Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 37

... or should I run optiizations on every timeframe? Thank You

This is the same example from the library https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/standardlibrary/controls/ccheckgroup with the highlighted lines changed in order to produce the issue in question. I'm trying to initialize all the check-boxes as checked, even those not visible (you have to scroll the chek-group

Hey everyone, I'm developing an Elliott Wave-based EA that relies on three timeframes to analyze market structure and find trade entries: Higher timeframe (e.g., H1) → Identifies the larger Elliott Wave cycle. Current timeframe (e.g., M15) → Trades based on wave structure. Lower timeframe (e.g., M5)

Hello, I am running the optimization for a bot by selecting the period 2021.01.01 until 2025.02.07, everything works great but then I realized that on the graph, the testing do not run for the full period. And when I run the exact same input on another pair, I get once again the testing stopping

Hi all, I've read lots of conflicting information about this question so i'd like a clear and simple answer if possible. Are commissions and swaps taken into account during the MT5 strategy tester and optimization process? I see a column for commissions in my final backtest report, however it is

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| GoldPro_v1.mq5 | //| Copyright 2023, MetaQuotes Ltd. | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert initialization

Hello, I have been spending hundreds of dollars on agents in the testing cloud lately. It seems to me like the money is disappearing there too quickly. I wanted to ask if there is a plan for high volume users? And maybe I am doing something wrong that makes using agents very expensive. I would be

Good morning everyone, I have created a graphical panel meant for forex traders who want to follow ImanTrading's style of categorical trading. However I cannot seem to get it to draw lines for the take profit and stoploss. I know there are other graphical panels out there for free however they come

Hello! In MT5, I would like to trade on an alternative timeframe that's not natively supported, let's say M23 for example. Is this possible in any way? I have found this: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/219849. In that post, user Fernando Carreiro says, that "You can already create your own Custom

I've already written the first part of the code. I think that it's the first ever open-source EA that calculates the StopLoss in Cash!!!!! Later we can add NetLossPerOnePrecentLotPerPoint into the code also, but at first, we should improve its calculation functions therefore it never gives us a

Hi everyone, I’m looking for the best way to automatically export trade data in real-time whenever a trade is opened or closed. I would like to export the data in either JSON or CSV format. This is specifically for my students, as I want to track their trades and analyze them on my own platform

Can someone explain to me, how to get all trades to close at the same place, this is EA we are talking about? You have one that sells at 1.30000, but the market has not thought so, you add a trade at 1.30090, but the market has not thought so either so you add a trade when the market turns at

Trying to delete object: OBJ_TREND void OnChartEvent ( const int id, const long &lparam, const double &dparam, const string &sparam) { PrintFormat ( "%s: %d, %f, %s %s" , EnumToString (( ENUM_CHART_EVENT )id), lparam, dparam, sparam, EnumToString (( ENUM_OBJECT )

I am trying to capture in real time if any position is closed and then get its comment. not the last position in history. whatever i try nothing seems to work, here is an example can anyone give me a clue or it can not be done ! void OnTradeTransaction ( const MqlTradeTransaction &trans, const

Hi coders, I am looking for a JSON parser library for my MQL5 project . I have read some data online through WebRequest which is JSON data. I need to read it from MQL5 code to get the value. Thanks in advanced. #JSON_Parser #MQL5_Code

Is the value returned by `AccountInfoDouble(ACCOUNT_PROFIT)` function the profit of all the currently open positions or today's profit of all the CLOSED + OPEN trades? I want to know the today's profit of my EA. How should I use this function

First off all, sorry for my bad english, my mother language is Spanish. Im programming an EA for Forex on MQL5 that opens positions when some conditions are met, the EA places a TP and SL based on some conditions and of course calculates the lotage to only risk 1% of the account. While doing

I checked with several brokers and found that, in cases where a broker offers both something like EURUSD and EURUSD.m ( it can be any symbol that has two versions in a broker ) and only the second symbol has full trading access while the first one is disabled However, the tester incorrectly returns

Hi all, I use this code to set Breakeven for my EA, but i got message : 2025.02 .05 23 : 14 : 28.843 2025.01 .20 05 : 51 : 32 failed modify #2 buy 1 XAUUSD sl: 0.00, tp: 0.00 -> sl: 0.00, tp: 0.00 [Invalid stops] 2025.02 .05 23 : 14 : 28.843 2025.01 .20 05 : 51 : 32 OrderSend error 4756 2025.02

Hello, I want to know if anyone else is having this problem. Since last update on mt5, my bot is running into problem when backtest in real ticks. When I start the backtest it goes normal, the cpu goes to 100% while the memory is loading each agent, normally it would be 100% CPU and about 40% of

Hi I have a graphic interface wrote with c# for my Expert Advisor. How can I just have a single instance of my interface for all the chart that I want to use my EA? Thanks for helping to solve this problem

Well, I have the next issue. I create button inherided from CButton class. TryIng to iverride OnMouseUp and Down functions to prevent a button click. But it doesn't work. I want to use a button as a label with a background and the ability to change its color. Or as a color indicator (light bulb)

Hello, I tried to debug EA in MetaEditor 5.0 (Start/Resume debugging on History data). Debugging works well but calling CTrade::PositionOpen results 'Market closed' error. I am debugging on history data, why market must be open? In reality, market is now open, but it doesn't work. I thought that

Hi, I tried to download an expert advisor on MT5, however it would not work. I then reached out to the company who then tried to install the EA, they told me to contact yourself as there were some errors in my EA's in MT5 (I have not messed with any settings). I was told to inform you that I’m

Hi, I have MT5 open with 5 or 6 charts. I use an expert advisor and various custom indicators . The charts move automatically, each tick is refreshed. But there comes a time, some chart stops, the ticks do not update, as if the market were stopped. The only way to refresh and resume tick event is

i am trying to capture latest closed position and print its info , everything is printing correctly but the comment is not at all , i tried to add small delay but no show !. void OnTradeTransaction ( const MqlTradeTransaction &trans, const MqlTradeRequest &request, const MqlTradeResult &result) {

Hello, If I start a fast genetic optimization including the use of cloud agents the optimizations proceeds normally through the backtest and works like intended, when it then proceeds on to the Forward testing it gets stuck just like you can see in the attached screenshot. Same thing applied to many

Hello I've found a small issue on canvas where if you erase a canvas with 0 opacity and subsequently save the placeholder bmp it does not save the bmp as an empty fully transparent one. Change ColorToARGB from ,0 to ,1 to see the difference . Thanks #include <Canvas\Canvas.mqh> CCanvas DESIGNER; int

Never needed before, but when you need, you can't find them ;) https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/environment_state/marketinfoconstants#symbol_order_mode Not a bug, just incomplete ;) `pip list` shows: MetaTrader5 5.0 .4803

Hi, Buy 1 (+1 long) then Sell 2 (-1 short), then Buy 2 (+1 long)… Can I use "TRADE_ACTION_CLOSE_BY" for this strategy ? Is it useful, does it save transaction fees in this case ? If yes, how?? No Ctrade library please. I've spent hours trying to find a MQL5 code example !! Thank you