MT5 and CPU?
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EAs : Don't do per tick what you can do per bar, or on open.
If you are waiting for a level, don't reevaluate, wait until price reaches it (or a new bar starts, and you recalculate.)
If you are waiting for an order to close, only look when OrdersTotal (or MT5 equivalent) has changed.
How to get backtesting faster ? - MT4 - MQL4 programming forum (2017) -
Indicators: Code it properly so it only recomputes bar zero (after the initial run.)
How to do your lookbacks correctly. (2016)
Or, reduce Tools → Options (control+O) → Charts → Max bars in chart to something reasonable (like 1K.)