Function always returns 0  #include  <\Tools\DateTime.mqh>//+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| Script program start function                                    |//+------------------------------------------------------------------+void OnStart()  {//---...

hi, does someone provide signal in a demo account in order to test my signal subscribtion and my virtual server because i subscribed to a $59 monthly signal but i miss all the signals despite of the mql5 instructions of settings

All lessons of Codersguru: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/175653 Mql - Metatrader Development Course | www.metatrader.info https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/172885 All Codersguru lessons + questions/replies and so on are on this section Metatrader 4 mql 4 - Development course - Forex-TSD Book: https...

GOLD (XAU/USD) April-June 2017 Forecast: ranging inside Ichimoku cloud for the bullish trend to be resumed or to bearish reversal to be started W1 price is located inside Ichimoku cloud for the ranging market condition within the following support/resistance levels: 1,263.79 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...

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.

Hello Maybe someone can explain to me how it might be that I'm testing an expert on MT4 and getting results and after a few days I do the same test on the same dates and have a completely different result ?

I am sorry to have to break the news to you but because youlike your broker for all kinds of justifiable reasons is not the greatestreason why you should trust them and leave up all your future earnings entirelyin their hands. Trading is about managing risks and those who manage risksvery well will...

Hello everyone. I find the need to convert an MT5 Netting Mode EA into Hedging Mode due to my broker no longer offering demo netting accounts. My EA does not make use of hedging positions. Either BUY or SELL are open at any one time but not both. However, each position can have multiple deals as the...

HI Please tell the chart below

Hi guys I apply for arbitration, because the customer does not respond within more than 1 week but apparently from the admin there was also no response, where else should I complain about this problem? thank you

I am executing trades in MT4 (multiple brokers) and being forced to enter the same S/L and T/P for every trade in the same pair, ie. two EURUSD sell orders at different prices/times, yet the same S/L and T/P applied to both orders.  Anyone else seeing this?

Finally, once you've established your trading strategy, and switched to a live trading account, you should move on to the next step—or steps, rather:     Set stop-losses for every trade. Otherwise, failure is almost certain.     Develop a trading plan and always adhere to it.     Don't risk more...

I have opened my account in mql5 which has been more than 6 months and has not been opened yet, I have completed all the document and multi, still my account is still unapproved, Please Solution

This is where most who attempt to trade online make the biggest mistake. If we assume that having the best and most optimistic backtested EA means we are good traders this is the basis for the mistake. Having a hammer does not make a person a carpenter. So why in the world should having a well...

Can anyone tell how to trade ? Open Date Close date Symbol Action Lots SL(Pips) TP(Pips) Open Price Close Price Pips Profit (USD) 12.19.2013 08:53 12.19.2013 15:05 XAUUSD Sell 50 93.4 1204.24 1194.9 93.4 46400 12.19.2013 08:53 12.19.2013 15...

MT5 appears to be primarily focused on forex trading and has many bots in the market for this.  Since recently enabling futures not sure if they have any bots for futures trading.  Anyone aware of some good bots for futures trading (e.g. S&P 500)?

Hi, I am experimenting with 100% hedging system ran on two brokers accounts. One broker pays/charges swap and the other does not (or very small). It is not a new discovery and there are basically two problems: - swap trades requires to have big account, at least $10K+ - find reliable broker with low...

A friend asked me if it’s possible to make money by“Martigale”.  On my opinion, in every area could exist a professionalmaking an incredible job! My response to that question is always yes. I believetalented traders can actually make a lot of money using “Martigale” system. Thetrue is that the more...

Have you ever thought that the “Ratio” that you "believe" that you are using, could actually not be happening at the end of your deals?  This is a very occult conversation that involves manipulation. On my opinion, if you deal with popular pairs, (EURUSD), sometimes you could be a victim of a large...

Hey guys, So since we have this stupid rule about hedging in the USA, I can't use a lot of the EA's that they have in the store.  Can any of you recommend a reliable EA that does not use hedging?

I have my own binary options trading strategy but I’d like to automate that on iqoption. I came across a few bots like MT2IQ , what I want now is to couple my strategy WITH martingale to iqoption. Can anyone help me with this ?

On my opinion, “Automated Trading Systems” does notpay attention to the Ratios. However, by automating your system there are zerochances of falling in love for a deal, which is good since no one is lookingfor love here! In the other hand, very few traders can actually automatesomething different....

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...

hello, it's been about a months when i last opened my MT4 terminal, when i opened it today, it only shows "old version" and it does not allow me to make trade operations. any help

Hi, can anyone recommend good volatility & volume indicators to keep one out of range bound markets/channels? 

Dear friends, we are the developers of two robots.  - Night version for trading on the asian market. (GBPCAD, EURCHF, GBPAUD, EURAUD, EURCAD, GBPUSD, AUDCAD, CADCHF, GBPCHF, CHFJPY, AUDCHF, USDCHF, NZDJPY, USDJPY, EURGBP, EURJPY, CADJPY, USDCAD) - Daily version, for trading in the trend. (EURUSD,...

Hello Everyone! I'am looking for this files, but none of them work on mt4 platform. Please share the files for everyone. (Similar than Tfa sniper)

hi there. first post. i am after an expert advisor for MT4. It buys and sells with the triggers of Hulls Moving Averages. Does anyone have one, can point me to one, or build me one, please? Bradman

Hello, I got an expert advisor whit a strategy that needs a low spread to work, I need a spread of 1 or lower, also I need to put at least 400 pending orders to  work propertly. I´ve been looking through several brokers but no one feets my needs. Do you know any broker whit these requirements?...

The Best Stocks Of 2016: Nvidia (based on the article) The price was increased by 10% just for December only!

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

Hi. My provider, ig,  currently only offers currencies in mt4. How can I get stock quotes in mt4 from another provider? Any one to recommend?

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...

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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...

Hello all, I am new to this forum and I have recently downloaded MT5. Now I want data for Indian Stocks. Can someone help me who are authorized data vendor for India Exchange NSE for MT5. There are many data vendors for Amibroker and Ninjatrader in India but not for MT5. How I can import historical...

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...

There is an opinion that from time to time some great capital, who knows SL in small enterprises, is playing against the market to defeat them and their machines. On mql5.com, I read that in the last days there was a loss of 4 to 5 million baks in the group of salesmen. This is a huge loss of...

Hello, is anyone aware of any futures broker that offer its client the MT5 trading platform? Is there a list of those? I mean real futures, not CFDs. Futures that trade on CME Globex and Eurex exchanges. Thank you.

CAC 40 January-March 2017 Forecast: bullish with key resistance at 4924.69 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 4860.85 resistance level to above on close weekly bar with 4924.69 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...

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...

Hello Everybody, I used "DT Oscillator" in my EA by iCustom Function, But when I backtest, the error shows that "DT Oscillator EURUSD.I,H1: incorrect start position 1057 for ArrayMaximum function", How can I fix it? DT Oscillator indicator is attached. Thanks

Hi everyone,  I'm creating this post in order to fix my unsolvable problem.  In my opinion, my script is good ( no warning and no error message ) but when i want to do some backtest, nothing is happening.  For information and to help the comprehension of this script, I just want 1 trade by 1.  In...

Hello There ; I've developed an EA to one client when he sent me yesterday night very strange screenshot. The problem as the trading history shows "Live" , there were orders which had invalid take profit level " The TP was lower than order price for buy and the TP was Higher than open for sell" ....

Backtesting using Every Tick and 1 min OHLC yield very different result. Would it be possible to perform the StopLoss() function at 1 min OHLC intervals even when Backtesting Every Tick?

I am trying to launch the Strategy Tester from a command line. I am using the steps indicated in the Client Terminal help, section Tools-Configuration at Startup. I created a ma0.ini file as in the help example, I placed it in the terminal \config folder and a the ma0.set in...

Hello my friends, Could you please help me to make this code better. I succeeded at building a Menu for my EA that help me to view important information. the Menu look like this: I want to add a rectangle frame to the background so it will look like this: Here is the code of the Menu...

If you use iMA or iMACD,indicators appear on chart in strategy tester. Are there any ways not to show indicators on chart if you used that indicator in coding?

Hi, I have an EA working but I cannot seem to find a way to do the following: 1. Only have one trade at all times 2. When the stop loss is hit, wait for the MACD indicator to cross 0 Any advice/help would be amazing, I've been trying to find a way for weeks! All the best, Martin

is it possible to send something (like a text, alert) on the cell phone with mt5? The MT5 terminal is sending information on transactions, but Alerts from the scripts/EA is not passed through. Is it even possible?

Hello, please help me with this. Let's say I'm in H1 and I'd like to calculate the exact time of an intersection like that intsections[i].time = TimeCurrent() - ( shift * 3600) shift is the amount of periods (hours) the last intersection happened. I substract that amount of time in seconds from the...

I'm trying to build my first EA and honestly i'm mostly using copy and paste but i cannot see why this is not working the way i want it to. The idea is to move my stop loss up to the Low or High of the candle with a shift of 2 but once its placed it should not move back. In this example i have a Buy...

Would appreciate the help!    if(IsTrade()==false)     {       if(adx3_1<adx2_1 && adx3>=adx2)       {          int closebuyticket = OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),Bid,Slippage,clrChartreuse);          Print("Buy Order Closed");       }          else;                 if((adx2<adx3 &&...

Hi, Have subscribed to 2 signals on different accounts. One worked fine, with the second though there seems to be an issue with the mapping (EURUSDs for example), see below. From advice in the other forum, have made sure the symbols are in the MarketWatch window, that trading is enabled etc. There...

Hello, I have a problem coding my SL based on fractals. I took an EA existing on the net which works perfectly by putting SL on the opposite fractals when that way of calculate SL is set. I just invert Buy and Sell orders, but in this case it's always the maximum stop command which is used. The...

By seeing this video i made, someone with real futures trading experince can tell me if this strategy can works in a real account?: https://www.loom.com/share/791addec4b5e46a692f5ed27feb5cd90 I have no experience about order filling time, queue, etc... Thank you.

Hi,I don't know if it is the right session for writing my question. I would like to sell an indicator (for example X) that call for another my indicator (for example Y) Y will be free can I sell X on market session? thank's in advance

Can someone tell me or help me edit this, how to make the indicator synchronize with current chart? Thanks //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //|                                                         Test.mq4 | //|...

Hola, tengo inconvenientes con este códigoInt índice =iHighest (NULL, 0, MODE_HIGH, 76,39); Técnicamente me tendría que devolver un valor entre 76-39, pero de devuelve 108, ya probé con rangos como 50-20, 81-17, pero todas me dan una barra fuera del rango que establezco.  Agradecería su ayuda 

Hello, I have an Indicator which calls an another CPU heavy custom indicator (on 7 different currencies). So, in the Init function I create the 7 handles and within OnCalculate I use CopyBuffer to get the data.  Sometimes this indicator starts normally but sometimes it seems the buffers are not...

Hi, Unfortunately my search didn't yield any results in the MQL5 constants/functions. Is there any way to read out the current value that was put into the one click trade panel? Your help is much appreciated. I am getting back to MQL5 programming after some time of absent, so please be patient with...

https://www.mql5.com/ja/docs/standardlibrary/controls/cpanel I have try to build up the Cpanel by copying the example that written at the bottom of this page. By clicking the resize button in the dialog, I have a situation as the attached image instead . Did I missed anything? 

I am trying to use MT4 ZMQ bridge interface(please refer to https://github.com/bonnevoyager/node-mt4-zmq-bridge) to do some development work.Have registered a VPS,is there any one knows how to get the URL or IP/Port of the MT VPS?

How does one bring back the alert box for indicators on to the screen if one has closed it by mistake? If an indicator has an alert, the pop-up box appears on screen when there is an alert. One can then close that pop-up box. Yet how does one bring that back on screen without waiting for the next...

Hello, I've been modifying the dema example indicator and I dont understand what I'm doing wrong, I've read and re-read references but I still dont get it. Please help! I've tried both  setting #property   parameters and what you see in the code below, what am I doing wrong ?...

All Arrow Buy/Sell with Alert, but only arrow without oscilator etc. ?! Pure chart with alert arrows, points ;). Stoch comeback cross arrow with alert ? RSI comeback cross arrow with alert ? CCI comeback cross arrow with alert ? ASI comeback cross arrow with alert ? Williams comeback cross arrow...

Hello i have simple indicator showing rsi over bough and oversold indicator and williams over bought and oversold. I would like to get signal when rsi touches the OB/OS levels before it gives final arrow when paramaters of rsi and williams colide. If there is line of i code i need to add please...

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 it possible to create an indicator that shows several data points per bar? For example a data point per tick. Thanks.

Hi All, I'm wondering if someone could help me with this? I'm am a VERY BASIC CODER. :):) I have written some code that will give the 21 H1 EMA Level when the 7 H1 EMA crosses it. It looks fine on the Hourly chart, but when I go down to a 5 min chart it shows the same indicator scale from the H1. It...

I have programmed an indicator but it doesnt work when tested. It keeps returning 0. Can you help me figure out whats wrong with the code please?//+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|                                                  b%bollinger.mq5...

Standard Deviation Channel Lines: "Standard Deviation Channel Lines" EA draws Standard Deviation Channel Lines on chart and trades with its trend,has Trailing Stop Loss &Take Profit works with all time frames major forex pairs and stocks NASDAQ. Author: Aharon Tzadik

New article Interview with Andrey Barinov (ATC 2012) is published: It was on Friday of the Championship's first week that the trading robot of Andrey Barinov (Wahoo) occupied the fifth place in TOP-10. Andrey is a newcomer in the Championship but he has already managed to execute more than 100...

Market Open-Close Hours Indicator: Displays a line when the markets are opened. Author: Edwin Artunduaga

New article Using Self-Organizing Feature Maps (Kohonen Maps) in MetaTrader 5 is published: One of the most interesting aspects of Self-Organizing Feature Maps (Kohonen maps) is that they learn to classify data without supervision. In its basic form it produces a similarity map of input data...

Eliot Wave I: "Eliot Wave I" EA draws 2 Trend Lines with "Fractals" on chart and trades When a Eliot retracement is formed,has Trailing Stop Loss &Take Profit works with all time frames major forex pairs and stocks NASDAQ. Author: Aharon Tzadik

Martingale EA: A very simple EA that makes anywhere from 8% to 69% profit. Randomly. Author: First Last

Volatility Quality EA: This expert advisor is based on the Volatility Quality Index indicator created by raff1410. Author: bobby

Micro Trend breakouts: "Micro Trend breakouts"naked trading price action EA draws 4 Trend Lines with "Fractals"(2main+2small) on chart and trades with Trend breakouts,has Trailing Stop Loss &Take Profit works with all time frames major forex pairs and stocks NASDAQ. Author: Aharon Tzadik

Fractal_TL: An indicator for automatic drawing of trendlines based on fractals of a given timeframe. Author: Almat Kaldybay

TryME: try me... Author: Antonis Michos

MQL5 Wizard - Trade Signals Based on 3 Black Crows/3 White Soldiers + Stochastic: The MQL5 Wizard allows creating ready-made Expert Advisors based on the Standard library classes delivered together with the client terminal (see Creating Ready-Made Expert Advisors in MQL5 Wizard for the details). It...

New article Trading with Donchian Channels has been published: In this article, we develop and tests several strategies based on the Donchian channel using various indicator filters. We also perform a comparative analysis of their operation. I will not reinvent the wheel and will not create another...

Adding password protection to your Indicator / Expert Advisor: Several methods of protecting your code have been proposed over the past, but were either too simple (less secure), required re-compilation of your code for each new customer (ok if you only plan on having a dozen or so customers) or...

Simple Pip Value Calculator: "How much is a 1 pip movement on EURUSD (or any pair) worth in my currency???" It's a question we see asked frequently on the MQL forums and other forex websites. Knowing how much a 1 pip or 1 point move on a currency is going to make you (or cost you) is one of the...

Multi Forex Scanner: Instead of having to analyze each pair individually, you can see at a glance what are the most promising pairs according to your own criteria. Author: Carlos Oliveira

Hi friends, I'm trying to write some info from an array into a .bin file using FileWriteArray function and then read from that file and copy the file contents into another array using FileReadArray. As I checked the MQL4 documentation, I found out that it is not necessary to define the array size...

Hi, I read about the new mql4(Build 600+) and already updated my EAs, now i have a question. How secure is the new protection against crackers and other types of executable cracking and modifying the code. EX: hex editing date of expiration, memory dumps, etc.. How secure is a simple time...

Sometimes I've come across EAs and indicators that are bundle into a exe file, which makes installation easier by putting all the right files in the all right folders to make it less confusing for the user to install. Apparently there are ones out there which even allow you to select what mt4...

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 need to code for my system: - atr periods 7 - exponential ma of atr at 35 periods I think that it would be a good indicator for scalping strategy. Thx for your attention.

If you want to code an EA, or trade well, for using daily charts, you need the real GMT times for start & end of a forex day. Just asked oanda, and got the following answer: "Itis either 5pm new york time that the candle starts plotting or 12 midnight newyork time that the candle starts plotting....

Hello my code is not decompiling correctly for mt4 build 1090 now after I try to run some back test Please help me clean up my code thank you. My code is included in attachments and I will paste it below: #include <WinUser32.mqh> #include <stderror.mqh> #include <stdlib.mqh>   extern int...

Hello I read in doc Mql4 that RefreshRates() updates the data of the current symbol. I understand: the data of the symbol of the card to which is attached the EA. (?) In this case, for a multi-pair EA, how to refresh the data of other pairs? Or I'm wrong? Thank you for your answers

Hi, Does anyone know of code floating around that adds consecutive candle volume if they are the same colour. Eg. Green(volume), Green(Volume+previous volume), Green(Volume+previous+previous), Red(Volume), Red(Volume+Previous). Then plot them like the standard volume chart on mt4 ? I have had a look...

Buongiorno a tutti. Volevo utilizzare una dll personalizzata mql4, che normalmente è collocata nella cartella MQL4 \ librerie. E 'possibile collocarla in una cartella su chiave usb e richiamarla su un expert (#import .........). Grazie per eventuale risposta Paolo Goodmorning everyone.I wanted to...

Hi Everybody!!   I Cannot Edit My User Name On The Custom Indicator Panel For MT4!!   I've Tried Double Clicking On The Period And Every Other Parameter!!   I've Just Bought New Software - Binary Today 5 And I Can't Activate It Without Editing My User Name!!   Can Somebody Please Help!!   My e-Mail...

hi guys  i have a little script for open trade 2 or more with one button , i want  write a  numbertrade in temporary file i write this  code    for(ctrlshort=1;ctrlshort<=QttOpenTrade;ctrlshort++)        {         SellShort=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,LotSizeTrade,Bid,3,0,0,"Open CloseHide"...

Hey. I'm trying to create a bot executing trades in MT4 based on alerts coming from TradingView. There is tool called AutoView, which executes trades on 1broker.com and variety of crypto exchanges, but it doesn't support MT4 brokers like Tickmill or ICMarkets. So how can I get similar functionality...

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Hello guys, Just wondering is there anywhere that I can still download the original MT4 installer without all the broker stuff? A very clean version that used to be able to get it from the metaquotes website. And would you please provide the link if you can? Thank you