Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 487

hi guys, can anyone help me here. just wondering why i get auto synchronise trades on my trading account but i can't find the same trades on my EA provider's trading list or history list? i try to match the entry price and TP price on my auto sync trades and EA provider's trading list and trading...

Existing system on MT4: Based on a number of criteria ("Swing Trading" system) 4 orders are placed and 3 of them are scaled out at predetermined levels. The last one runs with a trailng stop. When the first part is scaled out the remaining are set to break even. From here on this setup is a...

Hi guys - I hope someone can help me. I've created an EA using the Hlaiman Demo version. I'm quite impressed with the results and would like to trade my newly crated EA on my LIVE account. Can anyone help me to convert or create this EA in order to trade on a LIVE account without having the Hlaiman...

Hello - I want to be a subscriber to signals. I have registered - and when I went to subscribe to a signal provider it advised that it would trade via an MT4 account which is not my preferred one. Please advise - Thanks

Hello,   im translating my ea from mt4 to mt5 and i have some problems to set the orders.   for (int i=0;i<PositionsTotal();i++){      PositionSelect(i);      if(PositionGetInteger(POSITION_MAGIC) == magic){         if( PositionGetInteger(POSITION_TYPE) == POSITION_TYPE_SELL ) Sold++;         if(...

Do you have an good arbitrage EA? arbitrage between brokers.

Problem erasing/modifying one of my own signals. Whenever I press "save" button it says "Enter account login" in red even though my account login is already there plus I cant edit it as it is greyed out....

hi everyone, new to EA system, got a silly question. i subscribed to a signal, so i can see i have trade open when the signal provider open his trades, which is great. but my question is when he close his trade manually on his terminal (note: trade not closed by hitting SL or TP), i wonder will the

i want to deal something when position touched stoplose and takeprofit?   I want a function occurs only when stoplose and takeprofit was trigged,Do i need OnTrade() event or OnTradeTransaction() Event()?   Thx a lot 

I have 2 W7 computers. I tried to copy all from one computer to the other. Everything works fine except for one thing. Handling of files. On my base computer files I need for input and files written (log) are placed in MQL5\Files. On my other computer an MT5 installation does not even create the...

Gents, Could you help me how to solve "handle" stuff in new MQL5. I just want to compare MA period 20 days with MA period 12 days, do I need to create two handles for this indicator?

I am very interested in getting into the FX market and have been researching over the last few months. I've had good success with some small trades based on reading momentum trends. I would like to set up a script to automatically execute the purchase based on the where the price is in relation to

Hi, please am having issues downloading accurate data for a 1 or 2 year period on my meta trader history center,due to this inaccurate or incomplete data,am unable to carryout accurate backtest and optimization of my EA. please help me solve this. thanx

I want the EA to place two opposite pending orders in order to what I put below but it makes the same order type in YELLOW or RED case. For example in the RED case the EA would place SELLSTOP(1.2) & SELLSTOP(0.7) not BUYSTOP(0.7). Please help if know my mistake...

I need to change variable in the strategy testing mode. So how to detect if EA is working on the Strategy testing mode or visual mode using code?

What should I do to save the "balance" in the transaction process. And take the highest value of "balance".Help me,please!

Hello, A novice question: I do not know how to verify/check if a position was closed by "touching" of StopLoss price. I mean that the position was opened with a StopLoss>0; also I coded some other conditions to close the position. How can I distinguish that the position was closed by StopLoss...

Hi all. From some backtesting results, I found that knowing cost per trade is really important in boosting your profit with trading strategy. So I am determined to learn how to calculate cost per trade. I would be really appreciate if someone could double confirm my way of calculation. Let's...

I do not know if this is possible already but if not I believe it would be a useful feature. Before starting a new combination of input parameter a user exit should be taken where the combination could be rejected or accepted. An example is when using crossing averages. If the long and the short

Hello, Does anyone know if it is possible to write a script which will allow the placement of an EA onto a chart by pressing the F5 key? I have an order placement EA which I want to be able to place on a chart without having to open the navigator to put it on. My preference would be to use the F5

Please I want two Automated Systems for Metatrader 4. Ready made systems that conform to this principle are welcome 1. I want a scalping system which is based on arbitrage. It should be able to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities of two or more brokers with very low risk. 2. I want a...

Hello, i need an advice how i can unit test code which uses an Indicator. My problem is, i can not figure out how i can feed an indicator with artifical data. Perhaps somebody can give me an hint Thanks, Alex

Hey guys, I might be asking a stupid question but here it goes. Does the MT4 strategy test only give out ticket numbers when it is running on a demo or live account or should it give it when I am running it on history data? I mean when I run say from January 1, 2013 to current, it does not give out...

Using Limit orders to scale out partial profit implies that I must cancel these limit orders if the base trade goes to stoploss. I checked OnTrade()  and OnTradeTransaction() but did not get any wiser.  Constantly monitoring the "base" trade seems an awkward way of doing it. Advise someone?

It works perfectly in demo account, and I don't know why It says "uninit reason 6", please help, thank you

Hi, please i want to know the possibility of reversing trade signals/actions of an EA. from the attached picture of an EA back test that crashed $1000 to $0,so if the trade conditions are reversed it could be highly profitable....any idea on how to reverse engineer this EA.thanx

Hi Can someone please solve the following problem for me? :) string delay="00:10"; datetime time=(datetime)PositionGetInteger(POSITION_TIME)+StringToTime(delay); printf(" open order Position "+(datetime)PositionGetInteger(POSITION_TIME)); printf(" time : "+time...

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I am a total nob to this platform can some one point me in the right direction...and yes am a horoble coder thanks

Hello everyone, I have a problem. I subscripted to one of the MT4 signals and today I noticed some strange behoviour (which would be disastrous if I had signed with real account). Few of the orders were copied in opposite direction from which they should, just look at the logs: .......... 08:22:25...