MQL4 and MetaTrader 4

Hello, Do you listen any music while you trade? I have tried with many different kinds, but I think classical music is the most appropriate to remain discipline focus and calm . Any replies are appreciated. Let's start

Hi bros, yesterday I had an idea, pick all the best trend following default indicators on TradingView and made a super TS with the conjunction. Claude from Anthropic did the excellent job. Here is the .mq4 file and a example image

Hi guys. Can an EA be programmed to recognize when a user manually opens or closes a trade from the chart

Hi, I'm using a custom moving average indicator. After updating to build 1491 Metatrader 4, the indicator goes missing from the chart whenever I start MetaTrader. When I reapply the template, it sometimes shows all the indicators I saved, but other times it only shows one . 1. All indicators are

Hi there I installed Metatrader 4 and add an EA to the chart. I am able to configure the settings for the EA and save to a set file But when I request the settings of the Expert advisor after config, I get this screen. The EA does not take any orders. It works on another laptop. What do I miss on

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Custom indicator Heiken Ashi no longer shows up on the chart after auto compiles at the initial load of terminal after the version update Strategy Tester also shows the following errors regarding Heiken Ashi. 0 01:10:42.456 2025.06.01 22:00:00 PlutusV2613 EURUSD.FX,M1: HA Error: Indicator not ready

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Hello, I am posting this in the MQL4 section since there is no MQL5 section to post it in. I am creating a simple chart overlay in MT5 to visually compare two symbols. However the chart overlay indicator does not update in real time it only updates on the close of the bar. Does anyone know what

New article How to Copy Trading from MetaTrader 5 to MetaTrader 4 is published at mql4.com: Is it possible to trade on a real MetaTrader 5 account today? How to organize such trading? The article contains the theory of these questions and the working codes used for copying trades from the MetaTrader...

hi, using MT4 b745 on wine 1.7.32 i386 ubuntu for using an expert i need to add an url into /tools/options/Expert advisor/ there is already the builtin 'http://www.mql5.com' listed when i right-click on '+' nothing happen for adding a new url, so i double click on the previous url's field:...

Greeting , Can anyone help me please with programe lines (code base) to add to my EA -mq4 file simply , I only want the EA to open trades only if RSI value between 65 and 35 for example or 70-30... etc , it would be really appreciated sorry I don't have experience in programming

this script converts the chart's ticks into any Second(s)timeframes !!! the Script works only for XAUUSD, you can modify it to work with other pairs or other names of Gold pair. Example custom periods: S5 S10 S15 S20 S30 S45 S50 Once the Second(s) chart is generated, you can apply almost everything

I know I'm asking for a boot in the head, but it seems as thought the language has changed since I was coding last. Trying to do a simple loop from 1 to 50, where the code stops at 50. What I get is: 1 to 50 then continuously loops again from 1 to 50. I want to stop at 50. Would appreciate any

Hello, I want to be able to draw Trendlines, Channels, Fibs, essentially any object on a chart for a specific symbol e.g a horizontal line level 1.1 on EURUSD and restrict it to only the chosen symbol. However, when I drag in another symbol on the same chart window, e.g. AUDNZD, I see the same...

Hello, I have a problem loading an Expert Advisor in MetaTrader 4. My terminal version is: MetaTrader 4 Build 1478 Date: 22 August 2026 The EA is named GOLD_MT4.ex4 . When I try to load it, MT4 gives these messages: GOLD_MT4: has newer unsupported version, please update your client terminal cannot

Hi guys, Anyone got any idea on how to call this indicator to work in EA? From the forum i found several method as the following: val1=iCustom(NULL,0,"SilverTrend",3,350,2,0,0); val2=iCustom(NULL,0,"SilverTrend",3,350,2,1,0); or BuyST=iCustom(NULL, 0, "SilverTrend", 0, 0); SellST=iCustom(NULL, 0,...

In order to construct a killer ea. I would like an opinion of what is the best indicator all of you "ELITE'S" are using for ALL TIME FRAMES. My View Daily,60min,30min - I give high marks to Squeeze_2006 combined with hist_step_stoch 15Min,10 - I give high marks to Fisher Yurik/combined With Squeeze

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Hi all, question as per subject line. I'm sure an easy fix. Anyone? thanks in advance

Hi I wrote a very simple EA and it works in tester properly but it doesn't work as i attach that to a chart . EA is successfully loaded but the first line of start function (a comment line) is never executed. Is there any specific Error or mistake in programing that cause such a condition ? I would...

Dear Community, I've read all Doc about CButton and it seems to me, there is non built in method to perform following task 1) create CButton 2) CButton should be visible but not clickable at the beginning. Any idea, how to perform this

Hello, I want to know can MT4 send WebRequest to a server or website directly like MT5 or I need to build a .dll file to do that

I want to start a YT channel about the MQL5 language, and write a book about the language. I've read the "Trademark and Graphics/Screenshots Usage Guidelines" in the MetaQuotes site, but I still have a few questions to ask. In the website there is a "contact us" section, but no email to be found

Hello Supply and Demand Traders, I have a custom expert advisor which trades off supply and demand zones.  The zones it trades off are from this source - https://www.mql5.com/en/code/14545 (indicator attached below).  Here are the rules of the EA: - When price reaches the proximal level of an...

EDIT:Whilst it seems to me that this Normalization used to be a problem, theexperimental test indicators and scripts below have convinced me that this isnot (or is no longer) a problem (at least with the latest MT4 and with mybroker). The thread remains primarily for the indicator/EA below, which...