Hello All; I have an iCustom call in an EA. It works fine in live mode. It was working fine in Strategy Tester as well - but no longer does. I have not made any changes to any of my system. The log in Strategy Tester has the following messages: 2017.08.17 19:33:18.036 file...

Hi, I'm using different EA's for trades it's possible large sizing trades face more slippage compare to small size? Thanks for your repay and experience

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 =) 

Thenew MQL5 Community website at http://www.mql5.com keeps developing. Weinvite all of you to make your contribution to this development. Thenew MQL5is the evolutionary continuation of MQL4. The new language ischaracterized by the support of object oriented programming, by ahigher code execution...

Hi can somebody please help here I'm confused..i added my live account on MT4 and all the windows are blank, i havent made any deposit becouse first i wanted to how does real account looks like. I was expectind to see 0.00 balance but every thing is blank including a chart window. please help.

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

In this thread I will try to describe about what the other forums and websites are discussing.

hi,i rent an EA, then i launch it using MT4 and a vps, it works normally. Can I manage this EA from another computer without reinstall?? thanks

AUD/USD April-June 2017 Forecast: ranging within narrow s/r levels for the ranging bearish reversal or the bullish trend to be resumed W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud for the bullish ranging market condition within the following support/resistance levels: 0.7749 resistance level located...

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...

Same idea as with other: if you have a good idea for a Trading System? Post here and we will develop it (all ideas will be evaluated first).

Dear Trader  anybody tried the strategy of trading all 7 major currencies at the same time placing  buy or sell only?? best

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...

How many traders here are proficient enough to trade these instruments?  90% of forex investors loose their money, and the same with options traders.  Now you combine them both, I'm guessing it will be 1% or less of traders that actually make money within a 1 year time period.

1. Set renko chart to 60 pips ( one renko brcik = 60) 2. Set Fast EMA to 9 and Slow EMA to 21 3. Trade whenever Fast EMA crosses the Slow EMA in the direction of the cross. (I usually use Trailing Stop 250) And that's it! 85% wins every time! PS. Would be really nice if somebody wrote a...

Hello, I need some help please! I want to put indicator ForexTrend_v22 in EA. I put:  double FxTrend = iCustom(NULL, 0, "ForexTrend_v22", 0, 7, 50.6, 300, 0); What mql4 cod I need to for open buy when it blue and sell when it red? Thank you very much. Files:ForexTrend_v22.mq4 4 kb

Question: Would you be willing to trade any system or strategy you want on your $10000 account and turn every trade you take into a win trade (of $200 or $20) or a breakeven trade and have only a small theoretical chance of losing let's say $600 in worst case scenario? Some traders would probably...

Dear Traders how you doing?  i have a question: i was thinking of formulating a new hedge strategy, the following question jumped into my mind, so i thought of posting the question in this forum as it is a full of experts. Is there any strategy that can closed on profit or in worst case break even...

I am a developer. Testing robots on live is very long and market conditions are always changing every month and year.How i solved this problem ?

Hi everyone, I have recently taken an interest in Futures trading thanks to an internship at an exchange I had, and would like to further increase my knowledge on the subject and perhaps trade futures myself in the future. I was wondering if anyone could give their advice as to where to find...

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...

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...

Bovespa Index Technical Analysis 2016, 10.04 - 17.04: branging bullish with ascending triangle pattern to be formed for the bullish trend to be continuing Daily price is located above 100-day SMA (100 SMA) and 200-day SMA (200 SMA) for the bullish market condition with the ranging within the...

Now, S50 index future is U Series , S50U17, My Chart use 5 minutes timeframe and was analyzed by momentum and trend indicator. If you have any comment and ideas , we can discuss.

Hi all, When I use CopyTicks(), I often get some ticks with flags = 96 in their MqlTick structure. This value 96 = 32 + 64 = TICK_FLAG_BUY + TICK_FLAG_SELL seems to indicate that both TICK_FLAG_BUY and TICK_FLAG_SELL flags are simultaneously set. The documentation says: TICK_FLAG_BUY — a tick is a...

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

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...

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...

hello, now I need operate different period in my EA,  requirement: 1, loop in MT5 periods, like h1,h2,h3...to mn1. 2, print period in loop which working, like PERIOD_H1, PERIOD_H2.... processes like below for (iPeriod=h1, iPeriod <=mn1, iPeriod++)   { analyze iCCI on iPeriod;   //some operations...

Hello ! I'm currently setting off an EA and when i download historical data from metaquote server i figured out that i have to modify the start trading hour from my set files which are set for gmt+2. My question is: When i'm backtesting my EA, on which GMT time the metaquote data are set?? Thank you...

Hello. I have a question regarding the AccountFreeMargin() function. Genrally you can open new positions unless the Margin level is >100%, i.e. free margin >0. But many brokers still have a delay between time when the order was sent and time when the order was opened. While the AccountFreeMargin()...

hi guys, here is classical code, but OrderGetTicket() always return 0 even if i have a lot of orders OrdersTotal()is ok why ?   uint     total=OrdersTotal();    //--- go through orders in a loop     for(uint i=0;i<total;i++)       {        //--- return order ticket by its position in the list...

Hey guys in MT4 I used to have a very helpful script where it would detach my charts so I could use them on my multiple screens. is there anything like that for MT5? thank you

Hey, I'm kinda of new in MQL5. I have a EA that buys one stock first (let's say PETR4) and then buys another one (let's say ABEV3). The  only problem is that I can only order the second one when the first one is executed (not only placed). I used the MqlTradeResult.retcode to get the return number...

Hello everyone, I want to write my own trade copier, because all available paid and unpaid do not meet my needs. What are the basic principles of making trade copier EA? We have 3 accounts live/demo with 20 traders each varying just the lot size. We have full acess to those accounts...

Hi, What is the meanning of tick modelles, Can I take decision using 60% tick modelles ?

Hello everyone: I have a question, How pass arguments of any type to a fuction, for example: string StringConcatenate_MQL5(void arg1, void arg2, void arg3, void arg4){ string result=""; StringConcatenate(result,arg0,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4); return result; } Call to function: string Vars...

Hi all, Does anyone know a workaround within MT4, that allows me to copy trades off a signal provider, where their currency symbol is different to mine? I was about to subscribe to a signal provider, when I received a warning from MT4 telling me that the currency symbols of the provider differ to...

Can anyone post or direct me to a color stochastic for MT5. MTF+bars, Thanks!

Does any one know if it is possible to add/download a favourite inticator to any smart phone version of Meter Trader 4 of 5? Thanks in view of your kind reply and assistance.

Hello, I want to code slingshot indicator which will show; If ---  High[0]>High[1]  then; If ---  Close[0]<Close[1] . And, If ---  Low[0]<Low[1] then; If ---  Close[0]>Close[1]. thanks for helping.

CP6 directed me to a site with something like this on their web page, and asked if it can be made as indicator. Well, here it is (changed their approach ) PS : if you, by chance, get a display like on the lower displayed indicator, download and install the MS LineDraw font in the attachment and...

Hi guys, im coding an indicator but im having trouble to draw a floating arrow. I want to get floating arrow like picture no.1 where the arrow is floating above/below the price. Picture no.2 is the example of the difference, the arrow is right at the price, which make me harder to see the chart....

I have this very important simple indicator I rely on and it's for mt4 and I'm going to mt5 I would really really appreciate if someone could convert this to mq5 PLEASE I thank you very much ahead and after for some reason I can't attach a file here, don't know why so here's a link for the download...

Some of you might remember this one : originally it was a part of an expensive system. Than it was coded as dots because of the repainting problems in metatrader. Here is a version for metatrader 5 : slightly changed the look of it (Bollinger bands is drawn as the "shadow" in the background) Also...

Hi all, Normally the stoch has 5 input parameters: fastk_period, slowk_period, slowk_matype, slowd_period, slowd_matype. I understood it should be fastk_period=50 and slowk_period=3. Right?

Good Morning, i just need  an indicator or ea that close the open position if the close is  > or < of a numeric value in the market, like 1.61064 in the chart where i've attached it. In this way i can modify and adapt it to every market just changing the values. Many Thanks

Why this indicator in the same currency example usd/chf the with same timeframe the same settings  have a different value  between  my demo account and  real account ?

Currency Strength EA: This EA opens Buy or Sell trades in strongest or weakest pair. It cannot be backtested. Author: jp_forex

New article Patterns available when trading currency baskets. Part III has been published: This is the final article devoted to the patterns that occur when trading currency pair baskets. It considers combined trend-following indicators and application of standard graphical constructions. We should...

MA_BBands_YXF: The indicator is a combination of MA channels and Bollinger Bands. Author: johnsun888

New article How to create bots for Telegram in MQL5 has been published: This article contains step-by-step instructions for creating bots for Telegram in MQL5. This information may prove useful for users who wish to synchronize their trading robot with a mobile device. There are samples of bots in...

Harmonic Pattern Finder V2: Indicator to display existent and emerging harmonic chart patterns. Author: Andre Enger

MA Cross Alert Once: When two Moving Averages cross the indicator will alert once per cross between crosses and mark the cross point with down or up arrow. Author: file45

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

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

New article 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....

Hi,  I'm asking a help or just a little hint, because I'm stuck a bit. I want to integrate 2 different buying/selling opportunity into one EA. They complement each other, since one is buying when the trend starts and the other one buys in ovebought levels. When I tried to build that , only one of...

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I want to check if my EA is running in a specified Profile....if so then I want to do some things in other charts, within that Profile. But I really don't see any Chart operation what could check that. I also did not find any information when I search for profiles. Hope somebody can point me in the...

In describing the cfb I am going to cheat : since it was invented by Jurik, here is what he is saying about it : What is the Theory Behind CFB ? CFB tells you how long the market has been in a quality trend. This value can be used to adjust the period length of other indicators, especially...

One more average and variations - key thread for MT4 One more average and variations for MT5 -  the indicators for MT5 are inside this MT5 thread  The following indicators can be found on the above mentioned threads: One more average - very advanced indicators with speed changing, with smooth...

Hello everyone      as shown in the figure, Two price axes for the same window, Different time periods.                                                                 Thans.

Hello I'm wondering how many Binary Options brokers use MT4 as the platform to trade from directly? As far as I know there are: Noa FX, GMDFX, Go Markets, AL Trade and Core Liquidity Markets. Does anyone know of any others or can recommend good ones? Thank you very much.

I'm just recently getting into coding MQL4 and I'm really confused with the results I'm seeing.  This is perplexing since I'm a professional programmer with over 30 years experience, including nearly 10 years in C++.  I'll illustrate my problem with two pieces of code.  The first is the one that I...

Hello, I'm very new in programming MT4 custom indicators an that's the reason for my very basic question. How can I shift all values of the whole price curve in the chart (e.g close/high/low etc.) continuously "X" bars in the left direction of the chart? This shifted values are "basic" values for...

Hi, im having trouble with something. I want to calculate remaining free available Margin (Not as a % but in dollars) double margin_level() {    double value =0;    if(AccountFreeMargin()>0) value = NormalizeDouble(AccountBalance()-AccountProfit()-AccountMargin(),2);    return(value); If my profit...