Where Do I start from?

[goldenoge]

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?

[Sergey Golubev]

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How to make a search on the forum
https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/193510

[Sergey Golubev]

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies

How to Start with Metatrader 5

Sergey Golubev, 2016.12.30 17:26

Just some reminding about how to insert code to the post (for new users/newbies) - read here, and read whole the article: MQL5.community - User Memo

MetaTrader 4 Help - Client Terminal – User Guide 

MetaTrader 5 Help - Trading Platform — User Manual

[Sergey Golubev]

First key article:

MetaTrader 5 - More Than You Can Imagine! 

The development of MetaTrader 5 started in 2007. MetaTrader 5 was conceived as a revolutionary, multi-market platform that can run on Forex as well as on any other financial market. A lot of work has been done since then, and the result of this work is the platform that provides unlimited opportunities to traders. In this article, we will talk about all the key features of MetaTrader 5 and carry out a comparative analysis with the previous version of the trading platform.

1. Charts
• Customization and 21 Timeframes
• Advantages of One-Minute Bars
• Indicators
• Analytical Tools
• Precise Time Scale
• Economic Calendar
• More Market Data
• Publishing Charts Online
2. Navigator
• Find a Server by the Broker's Name
• Grouping of Programs
• Further Development of Programs
• Downloads from the Code Base
• Rapid Tests
  
3. Trading
• Position Netting
• Six Types of Pending Orders
• One-Click Trading
• Trading from Chart
• Modification of Trade Levels on the Chart
• Asynchrony and Multithreading
• Execution of Operations on the Stock Exchange
• Trading from the Depth of Market
• Additional Execution Terms
• Mobile Trading Push Notifications
4. Toolbox
• Exposure
• Calendar
• Market
• Code Base
5. Testing and Optimization
• Advanced Testing Report
• Increased Accuracy of Every-Tick Testing
• More Testing Modes
• Custom Optimization Criterion
• Optimization Cache and XML Report
• Automatic Download of History and Synchronization of Timeframes
• Forward Testing
• Stress Testing
• Multi-Threaded Optimization
• Testing Clouds of Remote Agents
• MQL5 Cloud Network
• Ease of Agents Management
• Mathematical Calculations
• 2D and 3D Visualization of Optimization Results
• Visual Testing
• Any Custom Results During Optimization
• Acceleration Using OpenCL
6. Integration with MQL5.community
• Market
• MQL5 Cloud Network
• MQL5 Storage
• Code Base
• Signals
• Articles
• MQL5 Charts
7. MetaEditor
• New File System
• MQL5 Wizard
• Personal Code Repository MQL5 Storage
• Fast Compilation of C++ DLL
• Intelligent Code Control
• Code Styler
• Code Highlighting
• Unicode Support
• Inserting Resources
• Global Search and Integration with MQL5.community
• Debugging
• Projects
• Code Profiling
8. The MQL5 Programming Language
• Greater Operation Speed
• Code Protection
• Similarity to С++
• Classes and Structures
• Events
• Management of Charts, Objects and Resources Directly from MQL5
• New Indicator Drawing Styles
• Ease of Work with Indicators
• A Huge Standard Library and a Lot of Examples
• OpenCL Support
  
9. Services for Traders and Developers
• Jobs
• Market
• MQL5 Storage
• MQL5 Cloud Network
• Signals
• Virtual hosting

[Sergey Golubev]

The second key article:

Limitless Opportunities with MetaTrader 5 and MQL5 

Table of Contents

  Introduction
  1. Trading System Conditions
  2. External Parameters
  3. Parameter Optimization
     3.1. First Set-Up Variant
        3.1.1. General Parameters and Rules
        3.1.2. Tester Settings
        3.1.3. Analysis of the Obtained Results
        3.1.4. BOOK REPORT Application for the Analysis of Optimization and Testing Results
        3.1.5. Money Management System
     3.2. Second Set-Up Variant
     3.3. Possible Set-Up Variants
  4. Testing in the Visualization Mode
  5. Interface and Controls
  6. Information Panels TRADE INFO and MONEY MANAGEMENT
  7. Trade Information Panel on the Left Side of the Chart
     7.1. PARAMETERS SYSTEM
     7.2. CLOCKS OF TRADING SESSIONS
     7.3. MANUAL TRADING
        7.3.1. BUY/SELL/REVERSE Section
        7.3.2. CLOSE POSITIONS Section
        7.3.3. SET PENDING ORDERS Section
        7.3.4. MODIFY ORDERS/POSITIONS Section
        7.3.5. DELETE PENDING ORDERS Section
     7.4. TRADING PERFORMANCE
     7.5. ACCOUNT/SYMBOLS INFO
 8. Additional Indicators to be Used by the EA
 Conclusion

[Sergey Golubev]

And this is the MT5 user manual:

MetaTrader 5 Help - Trading Platform — User Manual

[Sergey Golubev]

How to add the broker to MT5:

MetaTrader 5 Help - Open an Account

MetaTrader 5 Android OS Help - Opening a Demo Account 

MetaTrader 5 iPhone/iPad Help- Connecting to an Account and Opening a Demo Account

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[Sergey Golubev]

Summaries :

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1. How to Start with MT5, a summary !  (incl the previous thread:How to start with MetaTrader and forex, the beginning) 
       MetaTrader 4 Help - Client Terminal – User Guide 
       MetaTrader 5 Help - Trading Platform — User Manual 
   
   
2. MetaTrader 5 Python User Group - the summary
   
   
3. MetaEditor, Open AI and ChatGPT  - summary discussion thread about new feature in MT5 and MetaEditor
   
   
4. Matrices and vectors in MQL5 - summary discussion thread about matrices and vectors
   
   
5. All (not yet) about Strategy Tester, Optimization and Cloud
   
   
6. ASCTREND SYSTEM summary (incl 2 good EAs)
   
   
7. BRAINTRADING SYSTEM HowTo
   
   
8. PriceChannel Parabolic system (incl 2 versions of the EA)
   
   
9. Trading Systems Based on Signal Indicators
   
   
10. Market Condition Evaluation (2 EAs were created)
    
    
11. All about mql OOP
    
    
12. Ichimoku
    
    
13. Financial and trading videos - Table of Contents
    
    
14. All about Calendar tab and Macro Economic Events
    
    
15. All about MQL5 Wizard : create robots without programming

[Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra]

Sergey is rich enough to answer

[Sergey Golubev]

And the last ones (the Signals and the Market).

Signals

• Tips for Selecting a Trading Signal to Subscribe. Step-By-Step Guide - the article 
  
• How to Become a Successful Signal Provider on MQL5.com - the article
  
• How to Subscribe to MT4/MT5 Signal - new instructions https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/189731  
  
• FAQ https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/9950/page80#comment_2933360   

Market

• How to buy/sell robot  
  https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/9950/page74#comment_2694942  
• Tips for Purchasing a Product on the Market. Step-By-Step Guide - the article

[Angelito Cartagena]

There are tons of information about trading online and that includes here at MQL5, but the learning process can be tedious and dont have to be  fast tracked otherwise you will just end up the same with most traders that acquiring more loses, trading is not a place where we can make money right away, it requires years of constant practice even becoming a professional trader.