I have found this ea in mql5 marketplace selling a new seller without any reviews or comments. The EA looks very promising and great results with 99.9% tick data testing.  I have analyzed a lot and talked with other trader friends and back-tested in different way's. Few of my trader friends are...

Hi This mql5 code is giving a run time error "invalid pointer access", Not sure why and how to fix it, please? Thank you News              *news[];                        // at the start of the fileArrayResize(news, 82);// then in a loop      for(int i=0; i<82; i++){      news[i] = new News(some...

I just wonder what may be the source of this error. I am porting indicators with rather simple graphics (mostly editboxes) from MT4 to MT5, and (in addition to the MT5 performance, which is unbelievable slow and blocks the candle chart often) I am getting that error. It appears randomly, but still...

Hi, I can not apply for jobs in the freelance section but I have not done anything wrong... Also, there is no support at Service Desk for such problems. So, please guide me what should I do?!!! Regards P.s : This is precisely the reason for opening this topic : https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/276513

Hi, How can we get the values of a list of indicators automatically? Either in a report or a pop-up window? For example, the value of MACD, IMI, MA, etc. so instead of going to every chart and reading the value, etc. to have all the readings captured automatically and shown somewhere in MT5 Thanks

Well, the asset moves as I’ve predicted. I think that I can earn even more on USD/JPY! Definitely, the show must go on =) 

to mt5 support , bug with news beta releases mt5 (1943) when using the back test if you press play button, and after a few seconds you press "pause" and press PLAY again the "pause button"  comes gray (and you cannot press pause again..) and the  backtest cannot be paused anymore in that session you...

Hi, I loaded the Heiken Ashi candles from the built in indicator list, but the RSI still takes into account the standard candles.  Any idea how to load an RSI that would be calculated based on Heiken ashi candles? Thank you

Hi all - I keep on trying to download MQL4 to test an EA I have had programmed, but it keeps updated to MQL5. Can anyone help, please?! Thank you

Hey dear members... Could you please tell me wich NEWS of economic calender will have a big impact on the EUR/USD Like yesterday the USD Unemployment Rate (FEB), USD Change in Non-farm Payrolls (FEB)? I need to know wich news will make the eur fall or rise that much ! Thx

I’m having a little loss right now, but I think I’ll close the deal with profit.  

Hey guys, I am new here and I hope everyone here will be fine. :) I am looking for a news related to the devaluation of pound in Brexit era.  Can I gather a few points from here like how foreign exchange is effected under such situation? 

Hello all,  According to studies and practical examples, what is the ideal return on your capital amount monthly trading forex.  I am not concerned about money, I want to know what should be ideal returns on my capital every month so that I can be considered as a profitable trader. 

Hello, I am copying a signal Some time ago (months) I did check his growth rate for year 2017. It was in the range of 90% - 98% Now on mql5 it is displayed as a growth of 134.24% Why was this change performed by you ???

Hi there, Probably a really simple way but is there anyway to extract the result data from backtesting in MT5 into excel? I have backtested an EA over 2 years and have over 100 trades. I want to extract the buy and sell price of those trades to analysis. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers

I'm looking for an EA or utility that would allow me to place an order in multiple currency pairs of my choosing at the same time. Does anyone know if something like this is available?

Hello I am trying to add order modify to my EA and when I compile my code it does not give any errors. However on live/demo terminal modify order does not function at all. I am attaching my sample code for any one likes to help. Thanks in advance.

help!! what is cent signal in this case?  I cannot follow the signal using a real account.  btw there are so many terms in meta4 but few prof explanations found. it is killing me

Hi all, I've been trading a live account for just about 4 weeks now and managed to tripple my account. I started with a $100 account at FXDD and my account balance is now $312.65 with a Floating P/L of -$48.50. This does not bother me much, because I'm sure the EURUSD will go down on Monday. I'm...

Hi All, It has taken me over 6 years and I've finally become a consistent profitable full time trader thanks to this strategy. The strategy is very simple and would only take a few minutes of screen time per day (using 4HR candles). I'd like to thank 'bigbear3391' for his guidance and inspiration!...

In the future, when spanA cuts up on spanB THEN execute buy, when spanA cuts below spanB then executes sell.

Simple zerolagstochs system of two indicators with alert.

I am using this method to catch only big moves. It works well but needs some tweaking espescially for exit. 30 Min and 1 Hr time frames are suitable. Indicator Setup Bullspower default setting (13) Bears Powerdefault setting (13) Accelerator default setting Buy Rules Bulls Power increasing and...

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...

Hi experts After I read this book.  encyclopedia of chart patterns  by Thomas N. Bulkowski  It tells statistic (frequency, %winning, performance) for each pattern. It is too interesting. But we know the history data of each broker is different.   So, I 'd like to analyze any pattern or candlestick...

Hello everyone! Some years ago I found on another website, a strategy that works good and I added a little something that makes it even better. Here's the original strategy and then my little addon... <strategy> You make 1 trade per day on the EURUSD Your "day" ends at 4:59EST and starts at 5pm EST...

I am embarking on developing an EA to trade a renko chart. From what I've read it appears I will need an ea placed on a live chart whose function is to send price information to an offline renko chart. Then a second EA sitting on the renko chart which will analyse trade criteria, place and manage...

I'm worried about opening this thread, because I'm afraid I'm not talking about a particular major, I'm a junior trader, but I want to talk about this thread. 1. How to use the signal to trade 2. How to use the oversell and oversell indicator 3. How to optimize the signal and reduce the frequent...

Ok guys, this is the end of my forex path...... It took me 5 years to make this(coding lasted for few days), but the method itself was developed for years. Bassicaly I took all of my knowledge, mixed it, coded it, optimize it........and done that for last 3 years. This ea is something with the...

A Bullish RSI14 Reversal Signal for Dow Jones Industrial.

You must be willing to be open to a good working relationship. I am still somewhat a novice trader but I have two years experience. I'm self taught so just hmu with your cool with this.

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...

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...

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...

I was wondering does metatrader 5 support stocks? not cfd stocks.   If so, which brokers supply stocks? 

AAPL Technical AnalysisL daily bullsh with 120.35 resistance to be testing for the bullish trend to be resumed Daily share price is located far above 200 SMA in the bullish area of the chart: the price is on testing resistance level at 120.35 to above for the bullsh trend to be continuing. If the...

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...

Hi, I want to know how to change my demo account to real account and also  trade with it directly.  By the way well I need a broker

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Press review Sergey Golubev, 2016.12.25 06:50 Hang Seng Index Q1 2017 Forecast (based on the article) "Underlying sentiment surrounding Hong Kong stocks has remained negative with underlying concerns surrounding...

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...

It is very sad that majority of the people that get involved in the forex business end up losing their money but I will explain the major reasons why this happens below: 1. Leverage and Margin - Trading on margin seems like a fast way to make quick profit however, this gives birth to greed as a...

Was trying to work on something and I was stuck because I couldn't really understand what volume on Mt4 platform truly represent . Don't get me wrong, I know volume represents the average trade activities for a particular period of time . But my question, does volume simply represent the number of...

Hello, I am currently using MT5 for futures and I was wondering if there would be any updated version where I can use charts based on volume or tick and not time. Ninjatrader, or TradeStation, Sierra all have this capability, but not Metatrader 5. Any help would be appreciated!

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...

Hi all, I have been running EAs that open / close multiple trades during specific sessions. I use the CTrade class, but it occurred to me that lately only one position is being opened, instead of several. This seems to have worked before.  Could someone please alleviate me of my troubles, and post...

My opening and closing loops, despite being exact to the point never work. Please help

Hello, I have bought an EA and it allows me to activate it to 5 devices. I have activated it to my primary device and it has 4 left. I plan to purchase a VPS and plan to transfer the indicator to the said device (VPS). My question is, how do I transfer the EA to the newer device (VPS) without...

This EA closes all the trades when everything either reaches a set positive or negative amount. However, when no trades are open it has a problem. "Zero Dived in EA" (see attachment) then the entire EA stops. I need help in what to do to my EA to make it so when no trades are open it will continue...

How many individual robots (or instances of the same robot on different currency pairs) is it possible to run simultaneously on an MT4 platform?

Hi, I have a variable called switch_action in my OnTick function, you can see below how it is calculated. void OnTick()  {   int switch_action;   int ticket=-1;   double price;   double TradeSize;   double SL;//---//Open Buy Order, instant signal is tested first   RefreshRates();   if(Cross(0...

I'm new to forex and MQL5 (but have a software background) so I apologize in advance if this is posted in the wrong forum. I'm writing an EA but am struggling a little with the terminology and workings of the forex market. Take the currency pair EURUSD at a bid of 1.14131 and an ask of 1.14161. I...

This strategy works well. It's Ema confluence strategy

Hello. Can Anybody help me? I found the following code that works on MT4 to toggle AutoTrading button: #include <WinUser32.mqh>#import "user32.dll"int GetAncestor(int,int);#define MT4_WMCMD_EXPERTS  33020#importvoid OnTick()  {   int main=GetAncestor(WindowHandle(Symbol(),Period()),2/GA_ROOT/);...

Hello guys, does anyone have an ea to make me open pending orders at a certain time?     For example I open a pending order buy or sell, on Monday morning at 00.01.

Hi all, I try to insert my EA called The Pearson EA into the Market. I get an error called no trding operations on automatic validation. However, the EA opens only 6 trades in a year, generally. What should I do? Best.

When stop loss is triggered, the following log is generated by MT5. 2015.04.10 16:22:14 Core 1 2015.01.19 11:35:29 stop loss triggered sell 1.00 EURUSD 1.15417 sl: 1.16217 tp: 1.15317 [#5 buy 1.00 EURUSD at 1.16217] This is exactly the info I need in EA, getting price volume, against which...

I've read this post. But I am still not clear. Here is my log when stop loss is executed in strategy tester. Now I have a position. It looks like OnTradeTransaction() is triggered 3 times. The MqlTradeTransaction is: TRADE_TRANSACTION_HISTORY_ADD The MqlTradeTransaction is:...

Hi  Does MT4 demo tester has a tab to view active trades similar to what mt5 has? If so, could someone show me how to open it? I cant seem to find it.. :)

This is the code I have so far but for the sharpe ratio. int OnInit () {   if (IsTesting () || IsOptimization ()) GlobalVariableSet ("InitialBalance", AccountBalance ());   return (0);}void OnDeinit (const int reason) {   if (IsTesting () || IsOptimization ()) GlobalVariableDel...

hi, a cool indicator Tick_on_Chart i all TimeFrames :cool: only Live Tick !!!

I have only programmed the properties for each line, but yet somehow when I attach the indicator to the chart, I get a red and a blue line running across the chart, mimicking that of the Kijunsen and Tenkansen. How on earth is this possible? I am using the latest compiled version but somehow the...

In order to stop some things : Daily data is a simple tool to show information I find useful in my trading It is not and it was not an elite section indicator (indicators in elite section are much more serious than this one) This one is simply a tool that does not take too much space, looks rather...

Hi, is anyone able to make this normal HMA to a MTF indicator? I´d like to trade for example on M15 candles showing the HMA in 1H. Any help is highly appreciated.

As shown in the red box, the 0th value is the current value. I only want to show values for full D1 bars, not the currently filling bar. As you can see, I am currently setting HistoBuffer[0] = 0., which causes all the lines to converge to 0. One thought is to simply set the value of each to the 1st...

I decided to make some indicators' review based on trading experience and using them inside manual trading systems. So, please find the first thread about Stochastic Oscillator. Feel free to add or write any comments concerning this indicator about how to use it inside trading systes, how to trade...

Using  #property indicator_type1 DRAW_COLOR_ARROW the arrow symbol (https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/objectconstants/wingdings) is specified via PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_ARROW,arrow_code); //arrow_code != 159 However, this works only with a single plot. Adding a second DRAW_COLOR_ARROW plot...

Hi, I got a csv file with a list of data: Datetime, and values. These are the values of an indicator at certain moments, calculated in excel/mathlab. How can I import these data to appear on my screen (either oin the main window or separate one) ? Thnx in advance for you help ! Twoci

hi in mt4 terminal, i know that we can use moving average over other indicator by select apply to previous or first indicator. if i am writing my own indicator or EA, and would like to do the same, how should the code be please?

Hi guys, Here you have an indicator for MT4 to see the real ask and bid prices that your broker is appliying to you. Some brokers try to cheat on you by "manipulating" the ask/bid lines on the chart. In my case, I was confused because my limit orders were triggered before the bid/ask line got the...

I needed to advise how to adjust the indicator to show just one day in the past and not all, some idea, thank you

My account on the app shows that there is money in the account be every time I try to execute an order it says not enough money. In addition can anyone get their TradersWay Live account to work on the terminal?  

Hi Everyone, I have a copy of MT4 sat on a windows server 2012 VPS. After an windows update today an indicator TMA.mq4 won't display, its either grey out in the navigator menu or it just won't load but is visible under indicators on the chart. Can anyone help or provide a work around. Jay

I am building an EA based on my trading strategy. It should work at any entry point, but will be more profitable if it selects a point in the market (for it's initial purchase), to buy low. What is a good indicator to use that will allow me to buy low and to have good bottom resistance? Thanks.

Hi All I am coding the following, the code returns no error but doesn't seem to do the calculation.        double Top =(iClose(Symbol(),0,i)-iOpen(Symbol(),0,i));      double Bottom = (iHigh(Symbol(),0,i)-iLow(Symbol(),0,i));      WVAD[i]=Top*iVolume(Symbol(),0,i)/Bottom; I tried to debug it by...

New article How to create a graphical panel of any complexity level has been published: The article provides a detailed explanation of how to create a panel on the basis of the CAppDialog class and how to add controls to the panel. It includes the description of the panel structure and a scheme of...

The onclick event behaviour of the buttons created with the standard library is weird.  Is there any way to change that?  For example: if you click on the button object but the mouse pointer is no longer pointing to the button when you release the mouse's left button, that does not fire the ONCLICK...

Trend trigger factor (averages pre-filtered): Trend trigger factor (averages pre-filtered) Author: Mladen Rakic

CycleMarketOrder(GRID TRADE CODE): This Expert Advisor is for the grid trade.Market order is repeated in a single direction at fixed intervals. Author: Ryutaro Yumoto

VFX New Order: This tool is designed to open positions in MetaTrader 4 terminals with absolute control of the risk / reward ratio, automatically calculating the lot size (without the need for manual calculations and/or spreadsheets) according to Risk and Stop Loss defined in the input parameters,...

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

New article MetaQuotes ID in MetaTrader Mobile Terminal is published: Android and iOS powered devices offer us many features we do not even know about. One of these features is push notifications allowing us to receive personal messages, regardless of our phone number or mobile network operator....

BB SWING: BB SWING EA trades with "BOLINGER BANDS" indicator and swing strategy works best on 1H & 4H time frame major forex pairs. Author: Aharon Tzadik

New article Tips for an Effective Product Presentation on the Market has been published: Selling programs to traders effectively does not only require writing an efficient and useful product and then publishing it on the Market. It is vital to provide a comprehensive, detailed description and good...

XIT Three Moving Average Cross: This is a simple but pretty effective EA I have been working on. It is a basic three moving average cross for opening orders, and it uses MACD as verification before opening. Orders are closed when the fast moving average crosses back over the intermediate...

New article 100 best optimization passes (part 1). Developing optimization analyzer has been published: The article dwells on the development of an application for selecting the best optimization passes using several possible options. The application is able to sort out the optimization results by a...

ADX EA: ADX EA trades with ADX indicator strategies. Author: Aharon Tzadik

Hi Guys, I tried to migrate code from mql4 to mql5 using info in https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/81. I replaced "int WindowFind(string name)" with "int WindowFindMQL4(string name)" . int WindowFindMQL4(string name)  {   int window=-1;...

Hi All, i would need an help in the program i'm developing. I have an ea that open a position, buy, with a specified magic index (example id:111) After some pips if it is triggered the strategy, it opens a new position always buy and always id:111... and so on anytime the strategy is triggered....

Hi all master traders, I would like to ask how to write the pips on mql4. Example : i buy 1.2500 then increased 2 pips become 1.2520 and so on... Thanks all.  Victor

Hi MT4 programmer, I'm currently trading Woodie CCI system - it provides a TOTALLY free consultation live in order to help traders, Relocate. It uses range bar chart with Woodie CCI indicator. The system is available for a lot of platform including Tradestation, TradeNavigator, NinjaTrader etc, The...

Hello everyone, I am a little confused why iOBV doesn't return any data with icustom at the moment. When I don't use icustom the iOBV works fine. I am not sure if this #define is correct ( #define OBV_ "OBV.ex4" ) Please advise void statistics()  {   shift=0;pos=0;...

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...

Hi I am trying to write a very simple ea(with mql4) after about 8 years and it seems that I have severe problem and I should call myself a newbie again. while testing the first part, I am facing "Unexpected Token" ERROR, I tried to find any missing ";" or parenthesis or any reserved word but I...

Just thought I'd post here to let ppl know about a C# API I'm working on for Metatrader. It is in early stage development, and not fully tested, but if anyone is interested, checkout the install/source here: https://github.com/jseparovic/MQL4CSharp/ It is not designed to be a multi-terminal tool,...

Hi, i have one multiple horizontal line indicator which able to plot 10 or more horizontal line in the chart.my problem with this indicator is i can't choose the color thickness level. The creator fixed permanently to 2nd level thickness which make me uncomfortable in the MT4 chart.Please help to...

I can code your MT4 strategy for free if I think it can win. The code is yours, but I can use it personaly. Please explain clearly your strategy

Hi - I want to learn , if anyone experienced here tell me about the CCI indicator I have one question , while adding this indicator inside the Meta Trader - there's option called "period" , changing this option leads to different results (the drawn line) anyone explain what is this option and how...

Hi, all. I want my named pipes to be asynchronous. So I need to use _OVERLAPPED structure as a buffer. here is MSDN description of process: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/50f6680f-900e-4411-a849-ec9a911c9e32 My current implementation does not even compile: //-MS Types:#define PVOID int#define...

Hey guys, a picture says more than 1000 words. Please have a look at both charts. The script works when I use 30 rows but when I use 100 the height of the rows is wrong. But I don't see an error in the calculation. Can someone help me with this issue? This is the script:...

Dear Colleagues, Where can I download broker-neutral Meta Trader 4 and use it with several trading accounts from different brokers? Is that even possible? Thank you.

Hi. After last update build 1147 of MT4 , I want to make some modification to my EA and as you see bellow everything is OK after compiling the EA but when I try to drag it to the chart I got this message "the EA is not expert and cannot be executed" Could you help me to know what happen with the...