I’m working on a tool to help convert trading strategy documents into structured MQL5 EA logic.

 

I’m working on a tool to help convert trading strategy documents into structured MQL5 EA logic.

Curious to know: what part of EA creation takes the most time for you?

 
David Chidiebere Chinweike:

I’m working on a tool to help convert trading strategy documents into structured MQL5 EA logic.

Curious to know: what part of EA creation takes the most time for you?

That depends on the specific "trading strategy documents" at hand. Do the documents designate a market to trade? An instrument to trade? How about a timeframe, or a defined custom chart structure (Renko, range bars, equal volume bars, etc. with settings)?

Assuming that the market and instrument are predetermined, settling on a chart structure that most reduces noise/chop can be quite time consuming. The Uniformity Factor script in the CodeBase can speed this up a bit.

If I didn't do this first, all indicators and logic would essentially be contaminated by the noisy/choppy underlying chart data─not exactly a good start to building an EA, nor any strategy for that matter.