle. This time around, we selected a more

New article New Article Publishing System at the MQL5.community is published: We present you a new article publishing system at the MQL5.community. In the new system, we have tried to make the whole process of article writing clear and comfortable by breaking it into several steps. At each step we

Consolidation : This indicator calculate count of one direction movement in selected period. Author: Elena Lysenkova

Check out the new article: Self Optimizing Expert Advisors in MQL5 (Part 17): Ensemble Intelligence . All algorithmic trading strategies are difficult to set up and maintain, regardless of complexity—a challenge shared by beginners and experts alike. This article introduces an ensemble framework

Check out the new article: Markets Positioning Codex in MQL5 (Part 1): Bitwise Learning for Nvidia . We commence a new article series that builds upon our earlier efforts laid out in the MQL5 Wizard series, by taking them further as we step up our approach to systematic trading and strategy testing

Check out the new article: Integrating MQL5 with Data Processing Packages (Part 6): Merging Market Feedback with Model Adaptation . In this part, we focus on how to merge real-time market feedback—such as live trade outcomes, volatility changes, and liquidity shifts—with adaptive model learning to

KopierMaschineMT5 : KopierMaschine is a local copier of trades between different MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 accounts in any direction located on one computer with an intuitive interface. Author: Denis Nikolaev

Check out the new article: Building AI-Powered Trading Systems in MQL5 (Part 5): Adding a Collapsible Sidebar with Chat Popups . In Part 5 of our MQL5 AI trading system series, we enhance the ChatGPT-integrated Expert Advisor by introducing a collapsible sidebar, improving navigation with small and

ZigZag HH HL LH LL Pattern Label Indicator (MT4) : This indicator is an enhanced version of the standard ZigZag used in MetaTrader 4. It automatically detects and labels structural price points: Higher High (HH), Higher Low (HL), Lower High (LH), and Lower Low (LL). The indicator draws trend lines

Confluence Detector : It will detect whether there's confluence between the current chart timeframe and two other timeframes. Author: Conor Mcnamara

Hi all, I’m working on a custom MQL4 swing-based indicator that should generate only one clean BUY signal when a bullish trend is confirmed , and only one SELL signal when a bearish trend is confirmed — then stay silent until the trend actually reverses

Hello, I faced a strange error. I'm using ontime function based EAs and recently some EAs stopped with message "cannot set timer (xxx)". As you know, ontimer function requires 'EventSetTimer(xxx) to run the function repeatively. Have you guys ever met this kinds of error? Thank you for your feedback...

Hello guys, my name is Mike hope to be a regular here , does anyone have any suggestions on where to start on forex? I know babypips.com but does anyone know any good book that teach the basics? And, a few questions to the reqular traders here if it's okay :P : 1) How profitable can forex be? 2)...

The MetaTrader 4 platform update will be released on Thursday , December 10, 2020. This version provides error fixes and platform stability improvements. In particular, the update fixes an error in the optimization of data connections between client terminals and brokers' data centers. The new build

Hi I am looking for a time/day filter where I can choose what hours I want to trade and what days. Not just from 8:00 - 20:00 but ex. Monday=true Trading Hours= 1,2,3,8,9,10,11,12,15,16,19,20 // This is the same as (01:00-03:00)(8:00-16:00)and agan (19:00-20:00) Tuesday=false I want to be able to

Where can I get the time filter code? And where, within an EA's code, should I place it? Thanks

All lessons of Codersguru: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/175653 Mql - Metatrader Development Course | www.metatrader.info https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/172885 All Codersguru lessons + questions/replies and so on are on this section Metatrader 4 mql 4 - Development course - Forex-TSD Book: https...

A question for z-order. I have a rectangle and within the rectangle an edit field. The rectangle should be moveable. It is created with z-order 0. The edit field with z-order 1. When i click into the edit, the rectangle moves sometimes, what should not be the case. This seems to be the case, because...

Is there any posibility to decode JSON(prefered) or XML in MT4? JSON/XML are simple, several entries of key-value.  It can be 3rd part library, doesn't metter, it just needs to work correctly.

hi, i have written a simple EA which works nicely with Currency pairs namely EURUSD and GBPUSD with reasonable profits...im however not sure how to code the Symbol for Gold trading as the XAUUSD doesnt seem to work at all. appreciate if someone could advise the correct symbol to be used in the EA...

In this thread Jim Sloman's "Ocean theory" based indicators will be posted. _________________________________________ PS: this thread (as it stands right now) will have about 60 indicators posted here (metatrader 4 + metatrader 5 versions) Metatrader 4 versions are completed, but because I would...

I'd like to know where I can find the accounting details of MT4 statement configuration, namely Does the Balance field exclusively reflect deposits, withdrawals, and realized PnL (i.e., actual client money)? Is Credit excluded from the Balance and shown only within Equity? Is it technically or

Hello,   I managed to change the default templates so every new chart I open I have the right colors, but when I'm testing my EA and custom indicators I still get the old default template.   How can I change that?   thanks, Giulio 

Hello, I write because I cannot find a solution to this problem and I hope you can help me. From build 600 and above of MT4 (I currently have the latest version, build 625) I can no longer perform backtest with Volatility Factor EA and WallStreet FOREX Robot. After reading M1 data, MT4 crashes as...

HI everyone, I am new to metatrader, and I have heard great things about it and decided to give it  a try.   I went to MT4 home page and clicked the box that said "download MT4" ,  however, it downloads MT5. Can anyone tell me why this is happening?  I have looked and looked for the answer however,...