This thread is all about trading the euro and GBP/USDU using Metatrader indicators, Neural Net and general technical analysis. This site is rich with indicators and systems so let's work together to make more pips using our accumulated expertise. Notch aka Firscall P.S. Feel free to post!

Hello everybody, While I was studying Technical Analysis I made a lot of Photoshop imagesto show words of wisdom that was said by writers of technical analysis books. Ibuild this thread to share those pictures with you and I hope they could helpyou to find them interesting. I encourage you also to...

I made my first purchase of an EA a few minutes ago. I am not sure how to get it to appear in my Expert Advisors folder. Do I just go to the FILE, LOG INTO MQL5. COMMUNITY and enter my password. After I enter my password should the new EA appear in my folder. Or, is there usually a delay in...

thread rules only daily charts any currency must Sl and TP try to explain trade reason No bickering

Hello there! I'm wondering how to close a position in condition?  For example  When EMA 20 cross over EMA 50  then start buy position and when  EMA 20 cross under EMA 50 then close this buy position I only using trade.buy()  if( (myMAfast[0] > myMAslow[0]) && (myMAfast[1] < myMAslow[1]) ) //cross...

A couple of hours ago a replied to in two messages that were referenced to me in the Swing Trading ideas thread but i cannot see them anymore. Is that normal or is there anything i should do from my side?

I've just had a programmer from MQL5 Freelance bail on me after working on my EA for two weeks, so have started arbitration to release my funds &amp; look for another programmer to do the job, but it's been five days &amp; nothing has happened. Does anyone know how long does arbitration normally...

If you have a holy grail at your hand suited for manual trade, would you digitize (code) it? I'm really curious about what experienced network engineers and/or Metatrader professionals would say about this foolish-looking question.

Hi all, why on the demo account is not possible to subscribe?  Thanks to help me

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...

I hired someone a couple of weeks ago to fix an EA another programmer I hired messed up. The previous programmer who made the EA 100% ignored me about an issue with the EA after payment was sent. I hired someone new to fix the error and add account locking to an account number. For whatever reason...

Hi all, I can't find a forum area where people can enter (constructive) feature suggestions for future updates. If forum admin is reading and there isn't one so far, it would be nice to have one - with votes! In case this is the right place: I'd like to see a feature so we can visually...

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 =) 

I used a great Gartley Pattern Indicator back in 2008. For the life of me all I can find is .ex4 files. Can anyone point me in the right direction for  a Gartley .mq4 file download for Meta Trader 4 please? Much Thanks! Bullz

The USD/CAD keeps its bullish trend, the next resistance may be the 1.3458 level and from there the price may try to stall or even break to the downside, but if oil keeps dropping, then we may see a breakout of that level. A breakdown of the bullish trendline may indicate a change in direction, but...

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!...

Simple zerolagstochs system of two indicators with alert.

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...

Here is a suggestion for a possible trading system... System one is MT4-Xard777.rar and System two is XARD-BOX.rar Enjoy... All the best Xard777

Does anyone know if something like this is on the market? I've searched but can't find anything. I would also like for a utility to tell me what my total equity is for combined trades in specified currency pair. Thanks in advance for the help.

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

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

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...

Hi, I am quite new to MT4. Trading from the UK, I am more share and stock CFD person than Forex. By this, I would prefer to trade share prices than anything else.  My questions are as follow:  1) Do you guys know any betting companies with a great variety of shares and stocks on the MT4. Noticeably,...

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...

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.

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!

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...

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...

Hello i need coder ho can code my mt5 idicator to ea .  need add  tp, sl , trailing  and some other options leter !

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;...

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...

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.. :)

Hi all, I am trying to build an indicator that uses the following formula and returns the expected value, so I can use the same chart as indicator_chart_window. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|                                                    Quantiles.mqh...

So, by accident I have found about Hull Moving Averages and I love using them.  Unfortunately, most platforms don't have native support for them, so I find myself writing my own indicators using them.  The problem I have is that I am finding an inconsistency with some of my implementations and I'm...

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...

ASCTrend system as I know it. Besides we may use NRTR_Pilot_alert indicator for S/L but I did not experiment on it. There are several modifications of ASCTrend system: Bykov system, silver system etc.

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, 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 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

RoNz Auto SL-TS-TP v.2: EA for Automatic StopLoss, Take Profit, Profit Lock, and Trailing Stop. SL and TP could be hidden. Author: Roni Nafrianto

Nova: The Expert Advisor checks the direction in which the price has been moving for the last 10 seconds, and opens a position in accordance with the movement. The EA sets Stop Loss and Take Profit. Author: Vladimir Karputov

Exp_FineTuningMACandle_Duplex: Two identical trading systems (for long and short positions) based on the signals of the FineTuningMACandle indicator, which can be configured in different ways within one Expert Advisor Author: Nikolay Kositsin

Lego EA: The Expert Advisor combines signals from several indicators. It can also follow a certain indicator. Author: Vladimir Karputov

Gaps OHLC: The indicator shows the gap size on the histogram. Author: Vladimir Karputov

XFisher_org_v2_Candle_Alerts: XFisher_org_v2_Candle indicator provides alerts, sends email and push notifications at the incoming trading signals. Possible signal options Author: Nikolay Kositsin

GlamTrader: The Expert Advisor uses iMA (Moving Average, MA), iAO (Awesome Oscillator, AO) and custom Laguerre indicators. Author: Vladimir Karputov

XFisher_org_v2_Candle_Cloud_Alert: XFisher_org_v2_Candle_Alert indicator with background filling for overbought/oversold areas, as well as for the channel between them Author: Nikolay Kositsin

Exp_XFisher_org_v1: Exp_XFisher_org_v1 Expert Advisor based on XFisher_org_v1 oscillator signals. Author: Nikolay Kositsin

Contrarian trade MA: Working by iMA (Moving Average, MA) and OHLC of W1 timeframe Author: Vladimir Karputov

RL algorithms: Libraries based on the article "Random decision forest in reinforcement learning" Author: Maxim Dmitrievsky

Candle_Range_Envelop: Candle Range Envelop indicator Author: Scriptor

Mean_Indicator: Mean Indicator indicator Author: Scriptor

Moving Average applied price: Now you can test the indicator and select the price type from the ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE enumeration Author: Vladimir Karputov

Slope_MA_Confirmation: Slope Direction Line / Moving Average confirmation candles indicator Author: Scriptor

Good evening all, In order to improve the quality of my alerts I need to calculate the Highest High and the Lowest Low on every day starting from Midnight to any bar on any day, so that would be [i]. I found this thread where Whroeder explains how something like this should be done: https://www.mql5...

I: - turned off anti-virus - reinstalled mt4 - downloaded mt4 from another broker no one started mt4 editor in other way, mt5 editor openned normally( #2018.11.19 17:04 EN reply now, i tried execute as manager, nothhing(

hello i want to check url existence. but even though url exist it return error. i really can't figure out what wrong with it..i think it correct code. but still return error. anyone guide me much appreciate thanks!    string cookie=NULL,headers;   char post[],result[];   int res;   string...

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?

Is it possible to separate class definition and implementation in MetaTrader 4, as in C++ .h and .cpp files? All MetaTrader examples have class definition and implementation in the same file. I would like to give header and *.ex4 compiled files, as in C++ I would give header and lib/dllfiles.

#property version   "1.00"#property strict// Required: MQL-ZMQ from https://github.com/dingmaotu/mql-zmq#include <Zmq/Zmq.mqh>extern string PROJECT_NAME = "DWX_ZeroMQ_Example";extern string ZEROMQ_PROTOCOL = "tcp";extern string HOSTNAME = "*";extern int REP_PORT = 5555;extern int PUSH_PORT =...

Hallo MQL Team, it is possible to create a yearly Chart botton for this beautyfull platform metatrader 4 ? Kind Regards balduin

Hi, MT4 loses login info and market login and market apps after Windows restart. After next restart I have to put password to login then put second password to login to Market. Bought apps from Market don't work, so I have to delete them, install them again and assign hot keys to them again.  How...

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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...

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;...

hello i made an expert, it works good but for a reason it need a unique number to restore every trade so i tried to save ticket number  i searched file open, and arrays but i couldnt find what i want beside im not good in arrays finally i found something near to what i want  i got the code but it...

Hello, I have find a good indicator, but it have a problem 'Low' - constant variable cannot be passed as reference That is the global code : //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|                                            sp market profile.mq4...

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...

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....