Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 227

Hi all, I have a slight technical issue with my VPS and just looking for any advice. My EA is synchronised to the VPS, and showing the smiley face on the chart, but when I turn off my laptop it doesn't execute trades that it should be. It runs perfectly on backtests, so I'm presuming it's an issue

I am new to MQL5, and I'm just coming back to trading after a few year break. I figured this time I would like to automate my old strategy and have it send me prompts to set orders, and then send me the results of those orders. I've been able to program most of it already, but I keep stumbling over

Hello everybody.I am new here and am discovering mql5.I tried to open mql5 wizard on my mt5 account but automatically the assistant mql5 dossier opens.Can you help me

Hi! Let me quickly explain what I am trying to get by showing an example. The plan is to invest in an Index such as USTEC or US500 etc. Because I don't want to risk losing too much money if this doesn't goes as planned, I don't have a lot of money in the account, the problem then is that if I invest

Dear All, would need some advice for my codes as im trying to write an EA for Executing a Buy order whenever the previous Lower High is broken and vice-versa for Sell Order. The code works and orders are executed as expected in default MT5 terminal. However the issue is when i started to backtest

Does anyone know how to test EA for binary options on mt4 strategy tester with one of these brokers CoreLiquidityMarkets or Grand capital ( they have binary options based on mt4) ? Thank you in advance :) 

How can I fix take profit level in Trailing Stop Function? Thanks

In my EA, there are certain circumstances in which in clone orders, and will have to later identify them as cloned orders. I thought about using an array to store the order Ticket Numbers of the cloned orders, but this comment functionality seems like it might be simpler and more efficient. I can

Hi Everyone, I would like draw rectangle on everyday, im looking for your kind guidance. below are the code i wanted to draw rectangle for H1 based on D1 value, but im not able to draw anything on the chart. int dayOfWeek = DayOfWeek(); datetime tomorrows_time = iTime ( NULL , PERIOD_D1 , 0 ) +

Hi everyone, Excuse my questions but I am new to the MQL languages. I am trying to make an EA that will use the highs and lows of the ZigZag indicator (attached). My questions: 1)How can I include this indi to my EA? 2)How can I store the values of highs and lows from ZigZag to an array? Thanks

what is code for closing all trade at specific time. for example start time trade at 7 and and end time 23 and close all trade as well. what will be the code for that

Hi MQL5 experts, I'm trying to retrieve the dynamic array values for the Open and Close values in MQL5 - the equivalent of Open[] and Close[] in MQL4 Here is my attempt which is not working. Do you guys see any obvious errors in my code? Or is there a more efficient way to retrieve the values?...

I need to attach an EA to a template that I am creating using the ChartSaveTemplate function, but I don't know what function is used to attach the EA. For example, I have seen indicators are attached using the iCustom function, but I have not found any indication to do the same with expert advisors

Hello, good day to you all.. am trying to make the code place trades on all selected pairs eg. buy signal from XAUUSD place XAUUSD buy, buy signal from GBPUSD place GBPUSD buy, etc.. the code.. its reading signal from selected symbol , but will place trades on first symbol eg. EURUSD,GBPUSD,XAUUSD

Hi, does someone know the difference of the VPS that is provided by the MT4 on the Virtual Hosting Wizard and any other VPS that I can choose on my own? It seems that I do not need to remotely connect to the VPS using the Remote Desktop Connection tool from windows; the EA will automatically be ran

I am trying to write an expert advicer but I am stuck with a simple problem: How do I get the type ( buy or sell) and price for the last executed order in the trading history? Thanks in advance.

Hello All, I've tried to find the developer for this Trend Dashboard indicator but with little luck. I find it to be very effective. However I have no idea how Trend 1, Trend 2, Trend 3 and Trend 4 have been calculated. I assume it's 4 different ways of measuring. I have now decided that it is so

Hello. Hope you are well. I am trying to use figures from a switch operator elsewhere in the program but i am having a hard time figuring out how to do it. To properly explain, here is part of the code: break ; case Peak: // search for peak if (LowMapBuffer[shift]!=

Hi! I have a profitable grid strategy and would like the help of a developer/programmer to turn it into an EA for MT4 or MT5. Preferably, MT5. Thanks. Please reach me for more info if needed

Hi All, I am looking for existing EA script to a martingale consecutive trading in 1 direction (no hedging). Here are the requirements: 1) Sell/buy direction to be initiate manually where the automated trading is triggered with the same direction (sell or buy) as the initial order. 2) Lot size is

Hi everyone, im not sure is this question is raised by other fellow community. but i would like draw rectangle everyday in Period _H1. However, my coding just stop at first rectangle on the first day.. but the switch case run perfectly if it is use to send orders. Any help from anyone is high

Hi, anyone have or know how i can get a simple time expiry ea or indicator? All i need it to do is close trades that i have open manually at a specific time and date.. Like for example if i open a trade manually at 3:40pm but i want it closed automaticly at 7:00pm Thanks

Is there any way of Mocking or injecting known / controlled data into MQL4 (or even MQL5)? From time to time I have certain conditions I'd like to check, or a method I want to test. Right now all I can do is to pull the method out to a new project, and replace any inbuilt functions (OrderOpenPrice()

Hi all, I am using an EA that is using Values from indicators of the last closed candle. So I expected that I can backtest it with using the "Open Pricy Only" Modelling because this is way faster. Specialy in the Optimazion. But the results made by this method are very different to the OHLC or the

Why most indicators that I put in graph stay with aleatory arrows when I alter symbol and change the timeframe in same window? Its any garbage that going accumulating in the buffers? Can you explain why it ocurrer? and what I can do to solve it? Thanks! Sample

I need an expert code that reads the bid price and stores it. When the next qoute appears, if the same price has not changed, an alert will be issued, and so on until this price changes every second

Hi, I have programmed a neural net backpropagation EA and just would like to share what I have learned and get some feedback hopefully from others. I've found that it works quite well on EURUSD and GBPUSD on higher timeframes but on other pairs it's not so good. The accuracy of the training is quite

Hi, I am new to Metatrader 5. I've got kind of a weird problem: I am using an EA which is working completely perfect when I attach it to the symbol ENQ. After detaching it and attaching it to the symbol DD, the German DAX future, it doesn't execute any trades. There is enough cash in the account

Hello, I want to save data between two starts of the same EA. I hesitate between using the Global Variables and an ini file. What solution do you use in general? Thank you, https://www.mql5.com/en/code/20842 https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/globals

I am using ctrade for my programming right now but as I want to expand my capabilites / possibilities, I am wondering if it is possible to set the position_id of an order? In the MqlTradeRequest struct there is the MqlTradeRequest.position member - is this there, so that my EA could set the