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Hi guys, I have following code: if (trend == "BUY" ) { ... } I have also tried StringCompare(trend, "BUY") == 0. Neither work. Can you please advise how to compare strings in mql? Cheers, Ash

Hi I'm trying to calculate senkansen A and senkansen B of the ichimoku system. I know that the Senka is the average of Kinjunsen and tenkansen shifted 26 periods ahead. Now  for the purpose of the EA all I want is the ea to buy when the current close is greater than the current  senkansen A and B....

Hi everyone, i'm thinking about following signals, i came across a signal provider whose trading history column contains a column "Commission" (see attachment) Does this come from the subscriber side? or the broker side? cheers

Hi folks, Is possible to save a template in "\Files" path instead of " \Profiles\Templates "? I'm trying ChartSaveTemplate ( 0 , "..\\..\\Files\\MyTamplate.tpl" ) and a lot of variations, but nothing works. After save that, I will check some detais inside my EA, so I will open it by FileOpen(), that

[USING GOOGLE TRANSLATOR} [contains attachment demonstrating what was said in the message below] Hello friends, I am having doubts in a part of the code of my robot. In my strategy I use the RSI and superimpose the momentum. In RSI I only use the levels and the momentum line (as per attachment), if...

Is there any console command that can compile the mq5 file? For example: "mql5 -compile ./strategy101.mq5 ./strategy101.ex5" If so, I can use other code editors such as sublime text for development by setting a build environment. The default MetaEditor cannot fold the code and it is already...

Hello folks, I want my EA to only run on hedging accounts. Is this the right way to check it? // check if the account is a hedging account if ( AccountInfoInteger ( ACCOUNT_MARGIN_MODE ) != ACCOUNT_MARGIN_MODE_RETAIL_HEDGING ) { Print ( "This is not a hedging account. This EA can only be run on

I run an EA through the Strategy Analyzer and I keep getting this error: failed buy stop 1.00 EURUSD at 1.18958 tp: 1.18988 [ Invalid price ] The Ask at this moment is 1.18970 , and the Bid is 1.18938 Is there a minimum distance required to place orders? I don't understand why this BuyStop keeps

Is there a flag or any other way to determine if the EA is running in testing mode under the Strategy Analyzer?

Hi guys, I built an EA that picks up parameters for Indicators from a csv file. I tried synchronizing it to a Virtual Private Server from mql5 but iniitialization failed. Is there a way to upload files to VPS?  I ended up hardcoding a long list and that's not scalable. Does anyone know how to solve...

hej guys ,,i need little help with my EA the idea is to open a new order when an exciting order hits TP B =OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,lot,Ask,Slippage,0,Ask+TP*pte,"",MagicNumber,0,Green); //entry orders

Can any experts give me feedback and any ideas on how i can test my ea with real world scenarios. I seem to be getting perfect charts on back testing but i need to know if there are things i may be missing.

Hi,   While running the Strategy Tester, I need to have the following info saved in a CSV file, for each order: deal no, order no, symbol, type (sell / buy), direction (in / out), price, profit (for closing order), entry condition met (RSI level on last bar). Most of them are available in the...

Hi, While I am aware of the Orders and the Deals for the history pool, I saw that MT5 on its own interface can also show the trades in the history tab 'summed' as Positions, without all the details from the deals (see pic attached) Any hint on how to do this, trying to find a way through...

Dears traders I have 3 EA running in 3 different MT4 contemporarily  , linked off course to the same account in my GO MARKET BROKER. In all 3 MT4 , I set , under OPTION > NOTIFICATION > the same METRADE ID SO : I receive push notification on my mobile but the problem is : since the 3 EA , in the 3...

Hello, can you include in the OrderSend or OrderModify function the type of arrow in addition to the color? If it is not possible there is a way to do so ?

Dear Members, can you please tell me how to get the early bid price in a chart ? upward arrow shows current position and downward arrow shows previous position. i want to get the bid value of backward any given time period.

I have an MQL4 EA that is a breakout system based on a time range.   I want to optimize the entry. I order to do this I need to open  a trade for a specific length of time, say 60  minutes.  I am having a hard time finding a way to close a trade after it has been open for this fixed length of time....

hi, I got a vps and I have some questions: - how much memory has the server, I'm using 7 charts, with one bot on each chart (only two bots), and the graph of the memory of the server seems to get high, but it's only 60 mb, so I now don't know how many charts with bots I can have? (the video says...

Dear All, I am newbie in programming. I have been learning about building an ea for two months. This forum is very helpful for my purpose. I am searching the forum and looking for the right code. Unfortunately programming is very complex sometimes. I have met some problems about my ea.   1. The EA...

Hi there, does anyone know a good installer for MT5 EAs, Indies, files ... ? For MT4 I had a pretty good one, but the guy who developed it is not answering anymore, cause I asked him for a modification for MT5.  What I need to install comfortably is the main EA, plus 30-40 indicators and...

Hey, I have been developing an EA for a while now and wanted to publish it on the Metatrader 4 market. The EA works %100 on live, demo and back testing. But when I Send the EA in for product valuation I get a report stating "ordersend error 131"  I have been through the coding and read up about...

Hello, I need help with a sample ini script that makes MetaTrader 5 optimize an EA and save the best results in a *.*set file to a location of my choosing.  This optimization is to be done for multiple symbols. Are samples of this available online.

Hello. I'd like to calculate a technical indicator in MQL5 based on the custom values array, i.e. an analogue of the iRSIOnArray(), iBandsOnArray(),etc. I could not find any info about how to do it and the blocks in the main article about migration to MQL5  are blank regarding these functions in...

Hi, I am totally new to programming and forgive me for my ignorance. But I'm looking for code that can show me the most frequent range of numbers in an array. Lets say there is an array with these values { 1 ,2 ,2 ,5 ,8 ,8 ,9 ,10} and the range is +-1..  most frequent range of numbers would be 8-10...

Hi All I am trying to open a position when there is no existing position for the symbol. If there is an existing position then i'll close that position before opening a new position. I came up with the below code snippet but it's putting 100's of trades for every few seconds when my chart itself was...

Hi all, I'm a manual trader thinking of turning my approach to trading into an EA in the near future. Before I post a job on your freelance page I'd like to hear if this EA is actually feasible. Strategy: I use the standard MACD indicator in MT4 with the RSI over top of it. MACD has a fixed Max and...

I have an EA that has been created for binary options by a programmer who is no longer contactable. The EA has been tested back and forward and takes trades but not all of them even if command criteria has been met. Trades that have met the criteria seem to lose more than they win which shouldn't be...

Hello Everyone,  This is my first question on the forum and I thank you all in advance for the help. I am new to robots and may be asking some ignorant questions, so please bear with me.  IF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION BELOW IS DIFFERENT FOR MT 4 vs MT 5, PLEASE SPECIFY.  I have a robot that is...

Can someone please tell me why this EA does not want to trade on the four majors at once, but only on one at a time. Even if I set the time to enter the same for all. I think that this EA have some potential. Come all your programming fundies let do this one. Thanks, Roets