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Hi there, I'm new to Forex and I'm currently learning the ropes on a demo account on MetaTrader 5. How can I use a trailing stop to open a position? Currently, I can only add a trailing stop to positions that are already open, and so the trailing stop is used to close the position. I'd like to test...

Hello everybody, I need one of our brilliant programmers to help me convert the attached EA so that it can work on a 5 digit broker. Million thanks in advance....

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Hi all, Can someone explain me why the same peace of code executed in OnStart() of a script and OnTick() of an EA does not give the same result. And what should I do to retrieve indicator value in the EA? Peace of code : int handle=iCustom(_Symbol,_Period,"TrendMagic_V2",50,5); double...

how do i move an indicator from mt4 to mt5?

hello people and senior members please read and comment... so to begin... i have been "involved" in this mt4 platform and forums for at least one year now, developing an EA + manually trading with some success / loss. i do work in financial markets and have a fairly good idea how it works also,...

Hello, I am new relative new to the forex world and i am wanting to write an EA based on the attached indicators. I cant find anything that makes sense to me on how to write an EA using indicators. Not sure if this is difficult but what I am wanting to do is create an EA that: - when the SSL is red...

Hello all, please advice some good fx blogs that focus on rookies. Thanx

Hello everyone, Newbie at trading, here. A buddy passed me a copy of the basic CPP package that included 3 indicators: an HA Smoothed, and 2 up and down arrows (SilverTrend signals). Using it manually, I've been able to make quite a few winning trades... However, I'd like to automate this....

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SETTING YOUR OBJECTIVES IN FOREX “The crowd, the world and sometimes the grave step aside for the man who knows where he is going, but pushes the aimless drifter aside.” Ancient Roman sayi. I agree with the above quote, and I believe most of us reading this article will too. To walk the path...

Latest built 425 have made a comment about system "not having directx9" So compared to MT4 doc saying that it need: MFC, .... what are thoose needed by MT5 ? Now i know dx9 is required but what else ? This question concern linux system (32 bits)

Martingale and no stoploss makes most traders run away - but - why don't you look at Smart Grid RAS # 33512? I think, this kind of approach is pretty safe. This signal has suffered margin call and is running for testing purposes only!! Please consider Smart Grid 2 instead. Feel free to post any...

The first mobile version of the MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal for iPhone, iPod Touch andiPad was released today. This means that now you can have MetaTrader 5 in your pocket. Download MetaTrader 5 Mobile from AppStore – it's absolutely free! The powerful functionality of the desktop version coupled...

Hello All! Today I used Trailing Stop at first time. But I'm already confused. It didn't close anything, and just highlited Yellow instead of Red (after going behind the SL line) Could anyone explain such situation? Thanks!

THE 8 MOST DANGEROUS MISTAKES OF FOREX (AND HOW TO AVOID THEM) INTRODUCTION With my little years in FX Trading, I sat down one day to cross check the causes of my SUCCESSES & FAILURES. The personal determination to reflect on this was driven by my desires to improve on my performance in the future....

Hi, how do I add eg GBP/JPY to the new list of forex available on MT5?

I cannot create a demo account.  Metaquotes-Demo server ping time is less than 50ms.  I cannot ping updates.metaquotes.net.

Is there a possibility that the stoploss had not been triggered , and the losses become larger than expected ? Can the stoploss be 100% excuted ?at this time,what shall we do? close the position manually? my question, is there any way to protect my account's capital in case the price continued to go

May I know what's the best practice when optimize value of the candlesStoch extrMap variable? from what number,to what number, and what is the step? input int Inp_Signal_CandlesStoch_ExtrMap =11184810; ExtrMap Sets "extremum bit map" for advanced analysis of Stochastic indicator

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Hi, I myself can not create an EA, so I hope someone can help me. Is it possible that an EA opened a trade if the last highest high was broken with a SL of 30pips. And at the same when the last deep trough was broken. In the picture are 2 cut-outs where each of the last deep trough was broken...

See attached tester report. It should states 33 sell trades not long trades and the number of long trades is 43. 

the RU forum is more active than the EN one, so i use translate.google to read it. Often i need to reply or post a comment/question, but trying to login always fail. Is there a way to bypass ?

FSE new listing requirements and how to meet them for the Frankfurt Stock Exchange The new regulations as of February 14th 2011 that have become effective ...for the completion of the new conditions in the "First Quotation Board" announced by Deutsche Börse. Untill the 30th of September 2011 every...

HI, i am searching for MT4 championship Eas ? any tips where to find them ? thanks

It has been a while since I have been to any forum; the truth is that I have lost interest and decided to focus on my own development. The reason I came back is to share a peace of information, which could be on an interest to some traders; I don’t think such information has been shared before ,...

I trade breakouts of support and resistance when market volume is high, usually around the London open. I will be posting my trades in this thread. I hope that my fellow traders can use my screenshots to help them identify areas of s/r and the best times to trade them.

On February 1, 2011, the partnership agreement between MetaQuotes Software Corp. and the global news publisher International Business Times (IBTimes) has come into force. The companies have agreed on the integration of the IBTimes news feed into MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. "Together...

Morning Forex signals 23/03/2011 GBP/USD Buy at 1.6225 (08:15 AM GMT) SL: -50 pips TP: +30 pips Status : Running...