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After I opened a topic this morning, I was advised by a moderator that I should speak to service desk instead. I read a lot of threads w.r.t. service desk but every time I end up with a bot, wanting to provide answers only to its list of predefined topics. Does anyone have an email address of

Hi there. I was browsing around and from https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/start_advanced/security I found that the communication from the terminal on my PC to the broker is encrypted using a 128-bit SSL encryption. I really hope that this is outdated information, since 128 bit keys are

Recently I've been seeing a lot the terms in sample and out of sample, for what I have researched it refers to real market condition a backtest data

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My python algo script sometimes returns incorrect bars at the start of a new trading week, wiht the most recent bar. I call copy_rates_from_pos twice, with a 30s delay. I have max bars in chart set to the lowest, 50000. AI tells me that it could be an issue with the caching, and I should a) set max

Any new software inevitably contains bugs that are not alwayspossible to detect even under the most rigorous in-house testing. Wetherefore attach great importance to all user reports about issues inour programs and try to answer each one of them. In order to improve feedback from MetaTrader 5 end...

i think 2025 all EA strategy giving 100% result but 2023 2024 no one secure it

Is there a way to close partials on a position for the mt5 ios app or can you only close full

Hi all, after some software updates my strategy tester got really slow, way slower than it was. On a particular system I use, I tested around 8 passes per hour. When I use it after my software update, it takes more than 24 hours to hit 12 passes. Is there anyone having an idea what to do about this

“Why do I trade using pending orders with an EA, but the update does not reflect that I am using an EA?” My Signal

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Hi! Yesterday I downloaded the customized MT5 from [ edit ] broker here in Brazil and installed it. Today, when I was going to trade, I notice a bug in one of my indicators: the coloring was offset by 1 bar. Here is how it's suppose to be: And here is how it's being plotted: So, the coloring is

Hello guys, can you share your experice of arbitrage trading please. I am looking for a broker where I could try arbitrage trading. Can you recommend any broker

The Main Study MetaTrader module for integration with Python - documentation Python Releases for Windows - website MetaTrader5 : Python Package - website ---------------- The Article MetaTrader 5 and Python integration: receiving and sending data - the article Python-MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester

On Friday , October 3, 2025, an updated version of the MetaTrader 5 desktop platform will be released. This release provides the following bug fixes: MQL5: Resolved an issue with the generation of implicit constructors and copy operators for structures and classes. In some cases, this could lead to

Not able to add EA to my charts. Tried with three different accounts same issue

Someone have the solution because my card is declined. Another solution. Because I was using before webmoney

Please, what is the correct way to detect a right mouse button click in MQL5? I am aware that, at the Windows level, the right mouse button is commonly represented by 0x02 . However, I am not sure whether relying on this value (for example by comparing lparam during CHARTEVENT_MOUSE_MOVE ) is

Hello everyone, This topic is aimed at those who, like me, are not professional programmers but still want to build effective trading bots. My programming background is minimal—I studied a bit of BASIC and COBOL back in 1985, when those languages were still widely used. Despite that, I’ve been

Hi, I have an issue when I would like to Upload My Ea to the platform, I get some errors as Price unavailable as shown in the image, as known My EA work without any problem in Gold and Forex markets prices. Can any one help me please

i am having problem with adding product in the market someone help me, it has alot of validation errors

How can I optimize an strategy? Apart from checking the strat in the strategy tester, how can I optimize an strategy? Been thinking that the best form is to test it in real markets. Any ideas on how to get optimize

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Hello, I am having multiple issues with backtesting EAs (M1 timeframe) in the Strategy Tester . I believe I have followed all steps correctly to import bars (hist data) from Dukascopy (by creating a custom symbol, etc.), but when I try to run a test for any EA (including MT5 EAs), one of two error

Hello, I am experiencing a deterministic Strategy Tester failure in MT5 build 5506. The tester aborts immediately after failing to open its own history cache files ( .hcs ), even though history download, synchronization, and processing all complete successfully. Below are the exact failure points

Hello I am experiencing a problem in MT5 Build 5505 after the update on 16 Jan 2026. The issue occurs **only with optimization of EAs on custom symbols**. Here are the details: 1. **MT5 Build:** 5505 2. **Problem:** Optimization stops with errors: - "ticks send error" - "ticks

Good morning, Please, can someone shed some light on this for me? I'm at my wit's end. I'm trying to do backtesting and I keep getting the same error. Maybe it's something simple I'm missing, but I can't see it. It can't be that it doesn't work on any system. I must be missing something. The problem

Hi! I wanted to ask if someone could 'spot' me on my logic, and hopefully point out if I have maybe missed something and to help identitify potential 'blind spots'. Thank you! Buy signal: (Strong signal) Start of the uptrend Low[0] <= Low[1] && Close[0] >= Low[1] && VOL[0] >= VOL[1] // Bearish

Hello everyone, Currently, any change in server resources —such as disk expansion, CPU or RAM upgrades, Windows recovery, or VPS migration—can result in a new activation being consumed . In many cases, this leads to unintentional license loss , even though the product has not been used on a second

I'm trying to update the programs I've purchased on MT5, but the purchased products aren't displaying correctly. The purchased Expert Advisors (EAs) are still showing the "Buy" button instead of the "Update" button, and the logs keep showing errors. MQL5 Market failed to get list of user products