Can someone please tell me, if I copy a signal (without auto sync), will the trade close automatically when the provider close his trading, even though the specific signal does not have sl and tp set?

Hi, it has been our understanding that when a rented product is renewed before the expiry date, the product does not have to be reinstalled on the MT4 platform. The service desk informed us however, that the product needs to be reinstalled, irrespective of whether the renewal was done before or...

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 am trying to upload my EA to marketplace but when it validates it gives error 1.  Now my EA is for GOLD and testing is done on eurusd how come? secondly it opens trades at certain time of the day and some days does not take trades. So how will it be validated in mql4 testing so i can upload to my...

Hi I need to get yesterday iMA value in this mql5 EA, Isn't the code below over complicated? if so, is there a simpler way? Thanks   double maValue(int days){    int handle = iMA(NULL, PERIOD_D1, days, 0, MODE_SMA, PRICE_WEIGHTED);    double maArray[2];    SetIndexBuffer(0,maArray...

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

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...

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

i can only sent 4 messages in a row, after that, i cannot sent any messages, why this happens, i am not spaming, but networking with various new users kindly help  advice how to resolve this

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

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

I guess this is a stupid question, but as I havent been able to find a clear answer yet I try the forum: In the MT5 terminal, where/how can I see what of the tick history is from my brokers real tick data?  I have tried "Symbols"-"pair"-"tick" request data from ie 2010-2018, but I am not able to see...

the most accurate  way to test an ea before start real account , accurate back test 

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, 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...

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...

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

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.

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 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...

Hello, I have the project of coding in MQL5 Harry Browne's Permanent Portfolio in the form of an Expert Advisor. This will allow me to test it with ETFs. https://www.metaquotes.net/en/company/news/5123 My motivations : Backtest myself the Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio. Test the multi-product...

Hi Guys, I using a MACD EA that ships with MT4, i have backtested extensively to establish ideal parameters to use for M1/M5 charts, out of the blue instead of opening 1 or 2 trades (which it used to), it will open 70 - 80 almost instantly, i have coded a message window alert when a trade is opened,...

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, I have a good Expert Advisor, written by me. But I can not add it to system expert advisors to mql5.com (Market). I get error "SendOrder error 131". Please help me, how I can fix this problem.

How does one use this function? The below code is not working.   //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //|                                                         test.mq5 | //|                                                   Copyright 2017 |...

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...

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...

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

Hello, I want to detect the relative minute candle number within a superior period. For example: Using the 1M timeframe, and the superior timeframe of 5 minutes. The first minute candle will be labelled 0, the second 1, the third 2, the forth 3, and the final candle 4. No matter what period or...

Hi my friends, I'm new to programming indicators, and I'm having some problems, hope you can help me. I'm trying to do a simple indicator of squeeze in bollinger bands. The indicator will go blue when the bollinger is outside keltner channel and red when its inside (all or just one line). The...

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...

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...

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

MACD 1 MIN SCALPER: MACD 1 MIN SCALPER uses two moving averages and "MACD" indicator on 1 min time frame Author: Aharon Tzadik

5 MINUTES SCALPER: 5 MINUTES SCALPER EA works best on 5 minute time frame EUR/USD . Author: Aharon Tzadik

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...

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....

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 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){...

Automated trading system for breakouts in the London and New York sessions, which considers trading ranges formed during the Asian sessions. This EA can be optimized to work with EUR, GBP and USD pairs, on the M15, M30 and H1 timeframes. - Recommended minimum deposit is 1000; - This EA requires...

Never succeeded and tried everything (at least I think so), to create some kind of arrows for up and down instead of texts, inside of a button. I have other text in, in separate button it would not be problem. Is it possible in same button with other text? Here image speaks more ... about the wish....

Running an EA on MT4 which requires a very heavy workload (computing large amount of orders). Through testing, I have noticed that the EA tends to skip certain ticks it receives (new price points) as it is busy computing previous orders. This has led me to think that the EA workload can be too much...

How easy is it to keep the chart objects in tester on background to see panels clearly without all the mes flying over it? I think to fix would require either removed tester objects and place own or lookup each object to modify.. Panel set not to background is still beneath of all chart objects...

Hello everybody, I would like to change the name of my signal. I remember it was possible before but right now I cannot see this option at all? Is it requestable or not allowed at all anymore? Kind Regards Pawel Czechowski