Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 488

I'm a young high schooler, no much experience on forex trading or coding... But being a money-greedy magpie as I am, I wan't to make some money with mt5. So I need your help building a relatively simple trading robot: It would open a long position when 1-hour bar opens above higher 55-day typical...

Hello I'm checking the above and it's returning false in demo forward. CSymbolInfo . Can I force the server to synchronize by refreshing the Terminal/EA? I'm a bit stuck on how to synchronize so I canProceed(); any help appreciated

Hi all I have a problem with installing any .ex4 files or mq4 files in metatrader, Im using windows 8 (maybe not the best) and putting them into the folder metatrader4/mlq4/experts, however nothing comes up in the navigation. Ive tried restarting the program of course, and also my whole...

How do we know what lotsize will be opened on our account balance size when we get our first signal? Can I adjust the Lotsize using the Use Equity % of Account? Please help. thank you

i would like if youcould explain to me whether i can use EAs written for MT5 in MT4. is there any converter or script to do this job or it just as easy as copyingthe *.ex5 file to mt4>expets folder and  then changing the extention to. ex4 andalso copying the coherent files such a .mqh as...

Every time I try downloading an ea from mql5 the "Metatester 5 agents manager" window pops up and I can't seem to do anything that allows me to download the actual ea.  I didn't used to have this problem.  Please help!

im new here, i found few trader to follow but thats required few credits per month. so how to add credit on my profile to buy those signals.

Hi, I have successfully develop an EA that can access data from MYSQL Database but when the MT4 updates the EA doesn't work anymore. I have tried to use the same code but there is no luck of retrieving data using the SELECT statement. If you know something on how to do it, i will be grateful if...

Hi, Several months ago, I carried out a number of simulations which reported a History Quality of 98%. I ran those same simulations again today on the same broker's platform and only had a History Quality percentage of 92%. I also had a large chunk of red in the "History Quality" bar. According to...

When we set forward test, the strategy tester will start with backtesting first. Once backtesting is done, the strategy tester will start forward testing with some of the successful passes from backtesting. However some cases I would like to see forward testing results for all the passes...

Hi, I am searching for a broker in Iran which supports autotrading. I want to use functions like Ordersend(). I need a broker that its servers accept such orders..  Please help me if you know one. Thanks 

Can I know different benefits of posting free expert advisors

Hello, I'm looking for a way to CopyBuffer() the color change from the AO oscillator. I can get the value, but not the color. I didn't find any docs on this buffer, i watch the indicator source, it seems that it's the n°1, but yet can't get it to work. & what does it return ? Any help appreciated...

Hello, What does this mean ? Inadmissible withdrawal operations on demo account detected. i created a signal for demo offering it free, however i get this error message. Pls advise ? Thanks !!

is it necessary to Set ExpertMagicNumber?

void OnTick() when does the above function take place? when does it run? please explain.

I am using CTrade class and sending a buylimit request. but I get the result of 1006! I am using this to get the result code: Print(trade.ResultRetcode() ); what is the problem ? can anyone help me

Is it possible to make an EA to place an exact order of a trade after hitting the TP?!  For example, imagine that I had a gbp/usd limit order at 1.65593 with a 10 pip TP then eventually the order got executed & hit the TP. As soon as the excuted order hit the TP the EA will place another...

Please someone give me an example of using ctrade class in buying and selling a symbol. for example: buying with this info: order type: buy_limit price:1000 volume:2000 Stop loss: 800 Take Profit: 1200 Expiration: today Fill policy: return //************************// and for selling...

I want to be sure if Metatrader uses Ctrade class for sending buy and sell requests. Does anyone know it? I mean, when for example someone right clicks on a symbol in the marketwatch and selects "new order" and fills that form, does Metatrader use Ctrade class for sending that buy/sell/.... request

REASON_PROGRAM 0 Expert Advisor terminated its operation by calling the ExpertRemove() function Can someone explain this?

Hello to all ... I find it difficult to create a simple EA that BUY when there is a green arrow and SELL when there is a red arrow . It seems the easiest thing in the world : ( ..... but just do not do it to him ! I tried in several ways: with if .. else; with a global variable on the client

Hi , I need a free autotrader which can buy and sell shares automatically. I need it to be completely automatic like the take profit and stop loss parts in the metaTrader. Is there a free one? Can anybody introduce one? and provide me with the download link? Thanks

Hello, it looks there is no possibility in optimisation results to see the net profit of each strategy after commission are applied by the broker (unless opening the report in excel to sum total commission). It'd be great

I am getting "invalid request" error for my trail stop function.   I could not figure out why I am getting error message like this:     2014.01.24 00:11:31.014 2013.08.12 11:00:20   Invalid request 2014.01.24 00:11:31.014 2013.08.12 11:00:20   failed modify sell 0.10 GBPUSD sl: 1.55366, tp: 0.00000...

I asked brokers if they allows using signals, and after a positive answer and a subscription I can't see signals on MT4, Then they just quit answering me, do I maybe have setting troubles with my platform? I don't really know how to do. thanks for any answer

Before Buying EA do the below analysis while testing the EA. Don't get impressed by seeing 15 digits profit on investing 3 digit money. Know the ground realities : ) Find out whether EA is using Martingale. For example if you see loss on first order then 2nd order should not have lot size more

Does anyone know of a reputable service for supercomputer rental? I am running some optimization on my EA and would like to have quick results. I currently have 3 Quad computers and am looking for more powerful solutions.

Hi, I want to start building expert atvisors but I dont know there should I start. Cant any give free books, software, tips and the other information. Thanks.

Hello, I try to code an simple EA I observe that if an open position is closed by StopLoss "touching" PositionSelect() do not turn from true to false. Also I observe that if position is closed by CTrade trade trade.PositionClose() than PositionSelect() do turn from true to false. Please explain why