For traders MT5 user interface If you can't view the calendar tab, probably it's a choice a your broker : This tab may be missing if the economic calendar is disabled on a trade server. Video : How to delete Calendar Events from charts ? Video : How to disable Calendar Events from charts ? Video...

EUR/CHF is heavily being manipulated by the central banks right now. Any thoughts?

I have been trying to install a harmonic pattern scanner passed onto me from a friend, I have went through all the installation steps but after restart it is still not showing in my platform indicators. It is showing in the indicators file in data folder. Anyone any suggestions of what is the...

Hi all!  I'm trying to do A backtest of an EA with more than one pair. In this case I use a custom indicator via iCustom and every time I call the handle the indicator is added to the chart and I end up with the same indicator 100 times. This does not happens in the regular EA. Any idea of why this...

Support for Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows Vista to be discontinued after 01 October 2017 Windows XP was released almost 16 years ago, on 25th of October, 2001. It is now considered to be an outdated operating system. Microsoft stopped supporting this system 3 years ago, because potential hardware...

Oh Mql5 why don't you see it clearly as you see in my purchases activated is the free EA one the name of EA is that is free EA but I purchased the new EA the name of EA is this is the EA that I had purchased for 1280 USD but I cannot activated yet you can see it in my purchased history there is no...

I am sorry to have to break the news to you but because youlike your broker for all kinds of justifiable reasons is not the greatestreason why you should trust them and leave up all your future earnings entirelyin their hands. Trading is about managing risks and those who manage risksvery well will...

Please please help me. I bought an EA last month and the seller does not respond to my messages so I experimented the EA (wrong move I know). I know it's a lot and it's very weird. I am a beginner and I don't even know if this is the right place to post this, I just need someone to help me with...

 What the heck causes this because it keeps coming back after a while then I contact support(which takes weeks) and things get sorted then after a few months again the red error again appears. This is definately frustrating to me and my clients and not good at all for business.

Hey there I'd be very grateful if someone could be so kind as to talk me through how to use the ATR, preferably in a way that I could understand. I have watched video after video on YouTube, but I just can't for the life of me, understand how I would go about using it. I am...

Hello! I'm trying to make a system based on 3 SMA. I want to take a trade if all 3 SMA are pointing in the same direction (up or down), but I'm struggling on how to represent that in a code. I thought that it might be a good idea using a % change and set a bias, so if all the values are above the...

Trying to make an expert advisor with zigzag indicator but it is not working properly! The code is as follows.Please let me know if you have alternative solutions in mq4.  extern int StartHour = 9;extern double Lots=1;extern int TakeProfit=40;extern int StopLoss=40;input int depth=12;input int...

HI, I'm subscribed to a signal and I had an open position of 0.05 for days with that signal. Now today suddenly 0.02 of the position was closed without me doing anything or the signal changing or closing anything.  The entry in logs was: Signal - local position [] volume exceeds the signal one [],...

Hi, I have been thinking about to to create a thread where EA Developers/Sellers can discuss and share similar errors and their possible solution on a daily basis. Because the automatic product validation software itself gets updated like all software does, possibilities for occurring new validation...

Undoubtedly, trading forex is very difficult and people try to design their own trading strategy with indicators and expert advisors. However, now for the silly question: is there any consensus on some strategies/systems (not asking about EAs) being better than others? Is there such a...

Which strategy is best to close profitable positions ?

I have to run optimization backtests on MT5 on custom symbols because I need to set custom spreads and timeframes. The Cloud network does not work with custom symbols, so I need another option to run these tests much faster. Does anyone have experience using Amazon AWS/Instances for testing with MT5...

simple trand reverse ea with templet and indecetar .i hope this is bes for all trader. thanks

A friend asked me if it’s possible to make money by“Martingale”.  On my opinion, in every area could exist a professionalmaking an incredible job! My response to that question is always yes. I believetalented traders can actually make a lot of money using “Martingale” system. Thetrue is that the...

Does anyone know which software can backtest multiple types of trading? For example, I buy EURUSD and sell GBPUSD at the same time. Because I did not test this function in MT4.

This is the thread about Brainwashing system. We will start with original version of this system and will improve it later. ========== Just something about the history. There are 3 famous signals system (manual trading systems based on signal indicators): Asctrend, BrainTrend and Brainwashing. First...

Hello everyone, I haven’t been in contact with foreign exchange for a long time. I happened to see an article about T101 on the Internet. I was interested. I got a general understanding. I don’t think it can be understood. Because this trading system has been going on for many years, I found it. For...

Hi all what is your NFP strategy ? today is NFP FriAug 212:50amJPY Monetary Base y/y 38.0%43.2%36.0% 2:30amAUD PPI q/q 0.1%0.5%0.3% 7:00amGBP Nationwide HPI m/m 0.4%0.3% 8:00amEUR Spanish Unemployment Change -80.0K-127.2K 8:30amCHF SVME PMI 53.151.9 9:30amGBP Construction...

Does anyone have a Center of Gravity Indicator with alerts to test?

Hi Guys, New to this forum !  Please free to add friends and know more about each other trading strategy ! My current strategy : Trend trading with Ichimoku and Volumes Daily/Weekly/Monthly   Happy Trading !

On my opinion, “Automated Trading Systems” does notpay attention to the Ratios. However, by automating your system there are zerochances of falling in love for a deal, which is good since no one is lookingfor love here! In the other hand, very few traders can actually automatesomething different....

Hello guys I am watching for a EA which copies Whatsapp messages to an EA. Does anyone know an EA? i already build a program to read out SL TP and BUY SELL. If i copy them in a Text is it possible that an EA can read them and copy in to a signal? Hope for help thanks. Regards Steve

Can anyone tell how to trade ? Open Date Close date Symbol Action Lots SL(Pips) TP(Pips) Open Price Close Price Pips Profit (USD) 12.19.2013 08:53 12.19.2013 15:05 XAUUSD Sell 50 93.4 1204.24 1194.9 93.4 46400 12.19.2013 08:53 12.19.2013 15...

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

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

Hello, I got an expert advisor whit a strategy that needs a low spread to work, I need a spread of 1 or lower, also I need to put at least 400 pending orders to  work propertly. I´ve been looking through several brokers but no one feets my needs. Do you know any broker whit these requirements?...

The Best Stocks Of 2016: Nvidia (based on the article) The price was increased by 10% just for December only!

Hi. My provider, ig,  currently only offers currencies in mt4. How can I get stock quotes in mt4 from another provider? Any one to recommend?

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...

We are pleased to announce about the geographic expansion of the company by the establishing of a new representative office. MetaFintechLLC has become the company's official agent in thelargest international business center of the Middle East - Dubai,  UnitedArab Emirates. MetaFintech will be...

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...

Dax Index January-March 2017 Forecast: flat within bullish with key resistance at 11,649 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 11,485 level to above on close weekly bar with 11,649 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...

Hello all, I am new to this forum and I have recently downloaded MT5. Now I want data for Indian Stocks. Can someone help me who are authorized data vendor for India Exchange NSE for MT5. There are many data vendors for Amibroker and Ninjatrader in India but not for MT5. How I can import historical...

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Press review Sergey Golubev, 2016.12.24 17:18 Nikkei Q1 2017 Fundamental Forecast: Bullish (based on the article) Fundamental Analysis  "The Bank of Japan has been buying stocks for over two years now. And in September, the...

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...

Hello, is anyone aware of any futures broker that offer its client the MT5 trading platform? Is there a list of those? I mean real futures, not CFDs. Futures that trade on CME Globex and Eurex exchanges. Thank you.

CAC 40 January-March 2017 Forecast: bullish with key resistance at 4924.69 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 4860.85 resistance level to above on close weekly bar with 4924.69 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...

I developed a EA that only work for GBPJPY M5 and special broker , if it is possible to sell it at MQL5 Market ?  Now it can't pass the validation , errors as : test on EURUSD,H1 there are no trading operationstest on NZDUSD,H1there are no trading operations test on GBPUSDcheck,M30 there are no...

Hello boys, Im trying to make a new robot but when I compile and debug it the input parameters reset to 0 and I cant test it... anyone know whats happening?? Thank you so much!

Hello All, I could use some assistance with some code I have written. Basically I am trying to calculate consecutive days of rise or fall. The issue I am running into is the count isn't correct, it will start off at 0, now lets say its a bullish day it will increment by 1, the next day stays within...

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Hi everyone,  I'm creating this post in order to fix my unsolvable problem.  In my opinion, my script is good ( no warning and no error message ) but when i want to do some backtest, nothing is happening.  For information and to help the comprehension of this script, I just want 1 trade by 1.  In...

What it is: Below, you'll find my Swiss Army EA. I've designed it so that it can manage orders in your MT4 terminal using a large variety of methods. Features includes breakevens, trailing stops, setting/removing for takeprofits and stoplosses, and many close-out conditions; you also have ability...

Good day, I'm back-testing a grid system, and am desperately trying to confirm if the relative drawdown or absolute drawdown takes a grid system into account? For example, my backtest statement shows the Relative DrawDown on a backtest of 1 year to be $6k (give or take). However, nowhere in the...

I did run this script to check:   if(!AccountInfoInteger(ACCOUNT_TRADE_EXPERT))       Alert("Automated trading is forbidden for the account ",AccountInfoInteger(ACCOUNT_LOGIN),       " at the trade server side");   and got no error message. When the EA detects an Open position, (in demo) it...

Hello, I am trying to set initial stop at 3 times current ATR. I want to get current ATR with:  input double          ATRHandle                    =iATR(_Symbol,PERIOD_CURRENT,14); and use it like this: input double          Signal_StopLevel             =3*ATRHandle; But I get "constant expected"...

I'm trying to build my first EA and honestly i'm mostly using copy and paste but i cannot see why this is not working the way i want it to. The idea is to move my stop loss up to the Low or High of the candle with a shift of 2 but once its placed it should not move back. In this example i have a Buy...

Description: Telegram 4 MQL was made to make the life of an automtic trader a bit more convenient or better to say it was made to spare nerves. Suitable questions while operating an autotrading systems are: Was the order correctly executed?Did an situation change an unusual way so that I need to...

To be clearer, If I gave a developer the expert advisor file can he/she remaster it for a newer version of MT? Just have some thoughts for the future. Thanks

I am using MQL4 4.00 build1170 (20/dec/2018). When I am using "strict" mode (#property strict) in a EA to generate an ex4 file, I found this ex4 file has some problem:  The name of the external variables will not be shown; instead, it is showing the comments following that external variable. For...

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 have an Expert Advisor which is using different external Indicators. Now I have seen that it's just possible to sell an EA in the MQL Market as one ex4 file. So it's not possible to attach external Indicators. What i the easiest way to implement the external Indicators in to the EA ex4...

this indicator sends notifications way too late or only when i refresh or jump between timeframes i would much rather it send notifications exactly when the arrow appears or similar operation im not sure why it only does it when i refresh or change timeframes is there someone that can make the...

I have added the RVI indicaror to my EA but I just want to confirm I have used it correctly: RVIp = External input I have used MODE_MAIN and MODE_SIGNAL for the 2 lines = is this correct? If not, what should I use? RVIm0   = iRVI(Symbol(),0,RVIp,MODE_MAIN,0); RVIs0   = iRVI(Symbol(),0,RVIp...

Many indicators appear to have been developed for the stock market and then transplanted into the Forex market. The markets are fundamentally different so, which are the indicators developed exclusively for the Forex market?

Hi, Unfortunately my search didn't yield any results in the MQL5 constants/functions. Is there any way to read out the current value that was put into the one click trade panel? Your help is much appreciated. I am getting back to MQL5 programming after some time of absent, so please be patient with...

Can someone tell me or help me edit this, how to make the indicator synchronize with current chart? Thanks //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //|                                                         Test.mq4 | //|...

is there anyone that can add notifications to this indicator operation needed 1. when support band manifest send buy/support notification 2.when resistance band manifest send sell/resistance notification simple... thank you

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me in coding this indicator, which is supposed to be better than the RSI. It was featured on the February issue of the "Technical Analysis of Stock and Commodities Magazine". It can be found in these 2 places: Thank you.

Hi,I don't know if it is the right session for writing my question. I would like to sell an indicator (for example X) that call for another my indicator (for example Y) Y will be free can I sell X on market session? thank's in advance

Hola, tengo inconvenientes con este códigoInt índice =iHighest (NULL, 0, MODE_HIGH, 76,39); Técnicamente me tendría que devolver un valor entre 76-39, pero de devuelve 108, ya probé con rangos como 50-20, 81-17, pero todas me dan una barra fuera del rango que establezco.  Agradecería su ayuda 

Hello, I have an Indicator which calls an another CPU heavy custom indicator (on 7 different currencies). So, in the Init function I create the 7 handles and within OnCalculate I use CopyBuffer to get the data.  Sometimes this indicator starts normally but sometimes it seems the buffers are not...

https://www.mql5.com/ja/docs/standardlibrary/controls/cpanel I have try to build up the Cpanel by copying the example that written at the bottom of this page. By clicking the resize button in the dialog, I have a situation as the attached image instead . Did I missed anything? 

I am trying to use MT4 ZMQ bridge interface(please refer to https://github.com/bonnevoyager/node-mt4-zmq-bridge) to do some development work.Have registered a VPS,is there any one knows how to get the URL or IP/Port of the MT VPS?

How does one bring back the alert box for indicators on to the screen if one has closed it by mistake? If an indicator has an alert, the pop-up box appears on screen when there is an alert. One can then close that pop-up box. Yet how does one bring that back on screen without waiting for the next...

Hello, I've been modifying the dema example indicator and I dont understand what I'm doing wrong, I've read and re-read references but I still dont get it. Please help! I've tried both  setting #property   parameters and what you see in the code below, what am I doing wrong ?...

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...

Simple Scalping EA: Very simple scalping EA, no Indicators. Logic is based on very fast price movements. Author: yan

TryME: try me... Author: Antonis Michos

LotScalp: EA scalper 1430% = 2011!!! Author: clickpaypal

Zone_Recovery_Area Formula1: Zone Recovery Hedging Strategy Ea with two moving averages and Special formula. It works on any time frame, you should try it on demo account. Author: Aharon Tzadik

TheWardenFX: Expert with advanced and optimized indicators aiming for best entry. Author: Antonis Michos

Channels: Finds and draws channels using all timeframes from 1 minute to 1 month Author: Nikolay7ko

New article Library for easy and quick development of MetaTrader programs (part II). Collection of historical orders and deals has been published: In the first part, we started creating a large cross-platform library simplifying the development of programs for MetaTrader 5 and MetaTrader 4 platforms...

Consolidation Breakout: "Consolidation Breakout" naked trading price action EA draws 3 Trend Lines with "Fractals" on chart and trades after convergence breakouts,has Trailing Stop Loss &Take Profit works with all time frames major forex pairs and stocks NASDAQ. Author: Aharon Tzadik

Simple Horizontal Grid: A round-number horizontal web with continuous auto-adjusting. Author: Ovo Cz

New article Studying candlestick analysis techniques (part III): Library for pattern operations has been published: The purpose of this article is to create a custom tool, which would enable users to receive and use the entire array of information about patterns discussed earlier. We will create a...

FuzzyNet Fuzzy Logic Library: FuzzyNet is one of the most popular mathematical libraries for creating fuzzy models Fuzzy Logic Library for Microsoft.Net (FuzzyNet) is an easy to use component that implements Mamdani and Sugeno fuzzy inference systems. FuzzyNet includes: 5 membership functions...

New article Fuzzy logic to create manual trading strategies has been published: This article suggests the ways of improving manual trading strategy by applying fuzzy set theory. As an example we have provided a step-by-step description of the strategy search and the selection of its parameters,...

VFX London Breakout: Expert Advisor which trades breakouts in several pairs during the London Session. Author: Vinicius de Oliveira

MartingailExpert: The EA uses the values of the Stochastic indicator on the H4 timeframe to open a position, and after that it builds up based on the martingale principle. Author: Михаил

Simple 2MA I: "Simple 2MA I" naked trading price action EA draws 2 mini Trend Lines with "Fractals" on chart and trades with the trend,has Trailing Stop Loss &Take Profit works with all time frames major forex pairs and stocks NASDAQ. Author: Aharon Tzadik

It seems that OnTick() and OnTimer() event handler used to work before, but recently I found they stop working when I minimize MT4 terminal, and they will come back to work when I un-minimize MT4 terminal. Does anyone found this issue? Test of OnTick() 0       14:48:33.850    EA GBPJPY,H1:...

I cannot delete a demo account on mt4 mobile (ipad). Any help? thanks.

Hi all, can someone kindly tell me how to make a EA what measures price movement from starting price what can be first bar open price. to point that price has risen or decreased lets say 10pip. and from that price it will repeat the process again and so on. Many thanks.

As the title says, when debugging, the debugger randomly stops with uninit reason 4 ("Chart Closed" according to the Uninitialization Reason Codes). ‌It could be anywhere from 7-15 minutes.‌ I'm not closing the chart and there's no functions in the EA that would cause the chart to close or even...

I am trying to figure out how to make takeprofit and stoploss values accurate.. If for example stoploss is set at 200 points it shows a value of 1.79? If that stoploss is set for 200 points then that value of 2.00? Should it be coded differently so it makes the correct level? If a stoploss of 213...

I am newbie MQL4 .So I get some limit to code this .I want to open buy order if 10 EMA crossover 100 EMA from below to above and will get take profit in 80 pip and stop loss in 40pips.After that sell order open in 10 EMA crossover 100EMA from above to below ,TP ,SL same. How can check next order...

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Hello all, I would like to understand why this code doesn't work. Some expert help please.  Code:     bool ShowGrid=ChartGetInteger(chart_id,CHART_SHOW_GRID,1,value);//         Grid not removed    int OffOnGrid=ChartGetInteger(Chart_ID,CHART_SHOW_GRID,window,value);//  Grid not removed 1) What does...

Hi everyone,   I have one trading system which I'd like to have as EA. This system is based on renko charts and mindhero indicator.  Why am I using renko charts? The reason is simple. Renko simply filters choppy market. Also it is very useful during news (I'll show you what I mean in example below)....

Hi!  The following code is an example of metaquotes.  #include <Controls\Dialog.mqh> #include <Controls\CheckBox.mqh> //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| defines                                                          |...

Hi, Does anyone know of code floating around that adds consecutive candle volume if they are the same colour. Eg. Green(volume), Green(Volume+previous volume), Green(Volume+previous+previous), Red(Volume), Red(Volume+Previous). Then plot them like the standard volume(tick) chart on mt4 ? I have had...

Hi  I have my two Count Function to Winner trade and to Losses Trade  But I want to know if is possible modify the Count Function to do this if I have two Losses or Winner consecutive trade  and if is DayOfTheWeek ()==1 , and  Next Session trade is  DayOfTheWeek ()==2 The Count, ComeBack to 0 and...

Hi, I need to code for my system: - atr periods 7 - exponential ma of atr at 35 periods I think that it would be a good indicator for scalping strategy. Thx for your attention.

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Hello friends, I rarely use Strategy tester on my programs. It was suggested to me by a friend that strategy tester is a fabulous tool to carry out long term and short term testing for expert adviser's and indicators. Currently, I am still not convinced of it. Myself it seems to be a backward...