Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 493

Hi. Is it necessary to have VPS for a subscribed MQL4 signal? Also, is it best to use the broker that the signal author uses. Thanks, J

Hi, I created an EA for study perpous on the base of ADX, which take a long +DI > -DI and Short when -DI>+DI, but the EA which i created is not trading at all, need help from the programers or some one who familiar with this. i am posting my ea here Thanks in advance Suresh...

Dear All, I Edit an EA which works with BB and DEMA, I replaced DEMA as RSI, for some studyes perpous, but i get some error like, 'CopyBuffer' - no one of the overloads can be applied to the function call Bband.mq5 131 7 i am attaching the EA here,please advice me were i  went wrong, and guide me to...

Hi, I'm experiencing a bit of "documentation confusion" I hope someone can help me with. The documentation for all CopyXXX() functions contains the following note: "Note When requesting data from the indicator, if requested timeseries are not yet built or they need to be downloaded from the server,...

I am looking for real time signal to trade German Index FDAX. How I can search for that?

Hi, I m trying to open a second chart for my EA, but whan I call "ChartOpen(_symbol, _period);" in OnInit() function, the thing is that TWO charts are opened instead of only one. Any idea about why? Thanks in advance

Ive done some research on the topic. But the only 'recent' thing i could find was a script from 2011.11.29 13:46 https://www.mql5.com/en/code/712 But it gives me a lot of errors (very a lot) when i load it up to MetaEditor. So i thought maybe there is now a standard function implemented to load...

i have done backtesting ,and i want to do some real time testing ,but i have a demo account only. can i ? thanks.

Dear All, I have been with Meta trader last 2 years only, i feel realy comfert with MT5 than MT4, i have have gone throw most of the articles in MT5, then i decided to create my own trading module, here i have no problwm with my strategy bcoz i am certified TEC Analyst, and know some c++...

Hi everybody, For moving my EAs from my PC to a standalone-server im now watching for matching hardware. I already searched for the hardware-requirements and just found it for MT4 (1.0 GHz , 512 MB Ram) Now my favourite is this: <link to amazon.de deleted> HP MicroServer AMD TurionII N40L DualCore

Hi, Just out of curiosity does anyone know why the appearance of objects varies when I run EA in the tester visual mode? Below pic is an example. Some of the rectangles have fill while others do not. This is not a problem but it would be nice to know why this is so. Thanks! Br, Candles

Hi All, I'm trying to have my EA pause after a deal was closed so that he does not re-open a position for "x" amount of candles. I tried to achieve that using  the pause function but when back testing it seems like the pausing is not applied.  Is there another way I could do that, that would work...

Hi, I wonder how can I test my EAs real time without using my own computer. I would like to use a cloud service where I can set my EA to run 24/7 and have the possibility to follow its actions in realtime. Is this possible? Br, Candles

hi ! i have seen lots of ea trading on eru/usd or gbp... is there something on GOLD(xauusd) or SILVER( xagusd ) and any ideas about thtat... thanks all

I have come across 2 potentially good systems using TOM DEMARK's methodologies. I'm not sure if these have already been programmed for MQL5. If not, will someone take the ball and run with it.. giving us these INDICATORS or EA's ? System A : http://forex-onderyworldscorp.blogspot.com...

Whenever I make a change to my Advisor I cannot get meta trader 5 to pick up the changes. For example if I change one of the global inputs in the code, reload the advisor by right clicking it and hitting refresh. Then right clicking test on the advisor again it will always remember my previous...

Ive tried to load this indicator to my EA: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/9660/page9#comment_411206 But i need some help.. Ive tried: //---- indicator parameters - in the indicator it selfinput int Length = 9; // Price Channel Periodinput ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE Price...

Hi guys, I need your help. I am new to developing EAs and I have troubles debugging my code. If I use the debugging tool, after defining my breakpoints and start the tool, the application doesn't do anything: it runs (I can pause it or stop it), but it doesn't go to the any breakpoint or finish...

I am calling the TRIX indicator in an EA to calculate some values. The moving period can vary so I am calling it within a function and not within the OnInit() function. The issue I am having is every time the moving period changes, it adds a new indicator to the chart. Is there a way to either...

Hi All, Doing some back test I realised that there are some hours where the EA does not perform well. See below Chart. First I was wondering is this chart from the MQL5 strategy tester based on the opening Hour of the deal or closing hour of the deal? I guess opening but not sure. So...

Hi Guys, Very basic question but I can't seem to be able to get around it: How do I write an on chart comment with multiple lines ? Comment("Comment Ligne One","Comment Ligne Two"); Thanks

The MT5 EA results tab does not contain the details of each trade like MT4 had. &nbsp;Is there a way to get that same data in MT5 without having to write code?

Hello my friends: I were trying a new strategy with very good results,but need automatice this to my metatrader work all day. I need help to develop a scrip to get this idea: -That system compare the diference between EURCAD and EURUSD -The system buy or sell when the diference between this two will

I cleared out all the entries in my object list and then ran my EA which is a modification of the 'sample macd' EA.  I ran it for a limited time span of just a couple days, but I got arrows indicating trades outside of the range I ran on the EA.  What am I doing wrong?

i use gkfx trading broker, how do i link this to my metatrader 5 platform? Or is metatrader 5 actually the broker for automating signals? sorry im new to all this and any help is very appreciated!

I have a template created that shows all the technical indicators that I use, but when I test an EA another template is used. &nbsp;Is there a way to configure MT5 to use my template when displaying the EA results

Hello, I have developed a robot which uses Bars() function to detect new bars through a simple code which checkss number of bars increases. The problem is that suddenly, Bars() function does not work properly when the robot is running on the terminal, as it always returns the same number of bars...

Hi, I'm debugging expert advisor and for unknown reason I get the following error at random: 2013.02.12 16:46:25 Experts initializing of BreakOut ( EURUSD ,H1) failed I'm confused because then when I wait a little while and try the debuggin again without any change in the code it works no

Hi Im just curious about something, if i backtest my EA during the same period at the ATC, would the results be comparable. I understand there would be a slight difference due to slippage but apart from that, can i compare it against the best EA made?

So far it looks like you can customize just about every aspect associated with automated trading. Except for the optimization algorithms used when optimizing a given strategy. So for instance if I had a specific type of GA or maybe a different stochastic optimization technique I want to use....