Why is it so hard to find a simple Renko EA that orders on two bricks up/down etc, pretty much the same way youd trade a basic Renko strategy yourself. Reason being that you don't have to sit in front of computer all day. Does anyone know of any free EA that will do this?

Hi guys, I am migrating all my stuff from MQL4 to MQL5 and now I need to modify the stoploss of a position. I didn't find any corresponsing function to OrderModify() in MQL5. Can anyone tell me how to change the stoploss of a position when I received the ticket number from OrderGetTicket()?

Hi Is it possible in a custom indicator to change the number of plots on chart based on user inputs?

Do you have interest or hobby outside trading ?, or some jokes and humor for other forumer ? or maybe something else ?, Well, why don't show it here. Life is NOT all about trading or programming, and so is this topic, and you must participate in this topic ;D.

This link provided to me by RaptorUK, give me the idea that it would be interesting to have a place here on the site to share such links. So I opened a new topic, it will be moderated to follow the rules as usual, but also about the content. Everyone can post but have to provide a quote and the...

i don't get it, all my attempts failed. i have this script that exports history of multiple pairs, i need it to only export time and close price, and they have to remain in the same row, 2nd and 7th. is it this part? can't figure out what to delete or modify, always stops working :(...

I am Aleksandar, I have problem with market on MT5 platform for desktop. is not displayed simply.  I inserted pictures of the problem. I buy some product and cant use it. Please help me

Hello Folks, Can someone pls tell me how the Ratings are decided for the Expert Advisors here?  Who gave this rating and is this reliable ? Regards, Harsha

Hello everyone, I programming MQL4 since some years so I can make indicators and EA without problems… Now I’m studying MQL5 but I have some problems. For example it’s so simple in MQL4 to count orders by type (open e pending).. In MQL5, if I understood, I have to choose if I would to count pending...

Hi all, Is there a possibility to create a batch file in dos to be able to recompile any number of files and create executables? Thanks in advance Manuele

Hello,  I found a program that will allow me to detach charts and move to a separate monitor in MT4 but can not find any way to do that in MT5.  Is there an option for that out there that anyone knows of? 

Any new software inevitably contains bugs that are not alwayspossible to detect even under the most rigorous in-house testing. Wetherefore attach great importance to all user reports about issues inour programs and try to answer each one of them. In order to improve feedback from MetaTrader 5 end...

void Screenshot()  {     {      //--- Prepare a text to show on the chart and a file name       string name=(Symbol())+TimeToString(TimeLocal(),0)+".jpg";      //--- Show the name on the chart as a comment       Comment(name);      //--- Save the chart screenshot in a file in the...

Such a general question. What is the best bot to use with vps? I backtested my Robotron.   Did not like the results.  Can anyone suggest a near perfect Bot. Thanks,  John

// insert a string and convert to HEX keycode numbers string HEX =  convert_String_HEX(hash);// pass in string a4985jnjw983njksd023H03jr83Jje93string convert_String_HEX(string convert_this){    int length = StringLen(convert_this);  string add;  string symbol;    for(int i = 0; i< length; i++){...

*sorry for the long post i wasnt sure as to post this method or not as it is not 100% mechanical,which is what the majority of people(or should i say people new to forex and scouring the forums) are looking for these days or even worse some sort of bot to do it for them. as i say not 100% mechanical...

HELLO ! I need a straddle EA  or pending order EA for forex.

Hey guys! I wrote a small EA sending alerts to the terminal ,however, whenever the condition is met, it sends an alert every second.. Would you please help me have only one alert when the condition is met? Thanks a lot, the code is below! Martin #property copyright "Copyright 2019,...

HI,Which strategy is best for BTCUSD?

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...

Hello I signed up with a signal provider and I allwoed 95 percent of my balance, but when the signal provider opens a trade with three lottes my MetaTrader opens just one lots. My order is as follows: I want to open a trade with the same lot as the signal provider. I want to open a...

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...

Dear all, I am trying to backtest some strategies on mainly CFD's (NASDAQ, S&P500, CAC, EUROSTOXX, AEX) and XAUUSD. The history is however very short when I backtest smaller TF's. I updated and downloaded the history for all the products already obviously but when I put TF to 15 mins, it won't...

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

Hello all, I put my main job on hold and have dedicated all of my time to technical trading and making EA's for the last 8 months non stop.  As I don't know anyone who also does this I would love to ask some of you more experienced people who work with EA's just a few questions if you would help...

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...

Hi guys! One of my EAs has opened about 1000 pending orders.. Is there an EA on MT5 to cancel all pending orders at once by any chance..? Thanks a lot.. Martin

Hi I am part of a group that emails out trade ideas via slack and gmail. I am not always behind my screen to see the notification/trade idea and copy in my MT5 account. Is there any trade copy software that can help. Thx

Hello, I want to run 2 or 3 MT4´s with a minicomputer. Each MT4 should manage 10-15 charts. Each chart has an EA.  The idea is, it should run day and night without a monitor. I want to manage it with remotedesktop connection. Right, the same as a VPS server. Only at home. Do anyone have a suggestion...

Hi Everyone! I am looking for an expert advisor, pleasethose who has this share it for everybody! Thanks!!!

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...

Hey everyone, I`ve been trying to create a Custom Symbol that updates with the market. I tried using the Synthetic instrument formula but I get an "Unkown Parser Error" because the instrument starts with #. Does anyone know a way to circumvent 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...

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

Just curious about anyone trading preferences, I mean what do you prefer to trade Forex, Stocks, Futures? Is well known that Forex is the greatest market hands down, but unfortunately it doesn't offer certain analysis tools such as true volume, the book or TRIN, TICK, VIX tools which can be very...

Hello. I try to use the Strategy Tester to test my EA, buit get the message "no more than 1000 symbols can be selected" each time. I guess it's because my EA tries to trade more than  1000 stocks and the MT5 limits the max number of symbols that can be selected.  I tried to unselect the symbols in...

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...

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...

Now and while bitcoin has extra ordinary movement who can suggest a reasonable strategy to forecast its next movement? it will break its current top or will it will be resistance in future?

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

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, anyone knows how to buy Dax future real-time data ? Thanks!!! 

Chicago Mercantile Exchange offers Currency Futures options and the historical data is available. Is there any backtesting tool for Currency Futures Options? I am looking at plotting the implied volatility of a constant delta options . For example the 30 day 25 delta for EurUsd futures contract...

double popen = iOpen(Symbol(),0,1);  double PHighest = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,10,0)];double PLowest  =  Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,10,0)];  ObjectCreate("line",OBJ_TREND,0,Time[PHighest],PHighest,Time[-10],popen); Where the fault error: Time[PHighest] need integer value,...

Hi, I created a EA using Expert Advisor (generate), when i use backtest everything works fine, tp and sl works perfectly, but when i use the EA in the real market everything stops working. The EA opens a position and adds tp and sl but before the trade ends it starts another one but this time it...

Hi all, first post and am happy to join the conversation. I am having difficulty with a simple bot I am creating (not for live trading, just practice coding). The premise of the bot is simple: - It checks if the 2nd and 3rd last candles are either both bullish or both bearish - It checks if the last...

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...

My code below places sell pending orders when certain candle pattern conditions are met on the H_1 chart. At certain points the condition is met but the pending orders are not placed, as in the encircled portions in https://imgur.com/a/3pNC7M3 . I am not sure what's causing it. string prefix = "HG";...

Hi guys Looking for an EA on the market (preferably free) that allows me to partially close a trade at X pips for a certain %, and then moves the SL to BE. It then continues with a trailing stop.

Hi Is it possible to set the account balance for a EA. Say, I have a total balance of £10k in my broker account, but I want to run 2 EAs on the same broker and on the same mt4 terminal. Is there a way of assigning a balance of £5k to each EA so if one EA goes bust it doesn't use the balance...

Hi support, I am creating a dialog with EA using Dialog.mqh Then when i try to use the external function "input" to change the parameters, the whole program went dis-functional. I failed to close the APP window. And if I tried to right click and "remove" the APP window, the chart at the...

double p2p;  //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| Expert initialization function                                   |//+------------------------------------------------------------------+int OnInit()  {//--- if(Digits==3 || Digits==5) p2p=10;else p2p=1;...

Hi, i bought EA which says it can be used on maximum of 3 accounts, what can happen if installed on the 4th account? 

Hello all,  I have a very simple code that uses exponential moving averages at 2 lengths.  When the shorter length crosses above the other then a long position is taken.  Sometimes it works.  That is ,when there is an obvious crossing I can see on the chart a long position is taken but at other...

hello mql engineers, I compiled a code with newest version of MT4, when load it it report "is not a script" this source code is writtern last month, and compiled no problem and works well with last month' updated mt4, today,  I download new version MT4, and compiled it , still no problem without any...

Hi, I have written an EA which gives me really good results when I optimise it over a six month period - supposedly the best results are like 35-40% profit. However, when I select the 'best' set of parameters (I choose the highest profit), and then run those as a single backtest on the same currency...

Hi, For netting account, whats the best approach to close positions when the lotsize position is higher than symbol max lot? Any know routine for this?

Hello to everybody, My goal is to write an EA which react in a particular way once I close a specified deal; i.e. suppose I have just closed a specified deal by the following code       ticket = PositionGetTicket(i);      print("Opened order ticket no.: "+IntegerToString(ticket)+"...

Hello I'm getting confused as how to apply renko to MT4 - I've read quite a lot, but it's not getting through my stupid head :-) Can anyone help please? Is there just an indicator I can drop onto the chart? Thanks so much.

Is it possible to overlay a BB onto the CCI indicator without special/unique coding? My coding skills are rudimentary at best. I thought perhaps it would just drag and drop, but that did not seem to work.

Hi, I need help in coding an indicator to show the interest rate chart of 2 different countries eg. Euro interest rate and US interest rate the indicator shall retrieve the date and interest rate from a CSV file. anyone able to help me with this? Thank you very much in advance.

Hello Guys I need help in creating the Currency strength formula that works on comparing the correlation of 8 major pairs that looks like below 50 is neutral, below 40 is weak currency, above 60 is strong currency Anyone can help on giving the formula on how to calculate those? thanks

RSI indicator We are continuing discussion about the indicators. We have the following thread: Parabolic SAR indicator Momentum indicator Stochastic Oscillator Divergence Indicator Now we are talking about RSI. "Technical Analysis from A to Z": OverviewThe Relative Strength Index ("RSI") is a...

Dear MQL community for now just sorry for my question. Maybe for you it sounds silly, but there is no other professional which I could ask. My issue: I try to download a Oscillator from one of your developer: <link removed> And also I try to buy another products on the MQL-Market. But when I press...

Hi guys, i am using a struct to save DoM data into a file(TXT), but it has a problem, it is for passing a struct object , not a link or a reference. I tried doing that but didnt work. I am sending the code if someone can help.    Datefile file;   file.symb=_Symbol;   file.ask_volume=Ask;   file...

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Good evening, I created an EA of Long/Short, that consists in buy and sell from two different symbols that have a good correlation. So, I use an indicator with the ratio, average and bollinger bands. The EA works fine, but the indicator sometimes need to be refreshed to show the correct values....

Hi all, I using a very helpful MT5 indicator which I found it free in this website, I use it in my daily trading, but I see it will be great if I can choose which time frame should the indicator collect data from, for example I attach it to daily chart but I want the indicator showing results based...

Hello All, I have two codes one Doda stochastic and EMA cross over alert, i have combined both. ( i have set correctly i guess the buffer values, setindex and all but because of two "for loops" i am stuck and two counter in same code), I have modified code as much as i could. (compiled when counter...

I'm Looking for help on how to initialize terminal data before OnCalculate is called. Attached is a sample indicator and associated log file showing the errors posted - I thought that after calling CopyRates for an 'old' bar, eventually the data would download and things would start working - but...

Reading articles around I feel confused about Renko bars... it looks like there are 2 intepretation: 1) every X pips a new bar is created 2) if direction of previous is up, a new bar is created after X pips up otherwise a new bar is created after 2X down... Where is the truth?

Hi all, I have been unable  so far  to figure out the correct (number of ) parameters (value) to be fed into the iCustom helper for this indicator.   https://www.mql5.com/en/code/7313 I want to download the data into a csv file with a script (excerpt below). The script currently returns 1, which is...

I am trying to customize ichimoku cloud in MT5 to better fit the volatility of cryptocurrencies. Default Ichimoku cloud in MT5 allows changing the Tenkan (conversion line), Kijun (base line) and Senkou span B (Leading line 2). I cannot set time displacement, somehow it is linked to the Kijun (base...

New article MetaTrader 5 and Python integration: receiving and sending data has been published: Comprehensive data processing requires extensive tools and is often beyond the sandbox of one single application. Specialized programming languages are used for processing and analyzing data, statistics...

History Deals and Orders: The 'History Deals and Orders' script shows absolutely all properties of deals and orders from the trading history over a given time interval. Author: Vladimir Karputov

New article MQL5.community Payment System 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...

Adaptive ATR: Adaptive ATR Author: Mladen Rakic

Export Positions History: The script exports history of closed positions to .csv file. It supports only retail hedging accounts (Forex). To export the entire trading history, keep Start date and End date at their default values (1970.01.01 00:00:00). You can see that all the closed...

Export trade history to CSV v2: This script will export the trade history from MT5 selected between two dates. The resulting file is CSV that can be opened/imported with any spreadsheet software. Current version 1.0 does not add the takeprofit and stoploss. Any advice to improve this is welcomed....

Export Deals History: Export history of deals ordered by close time from a retail hedging account to .csv file. Author: amrali

DownloadHistory: Symbol for downloading the history data for the current symbol with indication of progress. Author: Artem Temnikov

Simpler Trend: Get a grasp of the current trend by candle colors. Although there are many similar indicators out there, this particular one is based on code previously published by Mladen Rakic and incorporates a number of improvements, part of which was added following user request in...

boring-ea2: Detects intersections between MA3, MA20 and MA150. Author: lucenacp

News Hour Trade: Expert Advisor I have developed for News Time Trading (set time and leave it). Author: SHERIFF Hassan

Adaptive deviation: Adaptive (ema) deviation Author: Mladen Rakic

GridderEA: t's a multi-currency grid and martingale system that can trade all input pairs from one chart. The expert will close all orders for each pair using a profit level. The expert has the possibility to trade up to 100 pairs. It's a grid, hedging and averaging system. Author:...

Hedging Martingale: Hedging Martingale opens two trades of buy and sell together,and uses the martingale method. Author: Aharon Tzadik

Support Resistance Trader: Support and Resistance lines are used with the Standard Deviation indicator for generating trade signals. Author: raposter 

hello. Some one cane help me to write a simple code that can i use to summation elements for an array. tks.

if (MathAbs(Ask - OrderOpenPrice()) >= 100 * Point){        Alert(Ask, " ", Bid);        res = OrderClose(ticket, lots, Bid, 3);}if (MathAbs(Bid - OrderOpenPrice()) >= 100 * Point) {        Alert(Ask, " ", Bid);        res = OrderClose(ticket, lots, Ask, 3);} I have been using this to close any...

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’m brand new to mt4, I’ve coded a EA without warning or error and I go to test it but I don’t see any input tab in Expert properties.  What could be the problem?? Thanks for any help!

Hi All, please can any one help me in coding mql4 for drawing a line perpendicular to another line from the mid point. the picture attached for clarification. the red line is perpendicular to the yellow. for the yellow line one end (price1,datetime1) the other end (price2,datetime2). how to get the...

I code an EA that use an indicator that I haven't source code of it, This indicator give signal by appearing arrows but I have a problem with this indicator, sometimes when I changed time frame and so EA reinitialized, I see that chart refresh and new arrows appeared and EA act as programmed, How...

Hi All, I am trying to get the outputs for the Heiken Ashi indicator on the previous candlestick but I was unable to find a method that was clear to me. What I am attempting to do is determine a shift in direction, by checking if the current Heiken Ashi candle colour is different from the previous...

#property copyright "EquityHedgeGraph - by transcendreamer - origins from Xupypr"// building two equity graphs, one vs another, to seek hedge opportunities visually// each graph may represent a single instrument or a lot-adusted basket// spreads and swaps are not counted// Total = Side_A -...

I would like to draw automatically on 30 MIN chart two lines (support and resistance) indicated by the last 300 bars. From the last 300 bars indicator should find two MAXIMUM BARS (ONLY 2 HIGHEST BARS AMONG THE LAST 300 BARS) and draw the RED LINE and from the other hand the same indicator should...

Is there a way to recover the pop up alerts when mistakenly closed?  (MT4) Thank you

Hi, I really have a question for technical support, but as MetaQuotes don't  deal directly with clients and link them to this forum I am posting here. I am hoping someone here can help shed some light on this as my broker is unable to help with technical issues relating to MT4. And to pre-empt...

Hello, I want to create an expert advisor to run a 'backtesting' MT4 His function is very simple. First, I'll set two times "(hour/minute)", for example, input_1 = 13:00 , input_2 = 13:25. As an output I would like to have an answer if the price during this period has gone up or...

Hi All, Hopefully a quick question.  How do I create a line of comments in the Input Tap of the Property Windows for the input variables. For example if I want to indicate that input variables below a certain line should be changed just in special market conditions? Thanks, MG

Hi All, I have the following code to insert a down pointing arrow in my chart    string fibo_max=StringConcatenate("FiboMax");   bool high_value_arrow=ObjectCreate(0,fibo_max,OBJ_ARROW,0,date2,highest_value);   if (high_value_arrow)   {   ObjectSetInteger(0,fibo_max,OBJPROP_ARROWCODE...

Hi guys, Is there a way in MT4 to send several orders at the same tick time without waiting for each order to be executed.. I mean market orders, not pendind conditional orders.. THANKS