Please help. Forex EA error string ErrorDescription (int) stdlib.ex4

[chancorinne]

Please please help me. I bought an EA last month and the seller does not respond to my messages so I experimented the EA (wrong move I know).

I know it's a lot and it's very weird. I am a beginner and I don't even know if this is the right place to post this, I just need someone to help me with these codes and how to fix it. Please please

[Diane Minshew]

Its just a library of error codes. The platform returns if there is a problem..

https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/errorswarnings/errorcodes

https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/errorswarnings/enum_trade_return_codes

[chancorinne]

Diane Minshew:

Its just a library of error codes. The platform returns if there is a problem..

https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/errorswarnings/errorcodes

https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/errorswarnings/enum_trade_return_codes

That's the one that appeared in the MQL4/Libraries/stdlib.ex4 and it's still on the Dependencies tab of the EA.

I dont know if I'm looking at the right .mq4.

Right now it still says string ErrorDescription(int) and I dont know how to fix it

[lippmaje]

chancorinne:
Right now it still says string ErrorDescription(int) and I dont know how to fix it

What's the exact error message and how did you get it?

[chancorinne]

lippmaje:

What's the exact error message and how did you get it?

To be honest, I really don't know the specific error. I ran Strategy Tester and the first runs were "TestGenerator: 4360 generating errors.....", then I ran the tester again, it now says "initialization failed....."

I've been trying to upload photos here so you can see but something is wrong when I attach it

[chancorinne]

chancorinne:
To be honest, I really don't know the specific error. I ran Strategy Tester and the first runs were "TestGenerator: 4360 generating errors.....", then I ran the tester again, it now says "initialization failed....."

I've been trying to upload photos here so you can see but something is wrong when I attach it

[chancorinne]

chancorinne:

[lippmaje]

It would be easier if you copied the messages from the journal. Right-click on the message - Copy then insert here. To select a bunch of lines just Left-Click while holding Shift.

Then it looks like the EA raised an alert before terminating itself. I don't see how this connects to the error from this thread. The alert says "EA can't backtesting". This could be because the author did not design the EA for this specific currency pair or timeframe H1, but this is just guessing. Where did you get this error about ErrorDescription? Copy the exact error message and show it here.

[chancorinne]

lippmaje:

It would be easier if you copied the messages from the journal. Right-click on the message - Copy then insert here. To select a bunch of lines just Left-Click while holding Shift.

Then it looks like the EA raised an alert before terminating itself. I don't see how this connects to the error from this thread. The alert says "EA can't backtesting". This could be because the author did not design the EA for this specific currency pair or timeframe H1, but this is just guessing. Where did you get this error about ErrorDescription? Copy the exact error message and show it here.

I have used the EA and it worked after sometime for 2 pairs (AUDJPY, USDCHF) but not immediately. This is where I had a hard time understanding how it worked (mainly because I'm still a beginner in forex) - I asked the seller if the EA will trade immediately after setting up, he said yes, but it didn't open a trade immediately eventhough there was a smiling face at the top. My account balance is never an issue too according to the seller. The EA worked after 1 week for AUDJPY and 3 weeks for USDCHF

[lippmaje]

It's not unusual that an EA does not open a trade right away when the smiley is shown. Your EA will only open a trade when its entry conditions are met. So if it just sits there doing nothing it's not necessarily an error. But many EAs are sensitive regarding the timeframe of the chart. Did you switch timeframe of the EAs chart recently? Some EAs will trade more often on lower timeframes, but when you switch to H1, say, they won't do much. Your seller show know the right settings and should have provided the timeframe to work with.

[chancorinne]

Ohhhhhh, now that's a new info for me. I initially thought that EAs will trade immediately after setting up.

The seller sent me a guide on how to install the EA and yes, he told me that it should be an H1 timeframe.

I copied the messages from the journal but I don't know if I did it right... Here it is:

By the way, thank you for continuously helping me fix this problem. I really appreciate all the info you're giving me.

2019.04.23 19:49:36.743 AUDJPY,H1: 1 tick events (0 bars, 2721592 bar states) processed in 0:00:00.125 (total time 0:00:03.120)
2019.04.23 19:49:36.743 2019.03.01 00:00:00  Profit Maker EA V2 AUDJPY,H1: initialization failed (1)
2019.04.23 19:49:36.743 2019.03.01 00:00:00  Profit Maker EA V2 AUDJPY,H1: Alert: EA can't backtesting
2019.04.23 19:49:36.618 2019.03.01 00:00:00  Profit Maker EA V2 inputs: FixLot=0.01; Multiplier=1.11; Step=15; TakeProfit=30; Stoploss=400; MaxTrades_EachSide=50; MagicNumber=1234567; Trailing_Stop_ON=1; Trailing_Stop=12; TrailingStep=1; MaxPairTrades=2; Filter_TradingTime=1; 
2019.04.23 19:49:33.669 TestGenerator: current spread 23 used
2019.04.23 19:49:33.623 Expert Profit Maker EA V2 AUDJPY,H1: loaded successfully

2019.04.23 20:11:15.594	USDCHF,H1: 1 tick events (0 bars, 1973140 bar states) processed in 0:00:00.000 (total time 0:00:56.566)
2019.04.23 20:11:15.593	2019.03.01 00:00:00  Profit Maker EA V2 USDCHF,H1: initialization failed (1)
2019.04.23 20:11:15.593	2019.03.01 00:00:00  Profit Maker EA V2 USDCHF,H1: Alert: EA can't backtesting
2019.04.23 20:11:15.593	2019.03.01 00:00:00  Profit Maker EA V2 inputs: FixLot=0.01; Multiplier=1.11; Step=15; TakeProfit=30; Stoploss=400; MaxTrades_EachSide=50; MagicNumber=1234567; Trailing_Stop_ON=1; Trailing_Stop=12; TrailingStep=1; MaxPairTrades=2; Filter_TradingTime=1; 
2019.04.23 20:11:15.043	History: download USDCHF,M1 [2019.02.28 17:24]
2019.04.23 20:11:14.543	History: download USDCHF,M1 [2019.03.01 02:02]
2019.04.23 20:11:14.043	History: download USDCHF,M1 [2019.03.01 10:36]