Hi all,  A question about slippage if anyone has time:  Context: I understand in the world of retail trading, at times, we are limited by the shear speed at which the market can move during the time it takes to place an order and get it executed through an intermediary broker. Also, I believe levels...

I have broken down the code to the very basics so it can be publicized. It returns the error shown with automatic validation. What could be the problem? The code follows. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+//|...

I have finally setup th MT4 platform on my macbook via 'Play on Mac'. Now when I try and get any Demo for an indicator, I get a pop up box asking if I have metatrader 4 (which I do). Upon clicking 'Yes' nothing happens! Is there a way to download the mq4 file where demos are available for indicators...

hi all i have a macbook and i have tickmill demo 4 platform downloaded i want to integrate the precise spread indicator and safari and firefox don't wantt can you help ?

Good day guys! Am still learning coding with mql4 and I am stack with "Order close error 138" (description: Requote). Am trying to figure out how to correct, please any professional to help.

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

Im struggling to find fibonaci extension anyone to help. im using MT4

I would like to get an array of last tick info from a MqlTick strucure to use with ArrayMaximum. I gey the MqlTick array/structure with CopyTicksRange, but I do not know how to get an array with only the value of the last ticks out of the complete structure...MqlTick tick_array2[];datetime now =...

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.

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

i bought a vps inside mt4 from mql5. The amount was drawn from my account  but the confirmation page about payment was struggle. How can i see the status of the vps?

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

I'm not sure if this is the right place to pose this question so I apologize if not.  I have an account through <broker name removed>.  I am looking for an automated trading signal that works with this broker.  Can anyone recommend one in particular?  I appreciate any help.  Thanks.

As your see, IP (BBS-m).v8 and IP (BBS-index).v8 seem popular for last days. They are not repainting. However it is a great work done by a great coder. You can check it. А такой рисунок видели? - MQL4 форум А такой рисунок видели? - MQL4 форум Pollan wrote (a) >> He received a lot of questions about...

Hello some people want to subscribe my signal but when they search in mt4 they can not find my signal even in here I can not see my signal when I search for it and I have another 2 signals and I see them when I search can yo help me please

I have an indicators that I use on the Metatrader 4 platform (MT4). I have attached them in this post. Here is what I am hoping for. Can somebody please take these indicators and convert them over to the metastock format? I have Metastock . I would really appreciate this and thank you in advance for...

i m using customized fib indicator and it is ok but i have one problem with it that its fibo line is very thin  can anyone add option to control fibo lines width? 

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 guys, I just start a trading discussion about what the best method to identify trend. We know there are three type of trend: 1. Up Trend 2. Down Trend 3. Sideway. How we identify Trend? Thanks in Advanced.

Hi Is there anyone who has to deal with the carry Trade ? https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/491

i am a professional trader that have been in the marketplace since 9 years ago . check tens of thousands of EAs , indicators , strategies like price action , ichimuko etc... and can assure you 99% of them not work in long term. because market is unpredictable and full of uncertainty. so no one can...

PRACTICAL USE of the Correlation Theory This article is focused on explaining how currency correlations can be used in a very practical way. Our goal is not to dive into theory or theoretical models but show how correlations can help solve practical trading-related decisions. The Forex Correlation...

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Is it able to build a EA using LSTM RNN model in Metatrader?  I have done some research and found something called FANN, however it seems to work with simple neural network only. 

Hi guys I am trying some experts on Activtrades but They give only 6 months of history.  Can You help me please? only for EUR USD....  minimun 2 years  in .csv frame: 1 min 5min 15min 30min 60min 240min 1 day thanks in advance for helpful

Hi I am new forex trader.tell me your opinions. Thanks. 

Does anyone know what is the name of the EA using in the photo above? It seem like this robot is quite aggressive in entry as you can see there are quite a lot of red arrow and blue arrow in the chart area. I just guessing those arrows are means for buy and sell location, and you can see there are...

I have been trying out different strategies from internet, however, I can't seem to get out of losing cycle. I am already overwhelmed because I lost my money in forex. It was my fault that I lost money. I have tried my best to educate myself (babypips, books, articles) and find the best trading...

1-3, 3-5, 5-8, 8-10, As much as my RAM/CPU allows

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...

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.

If I have a certain balance in my account, when trading with UK100 for example, will having 1:500 leverage reduce my margin requirement for the trade rather than 1:50 leverage? I already know what leverage does but I just want to know if it decrease margin required for a trade. 

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...

Trade ideas and market outlooks welcome. 

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...

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...

Google April-June 2017 Forecast: weekly ranging to be stated or the secondary correction to be continuing; 853 resistance is the key The weekly shares price is on secondary correctional movement within the primary bullish market condition: the price is located above Ichimoku cloud for the correction...

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...

Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3f859ghwf58v5l/BinaryEasy%20Dolly%2015%20FibBreakOut.rar After watching different youtube videos about different systems It came into my mind to try an build an binary options strategy towards CJA's (TSD) Dolly 15 system. Make an breakout strategy that...

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.

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

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 have searched everywhere but cannot find the function/code that will allow me to specify a dropdown options list for an Input variable in MQL4. Can anyone help me please?

Hi people! I am still a newbie (35 days) of MQL5, so please be patient. I assembled a simple EA with the Wizard -> Expert Advisor (generate), using intraday time filter (ITF), trailing and fixed trailing volume. However, I want all trades be closed as 16:00, and decided to change the code: void...

is is possible to set the start time for the strategy tester? it's always starting at 00:00 when there is rather little movement. I tried searching google and mt4/mt5 forum but no clue. I adjusted my system time/time-zone but without any effect. thanks in advance

hello all members here I want to create EA with my strategy I completed most steps but I didn't know how to do the most important part which is the function and orders I want to start with either buy or sell with 12 pips tp and sl 12 pips ///if hit take profit then open other same position buy buy...

I'm trying to figure out a way to create a looping alert that won't shut off until I click a button on the MT4. I need it to continuously loop forever until it's disabled. I'm using my MT4 to wake me up during the night when the price hits a certain target, but to do that I need to have my MT4 play...

Hi I there any way to open buy+sell order at the same price level? The issue of pending orders is that time to time 1 order is opened but the other no. If the 2 orders are nor opened at the same price level the use of "ordercloseby" will result in a small loss. Thanks

I have a strange/incorrect value or the Moving Average 21 which I do not understand: my MA settings(both in side the EA and the indicator on the chart) are: method: MODE_EMA price: PRICE_CLOSE shift: 0 period: 21 please see attached screen shot. on the left, inside the gray rectangle(retrieved via...

Hello  i hope any one help me in this problem  i have expert EX4 i want to decompiler it and get the code mql4  if there any protection tool  to used it with ex4 to add licence code and account number or expairy date 

CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH THE CODE TO CANCEL PENDING ORDERS ONCE THERE ARE NO TRADES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OPEN?

Cliff notes: TLDR, how do you automatically switch off a griding EA stopping it from even starting a grid when the account is being smashed for margin by another EA, one MT4 terminal on one account.    Hello, Would  any appreciate any help, or any inputs. Pretty standard Forex situation.  You have...

I love metatrader VPS, the ping to my broker is perfect but it will cost me around 500$ per month. My EAs require really low cpu. What I need is a good VPS with low ping to my broker server (Alpari- Nano accounts). I contacted service desk to ask to for discounts for multiple VPS purchases but they...

Hi, i wish to get data from web api. 1.Get the access token from the server by enter all the required data in the call body. URL: http://47.91.231.122:5002/token username:admin@admin.com password:111111 grant_type:password And here is my code, not sure where is the bug, i suspect my body data is...

Anyone have MACD EA? Macd histogram above zero line is buy signal. Macd histogram below zero line is sell signal. Open buy when histogram closed above zero line, and closed trade when sell signal occured. And sell when histogram closed below zero line, and closed trade when buy signal occured. Maybe...

Hi, I am new to trading and want to copy a signal. My question is: If I have 100$ on my account, and the signal deliverer has lets say 1000$, will then all transactions be copied in a percentage alloquate way?! Mean, if his trade size is 0.1 lot, will mine be then 0.01?! What if a size that the...

The "Profit Factor" and "Expected Payoff" columns have the same value after executing the strategy tester - as attached image.Apparently, null values ​​in the "Profit Factor" field are populated by values ​​from the "Expected Payoff" field.

Please who know the real name of this indicator?If anyone has it mq4 file that has alert, should please upload it here

Signal Bars has come of age so i thought that i would start a new thread with the latest version This version Signal Bars v7 has some new features, the User can select which Timeframes they want displayed and the indicator can now be placed into any indicator window to help free up chart space. One...

Hi All, I would like to convert directional movement indicator from TradingView Pine script to mq4? Can anyone do it? Tradingview directional movement indicator is more accurate than mt4 ADX indicator. Tradingview directional movement indicator has both settings for ADX and Directional movement. 

Here there are the differences between Prev_calculated and Prev_calculated-1 in bars loop using prev_calculated-1 int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,                const int prev_calculated,                const datetime &time[],                const double &open[],                const double...

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...

Hello, I'm trying to add a WebRequest() to my indicator but keep getting 'Error in WebRequest. Error code  =4060'. I have already added the URL https://google.com to Tools > Options > Expert Advisors. Does WebRequest() work only with expert advisors? Thanks! int OnCalculate(const int rates_total...

I tryed to collect everything about one indicator: Stochastic Oscillator. "Technical Analysis from A to Z": OverviewSto.chas.tic (sto kas'tik) adj. 2. Math. designating a process having an infinite progression of jointly distributed random variables. --- Webster's New World Dictionary The Stochastic...

Hello Pro Coders, Im aPhong, new to FX & Im learning coding as well. Could anyone share a MQ4 file of whatever scanner you have like Pinbar , Harmonic ... scanner that will work on different pairs & multi timeframes without loading lots of charts? Im tring to code simple Pinbar scanner but after a...

Hi everyone Please help me to add alert to this arrows indicator for MT5. I tried but I'm not programmer  thank you in advance guys

Which is a better indicator ?

Hi, A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Guys :) I'm struggling with Wingdings input int Code = 221;void OnStart()&nbsp;&nbsp;{ ObjectCreate(0,"TEST",OBJ_LABEL,0,0,0); ObjectSetInteger(0,"TEST",OBJPROP_XDISTANCE,200); ObjectSetInteger(0,"TEST",OBJPROP_YDISTANCE,200); ObjectSetInteger(0,"TEST"...

Below is a simple test script. It uses CopyHigh() to grab the high of the week so that I can create an envelope around the daily highs. Thus, it runs on PERIOD_D1 chart and pulls PERIOD_W1 values. It works as I would expect on the chart (picture 1). But in the Visualization window of the Tester, I...

Hi all, I'm new to MQL5 and I have a question about getting indicator data from another timeframe. Let's say I want to draw H1 Envelopes no matter what interval is displayed (M5, M15, M30 etc.). It means that for example on M15 the lines of the indicator should have the same value (or not?). For now...

#property strict#property indicator_separate_window#property indicator_buffers 2#property indicator_plots   2//--- plot bbwidth#property indicator_label1  "bbwidth"#property indicator_type1   DRAW_NONE#property indicator_color1  clrGreenYellow#property indicator_style1  STYLE_SOLID#property...

Hello I am looking for the Bollinger bands indicator with color change of the sup and inf bands according to their direction for MT4 like the one below version mt5 https://www.mql5.com/en/code/16489 https://c.mql5.com/18/53/BB_filled.png thanks

ASCtrend: The indicator generates signals for entering the market using colored dots. Author: Nikolay Kositsin

CCI and Martin: The EA based on iCCI (Commodity Channel Index, CCI) indicator plus managing position volumes using martingale. The EA uses iCCI (Commodity Channel Index, CCI) indicator value on the last four bars and Open/Close prices on the last three bars. A position opening signal is checked if...

New article Universal RSI indicator for working in two directions simultaneously has been published: When developing trading algorithms, we often encounter a problem: how to determine where a trend/flat begins and ends? In this article, we try to create a universal indicator, in which we try to...

StochasticMomentum: A stochastic momentum. Author: Scriptor

Exp_CandlesticksBW_Tm: The Exp_CandlesticksBW_Tm Expert Advisor is based on the color change of the CandlesticksBW candlesticks and allows strictly define the trading time interval. Author: Nikolay Kositsin

MartingailExpert: The EA uses Martingale. Initial entry by indicator iStochastic (Stochastic Oscillator). Author: Vladimir Karputov

Hedging_Zone_Recovery_Area: This is my version of Zone Recovery Hedging Strategy Ea with two moving averages. It works on any time frame, you should try it on demo account. Zone Recovery is an advanced hedging system. When the market goes against you by certain number of pips, you open an...

T3 stripped: T3 stripped Author: Mladen Rakic

Trailing_Stop_Level: The indicator displays possible StopLoss levels on the price chart. Levels are shown separately for Long and Short positions. The indicator is similar to Mod_ATR_Trailing_Stop, but has a different calculation basis - in percentage. It has one input parameter: Percent - the...

Laguerre RSi with Laguerre filter - extended: Laguerre RSi with Laguerre filter - extended Author: Mladen Rakic

Get trend: Short-term trends. Two iMA indicators, one iStochastic. Author: Vladimir Karputov

ZMFX all pivot levels: Indicator which draws daily, weekly and monthly pivots, support and resistance levels. Author: Darius

New article How to Access the MySQL Database from MQL5 (MQL4) has been published: The article describes the development of an interface between MQL and the MySQL database. It discusses existing practical solutions and offers a more convenient way to implement a library for working with databases....

TREND FINDER: " TREND FINDER" EA Trades when there is a breakout from historical minimum/maximum. Author: Aharon Tzadik

please show me the code,thank u.

Hi all, I tried to install the MT4 platform on a Ubunt cloud server - version 12.04 - but I have an error. I tried with Wine and with PlayonLinux but I have the same error: the operating system is not valid. Is there a problem with the latest Ubuntu version? 

Hi, I can't download indicators from MQL5 site unless they are posted in a Zip File or mq4 and ex4 format. If the indicator is like on the picture, then I can't download it. When I press the "Yes, I have Metatrader 4" and the OPEN "metaeditor.exe" LINK, then nothing happens. Also, I set the mq4...

Hello, I saw that there is an OrderCloseBy method. I also saw that when using the UI of the MT4 (build 224) and creating a new order manually there is another type of order "Multiple Close By" (This option only exists if you have opposite trades opened, for example EURUSD buy and EURUSD sell). How...

I have tried few of the libraries in the codebase but I couldn't get them to work. Thanks in advance,

Hi, has anybody found how to get the info of a) market closed - in 509 you can get the error-msg ERR_MARKET_CLOSED132Market is closed.if you send an order and the market is closed - I would prefer a value from MarketInfo() or TerminalInfoInteger() as a closed market is .th. different than...

Hi everyone! So in the moment i'm trying to build a indicator in the subwindow using   ObjectSetCreate() ObjectSetText() ObjectSet() for text and SetIndexBuffer() SetIndexStyle() SetIndexLabel() for the indicator.  Problem 1) The line up between a text line and the indicator line change by resizing...

Hi, i like to know if somewhere is a codesnippet for a info panel on chart. Now i am working with comments to show informations on chart. But this inforemations will be overwritten bei chart candles or something else. I like to have an panel which is in front of all objects on charts. There i want...

Hi I want to run few EA's at the same time and on the same MT4. The EA will be on 1-5 minutes charts, dealing with different entry orders, SL, trailing and so on. My main concern is if I am going to get delays on my entry orders, and is this will be the case how can I solve this problem, like...

Hello every one, I am working on a indicator based on this one : https://www.mql5.com/ru/code/9780 I am modifying it in histogram version by changing : "DRAW_LINE" with "DRAW_HISTOGRAM" . My problem is that my code, drawing all histogram bars in one color dependig on the current candle's color...

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, Hi need to preserve a string variable from reset when I change TF. GlobalVariableSet is not a solution for me because I need to apply more times the same indicator on the chart with different properties, so to work correctly the GlobalVariable should have a different name for each indicator...

I tried to search for a similar problem, but couldn't find it. I use a snippet to read an URL from MetaTrader, found here: https://forum.mql4.com/60608/page2 This works when I put the code in the OnTimer (or OnInit) function, but not when I put it in a own function which I call from the OnTimer...

Hi  I hav an indicator which shows trend . UpTrend is green and down trend is red. As I know some of this kind of indicators are drawing 2 lines .one of them green and the other one red . and when they want to show green one they make red one equal to zero and And conversely if they want red one so...

I want to change the default date of the historical trading data of my linked account, so that mql5 can only present the trading results from a certain date which correspond to results of my EA. Thank you.