Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 433

I can put the EA on a chart and it works ok. However, if I run strategy tester i don't get the @Smiley face and it doesn't trigger the trades. I have click on autotrading and on experts advisor properties I got click autotrading. Anyone knows what i am doing wrong?

I tried this but it didn't work. Is there a way to find it in a shortway without arrays or something? int iShift = iBarShift(Symbol(), PERIOD_M1, Time[0], false ); int iShift3 = iBarShift(Symbol(), PERIOD_M1, Time[180], false );     RSI=iRSI(NULL, PERIOD_M1, RSILength,...

Hello everyone, I will shortly for the first time start using the powerful metatrader. I have some real basic questions which I would like to just verify that it's possible. The price i talk about moves in ticks, for example as below: 1400 1400,25 1400,5 1400,75 and so on... 1.) Is...

How can I use a signal in multiple accounts?

Hello all there, I see a signal in mql which is making huge profits and it is author recommend not to subscribe due to its trading style but ready to sell the EA and show the real account for proof. Its performance is unbelievable .Is there any trick ? Please help me with your suggestions Account...

Dears, I am experiencing hard time in using the indicator classes in the library. Regarding OOP, I found first this excellent article, but unfortunatelly the author doesn't use the library to build his indicators in his EA: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/138 Then I bought the book "Expert Advisor...

Hi there, forum MQL5, I have been trying to draw a rectangle in MQL5 with no success. I surfed many post about it, some about sth I don't want and others that corrects the code i have, but even changing as in the post it doesn't paint anything. ObjectCreate(0,"box",OBJ_RECTANGLE,0,time1,price1,time2...

However as I think about it, I think I know the answer. But here goes: In the latest MT5 Client hooked to the Metquotes DemoServer I'm testing an EA. In the course of operation it generates this journal entry: 2015.11.01 02:48:11.330 2015.10.30 18:53:27 CTrade::OrderSend: instant buy 1.26...

I like Mql5 This is a great Platform for us programmers and traders however it is sad to witness what is currently happening on the Market Shop. Is it possible for mql5 to implement some rules to save this wonderful market? Rules like: All EA need Live Monitoring accounts to be published....

if (market open new candlstick) { openbuy(); }

Hi. Coders and Traders. For security reason, I would like to check if ex4 or ex5 file uses dll or exe file inside (or at background) as dependency before loading to Meta Trader terminal. Just curious if there is such a method existing ? I found out that it is possible for normal exe file with...

Hi, I am looking for a solution for a distributed backtesting of EAs running under MT4. Does anybody know of such a solution? Copying over set files and result files from one location to another can become painful with a high number of nodes executing backtests. Thanks Michael

This formula works very well on micro lots. example if account balance is $20*RiskPer(0.0003) =0.006, when Normilized to 2 decimals = 0.01. So for $20 balance lots will 0.01, $50 balance will be 0.02 and so on. if(DynamicLotSize == true)   { double risk=(AccountEquity() *...

How can i change an indicator from mlq4 to .dll?

Hello, I'm trading some CFD contracts and I always have to be aware when they're about to expire (I have to load the EA into the new contract in order to keep trading). Any change I could do this automatically? Thank you for the help!

Hello guys, I'm not quite sure what am i doing wrong yet i have spend about 4 hours on this problem and somehow i just don't know the mistake. dll: #define MTpublic __declspec(dllexport) using namespace std; void MTpublic __stdcall spinit(int in) { sp:...

Good Morning ! Can someone please give a clue why I am facing an error 10004 with a FOK order ? Regards, Marcelo

[code] bool static double Buy_Limit = High[1] [/code] .....once above condition is true, execute order. And then reset value of Buy_Limit so that it can re-evaluate new High[1]. How can i change a static variable to dynamic, and then back to static as needed in an EA?

Dear Traders and Coders. After playing around with Panel control , I have found few limitations already. For example, two panel seems clash in one expert advisor. Plus when the list view is dynamically updated on Panel, changing position of panel by dragging mouse or whatever seems mis-positioning

one of my signal account showing disconnect , i check the password its fine, but no i dea why my accounts trade is not updated here. can anyone help me

Hi, I used for some months a Tickgenerator script, but it dont send now the tick to an indicator or an expert advisor. Only the comment in the scipt is refreshed and show me, the the script is running, but my indicator/expert advisor (include a test alert call ) dont refreshed for do the alert

Im using the following code to trigger a buy order. What Im doing is looking for an outside candle, where the low of the current candle dips below the low of the previous candle....and then the high of the current candle breaches the high of previous candle. The following logic only works if its an...

Hello Fellow coders and traders. I have lately quite appreciated that MQL4 and 5 language have the native Web Request function: https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/common/webrequest So far I did not have any success using this WebRequest function for Custom Indicator. Is there anyone successfully...

Good day users, I have been trying to learn how to code very recently. I am not sure of much, but I wonder if anyone here has successfully coded a cross of two lines in the oscillate indicator. I just want the trade to be taken when a cross between line a and line b occurs in the overbought or...

Hello Coders and Traders Just curious what is the easiest way of converting "10-25-2015 2:00am" to MQL native time structure? Your help will be really appreciated. Kind regards.

Hi, I draw with my EA the line between open and the close-price, but the Backtester draw the lines automaticly, so I have two line for each trade. How can I disable the automatic draw-lines? I tried already CLR_NONE in the OrderSend call res=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,LotsOptimized(),Bid,3,0,0,""...

Hi, I saw a usefull EA http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=445367, unfortunately only as ex4-file, I am interesting in the code for creating interaction with hotkey_buy 'B' and hotkey_sell 'S' to open market positions in the tester during the visial mode. In the MetaEditor help I cant find...

Hi there, maybe I overlooked the function, but how is it possible to prevent the user from changing the current symbol in the current chart? In my opinion, it´s  a no-go that a user can kill the EA performance by simply dropping a new symbol on the chart, because within the OnDeInit() I have no...

Hello, can anyone help with this problem? When exiting my EA (File\Exit), I want the remaining pending to be deleted. So I write: .... void OnDeinit(const int reason) {Delete=OrderDelete(MyPendingTicket,CLR_NONE); Sleep(3000); } ... I added Sleep(3000) to check, and 3 sec pause...

Dears, using the "every tick" option in the strategy tester I got strangely good results. Then when I looked at the help topics I figured out this option may be cheating: "The Calculation of Indicators During Testing In the real-time  mode, the indicator values are calculated at every tick....