Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 108

I would like to use this indicator and see the various trend lines, support and resistance, when I start it as expertadvisor to do backtests. the problem is that when I put it on a realtime graph the lines are marked correctly. when I put it as a backtest nothing is marked. how can I modify the code

Hi, this is a part of my EA, how can i convert this to a multi-symbol EA? Where's the best place to learn this? datetime old_time; string symbol_loop[] = { "USDJPY" , "EURUSD" , "USDCAD" , "GBPUSD" }; int RSI_Handle; int bb_Handle; #include <Trade/Trade.mqh> CTrade trade;

Hello, i saved a template with my custom indicator KeltnerChannel in Metatrader 5 and can load it there. But when i try it on the Strategy tester, it isn't working. CS 2 14:01:26.612 Custom Indicator loading of KeltnerChannel WS30,M1 failed [557] It's only working, if i use a build in one. How can i

Greetings I have created an EA but it does not take trades off line,it takes trades only when I am logged in,can you please guide? Kind Regards

Hi, ive taken this code from online but struggling to adapt it. In the backtest, the pivot points vanish once the week is over. Instead i want to see previous pivot points for it designated week, and for the lines to only be drawn during that week. How can i amend this code? int OnInit () { return

Hi, I've been trying to run an EA with an Indicator that uses a DLL. I can get it to run in the optimiser perfectly using all "Local Agents" selection, however I can't get it to run when I switch to 'Local Network Farm'. Regardless of whether the agents are set up on another machine or the same

Hi, I have below code : #include <Trade/Trade.mqh> input double Lots = 0.02 ; input double Lotfactor = 2 ; input int TpPoints = 100 ; input int SlPoints = 100 ; input int Magic = 111 ; CTrade trade; bool isTradeAllowed = true ; int OnInit () { trade.SetExpertMagicNumber (Magic); return (

I have a simple EA that enters long when an ema is going up, and short when an EMA is going down. When I run this EA in the Strategy Tester Visualization, the price at which buy operations are entered is much larger than the real price. In turn, the Sell operations appear to be on the right price

HI all, is there someone who can help me to developp an EA that prevent to stop trading for the day whenever I reach my daily loss max or got 2 SL. MT4 blocks me for any new trade and can only trade the next open market. MANY thanks in advance

Hi there I don't know if anybody else has experienced this issue with MT5. When EA's close a trade, MT5 starts automatically cycling through different timeframes resulting in the EA opening more trades based on a different frame, including opening opposite direction

Hi everyone, How do I trade candles from a higher timeframe to a lower timeframe? I've researched on the forum, and I know that to switch timeframes, I should use ChartSetSymbolPeriod , but I'm really confused about what I want to do. For example, taking this example case (example.PNG attached)

Hi, I recently ran into a issue with MT5 where my EA does not seem to be setting the magic number or know that it opened a position. #include<Trade\Trade.mqh>CTrade cTrade;ulong magicNumber = 123456;void OnInit()  {   cTrade.SetExpertMagicNumber(magicNumber);   ulong tradeMagicNumber = cTrade...

I can't sync with the VPS, it says it can't connect 2023.09.28 20:36:21.671 Virtual Hosting: 6512116 failed to connect to server 'MQL5 Singapore 03' (18.136.60.134:443 failed)

I have this EA that makes renko graphs, but I see that some wicks are bigger than the bars and I think that should not be there, that instead a new bar should be created, can you tell me if that is correct or not? and if it is correct what is the logic to keep the wick bigger and not create a bar

Gday, these lines aren't showing in the subwindows on the strategy tester. ObjectCreate(0, "MyLine7", OBJ_HLINE, 1, 0, GLOB_MTF_RangeHighs[2]); ObjectSetInteger(0, "MyLine7", OBJPROP_COLOR, clrYellow); ObjectSetInteger(0, "MyLine7", OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1); ObjectCreate(0, "MyLine8"

Hi I ran the tester with the fast genetic algorithm with forward testing. Then I picked a specific result, put the exact parameters into my bot, and ran it in visual mode. I got very different results in both backtest and forward test visual tests . Even the number of trades doesn't match. Any idea

Hello, I have a Python script that automates backtest reports in MT5, starting the platform with a .ini file. Currently, there is a delay when the platform connects to my broker, taking about 18 seconds to log in, followed by 3 seconds to generate the report. Since I need to run many reports, every

I need a hand, I'm using this indicator "Shved Supply and Demand - indicator" for MetaTrader 5 of Behzad Movaghar but I can't find all the low and high values of the blocks that this indicator forms. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong or how I can find the other values? I would like to keep

I'm running some backtests and noticed that the strategy tester with some instruments (forex) works well, while with indexes (date range set from 1 jan 2019 to 2023) starts in 2021, as if didnt see data before that year. My data is fine and I can open a chart and see the chart until 2014. Anyone

Hello everyone, I am trying to upload a product to the market. I have checked the strategy tester reports on my local computer, and there are no errors. The lot size is normalized according to the rules outlined here: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/2555 Can someone please explain why a volume of

I'm trying to convert my EA from trading a singular currency pair to multiple. Before trying to change the number of pairs in use, i didn't have any errors. Since replacing Symbol() with symbol_loop[i], converting the handle into an array, looping the RSI handle in the OnInit and looping the symbols

Some of my Windows VPS range from 98% to 100%. My Mac shows 0% History Quality. Ouch... Someone let me know how to improve history quality. Thanks

Good afternoon colleagues, I'm starting to think that I have some serious understanding problem, but I can't figure this out. It's a rectangle, and I want it to be built from the bottom left corner. This is the code: // ChartIdent is ChartID() ObjectCreate (ChartIdent, "BGRectangle"

Hello esteemed community, I have developed an Expert Advisor (EA) for MT4 which is designed to trade multiple symbols concurrently. I am interested in submitting my EA to the MQL5 Market, but I am aware that the standard strategy tester in MetaTrader 4 may not support multi-symbol backtesting, which

I am trying to calculate iBandsOnArray for MQL5 but i am only able to get the middle line value in my expert my upper and lower line keep giving me wrong values i think the problem is from the standard deviation if i can get a standard deviation function that i can apply to the current bb mid value,...

Sorry for the simple question, I am very new to MQL5. I know how to create a generic array, but am now trying to create a list of undefined size, which values can be added to. Most of the literature I read seemed to go over my head

hi, i want to create an EA which has 3-5 profit targets for every trade in a hedging account . is the best way to achieve this is by placing 3-5 different trades and setting different TPs? Are there any other potentially more efficient ways to achieve this

Hi, I'm trying to make my first ea and I wanted to add to it that it would open a long opsition when a short one is closed and viceversa only thing is I can't seem to find a function that calls to the last closed position, I thought it would be one of the History, Position, or Order functions but I

Hi, I tried to calculate profit from long position and short position. When I print it I notice there's difference in profit between print statement and trade tab on strategy tester. Here's the screenshot on trade tab, and here's the print statement. CS 0 22 : 23 : 21.027 Averaging

Hi, I'm trying to create a function which returns the number of indicators in use at a given time. For now the code is showing no errors or warnings but the function always returns 0. Since both the final 2 parameters are set as true, the function should be returning 2. How can i resolve this issue