How to Start with Metatrader 5 - page 46

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All (not yet) about Strategy Tester, Optimization and Cloud

angevoyageur, 2013.08.20 19:47

A must ! Before using it or asking any question : please read the Online Help  (Also accessible by F1 on your MT5 platform)

Strategy Tester

For Traders

• General overview of the possibilities.
  

• Overview of results : Visualize a Strategy in the MetaTrader 5 Tester

• If you are thinking to buy a product on the Market : How to Test a Tading Robot before buying.

• If you don't see all strategy tester fields, they are probably hidden.

• How to use settings resulting from EA Optimization in your EA (without manually changing it). 

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For Programmers

• Detailed description of it works : Testing trading strategies (documentation).

• As noted by erdah, SendNotification, SendMail, SendFTP don't work in Strategy Tester (of course).
• IndicatorParameters() doesn't work in StrategyTester.
  
• OnChartEvent() in Strategy Tester.

• General description of how to use it : The Fundamentals of Testing in MetaTrader 5

• How ticks are generated : The Algorithm of Ticks’ Generation

• Discussion about Strategy Tester mode (1 minute OHLC vs every tick)

• How to test a strategy for all timeframe and compare results ?

• Using the TesterWithdrawal() Function for Modeling the Withdrawals of Profit

• How to use file with Strategy tester.

Optimization

• Description of the algorithm used for fast optimization : Genetic Algorithm - It's easy.

• Creating Custom Criteria of Optimization of Expert Advisors

• Running optimization from command line : https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/13468

• Don't expect too much from optimization and try to prevent curve over fit.
  

Cloud

Announce of the launch : MQL5 Cloud Network launched.

As Users

• How it works, an overview : Speed Up Calculations with the MQL5 Cloud Network

• Optimization by example : MQL5 Cloud Network : Are you Still Calculating ?

Some useful topic about usage of the Cloud :

• New Error message : endless loop detected in OnInit function

As Providers (agents)

• Frequently Asked Question about the Cloud Newtwork (FAQ).

• When you start to provide agents on the Cloud, you have to be patient and use the search engine.

• An example of what you can expect as agents provider or New 1 year of Cloud's agents providing
  

Work in progress, stay tuned !

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• Step-By-Step Guide to writing an Expert Advisor in MQL5 for Beginners
• How to Order an Expert Advisor and Obtain the Desired Result
• How to Develop an Expert Advisor using UML Tools

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I would like to create a straddle EA

Rasoul, 2014.08.15 00:37

You can first try these two free News EAs available in Codebase:

https://www.mql5.com/en/code/10511

and this one which is pretty close to what you want to do:

https://www.mql5.com/en/code/8491

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How to Start with Metatrader 5

newdigital, 2014.01.31 13:47

MetaTrader 5 Gateways & Connectivity :

Liquidity Providers (ECNs)

ECNs (Electronic Communication Networks) provide liquidity when using MetaTrader 5. We have developed gateways to the most well-known providers, and any MetaTrader 5 broker can now make use of their services:

1. Integral
2. CitiFX Pro
3. Hotspot FX
4. FastMatch
5. Currenex

Our gateways not only give access to liquidity providers but also provide maximum speed of executing operations. Moreover, these gateways are fairly simple and secure solutions allowing brokers to quickly connect to a provider and use its services.

Stock Exchanges

MetaTrader 5 has been developed as a multi-market platform. Nowadays, it can be used not only for arranging Forex trading but also for working on stock exchanges:

1. Moscow Exchange (former RTS)
2. Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX)
3. Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX)
4. Global Board of Trade (GBOT)
5. BM&FBOVESPA (Brazilian stock exchange)
6. Ukrainian Exchange
7. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
8. Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE)
9. Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
10. Turkish Derivatives Exchange (TURKDEX)

MetaTrader 5 platform's versatility makes it easy to expand the brokerage business and enter new markets.

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How to Start with Metatrader 5

newdigital, 2013.09.30 16:45

Video tutorial: MetaTrader Signals Service

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VPS need info

newdigital, 2014.05.23 20:04

• Which is the best VPS service for trading?
• VPS: Which one can you recommend?
• Low End VPS

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The users are asking me aboiut the arrows on my Ichimoku charts so please find the setup with indicators:

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Market Condition Evaluation based on standard indicators in Metatrader 5

newdigital, 2013.06.05 19:03

Well ... so we go ...

Indicators

• PriceChannel Signal
• MaksiGen_Range_Move MTF
• AbsoluteStrength
• TrendStrength_v2

Template

• marketcondition1.tpl (attached)
  

Installation

• place 4 indicators in indicators folder (for example - to here: C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 5\MQL5\Indicators
• place template file in template folder (for example to C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 5\Profiles\Templates
• compile indicators in MetaEditor, or restart MetaTrader 5

How to use

• open D1 (or H4, or H1) charts of your selected pair
• right mouse click on any place of the chart - select Templates - and name of our template (marketcondition1)

You should have the chart similar with this one:

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How to Start with Metatrader 5

newdigital, 2013.09.20 08:21

Summaries :

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1. How to Start with MT5, a summary !
   
   
2. All (not yet) about Strategy Tester, Optimization and Cloud
   
   
3. ASCTREND SYSTEM summary (incl 2 good EAs)
   
   
4. BRAINTRADING SYSTEM HowTo
   
   
5. PriceChannel Parabolic system (incl 2 versions of the EA)
   
   
6. Market Condition Evaluation (2 EAs were created)
   
   
7. Ichimoku
   
   
8. Financial and trading videos - Table of Contents
   
   
9. All about Calendar tab and Macro Economic Events
   
   
10. All about MQL5 Wizard : create robots without programming

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Market Condition Evaluation based on standard indicators in Metatrader 5

newdigital, 2013.09.01 21:06

This my post? red dotted lines are for possible sell stop trade, blue dotted lines are are possible buy stop ...

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Anyway - I just copied some latest summary from this thread :

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Market Condition Evaluation

story/thread was started from here/different thread

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Market condition

• the theory with examples (primary trend, secondary trend) - read staring from this post till this one

• Summary about market condition theory is on this post 

• Practical examples about every market condition case by indicators: starting from this page till this one
   
• trendstrength_v2 indicator is here,
   
• AbsoluteStrength indicator new version is here

• AbsoluteStrength indicator old version is on this post
  
  
• AbsoluteStrengthMarket indicator is here to download.
  
  
• good feature in Metatrader 5: moving  stop loss/take profit by mouse on the chart (video about howto)
  
  
• Market condition setup (indicators and template) is here
   

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3 Stoch MaFibo trading system for M5 and M1 timeframe 

• trading examples 
  
  
• template to download
   
• explanation how to trade and more explanation here
  
  
• how to install
  
  
• 2stochm_v4 EA is on this post.
   

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PriceChannel ColorPar Ichi system.

 

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MaksiGen trading system 

• indicator to download
   
• some explanation about the system in general how to use
  
  
• Trading examples with MT5 statement, more trading is here.
  
  
• Paramon trading system iis on this post; How to trade the system - manual trading with live examples - read this page.
  
  

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 Merrill's patterns are on this page.

 

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Divergence - how to use, explanation and where to read about.

  

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Scalp_net trading system

• template/indicators and how to use are on this comment.
  
  
• scalp_net_v132_tf EA is on this post with optimization results/settings for EURUSD M5 timeframe
   
• possible settings #1 for this EA for EURUSD M5 timeframe with backtesting results is on this post.
   

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MTF systems 

• Maksigen MTF system

more to follow ...

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MA Channel Stochastic system is here.

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Ichimoku

• The theory of the signals
• Ichimoku alert indicator with arrows
• Ichimoku alert indicator improved : warning alert mode was fixed and autosettings feature was added

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Chart Patterns

newdigital, 2013.09.08 15:33

Look at the following post :

• Discussion of article "Analysing Candlestick Patterns"
• 3 Easy Triangle Patterns Every Forex Trader Should Know
• HWAFM for Metatrader 5 (free tool)
• Merrill's patterns for downtrend
• Merrill's patterns for uptrend