Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 216

Hi, I am looking to use a linux VPS for MT5 terminal and have a EA that that was purchased in the Market. The concern I have is if I am able to easily apply any updates that the developer makes to the EA from within MT5. Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks

hi I have an EA, and the SL should change (with a parameter that chages in periods)... but dont know how to do that because the sl stays fix ??? edit: how can I make diferent trailing positions for each value that changes each period

UPDATE NOTE: the issue is resolved ... Dear Friends I am trying to develop an EA, based on Strategy BaseClass for MACD and derived class MACD OsMA Cross. When run VWMACD.Refresh_DataBuffer(); all the data are filled in the array(s). However, when trying to run the

Hi I'm stuck with this EA, I have an EA with some lines plotted of the highs and lows, and dont know how to make a order when the price crosses those lines, how can I do that? something changes if the lines are bojects? dont know what else to do what is wrong with this? //if it is going up if

Hey everyone, What is the best way to handle a requote within an EA? I set a deviation but to my understanding that only affects close orders. I need a way to have the EA retry opening an order if there is a requote. I'm using RefreshRates() before every buy/sell order (trade.Buy/trade.Sell) but I

Hi, I just want to ask how can I code this logic: Price between 2 SMA, SMA 20 high, and SMA 20 low. Or something like that, so I can identify a flat market. Thanks

Hello, I am new to programming and after multiple searches I cannot resolve this trailing stop problem. I managed to create a trailing stop but it goes up and down compared to my open price . I would like it to follow the price in one direction. For example, for a buy order, I would like the

Hello, I purchased an EA through the market but have not activated it at all. I purchased it on 25th May. Would I be able to get a refund on this as I haven't used it

the product is no longer available when I click to open/download/install. any ideas how to contact the developer

I know this question is a bit broad, but I would like to know what things you guys consider important when developing an EA. I don't mean stuff related to MQL5 itself, but regarding trading strategies instead. For example: Do you use indicators? Which ones? Does your analysis happen on multiple

I've a code that determines the deal profit of the last closed deal below. How do I modify it to return the profit of the deal before the last one e.g deal 2 in history and the one before e.g deal 3? My code for the profit of the latest code: // Profit of the latest closed deal:double deal_profitY()

Hello Everyone, As the title state I am running into issues trying to test my EA on using the strategy tester. I have include the complete code. When I attempt to "test" the EA, there is a significant delay and no trades are opened. Also, when I use the Visual mode the strategy tester opens two

Hi In MQL5 wizard there is longCondition() and shortCondition() methods for entering a trade and closing trades are by stoploss and takeprofit. Is there any way to close a trade by checking some condition? how can i define a method for closing trades? if there is ant article or example please tell

I have a custom indicator which I want to call using iCustom. Whenever I run the code the journal gives me the following errors. program file added: \Indicators\Tradingthetrend.ex5. 24439 bytes loaded program file Indicators\Indicators\Tradingthetrend.ex5 read error loading of Tradingthetrend

Dear friends, I have a problem with VPS, I don't know if any of you have had the same problem as me. My orders are copied only when I turn on the computer, and if I turn off the computer, the command is not copied. why? What can I do to fix this error? Thank you

Hello! I am attempting to calculate lot size dynamically based on a SL calculated from the ATR (Using the built-in iATR). The EA seems to compile correctly, but when I attempt to test the the strategy nothing happens. I have been unable to determine where my mistake is. Please, see the attached code

Hello all, Am new to EA coding, i have 2 questions : 1- what is GetTicketNumber of a position ? is it an INTEGER that starts from 0 or 1 ? 2- How to close all positions By Type ? Only close buy or sell only positions. Thanks for your help all

Hi, What I mean is, can you sell your custom ea independently? I've seen plenty ea's being sold on fiverr for example, but is it allowed, are there limitations? Thanks

I get this error when trying to compile my EA file: 'vsl' - undeclared identifier 'vtp' - undeclared identifier It's for this part: { if (USE VIRTUAL STOPS) { sl = vsl; tp = vtp; } What do I need to do to make it work? Anyone?

I am very proficient in EA programming. I have helped netizens and friends to get hundreds of EAs, but there has been no good strategy. Hey, the future of EA is slim. I help my friends write EA for free

Hey I've created an EA. But something is wrong with it. EA receives different data than actual chart! I've attached the screeshot. As you can see in log section, it says open price is 1905.4 and close price is 1908.0 for THE LAST FORMED CANDLE. But what is in the chart is different. As you can see I

Hi I'm programmer. But I'm new to MQL5. I've created an EA. Seems everything is OK with it. But when I test it with strategy tester , something weird happens. It opens an opposite position instantly when SL is hit. It's not done by the EA. It's not in my code! any idea

Hi folks, I've tried to find some function to return the type of modeling (OHLC, EveryTick, Every Real tick...) during the strategy testing. But did not found it! Is there any way (function) to return this kind of information

Hi there, What is the best way to do backtest with no leverage? My problem is that I'm doing some test with grid systems and it has been stop out with money to new positions. This stop out is not real because my loss position is very large but I don't have leverage so I should not need to cover the

Hello friends, I hope you are healthy. Excuse me, my English is very weak. The problem is that when I test the daily timeframe in icustom, it returns zero and does not enter the deal, but it works properly in the monthly timeframe. What is the problem

Hello, I need help in this code below, I want this expert advisor to sell if the last trade was of buy and buy if the last trade was of sale. #include <Trade\Trade.mqh> CTrade trade; void OnTick () { double ask, bid, last; ask = SymbolInfoDouble ( _Symbol , SYMBOL_ASK );

Hello, I do not understand, I am using an expert advisor hosted on MQL5 VPS which is supposed to have the trailing stop set, but when it should be triggered it does not. I read that you have to keep your MT5 instance open at all times for trailing stop orders to pass. So if I understood correctly

I have a new VPS with about 20 EA's on it. I am at IC Markets. I loaded the EA's first and then bought the VPS service on MT4 platform. Does anyone know what I did wrong and how I can fix this? Thank you for your help. :)

this is my code. i jast want EA after run, buy 0.1 lot of symbol in Ask price. but this code dont work and show me 10013 return code. please help me. what is problem and how i can solve it. tnx. int OnInit () { MqlTradeRequest request; MqlTradeResult result; request.action =