Hy, i am working for a year on my first ea...its a complete virtual trailing stop....there is a problem: the ea shall stalk each order separate and nor cumulated... lets say we buy at broken Hjgh[1] and with new candle we buy again at broken High[1]....Now we got two open Buys with different prices....

Is it possible to color the exit symbol of a position acc. to profit (e.g. green) and loss (e.g. red) (where how)? Where can I change the color of the Entry and Exit Symbols? MqlTradeRequest does not provide anything like that :(

MT4, MT5, -- No. I will trade by myself, because I already know a better way.

hi, can you kindly explain what is "max. deposit load" and how does it effect trades. was are the significance if this load is too high or too low? thanks

there is no loading mql5 website for subscribe signal service in mt4. why is it ?

Hi everyone i'm trying to connect more agents to my main one. I add the right ones (by the .mt5 list) but the error is still the same  2018.11.13 21:37:34.134 Agent_192.168.1.,xxxx authorization on still connected agent I read all post and all guides but i didn't found anything about that Is a...

Dear Support Team, I am currently subscribing to "link to the signal was deleted by moderator"... However, it seem can't connect to the signal provider... the message in Journal saying "Signal - connecting to signal server". It keeps trying every 5 min, but can't successful. Already over 6 hours...

hello can you hilp me what is the minimum amount of money you can use with mtatredr or is it the lowest amount of money?

Could someone help me I would like to have access to a BTC through meta trader I have bee unsucsessful loading one. I am using windows OS . Thank you I  am also set up in a JAFX demo account that trades Cryptos

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

Hi is anyone able to adjust the code to accommodate multi level arrows or at least make it so I can attach to the same chart twice with different settings, if you could it would much appreciated.

Hi, I’m trying to make an expert advisor but I can’t get a good indicator to determine the trend. Please suggest trend indicators so I can attach it to the expert advisor to determine the trend. Thank you

NZD/USD April-June 2017 Forecast: ranging within Ichimoku cloud for direction  W1 price is located inside Ichimoku cloud for the ranging market condition within the following support/resistance levels: 38.2% Fibo level at 0.7163 located in the beginning of the bullish trend to be resumed, and, 0...

On the Slippage page of a signal one can monitor the average slippage based on execution statistics on real accounts of various brokers (in pips).  I've noticed that some signals have their slippage updated every single trade for many brokers, while other signals are update for just a small number...

USD/CAD The primary trend of USD/CAD is bullish on charts and price is trading above the trend line in its hourly chart. In hourly chart the price is sustaining above 200 day SMA and taking support of 50 day SMA indicating uptrend of the pair. Resistance level of 1.3780 and Support level of 1.3670...

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!...

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

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...

and how to get the bar before the open position bar?

In this thread we will build our own Bollinger Band strategy by combining our heads together. Let's discuss: DISCUSS: - what do you think is the best way to recognize RANGED and BREAKOUT? - what other indicators complement the Bollinger Band? - what is in your experience the best timeframe for...

i think maybe this line is wrong,but don't know why: double lot=NormalizeDouble(AccountInfoDouble(ACCOUNT_MARGIN_FREE)*MaximumRisk/((rt[1].high-rt[1].low+symb_ask-symb_bid)*SYMBOL_POINT),2); i want to use the high of the signal bar (the bar before the open bar) added the spread as stop when sell,...

A Bullish RSI14 Reversal Signal for Dow Jones Industrial.

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...

Can anybody help me? This is an example of an American Stock's CFD. -3.32% every day for me doesn't make sense. Thank you

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

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/);...

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...

can anyone tell me what is wrong in my trailing function it works with Buy only !!!!! //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| (My)Trailing Stop...

Hi everybody, I need to draw a graph of specific data Which I have, instead of the chart price of a symbol. Is it possible to do it by ObjectCreate/OBJ_CHART?  remember! I am writing an expert not an indicator.  Really appreciated! 

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...

Hi there, I would like to contract a programmer to provide me with an indicator which notifies me in case of an EMA crossover on a given currency chart. Since I have no clue about appropriate prices for such a service, including some support when applying the indicator on mt4, I would like to ask...

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.. :)

Hello, I am trying to test my EA in MT5 strategy tester, it works on a CFD of my broker, but when I change the symbol (to "EURUSD" for example) it returns an "unknown command 237" and no testing is done. Do you know how to troubleshoot this ? Thank you FZ

It's possible programatically foward to the next day on backtest ? I'm runing a backtest and I would like close a day when my EA identify some event.

I have a request to any of the programmers here! I was hoping if anyone could code an Ea for me. I will state all the properties of the Ea down Below. Before I go down to the rules. I would like to clarify some points to you all.  I have been manually trading for 4 years right now. This below...

Hello, is it possible make an EA that generate a Click on a screen coordinate as soon it see an open order ? To clarify, the working should be this : I setup click coordinates of BUY and click coordinates of SELL. The EA is working on a EURUSD chart ( for instance, can be other currencies as well ),...

Do you know if there is an EA with a sort of timer where  I can turn ON/OFF the EA on MT4 ? I mean, I have an EA working, and this EA should switch OFF/ON the EA on Time Basis, from 10:00 to 12:00 EA ON, from 12:00 to 14:00 EA OFF for instance. Thanks

Does anyone have any complete practical example of how to start a SCRIPT through Windows? That is, I have the MT5 open and I want to start an MT5 SCRPIT but from Windows (without using or directly manipulating the MT5 platform)?

I've written an EA based on an alligator strategy that uses shifted lines (8,13,21). The OrderSend function opens and closes on the 1st bar after the cross of the actual lines. Is there a way to modify this so that it orders on the bar that the shift is based on? For example, the pink box is where...

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...

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...

We are continuing discussion about the indicators. We have the following thread: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/175886 https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/177239 https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/177358 https://www.forex-tsd.com/forum/debates-discussions/9785-rsi-indicator https://www.mql5.com/en/forum https...

The indicator is the FL11 indicator. Can anyone help me with this?

HOw does one test a demo version of an indictor or utiity product in the strategy tester?

Hi everyone!  I have this standard open indicator and I would like the line to be always drawn to the end of its current Time Frame. How can I do that? #property indicator_chart_window#property indicator_buffers 4#property indicator_color3 RoyalBlue//----#property indicator_width3 2#property...

My VWAP indicator stopped to work recently, after an update. I noticed that the volume_tick array returns 1 in the last iteration. In the next iteration the before values are right. I coded the follow indicator to show the problem: #property copyright "Copyright 2018, MetaQuotes Software Corp...

It may seem like a silly question but I haven't actually seen any explanation of this anywhere - what is the difference between an indicator plot and an indicator buffer in MQL5?

Welcome, please someone with ability to reprogram this Multitime Frame Rsi indicator to show real time value changes (within a bar) not only after closed bar. I use it to show rsi H1 value on 1D chart which is usefull all other indi i found does it in a different way. truly Thanks for help

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...

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

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

ADX trend - smoothed: ADX trend - smoothed ADX trend (that is a part of adxvma calculation) made as standalone indicator and using Jurik smoothing for result smoothing (in order to lessen the false signals) It is in a same way as any trend assessment indicator: when the color is changed, the...

TrendLine Touch Alert: This indicator simply alerts and sends email every time the trend line touched by the price. Fig.1 Price touches the trendline down. Author: Ahmed Soliman

Filtered price: Filtered price using self adjusting deviation for price filtering Author: Mladen Rakic

Super smoother: Super smoother Author: Mladen Rakic

10PIPS: 10PIPS EA uses two moving averages to find 10 pips,works best om 1 hour time frame major forex pairs. Author: Aharon Tzadik

Period Converter All Timeframes: When we do back-test, we usually download M1 data from a third party, and then convert M1 data to other timeframes. This script helps to convert history data from M1 to M5, M15, M30, H1, H4, D1, W1 and MN. This script must be run on M1 chart. You may choose...

Dynamic Trader Oscillator: Dynamic Trader Oscillator Author: Mladen Rakic

Stochastic extended: Stochastic extended with the choices of the prices Author: Mladen Rakic

Standard Deviation Channel MT4: A channel based on standard deviation of close price. Author: Ziheng Zhuang

Smart Tunel Trading: The Smart tunnel is a smart robot for trading with an automatically drawn trend line to act with it and market movement.Enjoy :) Author: Ali Sabbaghi

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...

Hi, I am new to the metaquote language and have problems with programing a trailingstop that works. Can anybody help me with the code. Mine is changing the stop correctly when themarket moves up but it also changes it when it moves down even if it shouldn't,this in the case of a Long position....

Need help figuring out why one-click trading isn't working on MT4. I go to tools>options>trade> and check one-click trading, it gives me a box, I accept, and then I right-click on a chart, click one-click trading, and it doesn't show up. I don't understand what the problem is. Trades don't appear on...

Hello, Does anyone know where I can find an indicator that takes in price values, which when reached or surpassed will cause the indicator to send a sound alert?

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...

Hi, I'll keep this quick. I am a scalper and use MT4 through my broker (they don't use MT5, yet) and i am looking for one very specific program: something that can add a set amount of pips lets say 10 pips as an automatic stop loss when i open trade with the One-Click trading function. I have found...

Hello I need a help how to lock my EA/Script based on my login account number ? example: my login number in my broker is 12345 , and I want my EA/Script can run only inthat login number. also how to lock the EA/Script that can run in one broker only ? (example: my EA/Script can run only in...

Hello all! I'm trying to make a custom indicator that's able to plot RSI and OBV on the same window so I don't have to load those indicators again and again but I'm having trouble to normalize the value of OBV to fit the range of RSI or ignoring the range of the RSI and just show it relative to its...

i need someone help me to update privet expert i bought 4 years ago now when make test   code    OrderSelect(cnt,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES);     if (OrderMagicNumber() == Magic && OrderSymbol()==Symbol())     {       if (OrderType()==OP_BUY)       {         if(OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots()...

Hello people, I am trying to solve the current problem. In mql4 there is no command which would add an indicator to a chart like in mql5 ChartIndicatorAdd(). It is really sad. I want my ea to initiate an indicator. Scrolling forums i came across with such solution but it isn't working properly....

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Hi,  I am trying to test an EA which includes indicators of three different time frames. (Basically 15min STOCH, H1 STOCH, H4 STOCH). The problem I am facing is that when I test the EA on M15 I get only M15 indi working. Respectively for the others. Similarly, if I try to run it on any other time...

Hi all! Someone can explain me how can i get the value wich assume a precise level of Stchastic oscilator, i mean: In this screenshot you can see im pointing "level 50", that is worth 0.89725, how can i have this value from code? Thanks you all in advance guys

Hi everyone, I write a little code for getting round number of 4 digits. Example : 1.23455 -- > 1.2345 1.23456 --> 1.2346 my code is below. Please help me to check this code and tell me if i wrong. And, anyone have a better ideas? Please share it . Thanks double RoundNo(double price){...