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I am having a hard time understanding the difference between Absolute drawdown, Maximal drawdown, Relative drawdown, and Profit factor. Help simplify it and which matters the most

Is it possible to call an indicator from another indicator so that the graphic objects (rectangles and lines) of this indicator are drawn. It would be best if this could be done with a call. So not just the pure query of a buffer value

Dear MetaQuotes, you really put much effort into your MetaTrader 5 and MetaEditor 5 apps and provide frequent updates, which is of course much appreciated. You've even implemented relatively exotic and complex things like Python integration which — despite all the effort — probably relatively few

What would be an achievable monthly return in % for you personally, using proper risk management, and not using any EAs? Of course I understand it’s a marathon and every month’s different but what in average? Just curious

All MarketWatch symbols Optimization does not finish, as on the image you can see all cores tasks are finished. It took 7 hours from task 1 to 157 and at 157 it stopped for more than 13 hours and most of the time it does that

My mt4 just became inactive out of the blue. it says no connection and all my mt4 accounts are removed. I tried restarting, rescanning, reinstalling and re logging in.... nothing works please help

What am I doing wrong? The VWAP deviates from price when volume is low and comes closer when volume is high. Please help. I've sat with this for 15 hours straight now and I'm losing my mind. Thanks

Hello. I would like to draw a trend line in the strategy tester and obtain its value. I'm going to do something like this: Stop the strategy tester. Draw a trend line. Let the EA search for that trendline. Get the value of the trendline. Enter when the rate hits the trend line. that's all I think

Hi When on the subscription page for a signal I get the following error: "The volume of copied trade operations may not coincide with the initial volume of trade operations at Provider side. Volume settings of the following symbols are different: EURUSD, GBPUSD" I ensured my Leverage matches the...

Hi, im trying to optimize some EA, and i want to use the output of one EA as the input of the second. For example, think in EMA, in first optimizer I use 5 to 20, 1 by 1, and got 6 8 15 and 17 How can i use that info as input for another EA (instead of trying again from 5 to 20)? Obviously, there

Code to reproduce: #property strict class CParrent { public : virtual bool method() = 0 ; }; class CChild : public CParrent { public : bool method() override ; }; bool CChild::method( void ) { return ( false ); } void OnStart () { }

Hello, Is something wrong with investing.com? I had their News URL here which was working fine before but stopped few ago. What could b wrong

I have a bunch of standard MT5 indicators loaded and handled in my EA. EMAs on 2 different timeframes and multiple symbols, ATR, ADX and most importantly, the Force Index. I have some error handling in my EA and it appears that everything is working (as it should and does in my other EAs with the

How do I fix this problem

Hi I want to create indicator where when I open position manual or by any expert will show me arrow up or down on chart. Its should be simple but cannot find any working ideas

Hello! I have this weird problem and I can not start the vps now , I tried starting the vps from hosting section in my profile , I also tried starting the vps inside metatrader 4 but nothing happens , when I click on the start button it takes forever and nothing happens and the vps does not start

Hi everyone please I have an EA for SL TP, and I want to modify the SL TP to pips instead of point please I have the source code and I also want to set automatic TP to 4 pips and do away with SL please need your help

Does anyone know an EA that closes all open and pending orders and also the chart when another EA reaches a certain profit on the day either with one or several trades

Hi guys My question is which return code are expected after executing ResultRetcode() method When the PositionClosePartial(...) method had been run before that . as mentioned in the MQL5 document successful completion of the PositionClosePartial(...) method does not always mean a successful

Good morning, I use a simple code to trade before 8 AM or after 18:00 PM. What I would like to do is to avoid trading during the swap time. I mean not to trade after 23:30 PM and not before 1:30 AM. I guess for you it is a simple code but I really need to be sure of it. Could you please help? thanks

How to install new indicators for MT5 on android if the phone/pad is rooted?

Hello Traders, I decided to start this tread for all lovers of PIVOT TRADING . Please lets share ideas on this historic trading method

Good day Can anyone please tell me how I can add protection to an expert. I want my expert advisor to be able to only work on one specific broker account number so that my expert cant be coppied to a different pc and used. I am using MT5 please thus it needs to be on MQL5. How would I code my expert

I cannot find the become a freelance button on the freelance page, am i going about it wrong? someone tell me how to register as a freelance on the website

I am looking for the source code of an expert who will automatically trade on the signals of one indicator. For example, the indicator shows when to buy or sell, I want the expert to take the signals of this indicator and sell or buy. Perhaps someone has this source code, I will be grateful if you

Good day Could Someone please assist with the following. I would like my EA to open a new trade every 500 points(can be adjusted by user). I have a maximum of 10 trades that can be opened but the problem is that when it should open the second trade at open all the trades at the same time. Thus the

Hi, I am trying to test an expert which has some buttons on the chart f.e. to pause buying new positions. But if I am running a virtual test the ea doesn't react when I press the button. Is there any possibility, to use this features also during virtual testing

Hi, so MT5 laggs when it squeezes / high volume What is the best cpu to prevent lagg 1. High frequezy cpu with less cores or '2. Multicore cpu with less frequezy i know MT5 uses multicores but does multicore actually prevent lagg better than a higher mhz cpu? edit: i think i read somewhere that

i just finished building an EA yesterday thanks to chatgpt. i was wondering if someone could kindly point me where to go to get historical data for the US30. thank you for your time