The pair made a substantial rally going from close to 1.0400 to below parity in just a few days. Let's see how the Trump Presidency rolls out and if the pair would continue trading to the downside.

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

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.

A Senior Trader told me that when we trade , we trade really against the broker. Which makes sense really why one hardly ever hears about people making money on forex. I mean looking at even the best traders  here, this could hardly be called a an easy living career with very few traders making more...

hello there, i have an investors password for an account the problem is i can see the history and added balance for that account but not running trades! yes when a trades are placed or its running its not showing on the terminal window but its straight going to the balance on the terminal window !!...

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...

I was wondering, can we rely on SymbolInfoString(SYMBOL_CURRENCY_BASE) to tell what denomination MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_TICKVALUE) is in? I ask this because I don't know how else to get the denomination of a CFD's tick value, apart just asking the broker. 

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 =) 

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

Good day to everyone. I want to make an EA based on ADX. I want to ask if how to code using ADX indicator? thank you. I mean what are the necessary parameters? it's like if the ADX 14 is above level 25, it will execute position based on another trend following indicator.  Thank you and God Bless you...

Hello all, Please can someone expain me are the Sellers/Providers (of Forex signals via MQL5.com) protected against law sues from Subscribers?? Is there a documentation? Any form/agreement which would protect Signal Providers? Thanks

I've just finished my first C++ book "C++ Primer Plus" and still want to study C++ for jumping to the next level in EA programming in MQL 5. Which book would you advise me to study next? Which subject in C++ should I master now for excelling in EA programming?

Dollar Index April-June 2017 Forecast: ranging correction W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the primary area of the chart. The price is on secondary correction which was started in the beginning of this year by bouncing from 103.80/102.27 resistance levels to below. For now, the price is...

I decided to create this thread to help to myself and to the others to start with Metatrader 5. I am experienced in MT4 and in forex in general (i hope : ) but we traders really need to collect all the information about it in one place. I will make some posts about 'how I am starting with MT5'....

What is the filter? In signal processing, the function of a filter is to remove unwanted parts of the signal, such as random noise, or to extract useful parts of the signal, such as the components lying within a certain frequency range. Ok. Why digital? A digital filter uses a digital processor to...

I want to say that my nick 'newdigital' is not connected with digital filters. But I started this thread to discuss and explain about trading strategies based on the digital filters only. And to understand how to implement those filters. All about digital filters you may find https://www.mql5...

This is Ilan-TrioKS v1.45 - /English Version/ - The new SUPER Expert Advisor. Working with all pairs. TimeFrame - M15. Please test it.

Thanks to Hendrick Stam for sharing this winning system and expert advisor. This EA (Phoenix 4 Contest) is currently 2nd place at ATC 2006 hosted by MetaQuotes. Phoenix_4_CONTEST.mq4: running live at ACT 2006. phoenix_ea_v5_6_03.mq4: the latest version. Hendrick: It’s time to start a new thread...

Trading and training video (from youtube for example) about forex and financial market in general.  thread for April 2013 - look at this thread,  thread for May 2013 - look at here,for June 2013 is here.July thread 2013 is hereAugust thread 2013 is this oneSeptember thread 2013 is hereOctober thread...

I connect with a signal and it has neither Stop Loss nor Take Profit. Am I expected to close it or allow it run continuously? Please help

hello master trader. Recently I learned trading strategy using trend line but I have difficult to identify trend. and that I want to ask. how to identify trend changes using trend line. as shown below the picture above is an example of a scenario for a trend change. of the two images above which are...

Please find some indicators which are forecasting something. First is i-DRProjections_v.0.1. This indicator shows the support and resistance of current day forecasting on the base of previous day. All the calculation is based on Thomas R. DeMark book "New Science of Technical Analysis".

Greetings, I, like many others, have been searching for the perfect trading system, and I believe I have found it. I'm writing to ask you to examine this system and provide any constructive feedback that you might have. When I say "perfect" trading system, I do not mean to imply that it has no...

Locked-in Range Analysis (abbr. LRA) is the futures market analysis method, described in the ebook "Locked-in Range Analysis: Why most traders must lose money in the futures market (Forex)" by Tom Leksey, which minimizes an uncertainty in the futures market. LRA is the method of interpreting the...

This Ea is one I have backtested and achieved 90% modeling quality on four and five digit brokers and have found good results.I enclose Ea and backtest report.

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

hello guys, I'm struggling with a system that enters supports and resistance, some ideas on how to structure the entrance. The signal must be given by three highs or three lows

Dear All, As this is my first post on this forum you may think that i am a newbie which i am for sure in comparing with some forex gurus like Igorad, but after spending couple of years in losing money, researching, losing money, researching and finally earning money i don't feel like one . I...

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...

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...

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...

Keen observers of price behaviour have no doubt discovered that from time to time, gaps appear in the normal price sequencing. These can usually be seen clearest on a technical chart. Gaps are areas on a chart where the price of a financial instrument has moved either up or down with no...

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.

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...

A Bullish RSI14 Reversal Signal for Dow Jones Industrial.

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...

Hello, I currently read about companies developing CQG and Interactive Brokers bridges for MT5. And this is great news, something that I have actually been waiting for a long time. But besides the announcement I still found no broker  offering access to the CME and COMEX via MT5? Does...

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...

Hi there, Does anyone know how to get the Sugar charts to load? They've been added more than one week ago and all it says is "WAITING TO UPDATE". Still very new at this - Go easy on me :)

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...

The weekly share price stopped the bearish reversal and it was bounced from 110.32 support level to above to came back to Ichimoku cloud to the ranging market condition. Fow now, the price is on testing 121.85 resistance level to above for the reversal to the trendy primary bullish market condition...

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...

I have tested a number of EAs on the Marketplace which show strong backtesting ability but fail in forward testing, these were run on tick charts. Of course the sellers present their backtesting results which look spectacular. Can anyone explain what is going on here? Is this a case of deception by...

Hi, I was "playing" with hedging to explore possibilities : it's very tempting, since it allows purely & simply to recover from a bad position taken.  The risk of these strategies is well-known : lot management. Comes ALWAYS a point, where the margin is stressed, the logical solution being to accept...

I am trying to create a simple indicator on Mql5 but i get an ERROR when i compile it... Could anyone help me please? int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,                const int prev_calculated,                const datetime &time[],                const double &open[],                const...

Hello, why when I connect the mt5 to the Metaquotes server is deleted the personal data history present in the folder Custom \ Symbol \ Ticks? Thanks for the reply

Hi everyone, Is there anyone that can help me with my problem on how to convert CloseAvg() function from MQL5 to MQL4? I got this from one of the samples from MetaQuotes.  https://www.mql5.com/en/code/316 double CloseAvg(int ind){    CIndicatorBuffer *buffer=At(0);//--- check...

Hi, since yesterday, the debugger is not able to compile the project anymore, just like that. It started when I created a macro and inserted this into some source files. This was the first time when the debugger created an invalid EX5 file, while the normal compiling process created a working...

Hi there. to assist my automated trading via EA-s in MT5 I would need a database in which/from which I could read/write data using mql code. I've seen some posts explaining how to connect MT5 with MySql, have tried that, but it's a bit difficult, while writes to DB are straight forward, reads from...

I have thought that there might be some function that can get me previous Bid or Ask price similar to the one that give OHLC value. But I could not see any such function.    Please let me know how I can get the previous values of the Bid or Ask?

Terms and Conditions: You describe (you provide) the idea, I place an open MQL5 code in this branch, I place this code in a CodeBase. &nbsp, I specify the author of the idea and the author of a MQL5 code in a code, The coding services are provided "as is" and you use them at your own risk. List of...

Hi, I am trying to learn about Expert Advisory strategy tester. Just as a test I would like to calculate if I opened a position above the 200MA and then closed it when it closed below again or at say 50 pips and again for the opposite. Can anyone assist me in getting this to work on EA Strategy...

Hello, in my backtest result is see a relative drawdown maximal of 24.24 %. The backest is over 259 trades. The problem: I can't reproduce this value visually in the equity, balance curve. Find attached 3 files zipped : The backtest results in numbers. An image of balance curve and a screenshot...

Hi all! Thank you for looking at this thread. I'm having an issue where an EA keeps removing itself from a chart on tick. It occurs when I add a function to my main EA script. The function is down below. Any help would be greatly appreciated, this is giving me a real headache!...

I have the problem, that I do not get the price of the execution, when I use the class CTrade, the position is opened or closed, but the price is 0.0. I wrote a small expert Advisor for test. In the Demo Account everything works, but only at Livetrading the price is 0.0 Does anybody know, how to...

Hi there, I try to use iMA. This is my configuration: int MA_Definition1 = iMA(symbolName, timeFrame, 10, 0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE); For a Buy or Ask decision I need the distance between EMA-curve and Ask- or Bid-curve. 1- Is ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE based on Ask- or Bid-price? 2- What is displayed on...

Good day! 1. I would like to ask how to fill the gaps in historical data. I have tried various methods. From the classic download via History Center of MT4, to downloading a certain software which downloads data from a certain broker, to getting an EA which supposedly downloads data for me. However,...

Hi All What is your favorite indicator, that makes you a constant profit? thanks for sharing

Can someone help with that? I made an indicator that work well, but sometime when change the symbol or time frame in the chart get this error. Here is the part of code than have problem. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| Custom indicator iteration...

Hello Group, I found this indicator for bar numbering which was written in MT4  https://www.mql5.com/en/code/19248 I tried to convert it to MT5 however am getting lot of compilation errors, can some of you gurus out here please help convert this MT5, will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi Folks, I am adapting an indicator but i am not able to do the following task. The indicator must be drawn until (rates_total-X) ....what I get is ok but at rates_total-X a vertical line is drown and the folliwing values are 0. How can I draw the line until (rates_total-X) skipping drawing the...

Hi there, I need to find time after a "datetime". Exactly 15 min after a by-hand-pre-defined datetime. The datetime is not a multiple of "15 min". It begins 1 min before the previous hour and it ends 15 min after. here in the image below what i need to do : How can I do this please ? Kind regards.

It seems that David Stendahl can not help him self Where his name appears "attached" to some indicator or TA way, it sure is worth trying it out and studying it. The basis for these were originally published in the Stocks & Commodities July 1996 issue (attached the original article here). Do not be...

Is there a way to detect currency strength of 2 currencies for current chart in multiple timeframes? If yes, how to do that?

Is there an  alternative  symbol  or conversion in MT5 for ' SYMBOL_STOPSIGN '. Thank you.

Hi all gurus, I've hust started trading, and since I've an engeneering background and approach, I've investigeted formulas, and read a book written by Renato di Lorenzo, based on work of Corinnah Kroft, who has worked with Butterworth filter integrated with that one of R. F. Mayer, so to have two...

Here is a little guide on how to get the work done NOTE: An indicator can be of 2 format (extensions), .MQ4 and .EX4. MQ4 is the source code, and EX4 is the compiled version of the code. Step By Step 1) Download/Copy/Save the MQ4/EX4 file into your C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 4\experts\indicators...

RSI indicator We are continuing discussion about the indicators. We have the following thread: Parabolic SAR indicator Momentum indicator Stochastic Oscillator Divergence Indicator Now we are talking about RSI. "Technical Analysis from A to Z": OverviewThe Relative Strength Index ("RSI") is a...

PSAR indicator, with colors to indicate direction + Alert when a cross is happening. Download it here Download Parabolic SAR Alert Good Trading!

Hi, i'm newbie in MT5, i dont find the trick to add indicators in the MQL wizard. I like to add a standard Alligator. I've take a look on https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/226 but i didnt understand Thank you

Hello, The OnDeinit () method for an indicator, no longer exists in MQL5? //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|                                                          ttt.mq5 |//|                                   Copyright 2018, Pierre Rougier...

Hi, I had a indicator that was working that no longer works. I ran on metaeditor to see for errors, and I got the following error. 'Period_W1'-cannot convert enum    [on line 22] Any suggestions on a fix? Anyone?

Flat-Trend_HTF: The Flat-Trend indicator with the timeframe selection option available in the input parameters: input ENUM_TIMEFRAMES TimeFrame=PERIOD_H4; // Indicator chart period (timeframe) This indicator requires Flat-Trend.mq5 indicator file. Place it in...

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

Multi Pair Closer: This EA will monitor the net profit of a currency basket and close all positions when the specified profit has been acquired. It does not matter which chart you run the bot on, all pairs that you have chosen to monitor will be monitored. Author: Matthew Colter

INI File: A library to provide simple storage mechanism for expert advisors and indicators. Library Functions //---add new or update an existing key.bool  SetIniKey        (string fileName, string section, string key, T value)//--- If the key is not found, the returned value is NULL...

WPR Support Resistance: WPR (Williams Percent Range) based support/resistance. When WPR significant level (adjustable in parameters) is broken, then the indicator starts a new support or resistance on the main chart. Recommended usage is the same as for all the support/resistance indicators:...

Digital filters - separate: A set of digital filters that are always drawn in separate window (due to their nature). Supported types are: FTLM - Fast Trend Momentum, STLM - Slow Trend Momentum, RBCI - Range Bound Channel Index, PCCI - Perfect Commodity Channel Index. Author:...

Digital Filters - on chart: A set of 4 types of digital filters that naturally are placed on main chart. The supported digital filter types: FATL - Fast Adaptive Trend Line, SATL - Slow Adaptive Trend Line, RFTL - Reference Fast Trend Line, RSTL - Reference Slow Trend Line....

Renko 2.0 Offline: Renko 2.0 Offline non-trading expert generates custom symbol information on 1M chart. Important! Always leave it on M1 chart. A complete Renko chart with wicks. Now Offline! Based on Renko 2.0 indicator. References the Symbol library for MetaTrader 5 by fxsaber. Configure using...

New article Features of Experts Advisors has been published: Creation of expert advisors in the MetaTrader trading system has a number of features. Author: MetaQuotes Software Corp.

Rainbow WMA: Based on Mel Widner's Rainbow Average (that is similar to Guppy MMA), this is a sort of generalized version with quite a few extensions. It is a single value indicator (like any other average) that can use calculating depths up to 50. The "depth" refers to recursive way of how...

Math Utils: Handy functions for comparison and rounding of floating-point numbers (prices, lots and money). Author: amrali

NonLag MA MTF: Well known NonLag MA with additions and adjustments. The first version published long time ago did not have price as an input option. This version corrects that, and the code is adjusted to new builds of MetaTrader 5 and also made multi timeframe. Timeframes supported are all...

MACD High/Low MTF: MACD High/Low made multi timeframe. Timeframes supported are all the possible timeframes supported by MetaTrader 5 and it has 3 "special" timeframes: Next higher timeframe: first higher timeframe compared to active chart, Second higher timeframe: second higher timeframe compared...

Ultra Trend MTF: Ultra Trend indicator made as multi timeframe. Timeframes supported are all the possible timeframes supported by MetaTrader 5 and it has 3 "special" timeframes: Next higher timeframe: first higher timeframe compared to active chart, Second higher timeframe: second higher timeframe...

SV v.4.2.5: The Expert Advisor opens no more than one position per day. Positions are opened at the specified time. It searches for the Highest and Lowest price in an interval. Data of two iMA (Moving Average, MA) indicators are used. Author: Vladimir Karputov

i have 28 terminals mt4 on my pc; each time I have an update of EA, I must paste It on each one of 28 terminal folder at mql4; is there anyway for paste it just one time at all mql4 folders? or any other way to make it more usefull? tks

Hello, I want to print the multiple and different datetime values in the Data window I started using the SetIndexBuffer but it only works with double values and it worked fine for double values What is an equivalent function to work with datetime values instead of double, so I can see those values...

Salutations! So I was tinkering with my trailing stop code template, which kinda is as follows:          if((OrderType()==OP_BUY) && (OrderSymbol()==Symbol()) && (OrderMagicNumber()==MagicNumber))  /*This*/       if((TrailingStop>0) && (Bid>OrderOpenPrice()+MyPoint*TrailingStop) &&...

Hello, I am Oliver.I try to program my firtstEA. I want to place an order at an certain time. Is it possible to doit easier. I did it like this: int res;int counter = 0;int s = 0;int m1 = 59;int s1 = 00;int h1 = 15;void OnTick(){int STC=TimeSeconds(TimeCurrent());int m=TimeMinute(TimeCurrent());int...

The thread about threads: what's going around the forum everywhere    ============ MT5, mql5, mql5.com suggestions for improvement thread ============ Requests & Ideas The beginning Requests & Ideas, the beginning - the thread &nbsp, Suggestions for Trading System thread  After Requests & Ideas...

hello i got an indicator which the only way to retrieve buy and sell signals from is to analyse log Alerts produced by the indicator. i've tried every other way. But i *need* to automate it. my question regards the correct way to open the log file and to analyse it. 1) is it possible to open the log...

Has anyone found a Harmonic Indicator that works?  Everyone that I find, has errors and can't run.  I'm using MT4  build 646. Thanks!

Hi, does anybody knows ho many pixel in x-direction (size_x) does have one candle of the chart with chart_scale 5 (and 4,3,2..)? Is there a way to calculate the size_y out of the High[iHighest(..)] and Low[iLowest(..)]? Thanks in advance, Gooly PS: I didn't find anything but the descr. of...

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask how I can set up an ea to open operations only from one hour to another. For example, I would like you to open long or short transactions only if a maximum or a minimum is broken between 2 and 3 pm

I do not know where to ask but ... being in with MT5 for the last few weeks - I am really confused - why some very good coders are ignoring MT5? Just because MT5 is more developed and people are having more possibilities to make money while trading?  Or because of different programming language for...

I am looking for MT4 client terminal... But find nothing yet...! Is that really available...? Not asking about Mt4 server API...!!!

Can someone help me code this script a a daily open line indicator? Would really appreciate it. Thank you.

hi, Indicator moving average lines working well. I tested  with "-7" Shift parameter. yes it is working well. But the shift parameter not working well with object draw part. I am using SetIndexBuffer for draw lines. But i am using other method to draw object arrows. You can see it working well with...

Hello Guys, I am getting error 138 (requote) only in backtesting it looks to be fine in demo acount. any clue? here is my code: #include <stdlib.mqh>int ID = 1111;bool ShortIsOpen;bool LongIsOpen;int ticket;extern double Lots = 0.1;int slippage = 3;int order;int to;int init(){   ShortIsOpen =...

I have an expert advisor which is not working right. Adding and changing some features.