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Hello, As the title says, I have some non-free products in my mql5 purchased list that I have downloaded, only up to test phase only and have no further intention to purchase for any reason. Problem is, the system keeps notifying me when the product is updated which I'm not interested too. I do

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

How to get my MQL5 password if I used to log in with my google account directly?

Hi folks, I am new on the platform and at the moment researching what trader/strategy to follow. To do this I need access to top N trader/strategy past 6-12 months trading history in order to run my own performance simulations. Was, however, taken aback when discovered that one needs to be

Hi, there! Anyone knows how I can set up my MT5 EA orders to Market on Open (MOO) and/or Market on Close (MOC)? My goal is to day-trade stocks in the largest US exchanges, getting their open and close prices. I haven't seen MOO and MOC options anywhere. Digging the MT5 documentation, I only found

Hello, it seems CEdit has a limited length, it seems 64 chars. The class seems not to have members to extend this. Is this intended or a bug ? Thank you

Hello. Please can you recommend a good manual strategy tester EA for less than $100? Appreciating your advise Deve

code is: int addMinutes=21; datetime dt="2021.02.27 01:50"; datetime dt2; dt2= dt+????????????????? How to do?? dt2= "2021.02.27 02:11"; thanks

Hello! The code below gives me occasional zero divide warning. Please help me form the code in the way that will prevent this error. Thank you. double NormalizeScaleValuesRange( double old_min, double old_max, double new_min, double new_max, double value) { // Round numbers: old_min=

Hi. I am in the peculiar situation that I have some bonus credit that only gets released to me after I trade a specific amount of lots. Now I am no trader and I do not want to use my time to sit over the computer trying to trade all day to fill the lots so I have done some research and found out

Hi, For some reason I don't know why my VPS is crashing and causing my robot to restart. Also clearly there is missing data in the journal as you can see from the photos. The EA made a couple of trades - you can see them in the attachments, but there is no info in the journals (from 17:23 until

Hi, I've been unable to open a BUY or SELL position on MT5 today form a python script, yesterday I was able to do it. Does anyone know this "market closed" result means? [10018, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, "Market closed", 17, 0, [1, 12345678, 0, "BTCUSD", 1.0, 45641.263, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 500, 1, 2, 0

Hi folks, What's with these Expert Advisors latelly? It seems that there is undergoing race of who is able to develop strategy with bigger Drawdown. Is it just me or do you also find these strategies incredibly risky and shady? Except high psychological stress when you are loosing like 80% of your

I want help to change my signal from private to public for others to copy. I ticked private erroneous ly

Joshua Brown, vice president of investments in a renowned New York asset-management firm once said that the forex from his perspective is too risk fraught for an individual investor to engage in preferring to label forex trading as gambling with retail investors in ignorance throwing money into...

Hi folks! I have an idea that I didn't work in yet and want to hear your comments! Moving Average crossing system in my opinion one of the best trading system if it optimized well. My idea is creating self-trained MA cross expert advisor that could learn what the best prameters to use: 1- slow...

Hello to everyone! It might be the most important question we have to comprehend before jumping into the wild Forex jungle. So, thinking of riches fast? Heard the stories of quick money coming from the sky? Yes, it happens with everyone here. NO EXCEPTION! But sadly, just within a few days, weeks or

Hi everyone, I would like to share my scalping strategy on the SP500. I would like as well any feedback, I am open for any constructive criticits. Ideally, by sharing this WE could try to create a profitable strategy, I'm willing to see what are your opinions and even sharing your own strategy if

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Hi Traders, Cut story short: my history showing that majority of trades which went down 20 pip or more are still hitting TP afterwards! Great! So I would like to open second position (when 20 pip in loss) with same SL, same LOT size, same TP or may be @ Entry Point of original trade. Is there a name

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...

Dear All, As this is my first post on this forum you may think that i am a newbie which i am for sure in comparing with some forex gurus like Igorad, but after spending couple of years in losing money, researching, losing money, researching and finally earning money i don't feel like one . I...

Hi again, The Multiple Regression Analysis and Forecasting template provides a solid basis for identifying value drivers and forecasting time series data. While it utilises a range of commonly employed statistical measures to test the validity of the analysis, results are summarized in text for ease...

Good afternoon, could anyone recommend me where I find en efficient trading system, or a platform that provides graphic proof of the efficiency. Any suggestions? I generally operate intraday or with short to medium time trades. Thank you

One strategy I can use is Andrew's fork

Hi! I am trying to connect an app to MT5 terminal to place trades through the app. In a similar post someone mentioned I can do this by running an EA in MT5 and sending http requests. To rephrase, I am trying to create an EA which will basically convert MT5 terminal to REST APIs. I do not know how

Some people say that it is the best signal system in the world. It is very famous system and it was developed in the interesting way: Russians recognized this system for MetaTrader some years ago and this western trading system was not very profitable (I am talking about MetaTrader only) but had as...

This thread won't be about a question or problem, but rather about the anouncement of the presentation and documentation of an exciting trading concept. I plan to do a series of postings here in order to keep you guys updated. Anybody who has an opinion on the topic, please don't hesitate to comment...

I was doing a research for low risk and high reward crypto investing ideas and someone suggested Arbtrage<Deleted>.com looks good, anyone got any other suggestions

Hi Guys question what indicator is best for recognizing the CHOP, sideways price action, other people call it consolidation or accumalation for all time frames? Thanks

Hi, Do you guys know any broker which have at least the last 2 years of US500 history data with Real Volume

Hello guys Is it possible to connect Nest trader to MT4 for real time data... for technical analysis in mt4? Please help

I've searched Google and this forum but found no straightforward answer to this question. It seems like some U.S. stocks can be traded with CFD only. It seems like there's a IB plugin to use but it doesn't look like historical data is provided to backtest. Has someone ever tried it with success? I

Hi all stock traders using MT4/MT5 im new to trading stocks on MT4/MT5,, Im looking for few EAs that can check How stocks are working to study & then code one for myself Could anyone give me some or direct me to the right place to take it/ learn how to code it please

Hello, Where can I find an example of EA to trade stocks or ETFs? An EA based on a moving average would be fine. Thanks in advance, Pierre

Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3f859ghwf58v5l/BinaryEasy%20Dolly%2015%20FibBreakOut.rar After watching different youtube videos about different systems It came into my mind to try an build an binary options strategy towards CJA's (TSD) Dolly 15 system. Make an breakout strategy that...

Hi guys anyone have crypto trading ideas? Share knowledge to others

I'm quite new to COF trading. Anybody else here trading on Amazon, NVDA, Google, Netflix, Tesla, Facebook, Apple etc

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...

Dear To whom it may concern, How to add cryptocurrencies to the mt5

Hello, Can any one please suggest me the best indicator for binary options trading? Thanks...

I bought 3 EA's recently. Problem is I installed them wrongly using wizard instead of file/open data folder/copy on/off done. I tried deleting files from both my MT5 account and in my files, then when I tried to re install the EA goes to my market section only in my navigator. When I then try the

I want to build a simple martingale strategy to practice with, but i am confused as to how i can check the result of the last trade, whether it hit t.p or s.l. I'd really appreciate it if anyone can help me with the code to use. Thanks in advance :)

I just want to send limit orders. but I could not. I need help. these are my codes: // Filling type if (IsFillingTypeAllowed ( Symbol (), SYMBOL_ORDER_LIMIT )) Trade.SetTypeFilling ( SYMBOL_ORDER_LIMIT ); else if (IsFillingTypeAllowed ( Symbol (), SYMBOL_FILLING_IOC ))

Hi, is it possible to capture the dragging process of a horizontal line somehow? I can get the CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_DRAG event but this event only fires when dragging is finished. I want to capture the dragging itself, like mouse-move that is updating x and y position of the mouse...

Hello everyone, Can anyone code or direct me to EA with following conditions(I have searched this and other forms but in vain) Fake Stoploss and Take profit (levels should show price and risk amount) Hard Stoploss and Take profit (levels should show price and risk amount) (Lines to be in colour

elliminate Ban slow agents (that exceed average by specified multipler in most optimizations) Enable option to use only 64-bit agents Enable option not to use slow agents for additional percentage fee Enable option to use also slow agents for a discount Not pay for slow results Use only agents...

first of all, I am not a coder I found a strategy on trading view on renko charts which is working fine for me its source code is readable is there any way i can convert that strategy into mt4 EA ? And if i cannot do that then can i hire freelancer for that work? and if yes then how much i should

I'm trying to make my EA to open a single long trade ONLY when it crosses the 70 level. Unfortunately, it opens many buy orders. I did something wrong but I can't find the error. #include<Trade/trade.mqh> CTrade trade; void OnTick () { //creating an array for several prices double

I'm trying to code my EA in mql5 and after a certain condition is met I would like the EA to loop through all the open orders and modify the SL, to just a few pips above/below the order open price but after double checking over and over it keeps on reporting Error 4754. I check and ensure that

I have a VPS in NY (6ms latency to IC Markets) and a VPS in london (90ms latency to IC Markets). When I run my EA at the same time on my NY vps & my London VPS, they take trades in different directions from time to time. Does this make any sense and can someone shed some light on this issue? Thank

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Hi all, I have had quite a challenge in that my code opens positions up to the limit of PositionsTotal()<=say 10. I wish to have one position per currency pair at any given time. Kindly find attached part of my code for that part which is not limiting open orders. Please point me to what I could am

Hello everyone, I'm trying to create a library that can open trades the same way a trader sitting in front of MT4 will open trades. So far, I've been able to bring up the order window and simulate a keystroke on it. However I've been unable to edit any of the fields or even click on the "sell by

I'm trying to remove a previously placed pending order using the below python script but for an unknown reason it returns retcode 10013 which translates to "invalid request"... import time import MetaTrader5 as mt5 if not mt5.initialize(): print( "initialize() failed, error code ="

Hi, For simplicity, I have inserted only the basic code of an EA below. I believe it is enough and easier to understand my question. void OnTick()   {   CountBuyOrders(); //gets the BuyOrders   CountSellOrders(); //gets the SellOrders   if(BuyOrders+SellOrders==0) //check if there are any...

So , if i understand all this forex terminology correct , a tick is one change of a price. Right i am ? Are there any known tick counters,indicators. ? I think that a thing like that could be interesting, becouse when the price starts to chage , it is changing more and more rapudly. Breakouts for...

Im a beginner and figuring things out. Apricate if someone help me understand how to add a additional buffer to the below code. Both the divergence buffers gives varying indicator value and i would like a new buffer that has 1 or 0 when the divergence arrow appears

Hi Guys any idea what this original indicator is called? i cant seem to find one with the exact same settings. many thanks

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could share a "Currency Strength Indicator" (which measures the strength of a currency's price in relation to other changes) for Metatrader 5. Thanks and have a good day. 

Hello Everyone, I am looking for a particular indicator for MT5 that will allow me to hide all wicks from the candles and just show the bodies (purely open/close body). Could anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you in advance

I would like to have something like this in the screenshot. It's obviously a mock-up I made in an image editor. I don't need candles. Just the moving averages would be fine. The code repository is so large no one can possibly ever see everything in a lifetime. Does anybody here know if such an

Firstly hello to everyone, my first post after much reading of what seems a great community! I'm trying to put a price marker 'gauge' with two halves after the end of the chart (I use candles). I want it to illustrate the necessary price movement to cover my spread (on the left half) and on the

It seems that David Stendahl can not help him self Where his name appears "attached" to some indicator or TA way, it sure is worth trying it out and studying it. The basis for these were originally published in the Stocks & Commodities July 1996 issue (attached the original article here). Do not be...

I am attempting to create an mql5 heiken ashi indicator smoothed and corrected using the attached mq4 version. It seems it is calculating the values correctly as it prints out reasonable numbers, but the values are not painting on the chart. Is there anything obvious I'm missing wrong with the

I'm attempting to convert this WAE (Waddah Attar Explosion) to MT5. I ran it through the fxdreema converter and it looks run and paint new candles, but it isn't painting previous candles and it runs extremely slow. Am I missing something obvious? I'm new to mql5

I am using Haiken Ashi indicator with metatrader4, when I try to use Haiken Ashi indicator on metatrader5 it does not follow the candlesticks buts standing still in the background on scaled fix chart window. Is there problem with my installation or should it working like that on metatrader5? Is the

I tested these sample codes for delete indicator on the chart: mql4: https://docs.mql4.com/chart_operations/chartindicatordelete mql5: https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/chart_operations/chartindicatordelete The "ChartIndicatorDelete" function works for delete self indicator. But can not delete another

I know this must be really simple or obvious to others but I am still kind of new to MQL5 and am only partially successful at converting my MT4 indicators (my EA is going to be a nightmare, I'm sure). The data shows when I use the print function but no lines are displayed. Also nothing shows for

I'm new to the community, so please move this topic into more appropriate sub-forum, if I picked wrong one. I'm planning to release a set of Bitcoin indicators (it will be one product, though), which, to my surprise, I haven't found neither on the web, nor as MT5 extension. Basically, it's going to

I am trying to get the first lower point of the ZigZag indicator which it shouldn't be the current candle may somebody help me please and tell me what is wrong with my code I think I'm doing it right and I didn't get the point Thank's in advance int zigzag,xs; double zigzagDown[]; int OnInit () {

Sound Alert Entry Out: Plays a sound when position is closed. Author: Vladimir Karputov

New article Developing a self-adapting algorithm (Part I): Finding a basic pattern has been published: In the upcoming series of articles, I will demonstrate the development of self-adapting algorithms considering most market factors, as well as show how to systematize these situations, describe

Expert adviser Easy Robot: Fully operational ea for real/demo accounts or educational purpose Author: Kenneth Parling

RoNz Auto SL-TS-TP v.2: EA for Automatic StopLoss, Take Profit, Profit Lock, and Trailing Stop. SL and TP could be hidden. Author: Roni Nafrianto

INDICATOR Currency Strength Meter - MT4 : The currency strength meter is a trading tool that is used to identify trending and consolidating markets based on the percentage rate of change in price from one period to the next. Author: Rodi Chamii

Basic Martingale EA : A Sample of Averaging Up/Down Martingale EA. Author: DADALI ARWALY

Free mt5 Copier : Copy trading has become such a critical feature of forex trading. Some people see this as a potential business opportunity, while for opensource die-hards like me, we believe in giving back to the community rather than putting a price tag on everything 'nice'. So here it comes. A

Vinci EA : It is Diffrent complex Range BreakOut system. Using to Range Breakout system is defined by min number of bars and max width in pips. This robot is can use to volatility instrument. Author: Musa Akguel

New article Developing a self-adapting algorithm (Part II): Improving efficiency has been published: In this article, I will continue the development of the topic by improving the flexibility of the previously created algorithm. The algorithm became more stable with an increase in the number of

Corrected moving averages : Corrected moving averages Author: Navdeep Singh

New article Payments and payment methods is published: MQL5.community built-in services offer great opportunities both to MQL5 developers and ordinary traders with no programming skills. But all these features can't be implemented without in-house secure payment system, that provides a convenient

New article MetaTrader 4 on Mac OS has been published: Apple products have become very popular. MetaQuotes Software Corp. attentively follows the progress of the IT industry and has already released the special mobile applications for iOS-based devices - MetaTrader 4 for iPhone and MetaTrader 5 for...

New article Practical application of neural networks in trading. It's time to practice has been published: The article provides a description and instructions for the practical use of neural network modules on the Matlab platform. It also covers the main aspects of creation of a trading system using

Volume Profile + Range v6.0: Volume Profile + Range v6.0 (former TPO). Distribution of deals by price levels at a given time interval. Displayed as a histogram. Author: Olexiy Polyakov

Hi all, Need your help, I have create a EA, but stuck on "Put limit / One Trade Only per Condition".... My target is, if a Condition meet EA will make order until take profit or stop loss, then wait until next condition meet. Hopefully you all can help me to resolve my stuck on this script.... Thank

I am new here, just got into the system and the windows where the charts are supposed to be say waiting for update. ANy help please

Hi everybody, I am using scaling in a strategy entering one trade per candle if other conditions are met using: *** The issue I am facing is that I want all SL and TP of all positions on the chart from the same EA to be modifying together as the SL & TP are following a certain indicator on the

Good evening to all, I'm new on the forum and I have a small question: how to write in a txt file with mql4, I found topics in this forum that led me to try things but without success ... Thank you in advance for your answers

hi guys i want to code an EA that when open a Buy/Sell position with 60 point profit. if the position goes to -20 point profit then open a position In the opposite direction of first position with 60 point profit the code is hear: if (orderType==OP_BUY) ticket = OrderSend ( Symbol

Hi I built a test code but suprisingly it wont work the code is : void OnStart () { double test = 0; if ( double == 1) { Alert "yes" ; } else{ Alert "no" ; } } I keep getting this error '==' - unexpected token cl.mq4 17 17 'yes' - open parenthesis expected

Hello Everyone ! Love the Open Position v3a indicator (attached) for the simplicity. However it takes too much space when opened in the separate window. So I was wondering - Is there any chance to open it in the chart window - not in the separate window ? If so, will it be possible to adjust it's

Hey everyone, I wanted to create a function for risk management as seen in the code below. double OptimalLotSize( double maxRiskPercentage, double ATR_Lot_Multiplier) { double accEquity = AccountEquity(); double lotSize = MarketInfo( _Symbol ,MODE_LOTSIZE); double tickValue = MarketInfo(

I'm running MT4 (Mac desktop version) at Forex.com. I have nothing in the Signal, Market, or News tabs. What am I doing wrong? https://www.screencast.com/t/wDspEEzYQMlW TIA! Chop

Is it possible to copy a trade from one VPS to another, both mine and both using the MT4 VPS Cheers, Simon

Hello this is my first post. I've been passively reading these forums for 3 month now.... :) But this problem I just can't fix alone and it drives me insane ... ^^ My Expert Advisor should set Trailingstops according to calculated Fibonachi levels. However it seems that the trailing stop is only...

Hi I cannot connect to the market on MT4 anymore and i cannot download any expert advisor or indicator it was working fine before Please check attached screenshot and let me know about the solution for this

Hello dears! I want to find/get max and min price from a certain loop. Example: there are 3 orders are running in EURUSD. now I want to get max price and min price among the running orders. double max_running_price = 0 ; double min_running_price = 0 ; if ( OrdersTotal () > 0 ) {

void modifyAllBuyOrdTP(){ if(CountTradesBuy()>=2){ for(int l_pos_4 = OrdersTotal() - 1; l_pos_4 >= 0; l_pos_4--) { OrderSelect(l_pos_4, SELECT_BY_TICKET); if(OrderSymbol() != Symbol() || OrderMagicNumber() != MagicNumber) continue; if(OrderTakeProfit() == findTpL_BuyOrd()) continue;

Hello. Here is my code. it passed the compile but freeze in MT4. Could anyone please help. Sorry for my bad English. I'm not a native speaker. Thank you very much. if (((OrderType()==OP_BUY) && (signal == "sell" )) || ((OrderType() == OP_SELL) && (signal == "buy" ))) {