Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 394

Hey guys, I‌'ve designed an algorithm in c++, the only language I got to know, and its proving great results, but I'm struggling with few aspects of it. 1‌) Is it possible to program trades expiration time (if trade is open for more than X hours/days/whatever - close it) 2‌) When it comes to the...

Hello, I am quite new to coding and having quite a lot of fun setting myself tasks to become better - this one however I can't seem to get my head around  Basically, I am trying to increment the array size in the CopyTicks function until the condition of its .last price is lower than my test price...

So recently I've been playing around with MT5 and MQL5, before that I wrote some very basic MT4 EAs, but never tried writing one for MT5. The first thing I've noticed is how complicated everything seems, as an example in MQL4 in order to save RSI indicator data to a variable only one simple line of...

Hi, I am looking for a method which will tell me in Expert Advisor that an user has placed order (buy / sell). I mean I want to start an action when such event occurs. Is there any available? Can't find it in documentation. Cheers

Hello,  Is it possible for me to have two brokers in the same Mql5 account and follow a different signal in each account?   Thanks 

HEY guys i have been trying to create an expert advisor on mql5 and tried to copy the ea code that i want ( it's been automatically created because on mql5 you can creat an ea without writing a code so can i copy what i've been working on and simply paste it on mql4 i have tried but it didn't work

I'm trying to build a first EA, code below, but it doesn't execute any trades. I know its very simple, but logically I think this should buy and sell. I'm trying to only use code that I understand. I'd appreciate it if anyone had any feedback!  

hello,  When running my EA to optimize the settings it only tests 1 set of settings. Why is this? 

Hi, I am searching for the complete stochastic code with using price_field 0-Low/High or 1-Close/Close. On the normal code I can see the following lines for(k=i-InpKPeriod+1; k<=i; k++) { if(dmin>low[k]) dmin=low[k]; if(dmax<high[k]) dmax=high[k]; } Do I need to fill

Hi every one I face a big problem with my Expert advisor that working in ECN live account but it trades 2 or 3 trades in the account only and in back test traded 4 or 5 >? what's the problem here

Hello, I wonder if Autochartist can be used for EAs. Any help welcome.

Can I work  Open & Close button EA in Strategy Tester Visualization ?   Please help me use  Open & Close button in in Strategy Tester Visualization. Thank you.

Hello, Does anyone know of a script or EA that can draw a horizontal line that can act as global stop loss? For example - Once price touches this line every order in the chart will be closed. I know there are trailing EAs and the like but im just looking for a simple line that can be manually...

Dear Sir/Madam,  I just created an EA. Before putting into Market, I would like to publish as it can only work with Demo Account.  So far I still cannot lock my EA to be only useable with Demo Account. Can somebody help?  Many Thanks

Am I doing this right at all? I have an indicator (it's BrainTrend2Sig from the codebase). It outputs a buyarray[] and a sellarray[] In my EA I first link to that indicator   indicator_handle=iCustom(NULL, PERIOD_CURRENT,"BrainTrend2Sig"); Then in OnTick() I call for  the arrays.    double  buys[],...

Hello everyone! I wrote an EA which trades divergence (many different settings and indicator choices) some major pair tests (EURUSD, GBPUSD and USDJPY) with TDS software (real ticks and spread) proven successful on last 7 years, As a part of an initiative to create a "community EA project", I'm...

Hello fellow developers, I'm writing a script, which in its functions, needs to read data from several indicators, nearly at the same time. During this development, I've encountered 2 problems: The first being a Windows' window popping up telling me MT5 is using up too much memory (even though there...

I have a question about automated trading . I am a new member on mql5.com.And, I try to understand automated training. we assume that I have an expert advisor. And, I have subscribes. When the expert advisor create signal with 1.5 lots, will subscribes have 1.5 lots or they will have a lot including

Can MT4 signals work with MT5 and vice versa?  Using my phone looking through  the threads and could not find similar question.  So I asked here. Thanks in advance folks.  

Hi I' ll want to know if you can make Ea mt5 for me. This EA is not for operate on markets but only for test and search the best setting. 1) n. 3 moving average (with possibility to change in simple, or EMA ) 2) n. 2 CCI 3) n. ADX WILDER CONDIZIONS FOR BUY/SELL: Here there are n.6 elements: 3 ma + 2

Hi guys, can somebody help to modify the code for this EA. I would like the EA to wait after a buy and sell signal a specified number of pips to take the trade. So I can input 10, 15... pips in the settings.   Thanks very much! Here is the part of the code: (MQL4)   void OnTick() {   CheckProfit();...

Hello, I want to adjust some indicator constants to a script. However, I do not know how should I do? Could you help me, please? extern bool MacdMomentum_Entry_Filter=false; extern bool MacdMomentum_Exit=false; extern bool MacdMomentum_Reverse_Signal=false; extern string c1="-momentum-"; extern int...

So, I've been using expert advisors since a couple weeks ago, and I realized something strange about it. I can set the parameters of the experts to almost always buy and sell at the wrong time, but I can't set them to almost always buy and sell at the right time. So, I downloaded an open source...

I will freely admit that i am relatively new to the whole world of FOREX but at the same time trying hard to learn and understand it. I noticed on this site the other day the section about Expert Advisors. I thought i would have a play around and downloaded a couple to try on a demo account. As i...

Here's an example script I made for tracking groups of symbols by using the standard library to create two dimensional objects arrays. Can anyone tell me if there is a better way? Thanks! :)   #include <Arrays\ArrayObj.mqh> //+------------------------------------------------------------------+...

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So I have a custom indicator, A .mq5 file.  How would I call on it in my EA to use it? Do I add it as an include file and use the iCustom function? 

I would like to draw some graphics to the chart from a script. I use the standard library classes and objects. I would like to keep the objects on the chart after the script finished, but the objects destructor automatically clean them.   How can I draw remaining objects from a script? 

Is there any book existing other than MQL5 help? Or any detailed examples of coding?

Hello, I use Wine and my MT4 on my mac. I just purchased an EA here, how can I use it on my mac version of MT4? In options I added my mql5 user e password and then? thanks