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Hi cant login from MT5 and also cant login on browser and reset password can only login using my google account

Over the years i have been researching the best methos to be the best in trading and i cant seem how someone tell me how

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

Hi there community, Is it possible to delete old files from published and hidden products or change their names instead? Thank you in advance

My question is about MQL5 signals listed here: Trading Signals and Social Trading in MetaTrader 5 – Forex Signals I want to filter signals who DO NOT use algorithmic trading, but I can't figure out a way to search for them. Anyone can help

Hello, I'm trying to submit my Expert Advisor (EA) which only works with XAUUSD, but it's not going through because it's tested with EURUSD. How should I validate it? This is probably the safest EA I've ever tested. Thank you very much for your attention, Ismael A R Vieira

The Main Study MetaTrader module for integration with Python - documentation Python Releases for Windows - website MetaTrader5 : Python Package - website ---------------- The Article MetaTrader 5 and Python integration: receiving and sending data - the article Implementing Practical Modules from

If I put a parameter for example, in Bounce promity pips I put 10.0 .Will the EA read it as 10 pips or just 10 points

Hi everyone, I haven't been able to access this website for the last 24-48 hours. All I get is ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED on every browser. I've tried pretty much everything. Different devices, different browsers, cleared cache, changed DNS, rebooted everything, no proxy, etc. I tested three different

Hi all, I am fairly new to trading and brand new to this community. I have a simple problem, my trading panel has vanished, how do I get it back? ALT + T is not working. Thanks for your help, Rob x

Hi fam! Am a total newbie in the forex niche... Just signed up here on this platform... Please where do i start from? I need help... Anyone willing to put me through?

This thread discusses MQL5 code examples. There will be examples of how to get data from indicators, how to program advisors ... in general, any questions from beginner to the MQL5 language. If you are just starting to get acquainted with the MetaTrader 5 terminal, then I can recommend the

Hello, Anyone can help how to activate, use and create ONNX model from MQL5 EA ? I use MT5 version 5 and Build 5430. How to define ONNX library to be used in the EA code ? Thank you for your response

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Hello, I need urgent assistance regarding a purchase I made in the MQL5 Market. Earlier today I accidentally bought a paid indicator (Quantum Trend Sniper) using one of my older MQL5 accounts called “FIREHAZE2NDACC” . The problem is: I do not remember the password for this account I do not remember

Hello fellow traders! I'm experiencing intermittent and severe issues with my broker's Trade Server that cause the client terminal (MT5) to desynchronize from the server. Symptom example (broker log): order #282341555 buy 20 / 20 WINZ25 at market done in 158785.980 ms (|{INTRADAY}|) Yes — 158,786 ms

Hello, I am using the EMA 200, but I am confused about what ADX period I should use. Should I use ADX 200, or a lower or higher period? Up Trend: Market Price > EMA 200 ADX > 30 DI+ > DI- Down Trend: Market Price < EMA 200 ADX > 30 DI+ < DI- Please suggest what ADX period I should use. Is there any

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...

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

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

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...

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

Hi again, The Multiple Regression Analysis and Forecasting template provides a solid basis for identifying value drivers and forecasting time series data. While it utilises a range of commonly employed statistical measures to test the validity of the analysis, results are summarized in text for ease

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

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 was doing trading and leave the screen for some minute and I want to back check the history. Is there any tick data or tick data based back check method

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

Complement of the new year. I need help to make sense of the tester results. I have developed several EA for Mt5. When I optimize the EA using the same range of parameters with two different laptops, I get different set of results. Further, when I take optimized results/parameters from one Laptop

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

As I run optimization test ,get result and run single test result not match the result. Get huge deviation, not sure it's optimization get error or single run get error. It's so confuse me. I do lot of tests base on this version code,over one month. MT5 base on version 5, build 2981. Always skip the

Using MetaEditor version 5.00 build 5430, Nov 14, 2025 I've read the docs on vectors, and trying a toy example, which compiles with the errors: 'vector_a' - unexpected token, probably type is missing? playground.mqh 32 1 '.' - semicolon expected playground.mqh 32 9 Here's the toy code

Hi, Everything is OK with my Python environment in which I work every day, but when I want to import the MetaTrader5 library, I get an error message : ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement MetaTrader5 (from versions: none) ERROR: No matching distribution found for

Can you tell me if this is a realistic tester figure? And is this a good or bad result for a year with a deposit of $3,000

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

I am trying to login to Metatrader account and I have been receiving this error code. Please see code below; I first import necessary libraries and initialize which works fine from datetime import datetime import MetaTrader5 as mt5 mt5.initialize() But when I try to log in using the below code, I

Hi all, I’m working on a non-trading EA whose only purpose is to log trades for journaling and statistics, and I’d like to ask for some feedback / best practices from more experienced MQL4/MQL5 developers. The EA idea: It never opens or manages trades – it only listens for account activity It logs

I call this in tester. ChartScreenShot( 0 , "test.bmp" , 800 , 600 ,ALIGN_LEFT); It's not work. I searched all over the my pc and couldn't find any file named "test.bmp." Everyone can try it with your self. It used to work, I don't know why it has changed now

How to use forex expert correlation . Is there an expert

Is it possible to make the Strategy Tester to Optimize EA running it automatically multiple times over a range of time windows? So, instead of picking a static Start and End dates, I want to make the End date = Today, but the Start date to start from 2024.01.01 run my EA backtest and then re-run the

hi, some years back, like 5yeaars or so, i hired a freelancer whom i coudnt reach to now, and he made an ea for me, after these years, i tried to compile the file n its showing me error, is that normal perhaps mql5 upgrade or something? thank you

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

hi, it is nice to be introuced to such nice forum which discusses different ideas of trading and systems .. I noticed when surfing the forum that no one is talking about different currencies strength relative to each other.. where I think is Important , When We trade - we some times say we are

Please help if anyone has this indicator for mt4

Hello respected MQL5 community, I am working on a trading strategy and I need an indicator like the one in the attached screenshot. Unfortunately, I do not know its name, and it might even be a custom-built one. I have tried my best to find it using common search terms, but without success. I am

Hello. How do I stop this warning from appearing? Resource indicator 'Fractal_Range.ex5' is compiled for debugging. That slows down performance. Please recompile the indicator to increase performance. I'd like to compile it without these options, but where are they? Thanks

Hi all, I've been wanting to have the ability to plot indicators from different timeframes on my chart, but MT doesn't have this capability built in. (Does anyone know of any charting programs that do this natively?) As an example, if you're following the IWCR system, it'd be nice to be able to plot

Hi there, i found this script to remove all windows borders. But infortunately, it does not work. Can you please help me (or fix it for the community) ? Regards //#property script_show_inputs #import "user32.dll" int SetWindowLongA( int hWnd, int nIndex, int dwNewLong); int GetWindowLongA( int

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 am proud of myself with how far I have come with my coding knowledge without any experience and relying only on YouTube and Google for help. I have been trying to convert an indicator from Trading View Pine Script into a MT5 indicator and have learned so much along the way. I have learned how to

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

There had been a lot of "systems" lately relying on symbols correlation Might be interesting to actually see correlations with an indicator like this (based on math, not experience or assumption) Pearson correlation (among other things) explained : Correlation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PS:...

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

Hi, I'm a complete beginner here, and I've been trying to create an account and a connection to the agents, but I can't find my account number, I don't know where to look?Is there anyone here who can help me step by step

Fibo Levels indicator. Fully forecasting.

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

Check out the new article: Automating Trading Strategies in MQL5 (Part 36): Supply and Demand Trading with Retest and Impulse Model . In this article, we create a supply and demand trading system in MQL5 that identifies supply and demand zones through consolidation ranges, validates them with

TrailingStopAndTake : Simple trailing of stop loss and take profit orders of open positions. Author: Scriptor

Check out the new article: Introduction to MQL5 (Part 30): Mastering API and WebRequest Function in MQL5 (IV) . Discover a step-by-step tutorial that simplifies the extraction, conversion, and organization of candle data from API responses within the MQL5 environment. This guide is perfect for

Check out the new article: Market Profile indicator . In this article, we will consider Market Profile indicator. We will find out what lies behind this name, try to understand its operation principles and have a look at its terminal version (MarketProfile). The Market Profile reflects the

Check out the new article: Currency pair strength indicator in pure MQL5 . We are going to develop a professional indicator for currency strength analysis in MQL5. This step-by-step guide will show you how to develop a powerful trading tool with a visual dashboard for MetaTrader 5. You will learn

Check out the new article: Implementing Practical Modules from Other Languages in MQL5 (Part 05): The Logging module from Python, Log Like a Pro . Integrating Python's logging module with MQL5 empowers traders with a systematic logging approach, simplifying the process of monitoring, debugging, and

Check out the new article: The View and Controller components for tables in the MQL5 MVC paradigm: Simple controls . The article covers simple controls as components of more complex graphical elements of the View component within the framework of table implementation in the MVC

MT4 to MT5 Convertor (MT5Compat.mqh) : A new interface library has been developed to simplify converting MT4 indicators and Expert Advisors (EAs) to MT5. This library supports most of the MetaTrader 4 functions, offering developers a unified solution for cross-platform compatibility. Author

New article MetaTrader 5 on Linux is published: In this article, we demonstrate an easy way to install MetaTrader 5 on popular Linux versions — Ubuntu and Debian. These systems are widely used on server hardware as well as on traders’ personal computers. Author: MetaQuotes

2> Symbols on Chart : The indicator displays the second chart over the main one using the reference point. Author: Mihail Lagutin

Check out the new article: From Basic to Intermediate: Structs (II) . In this article, we will try to understand why programming languages like MQL5 have structures, and why in some cases structures are the ideal way to pass values between functions and procedures, while in other cases they may not

Check out the new article: The MQL5 Standard Library Explorer (Part 5): Multiple Signal Expert . In this session, we will build a sophisticated, multi-signal Expert Advisor using the MQL5 Standard Library. This approach allows us to seamlessly blend built-in signals with our own custom logic

Check out the new article: Capital management in trading and the trader's home accounting program with a database . How can a trader manage capital? How can a trader and investor keep track of expenses, income, assets, and liabilities? I am not just going to introduce you to accounting software; I

Check out the new article: Developing a Trading Strategy: Using a Volume-Bound Approach . In the world of technical analysis, price often takes center stage. Traders meticulously map out support, resistance, and patterns, yet frequently ignore the critical force that drives these movements: volume

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

So we know that some currencies correlate (or are negatively correlative) to some degree and can be used to confirm or predict movements. This indicator basically puts it all on one scale (from -1 to 1, I put the max to 1.2 so you can see the graphs without the labels getting in the way). I've coded

The RVI indicator ( Relative Vigor Index ) is a pretty good indicator which can be used in various ways to identify reversals. I developed a way to use it for making absolute fool-proof extremely safe and reliable entries, at the beginning of very significant trend direction changes. It can work as...

Hi guys anyone have the download from Eightcap MT4 or the IP Adress from this server EightcapLtd-Real-4 ip adress ? Thank you so much

Is there a possibility to start a backtest from the command line? Something like "terminal.exe -tester EAxyz EURUSD 5min 2000.01.01 2010.01.01" ? Any other idea, how I could start a backtest from outside? I want to use external programs that start different backtests automaticaly. But I have not...

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

I am trying to add Loss control to my EA. 1. it will stop taking new trade ones it hit X amount in loss Today and will restart taking new trade tomorrow. void TodayLossControling() { // ================================ // 1. Calculate start of current day // ================================

hi my mt4 is set to send the data via dde to excel. excel workbooks i recalculated every 5 seconds. now for soem strange reason dde stops aftre each horu and mt4 stops to update the prices - I am on a demo account is this a known bug??? after i restart mt4 and excel all starts to work fine and the

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I need help please. I have a script that closes the opened positions and opens a new position in the opposite direction. But this script applies this function only to opened positions, from the current active chart. I would now like to rewrite the script so that all open trades are rotated no matter

Hi all, A year ago or so I started with coding mql4 expert advisors. I have no programming background so I had to learn everything from the start. Currently I am at the stage where I can code most common strategies. In order to improve my coding skills and gain experience, I am offering to code...

Hi together, I need MetaTrader4 and when i downdload and install mt4setup.exe MetaTrader5 opens! What can I do? best regards andy

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

Hello, I am trying to find a stronger trend. I am using ⭐ MA + ADX(DI) + MACD + Momentum + Bulls/Bears Power + ATR + Ichimoku Cloud This is the ultimate system , combining: ✔ Trend Structure (MA) ✔ Trend Direction (DI) ✔ Trend Strength (ADX) ✔ Momentum (Momentum) ✔ Momentum (MACD) ✔ Buying/Selling

I have tried to find an indicator that will measure the Fib during the ORB trading session, and not before. I would like it to measure mainly after the break out, and upon retracement, the Fib levels are established. Yes, I can use the Fib that comes with MT4, but I have to keep adjusting it, which