Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 22

Hey people, I'm new to mql5 coding and I've been wondering, does PositionsTotal() detect all positions opened by all running EAs or just the positions opened by the EA it's running from? Thank you in advance :)

Hi, I am new to coding, could please help. I brought my code down to two errors and I can't seem to get this right. void OnTick () { // Ensure there is at least one bar of data if ( Bars <= inRSIPeriod || Bars == 0 ) // Corrected syntax without additional parentheses { Print (

Hello Everyone, Please I need help with a code function in my EA. The Array index works correctly but the Array Maximum gives error value. for ( int x = PositionsTotal (); x>= 0 ; x--) { ulong ticket = PositionGetTicket (x); if ( PositionSelectByTicket (ticket))

Hi, I have this EA, and I whant to make it only close trades that have any magic number. How can I do this? //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Timer.mq5 | //|

I Have a PC with a AMD threadripper 3995wx with 64 cores and I want to share this cores with another computer. The thing is on Metatrader 5 Strategy Tester I can only share 32cores, I even tried to add the 64 with command line they appear on the Strategy tester but I can't start i tried to use more

Hello, I have a Python Bot that registers in the MetaEditor and that will not display on the Charts when I drag it or double click it. Any suggestions ? Thanks

Hello, I have a question. Recently I developed a EA that reacts to events that happened from my Windows Form application through a GUI Controller . Now I want to migrate from Windows Forms to MAUI application since windows forms UI is very limited and it doesn't accept cross-platform. Does someone

hi friends how i can calculate how many nights passed after an order opened

#include <Trade/Trade.mqh> CTrade trade; int rsiHandle; ulong posTicket; int handleSlowMA; int handleFastMA; int OnInit () { int rsiHandle = iRSI ( _Symbol , PERIOD_CURRENT , 6 , PRICE_CLOSE ); int handleSlowMA = iMA ( _Symbol , PERIOD_H1 , 200 , 0 , MODE_EMA , PRICE_CLOSE ); int

Hi, I want to delete file using ShellExecuteW like code below but failed to launch cmd to delete the file. Anyone knows the problem? #import "shell32.dll" int ShellExecuteW( int hwnd, string Operation, string File, string Parameters, string Directory, int ShowCmd); #import //

Hello there, I created an EA that catches spikes. I backtested and it worked fine. But it fails to catch those spikes during a real-time test. Instead, it opens the position after the market has spike

Hi I want to create EA to get news times. I get history with: CalendarValueHistory (newsHistory,startDate,endDate, NULL , "USD" )) and i get event info with: CalendarEventById (newsHistory[ 0 ].event_id, event); but event.name and time of news in history that i get is not match with calendar in

The example code at https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/standardlibrary/controls/cspinedit works fine for me (v.5.00 build 2302) but when I change the minimum, maximum, and current value parameters from 10, 100, and 50 to numbers with a decimal (e.g., 0.00001, 0.00010, and 0.00010, respectively), I get the

I did an expert, and optimized it severeal days on historical data, it looks good. so I decided to test it on real data but nothing happens after checking , it turned out that CopyBufer hangs when copying data from the iMA function where the period is set to over 100,000 but it only hangs on real

Hi All, I have an EA running on a VPS purchased through MT4 - the EA seems to run great when MT4 is closed on my computer, however, when I open MT4 on my computer to monitor/update/check things it is placing duplicate trades. Is there a fix to this? In reading through the journal, it looks like MT4

Hi, I have a Problem getting values from an indicator. Can you please give me some advice/Help? Here is the problem: I have the indicator vwap_lite (see attached file) and I'm trying to get the Vwap Daily, Weekly and Monthly Values but apparently i'm getting only the Daily value with my code: How

Hi, Any tips on good MQL5 EA developing? Some free courses, tutorials, playlists on youtube you can recommend? I understand the basics of developing, but would say I am a newbeee, but understand the basics of developing, ( Yes, I can search, but if someone can recommend stuff that are good, :) )

Hello, I am new to Mql5 and I have a question, I want to open a transaction in Nasdaq and Dow Jones indices, but I want to have at most 1 transaction open from each of them. For example, while the Nasdaq transaction is open, a second Nasdaq transaction should not be opened but the Dow Jones

MT5 has a very bizarre way of handling files... instead of defaulting to the directory where the executable is running it likes to mess things up and confuse the hell out of everyone but putting files in various places and give everyone the runabout... the reason for doing things this way escapes

Hey guys, what is the difference between these 2 profits in strategy tester??! It had 1438 profit but it's written 393

I am developing an EA to trade with a small keyboard, coding its respective keys to give them specific trading functions. I already coded SUCCESSFULLY the BUY, SELL, and CLOSE ALL hotkey scripts., However, I can't find the right parameters/coding functions for setting up the STOP LOSS key on a

Hello, I search a EA similar the known EA "Close all at profit or loss". But I want, if a predefinied level of profit (or loss) is reached, that the EA close only the profitable trades and not the other trades, which currently still in loss. Have someone this EA

//code 1 int bar = 10 ; double open = iOpen ( _Symbol , PERIOD_M1 , bar); double close = iClose ( _Symbol , PERIOD_M1 , bar); double high = iHigh ( _Symbol , PERIOD_M1 , bar); double low = iLow ( _Symbol , PERIOD_M1 , bar); if (open>close) // do something //code 2 if ( iOpen ( _Symbol

I am new to coding and expert advisors. I was following along with a YouTube video just to learn, this EA is supposed to open a position every time there is an SMA cross for a quick scalp. I noticed many times there are many times the SMAs cross but no position is opened. Any ideas why

My EA did not properly implement the sell limit condition that I was requesting. At "// Check the conditions for a sell signa"l and "// Check the conditions for a sell signal" seem to be logically correct. Can you check and point out errors for me? Thank you ! input double RiskUSD = 10.0 ; // USD

I wrote that code by some youtube programming channel. No errors, compiles fine but in tester DrawingObjects doesn't look right(specially range) and finally it stops taking trades(probably because of that buggy range) //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //|

Hello everyone, how can we get a calculation of the number of candles formed from the date 2009 to 2021, for example, on the minute frame? i want to gets (open ,high ,low ,close) prices form 9/10/2009 to 9/10/2022 for example can any one help me please

1 full hour of reading threads and posts to no avail. All input is appreciated. Q...How do I add up all Deposits into account via code

Hi Guys Is there a notable distinction between connecting to a live account and a demo account while strategy test my EA's on MT5? The history quality of both are the same 98%. Still, I see quite a difference in results when I'm connected to a Live or Demo account strategy test my EAs. Can anyone

If a system is robust, wouldn't it have similar Recovery Ratios between the "In Sample" and "Out of Sample" data