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Dear programmers,    I have a problem. I code an EA for open a trade when a bar straddle a band of IBands indicator. The problem is the EA is doing multiple tradings and I want to open  only when first bar straddles the band then wait that price should come back between the bands, not to open...

Just wondering how reliable MT5 Strategy Tester is. I am running my strategy and if it gives me results with 100% History Quality does that mean the results like growth in Account Balance/Equity will be same on DEMO forward testing as well as LIVE results will be same assuming that there is almost...

Hello, I just want to know, since I can't find anything related, that, if the expert logs from the journal window from the VPS item (on the left side on the screen) keeps telling me that it was unable to apply CoppyBuffer() to copy all requested elements from the indicator handle, what I should...

Hi guys, I mistakenly moved my signal to the wrong broker and now I can't see it on MT5 anymore. Also, I don't see the option to move signal as I used to see on the cog. Do you guys have any idea? Thanks

Hi there Since I can`t search in the forum I decided to post my question. I just started to follow a signal today. In my MT4 when I go to Tools -> Options -> Signals it says: Not connected, please choose from the signal database. I click on it, it puts me on the mql5 website but then the signal I

How to retrieve the Ask and Bid Price from Mt4 chart to an excel on live?????

Hello coders. i am developing an indicator on rsi it alerts me whenever it goes above or below specific price but it works on current chart only i want it to run on all timeframes of the chart any help will be highly obliged.

Dear, We know you can create a class in MQL language. But class file is MQH file. It is open source.  My question is how can i create a class file ex4 type file and i want to use that class file to others EA or indicator. Anyone have any idea to create a class file like libraties file (.ex4 type...

I am using HouseofBorse MT4 broker for testing my strategy.. It is being listed in mql already Unfortunately it is being removed from Signals.. Now i tried to add.. but unable to do Can anybody help on it

I bought a product called one click panel, then I did not like it. I deleted it entirely, but the problem is that it is still showing on the terminal although it is not working any more, but i do not want to see it one the screen, and i do not know how to do it 

Hi, with MQL4 credits and debits and other bookings on the account are cached with OrdersTotal ( "history" ). In MQL5 HistoryOrdersTotal() seems to ignore them. On the other hand to get account information 'knows' only AccountInfo[Integer,String,Double] but I don't see any way to loop through the...

I already know that the broker offers symbols that that be traded. The historical data is available to download and the symbols also have charts that can easily be loaded on the screen. I want to know if it is possible to upload historical data on a symbol that does not exist through the broker, and...

Hello this time I really got confused about the whole history issue I download history data and each time new results come out. Can anyone be fair to send me the real history data of 1M GBPUSD for the past two years? I'm Trading in mt4

Hi Can someone please explain what this part of the code mean as found in the file  panelDialog.mqh  downloadable from the link below? I mean this part of the constructor. : m_red(blah...), What is this convention called so I can read up on it?  I could not find m_red in the file Dialog.mqh in the...

I have Metaeditor Version 5.00. When I highlight a command in my EA and press F1 for help on the subject it consumes over two screens. I cannot get to an edge to resize the window. Is there any place in Metaeditor to size the help screen? Thanks in advance for any help! Jim

Hello! As you know, there are built-in event processing functions in MQL4. For example, such as OnTick() - which processes every tick in MetaTrader 4. Question: How can I create my own custom function that will process each millisecond? And have it work separately, just like Ontick() ? PS: I am

Hi, I want to write e little script which needs the first bar of the chart ( Eurusd m1) it is attached to. Naively I use (mql5) iTime: void OnStart () { //--- datetime tOne = iTime ( _Symbol , _Period , 0 ); Comment ( "t1 " ,tOne); return ; } But what I see is the last timestamp of Friday

Hi, guys! At what time of the day are the spreads larger? I do not mean the minutes before and after news, but the hours between the sessions. Are the spreads larger from 18 pm (GMT) to 21 pm (GMT), for example, or from 18pm to 22pm?

How does MT4 treats break even trades (zero profit) when calculation the Won% ang Long/Short % total? are they considered as winners?

Hi, I have installed MetaTrader 4 Version 4.00 Build 1090, however when I go to Help menu, all the links there are for MQL5. So is MT4 compatible with the complete MQL5 specification now?? Thanks.

Hi https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/345 says "In the indicators directory (MQL5\Indicators), create a separate folder MyIndicators and a subfolder MyPanel. The process of creating folders will not be dealt with here as it is well described in the Help." I was not able to locate the steps in the...

How to test the expert by 99% For sale here ?

struct s  {   int               i;   ushort            u[6];   double            d;  };void OnStart()  {   s s1;   ushort u[6];   string txt="string to be copied";   Print(StringToShortArray(txt,u)," characters copied to the static array u[6]");   Print("contents of u[6] array: "...

pls can sb. fix this indicator so that it will repaint no more? it repaints for the last five closed bars

Hello, I wonder if there is a software (MT4/MT5) - it can be paid - which can export a list of symbols and timeframes automatically? I mean i do not wish to download the data from each chart separately Thansk a lot!! Dave

Does anybody experience this one right now?

Hi What is the best way to delete all the news flags at the bottom of the chart. This code works but I have to change the time frame few times so that the code runs in the Oninit function then it deletes few of the news flags at a each time. any suggestions? thanks for (int i = 1; i <=...

Only yesterday it was there and today it's gone. Rebooting didn't help. Is it just me or is it everyone? Please check yours

double ma5_0 = 0, ma5_1 = 0;     double ma75 = 0;          ma5_0 = iMA(Symbol(),0,5,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);     ma5_1 = iMA(Symbol(),0,5,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,1);              ma75 = iMA(Symbol(),0,75,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);                if(ma5_0 > ma75 && ma5_1 < ma75 )      {...

Gentlemen: Please do away with the Trade Symbols that appear on the chart when opening or closing a trade on the MT5 platform. They block the work I would like to do on the chart in planning my next entry or exit. In computing my next move, these symbols clutter the charts face, and make the chart