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From Novice to Expert: Animated News Headline Using MQL5 (I)

Today, we aim to address a common limitation in how economic news and calendar events are accessed within the MetaTrader 5 terminal—specifically, during active chart analysis.

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From Novice to Expert: Animated News Headline Using MQL5 (II)

In this discussion, we build on the foundation laid in the previous article, where we created a scrolling horizontal bar on the chart to display upcoming news events along with countdown timers indicating how much time remains before each release in order of importance. We concluded that article with a placeholder for live news feed—and now, we’re ready to bring that feature to life.

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Introduction to MQL5 (Part 18): Building Expert Advisors Using Technical Chart Patterns (III) — Introduction to Wolfe Wave Pattern

In this article, we’ll take things a step further by exploring a more advanced chart pattern, the Wolfe Wave. Unlike basic patterns that rely heavily on simple support and resistance breaks, the Wolfe Wave involves a precise five-point structure and aims to forecast price movement toward a specific target line. It is a powerful tool for predicting reversals and timing entries with higher precision.

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Introduction to MQL5 (Part 19): Automating Wolfe Wave Detection

Welcome back to Part 19 of the Introduction to MQL5 series! In Part 18, I introduced you to the Wolfe Wave pattern, a unique five-wave structure used to anticipate price reversals with precision. We discussed the two main types of Wolfe Waves: the bearish setup that signals a potential price drop and the bullish setup that hints at an upcoming rally. You also learned how to retrieve candlestick data, which is essential for price action analysis, and we outlined the logic for spotting valid trade opportunities based on this pattern.

In this part, we’re moving from theory to implementation. We’ll explore how to identify Wolfe Wave structures programmatically and execute trades based on them using MQL5. This includes detecting key swing points, validating pattern rules, and preparing the EA to act on the signals it finds.

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Introduction to MQL5 (Part 20): Introduction to Harmonic Patterns

If you’ve been trying to understand this concept in depth, this article is for you. This particular article will introduce you to the concept, covering the structure of harmonic patterns along with the essential Fibonacci extension and retracement tools used to define them.

We will explore the essential elements of some of the most well-known harmonic structures, including the Gartley, Bat, Butterfly, and Crab patterns, as well as the precise Fibonacci measurements that define them. Since even a slight divergence can render the setup invalid, it is important to understand these ratios. The next article will concentrate on using this knowledge to programmatically apply it to MQL5, allowing for the automatic identification of both bearish and bullish harmonic patterns.

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Automating Trading Strategies in MQL5 (Part 28): Creating a Price Action Bat Harmonic Pattern with Visual Feedback

In our previous article (Part 27), we developed a Crab Pattern system in MetaQuotes Language 5 (MQL5) that utilized harmonic patterns to identify high-probability reversal points with precise Fibonacci ratios, automating trades and visualizing patterns with chart objects. In Part 28, we create a Bat Pattern system that detects bullish and bearish Bat harmonic patterns using pivot points and specific Fibonacci retracements.

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Newbies, what challenges in MQL programming do you face in 2025?

Rashid Umarov , 2025.09.01 09:20

A special Welcome page has been created in the MetaEditor editor itself.

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More information about where to start to:

MetaTrader 5 Help → Algorithmic Trading, Trading Robots → How to Create an Expert Advisor or an Indicator

MetaEditor Help → Articles on the development of trading applications

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Introduction to MQL5 (Part 21): Automating Harmonic Pattern Detection

This article's distinctiveness is found in its approachable style for beginners and the way we simplify difficult ideas into manageable stages. Instead of overloading you with theory, we'll be working on a project-based strategy in which we create an Expert Advisor (EA) that recognizes the Gartley pattern automatically.

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From Novice to Expert: Backend Operations Monitor using MQL5

This is where our discussion on the Backend Operations (BEO) class begins. Instead of relying solely on the shared Experts tab, we can design a dedicated monitoring and logging system that displays and organizes information directly on the chart.

In today’s article, we will explore how to design such a class—to strengthen our debugging workflow to give traders and developers a reliable tool for understanding what’s happening at the backend of their EAs.