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INTRODUCTION I have learned a few things after thousands of hours fighting with MQL4 and I want to share some of it. Here is my qualifications: I am not a professional programmer but have written an EA that is 20 or 30 pages long. And yet it will backtest (on H1 with 1 minute data, on Ticks) in...

Has anyone out there experienced problems with the iLow() indicator function? I just recently coded an EA that compared the iLow() to the lower band of the iBand() indicator function. For both functions I used a 15 minute interval for the calculation. The actual code I utilized was the following:...

how can I let the demo account for never expired?

Good evening to all experts here, Actually i'm looking for a simple EA which is able to help me close the trade by only 1 standard indicator . I hope that i can do it by my own. That's why i'm looking for a template which is similar with it then i can edit it and learn some coding skill. Anyone can...

Almost all brokers use the same default settings. How come that combination of black, green and white is the best. Regards Josef P.s I prefer white background.

Dear coders, I wish to challenge you to post the shortest possible code to execute the following functions: - hide SL/TP: true or false - SL and TP - Trailingstart - Trailingstop - Trailingstep These order modifications are intended to be placed after orders have been opened on an ECN server. So far...

I'm trying to create a simple function that generates a random number using seconds. I'm having trouble getting the value of seconds.The what is wrong? this is the function. int NewNumberRand(void) { MqlDateTime timetoRand; int timeSeconds; int result=0; timeSeconds =...

September 13th, 2011 Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous Public Holiday for Hong...

US Forex brokers profitability report for Q2 2011 | Forex Magnates According to this statistic being a Dealing desk broker is very profitable. Let's net traders' profit are equal to net loss. So we have 20-40% net broker's profit. Am I right? Regards Josef

Under live trading MQL4 has an F7 option: Ask (for) manualconfirmation. Does MQL5 have a similar option?

Do you know of any sites / tools that'd let me: * Graph the weekly return of an index (let's say the S&P 500) vs. my weekly forex account return? * Graph the weekly % fluctuation of an index vs. my weekly forex account % fluctuation? It can be done through MT or whatever, but I want the charts...

how can it be done ? i am trying to create a new EA based on reversal candlestick patterns a as described in https://www.mql5.com/en/code/268 I have copied the file signalcandles.mqh under the MQL5\Include\Expert\Signal folder but i still don't see this signal in the wizard thanks for your...

I am trying to use the Expert Advisor generation wizard of the MetaEditor to generate an EA based on Force Index, ADX and OsMA indicators. I can't seem to find these indicators listed. Can someone point me to how to generate these through the wizard.

who uses unicode with only digits? is there anyone who uses this unicode style in financial data? client or developer? at least, we would be able to select the type of file to export , not being forced to export in a format which most of us cannot use directly can someone please shed some light on

Hi, My EA pyramids (x3) into a position with max lots per position, set to 5. When I Buy to close or Sell to close out all positions, I could be closing 15 lots max. I understand that there is a 5lot max per order in the comp, but closing out the positions in one order, would essentially be greater...

Hi! Suggest to add in the length of time a data item on backtesting  report of MT5,in order to observe the performance of EA 

Having 5 decimals on the charting annoys and confuses me. Plus it's now how I do accounting for my trading. I use only 4 decimals. Is there a setting I can change?

Hello, according to the MT5 information, MT5 supports trading of futures as well as stocks. Does anyone know of a broker which plans to implement MT5 trading for futures and / or stocks, as well as forex?

Subject says it: having an adjustable leverage in teh Strategy tester as well as this information included in reports would be advantageous

Hi everyone, I have a question about working with existing indicators on a chart. I am trying to write a script that has access to the indicators attached to the current chart. They show up when I run ChartIndicatorsTotal() but when I cannot get the handles for them. Any ideas? Thanks...

here is result from ATC testing -- 1 errors: expert takes too long time (more than 20 minutes) If the testing of an Expert Advisor takes more than 20 minutes, it will not pass the check due to excessive consumption of resources. The rule is unfair for Multi pairs EA! if only one pair spend 5

I'm operating in MT4  so whem a order is solved it is moved for the historic with another number. My idea is to create a script with offers a field in the historic. with the original order number. Is this, folks.

Hi all, could anyone explain if it possible to trade forex on paypal and the risks that are involved? Thanks for your response

Unfortunately, for reasons beyond our control , our provider's data center in Germany, where we had a server rack with a large number of servers, was disconnected from the network on the 29th of August. The disconnection affected only the internet channel of the data center and did not affect the

I was fortunate enough to be on the right side of the SNB announcement yesterday, but it has made me think about my risk. Did anybody trade through the announcement and see the action? Did it jump straight to 1.20? Did anybody have any stop or entry orders? How were these filled? Be great to hear...

Hi there! I want to upload my EA and File but I receive an error that Sever Temporary is unavailable! my file is in CSV format and about 15MB and will extend to around 20MB in a week. It's about a year I am working on my EA and want to participate in this competition! please help me...

Hey guys, This is a nice system which its name is EASY and I mix it with some other stuff,I coded it myself and share it here (and some other forums)to take a look and gather your suggestions to make it better. If you have any Qs about coding or system just ask here.

I am getting false in the alert output of this code where I am expecting true. Can some body please tell me if I am wrong? [CODE] MqlRates myRates[] int copied=CopyRates(_symbol, _period, 0, bar_count, myRates); ArraySetAsSeries(myRates, true); if(copied<=0)...

Hi I have a function which I might need to use in future codes. I might write more functions later to use as well. Should I select the Library or Include  option in the wizard? and why? and then in my code "trying to make it as lean as possible" #import "myUtilities.ex5"    function name and...