XAUUSD.r at xxxx.xx skipped as no symbol found

[okayjustask]

 XAUUSD.r at xxxx.xx skipped as no symbol found

I followed a signal, but error happens as above.

The trader's account is XAUUSD.r, but mine is XAUUSD, and Metatrader doesn't recognize the mapping.

I've searched, and found a few posts too, but can't find any solution.

Suggestion?

Thanks.

[William Roeder]

okayjustask: I've searched, and found a few posts too, but can't find any solution.

Broker's use a variety of naming patterns: EURUSD, EURUSDc, EURUSDct, EURUSDecn, EURUSDi, EURUSDm, EURUSDme, EURUSDpro, EURUSDt, "EUR.USD", "EUR/USD", "EURUSD!", "EURUSD#", "EURUSD.", "EURUSD..", "EURUSD.c", "EURUSD.cfx", "EURUSD.G", "EURUSD.i", "EURUSD.r", "EURUSD.SBe", "EURUSD.stp", "EURUSD+", "EURUSD-5", "EURUSD-g", "EURUSD-m", "EURUSD-sb", etc., Financial symbols with '-', '=', '_' and '+'

If the pattern your broker uses doesn't match the pattern of your signal provider's broker, you can't copy the signal/open a trade. Switch brokers to one that has that adornment.

If the naming pattern of your charts isn't exactly “BasQuo” then hard coded symbols fails.

Don't hard code things; just use the predefined _Symbol, or add/remove the adornments during processing.
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[Sergey Golubev]

It is not a bug, and the the only way to fix it is to change the broker (use same broker and same type of the account with the signal provider).
read post #12 for more information.

[okayjustask]

Sergey Golubev:
It is not a bug, and the the only way to fix it is to change the broker (use same broker and same type of the account with the signal provider).
read post #12 for more information.

It's not bug by definition of terms of MQL, but it's in fact a bug by common sense.

In this case, the symbols "XAUUSD.r" and "XAUUSD" are talking about the same instrument, and the signal subscription system can't recognize it. Period.

[Mr David Frederick Roberts]

okayjustask #:

It's not bug by definition of terms of MQL, but it's in fact a bug by common sense.

In this case, the symbols "XAUUSD.r" and "XAUUSD" are talking about the same instrument, and the signal subscription system can't recognize it. Period.

Yes it is indeed seriously ridiculous!  In fact pants!