Hi, I would like to backtest a EA for the Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures contract. In mt4 i have only the last 3 weeks of 1 minute data. I would like to have data for the last few years though. If i buy third party historical data i get either the data for the individual contracts or an artificially...

I am a software developer with 10 years of experience, 3 years of trading experience and I will code & automate your strategy for free. I am sure some of you have a good strategy you would like to automate but does not know how to do it. I can automate your strategy for Metatrader, cTrader or...

Hello, I would like to delete an indicator from an Expert Advisor. I can do it from an script but not from an EA. Below you have two codes, an script and an EA. Basically they have the same code, but for some reason the script does it but the EA doesn't. Retrieving the indicator name also fails...

Many signals appear as 'new signal' but with a history of sometimes more than 6 months. However their drawdown history only shows from the new starting date which is often no more than a few weeks. Why is the trading history present but the drawdown history not? And maybe the same applies to the...

hedging in Forex trading is illegal in the US. the acts of buying and selling the same currency pair at the same or different prices are illegal. and that is what most signal providers do. as a US resident, I'm having trouble copying anybody. is anyone here from the US and does copying, please help....

hi to who can help, I've just started a demo mode and I clearly just hit my target price and my target profit but the trade didn't become live for some reason ? anybody know any reason why ?

Hi, I created a class using the tutorial https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/367 with Bollinger Bands and ADXW indicators (default from MetaTrader). By now I'm not using input parameters nor long/short signals, only using LongCondition() to test it. The screenshots are from the log generated by MT...

I want to know how many people from Indonesia is joining this forum. If you're from Indonesia, please comment this topic..Thank you..

Hello traders, Sorry if this question has already been answered...   but I am having trouble  subscribing to a signal,   the first message that I get reads: " The volume of copied trade operations may not coincide with the initial volume of trade operations at Provider side. Volume settings of the...

Last week I switched on push notifications to my i-phone. I found them irritating so I switched them off and deleted the Metaquotes ID from Tools Options Notifications. I then closed the MT4 program and restarted it.  The push notifications are still cumming. What can I do to turn them off.

I have opened my account in mql5 which has been more than 6 months and has not been opened yet, I have completed all the document and multi, still my account is still unapproved, Please Solution

Hello Blueberry customer support.  I have a couple of questions regarding the behavior of currency pair prices following the posting of a buy or sell trade. 1.  Following the posting of a currency pair buy or sell trade, nine times out of ten, the price of the pair starts consolidating before...

I would like to turn off the notifications for private messages on my MT4 ios App. How can I do so? This is turned off in my MQL5 settings on the browser. Do I have to choose something similar on the app? Thanks for your help already in advance! Rixxx

Hello everybody, Is there a possibility for the signal provider to hide its trading method on subscribers so that its method does not appear on any subscriber's chart?? Wait for the answer from moderators and any member here has correct information. Thank you in advance

Good morning to to all , there is a probleme with buid version on the download page there is the buid 2007 when we download and install the file then than in metrader 5 when we click on tools metatester agent its build 2009 can you put the build 2009 in the download page thank you maybe that resolve...

This system is based on Metatrader charting. The tools needed are the following: 1. 15min EURJPY chart 2. Heiken Ashi 3. SMI [STOCHASTIC MOMENTUM INDEX by William Blau] First indicator window (Settings: 14,10,14,5) (Levels:+40,-40,0 4. Stochastic Oscillator [This one in the second indicator window]...

Hello to everybody, I have a little problem, because of my little knowledge of MQL5 language... Once I open an order, using OrderOpen() of Ctrade class, now I want to know to check its status at every tick; i.e. I want to know if it is still opened or instead closed because of TakeProfit or StopLoss...

There are so many systems out here based on indicators and it takes so much time to go through all of them to see which one deserves merit,I simply did not feel like adding one more. However most are indicator based and lagging indicators make it difficult to really simplify trading decisions and...

I was affraid to open this thread. Why? because it is difficult to manage many threads on one forum. Anyway - I will try :) So, we are talking about SIGNAL SYSTEMS

This is the thread about books related for stocks, forex, financial market and economics. Please make a post about books with possible cover image, short description and official link to buy (amazon for example). Posts without books' presentation, without official link to buy and with refferal links...

Forex Day Trading Strategy is simple and easy trading system trend following based on Dema indicator RLH2 Metatrader 4. The purpose of this strategy is find the intraday trend, this system is good for this purpose.   Time frame 15 min or 30 min. Currency pairs: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, AUD/USD,...

A lot of traders announce that they are able to make $1000 a day. Although I mostly greet them with disbelief, I have decided to raise the issue here to see whether anyone is REALLY making that much per day or its fake? I am waiting your good replies.

I download free aos from the store. Download to Market Is there an effective AOS backup available? Because when AOS moves to another AOS terminal will not work :( I have to download again. Is there a way to avoid the problem?

Information panel with which you can test Known patterns and Generated patterns. The panel consists of three tabs: Analysis tab. Here is the analysis of Known patterns, Autosearch tab. In this tab, you can analyze the generated patterns, Settings tab. This is where you configure the parameters for...

I just started this thread as a continuation of the talking made on this topic (we can read it). Or ...to make it shorter: it was some discussion about forecasting/predicting of the next candle or direction of the movement or market condition evaluation. And it was around standard indiocators in...

There is script or AOS. Who is watching . A positive SWAP trader and make up a signal?

Trading and training video (from youtube for example) about forex and financial market in general.  thread for April 2013 - look at this thread,  thread for May 2013 - look at here,for June 2013 is here.July thread 2013 is hereAugust thread 2013 is this oneSeptember thread 2013 is hereOctober thread...

Hllo traders i found a very interesting system on alpari russian forum The problem is i dont understand russian and i will post here the link for the sytsem and maybe someone can tell us the ruls The system is very interesting and no indicators, only trendline + very impresive reslts what i see on...

Hi all, I have doing some great research on trading binary options. Finally i came up with a trading system for trading hourly binary options for EURUSD. What is the problem? I need some great backtesting on this idea. Since this system is combined of three indicators, i have been able to do limited...

Hello i want to know the code of comparing OrderOpenPrice of order with current price Thanks

Hi, Are there any brokers allow trading both FX and stocks/index for the Hong Kong markets? Thank you in advance

I have been searching for this Index, MSCI Taiwan Index or TWIXUSD, can't find any on MT4 or MT5, anyone know of any brokers that provide them? tks

S&P 500 January-March 2017 Forecast: long-term bullish ranging within the narrow s/r levels for direction W1 price is located far above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price is on ranging within the following narrow support/resistance levels for the bullish trend to be resumed...

There is an opinion that from time to time some great capital, who knows SL in small enterprises, is playing against the market to defeat them and their machines. On mql5.com, I read that in the last days there was a loss of 4 to 5 million baks in the group of salesmen. This is a huge loss of...

Bitcoin vs USD January-March 2017 Forecast: key resistance level at 850.15 to be broken for the bullish trend to be continuing Weekly (W1) price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price is on ranging within the following support/resistance levels: 850.15...

DJIA January-March 2017 Forecast: long-term bullish; resistance level at 19,987 is the key W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart: the price is on testing 19,987 resistance lkevel to above for the primary bullish market condition to be continuing. The price is...

Stock Market A To Z: 26 Names, Themes And Trends To Watch (based on the article) A is for Apple "The stock trailed the broader market in 2016, but there may be tailwinds in 2017. Tax reform may include a provision that incentivizes the company to deploy its billions in foreign cash back to...

When using MT4 Strategy Tester for CFD strategies, I noticed that the historical data for CFDs went back to only 2015, whereas FX historical data went back to 1980. I tried to download more data from History Centre, but I got the notification 'No new data for this pair' Is MT4s CFD historical data...

Hi, I'm willing to put  Sell Limit / Buy Limit with specified date on Exchange. I can do by the terminal manually but PositionOpen does not accept entering time. https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/standardlibrary/tradeclasses/ctrade/ctradepositionopen Only OrderOpen accepts entering time but it'll not be...

RecentlyMetaQuotes Software introduced MetaFintech as its new representative office in theUAE.The company now announces its further expansion: Derivative System Technologies will act as its agent in South Africa. Thenew representative office will be responsible for the promotion of theMetaTrader...

Hello,Is their any broker who provide LME product to trade on mt5. Lead,zinc,aluminium, copper,nickel...

Introduction to Bonds (Part I) 1. Principal: This is the face value of the bond; the amount that the first bond buyer initially loaned to the company or government issuing the bond. This is also known as the par value. 2. Coupon Payment: This is the numeric amount of interest payments that are...

Terms and Conditions: You describe (you provide) the idea, I place an open MQL5 code in this branch, I place this code in a CodeBase. &nbsp, I specify the author of the idea and the author of a MQL5 code in a code, The coding services are provided "as is" and you use them at your own risk. List of...

Hello, I cannot change data in the Inputs when I try to test any AE.  After the change, it goes back to defaults. Can you advise what can be wrong? Thanks

Hi and thank you for reading this. I'm creating an EA for MT4 that needs to read a standard moving average indicator which is placed inside a subwindow  and processes the values of another indicator in the same subwindow. How can I read the MA's value from my EA?  Issues are, how to find this...

After I download my EA from the MQL5 Market instead of appearing under the tab of "Expert Advisor" it is under the tab of "Scripts". How can I fix this issue?

I am struggling to match the MACD H1 values from Strategy Tester Logs from one hour to the next. It seems that when I print the MACD H1 value in the Tester logs for the current hour eg: I print the 8:00 Macd value at 8:00, I get a different value than if I print the 8:00 Macd value at 9:00. These...

Hello, I have an EA that is set to check on a hundred of symbols but the problem is that it seems the more symbols I set the EA to work on, the more the processor is being eaten up. To the point that the processor has barely any % left in the task manager and it frozes the computer if I put it to...

hello guys, i'm looking for a way to install the Eas that i bought on MT4 on my mac. There's no 'market' menu in my mac MT4. Also, i can't download directly from my mac browser... When i tried copy/paste the EA files from my virtual windows computer to my mac, i always had the message "can't load...

Good day, How can i use the function Line, It is in clase CCanvas. For use this call a library  #include <Canvas\Canvas.mqh> after i give name a objet CCanvas  miLinea; For draw adk the follow parameters (x1, y1, x2, y2, color) all integers. know what  x1, x2 are times and y1, y2 are prices, how i...

Hi everyone :), I've currently got a freelancer working on an EA for myself and there's one strange bug that I can recreate but they are unable to. Basically when changing variables in the 'input' tab on the strategy tester I find that they get automatically reset if I tab out of the 'input' tab and...

I have a problem with a bool variable. I did the global declaration (outside the void OnTick() function) and then I need to use it later inside the void OnTick(). It's important because after checking conditions I will use the variable in the IF for checking the conditions to open a trade. For some...

Hello all, I'm facing a strange error. The optimization is usually some passes successfully and then it starts returning only zero trade results, as follows: Scrolling down, all of the bellow tests return also 0. After the successful passes, I could see on the Journal that the errors are happening...

All, I'm sure there is a very simple answer to my question, but I ran out of ideas. I want to backtest a simple EA, just to learn MQL5 and test different EA strategies. I have an "input parameter" section which is shown (names and values) when I apply an EA to a chart. If I change an input parameter...

Hello guys, help me please, what mt4 script Should looks like if i need this option for expert:MaxSpread=30 Step for spread=10 So if spread is going more then 40 or below 20 - ea stop trading Thanks in advance

I have an EA that enters in a pyramid type grid. When DD hits a certain percentage it closes the first order opened in the basket, I tried coding this but it just seems to hang the EA.  Can someone find the culprit in this code? Thanks in advance. //---if(ch_b...

#property copyright "Copyright 2019, MetaQuotes Software Corp."#property link      "https://www.mql5.com"#property version   "1.00"#property strict//+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| Expert initialization...

All Arrow Buy/Sell with Alert, but only arrow without oscilator etc. ?! Pure chart with alert arrows, points ;). Stoch comeback cross arrow with alert ? RSI comeback cross arrow with alert ? CCI comeback cross arrow with alert ? ASI comeback cross arrow with alert ? Williams comeback cross arrow...

I'm pretty new to mql5 and are trying to create an indicator, what i want is simple, but i seem to be missing something from it. I want to compare the close price of the 2 bars by the minute, if it is more than a certain value, it adds 1 to a indicator (Array?) So Say Bar A-1 closes at 1.555 Bar A...

Nonrepaint RSI indicator that will assess and display trade recommendations.Alert will sound when trend changes to up down or sideways.Do not have to worry about this one repainting.

Hello. I´m making my first indicator for MT4, how can I tell the indicator to signal me only if the close of previous candle close was xx pips or closer to xx MA? I would love it to be universal so it would work for both gold and mayors. Thanks a lot

I need an indicator of MACD alert when crossover specific value (+ and - values). may anybody help . Thanks

Hey guys, can someone please help me alter the code for the ATR indicator? I simply just want to get a notification alert (mt4 or email) for then periodA ATR > periodB ATR Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Post all MA indicators here.

Laguerre indicator: According to Ehlers description.

Hello everybodies, A new version about my chart clock As always transpareny and move it with a simple mouse click . better synch with the Pc timer and automatic synch with it  check the code if you want to change any parts of that clock Hope that will give you a nice help in your trading :) If you...

Hello Can anyone signpost me to a non-repaint MA Cross indicator? I've looked at so many but still struggling to find the perfect one: have been right through the Market also. Thanks so much!

In previous version I used input const string something="/---Next Values are for simulation--"; to display a readonly string in the input grid. This approach does not work anymore in the current version. How can  set a readonly sentence or input? Thanks

I have an indicator that pulls from eight different currency pairs. Into this indicator I have code that ensures historical data for all pairs is available. If the code is not available, it will pull the data from the broker. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. The oddity is that this "ensuring"...

Hi everyone, do you know if there is a pivot point indicator, which calculates based on a time range, for example from 08:00 to 21:00?

Hello, I have a problem making my indicator calculating correct %, if it is less than 100% it returns 0% always. I printed the values, checked and did manual calculations, the percent should be ok, but not.      BuyBuffer[i] = (total_signalsB/totalindicators(0))*100;     SellBuffer[i] =...

Good morning i have coded an indicator detects pin bar now i want filter i choose oly the pin bar  after it and below the low of it was formed some bars the probleme now at this instant the numbers of my pin bar is 1 for exemple if some bars was formed after it  the number of my pin bar is not 1 any...

TradeTransaction Class: A base class to simplify coding of trade transactions in MQL5. Author: amrali

Linear Regression Channel: Linear Regression Channel EA draws "Linear Regression Channel" on chart and trades with its trend,has Trailing Stop Loss &Take Profit works best on all time frames major forex pairs and stocks NASDAQ. Author: Aharon Tzadik

Indicator Arrows II: The indicator plots up/down buffer arrows in the chart window when conditions are met on one or two of the following indicators: Moving Average;Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD);Oscillator of Moving Averages (OsMA);Stochastic Oscillator;Relative Strength Index...

RSI of parabolic SAR: RSI of parabolic SAR Author: Mladen Rakic

Explosion5: Advisor scalper. Trading algorithm: Candle[0]> Candle[1] * 2.Taimeframe - 4H && Day. Author: Vladimir Baskakov

New article The power of ZigZag (part II). Examples of receiving, processing and displaying data has been published: In the first part of the article, I have described a modified ZigZag indicator and a class for receiving data of that type of indicators. Here, I will show how to develop indicators...

HTTP using WinINet directly in mql4: This is a "conceptual" script that uses the WinINet functions to load a HTTP page directly from mql4, without a C++ dll Author: Marco

ForexCandlestickPatterns: ForexCandlestickPatterns with alert are forex indicators based on Japanese Candlestick Strategies. Author: Roberto Jacobs

New article Neural Networks: From Theory to Practice is published: Nowadays, every trader must have heard of neural networks and knows how cool it is to use them. The majority believes that those who can deal with neural networks are some kind of superhuman. In this article, I will try to explain...

iTrend_new: iTrend_new is base on iTrend Indicator by MetaQuotes Software Corp.Update and modify by Roberto Jacobs 3rjfx @ 2019/03/18, for MT4with Signal and Alert and options to display signal on the chart. Author: Roberto Jacobs

New article Mathematics in Trading: How to Estimate Trade Results has been published: We all are aware of that "No profit obtained in the past will guarantee any success in future". However, it is still very actual to be able to estimate trading systems. This article deals with some simple and...

Fibo Retracement Trader: The Expert Advisor plots a Fibonacci based on the standard ZigZag indicator and traded rectracements from all levels. The levels are fixed and cannot be customized by the user. Author: Oleg Shenker

Harmonic Pattern Finder V3: Indicator to display existent and emerging harmonic chart patterns. Author: Andre Enger

Simple moving average: Simple moving average Author: Mladen Rakic

Fishing: The Expert Advisor opens positions after the price passes the specified distance. 1 step up - sells, 1 step down - buys. Author: Vladimir Khlystov

In this function, I'm getting error # 130 at the "else" section (underlined) of the OrderModify(). What is wrong here? Thanks a lot. int targetRaw = 40;double target = NormalizeDouble((double)targetRaw / 10000.0, 5);void Sell_Order(double price, double stopLoss, double takeProfit)  {   double...

Is it? Anyone tried both and care to tell me is the Linux hassle worth it for stability or anything else?

Hi, I just have started an optimization with: Expert properties -Testing Tab: Optimized Parameter: Custom & Genetic algorithm, and in the EA I wrote: double iniAcct;int init(){        ...        iniAcct = AccountBalance();        ...}double OnTester(){        return( (AccountBalance()-iniAcct) ); //...

Here is an example of putting function pointers to good use. Those who know javascript or python will likely recognize this pattern immediately.  This is a generic object vector that I frequently use, and I've added a filter method which takes a function as an argument and returns a pointer to a new...

How do I format Dukascopy historical data for MT4? I reinstalled MT4 and got varying results using the same EA is this normal?

Hi I have developed a machine learning algorithm in python and I wonder if I can implement it in MQL4 or MQL5. The thing is that the model needs training every week and it needs to score every hour that the market is open. Do you know if it is feasible? Kind Regards George

Hi, Mr. Guru could you please help me to constantly refresh an ea after each tick movement. I have tried everything, But I just can't make it refresh constantly. What lines of code must I insert to keep an ea and indicator refresh after every tick? Tnx

They say that an average trader can work for about twothree years. Then he has enough money to buy Ferrari and spend the rest of the money on psychoanalyst and antidepressants. Well, drive your Ferrari and save the rest of the money by reading our next column. Making money is one of the funniest...

Before developing Neural Network systems for Metatrader we experimented with Volume Spread Analysis(VSA). What we've done with this trade assistant is taken the VSA trade setups that signal the largest movements in the market, simplified them for the non-VSA expert, and modified the VSA concepts...

Hello forum, I have my entry and my stop-loss and I want to calculate the lot size according to my risk-management. It works fine and this is how I do it: double pipRisk = MathAbs(orderOpenPrice-orderStoploss);double lotSize  = AccountBalance()*0.01 / pipRisk / (MarketInfo(_Symbol,...

i tried to test my ea by the strategy tester , but it open only sell order. what 's wrong? //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| 200SMA_CCI25.mq4 |//| Copyright 2015, MetaQuotes Software...

Hi, is it not possible to anchor each corner of a rectangle bitmap to a (time, price) coordinate rather than a pixel coordinate? PROBLEM: This is for a script which creates simple volume-at-price profiles, made up of many rectangles. When there are two overapping profiles, the overlapping parts of...

Sometimes there is a need to reverse the trade that u open. The attached script will close all open orders that already running and will open a new orders with equal lots size. The scrip will close and reverse only the orders that the symbol() is equal to the one that the script is attached to.

For the purpose of reducing the exposure to slippage, is there any difference between using regular stop losses embedded in open orders or using OrderClose() function at the relevant price level? Which method would you advise? Thanks.

Good morning, I am attaching my KAMA indicator to everyone, kindly tell me where am I wrong ?, the indicator should turn red if the price is below the Kama, and green if the price is above the Kama. Thank you all