I use Linux OpenSuse For some time now it is no longer possible to install MetaTrader 5 To solve the problem I have done an installation on an old machine (32 bits) and then I copy the folders to the new machine This worked until yesterday, but today it does not work anymore and I can not even...

I want to close all sub_windows on a chart. Thus, I want to know the count of the number of sub_windows. I found a work-around that works. I can loop from 10 (arbitrary number) to 1, then see if there are any indicators in these sub_windows. (see code below) But this is rather brute force and...

Hi guys. I'm profitable trader of binary options. My strategy cannot work on Forex because i make short time trades so all my profit will be gone in spread. I live in UK. What do you think guys will happen next month when BO will be baned in EU? I'm still with Australian broker. Do you think they...

Hello, I have been using WebRequest function to send/receive data to a server and all was running perfectly before updating to MT5 build 1860. After the update the function somehow stopped working. Does anyone have the the same error ? Can anyone please confirm this? Regards, Malacarne

I actually want to learn arbitration red and green percentiles meaning. I want know rating, projects, overdue also . Can anybody explain these ? I will choose a developer at freelance. 

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

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 =) 

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Why is the commercial section in forex factory having 80 % of the threads?They failed and can't make money from trading. Why are there more signal sellers and ea /indicator sellers  , than I assume real traders?I am talking about all forums and okers forums , and all the regulars on them. Any real...

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

Hi all, I read an MQL5 article which stated that slippage would be included when using the every tick & real tick modes within the strategy tester - https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/testing_features Unfortunately so far during all of my tests, slippage has not been included and I have...

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm curious as to why the doubling of the compilation time. Test: Uses the exact same code. Times are in milliseconds. Tried through Metaeditor and command line. Build 1860: 16340,16504,16350 Build 1816: 8519,8443,8539

When I try to download an indicator to mt4 it says I don't have mt4 and if I do to change the default settings to include the platform I'm trying to download to.  Can someone please tell me how to do this?  I don't know where to begin. Thank you in advance.  Have a profitable day.

Hi to all, Being a person who has never studied a programming language, I want to master MQL 5 on Windows platforms. And .. I've decided to study C# as my first language, as I think that C# is the current state of art for Windows platforms. My question is, can I easily jump to MQL 5 from C#? Or ......

Hello, does anybody knows if there is a way to code an EA to run the backtester genetic algorithm several times (let assume.. 3 times overnight) and save their (3) result lists in any way? Is this somethign possible? , Where to look? , How to start? Thank you very much!

DRAIN THE BANKS - LIKE A RAT! GREEN RAT REVERSAL TRADE 1) price within 20 pips of the daily low - that is OPPORTUNITY 2) red candle closes 3) green candle closes - note the high price of the green candle. 4) enter long at the green candle's high price 5) STOP LOSS IS 10 PIPS 6) Take whatever profit...

Hello all I have tested many strategies and many other stuff but i did not found them more accurant then basic analysis of the market. i mean,the Price Patterns. 1. harmony indicators: here and here. 2. candelsticks reversal patternsis here. 3. Price Patterns: - Price Patterns (Gartley,Butterfly,Bat...

Hello, I was wondering if there are suitable brokers and EAs out there that can be used for Bitcoin, Ripple, etc.. Can anyone help? Best regards

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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...

Renko Ashi Trading System 2 Please read the pdf manual for this system. Good luck everyone. PS: Reuploaded the fixed ma in applied price indicator. Special thanks to FXchaser PS: Reuploaded the fixed macd alert indicator. Special thanks to Puzzlebird PS: Reuploaded a Special Settings Template for...

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...

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...

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

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.

Which strategy is best to close profitable positions ?

hello everyone. I am new is forex trading.  I don't know mql programming. If any one can give me a harmonic indicator than it will be great finding for me

We have a real good profitable EA for Scalping. It is made from 90 to 200 % or over 50% monthly for sure. It works with, any broker with any spread with almost any pair. Here some results

After checking the posts on here and T2W decided it seemed a little more level headed here so I wanted to see if I could get people to join/help/whatever me along the way. I have jumped around half a dozen systems over half a dozen months and been sensible on a small account so not lost much. Seen...

Hi, in this topic we discuss our forecast of whether EUR/USD will move strong during the next period, or not. As for now, there is a difficult situation of the EUR/USD. It sticks at its price of 1.154 and has no real ability to grow up or down. Thus you see that on 29/30.05 we had the same problem;...

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...

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

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.

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...

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...

A Bullish RSI14 Reversal Signal for Dow Jones Industrial.

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Press review Sergey Golubev, 2016.12.25 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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

My EA is using a custom indicator, it is able to get the custom indicators handle when I run the indicator on the terminal, however when I synchronise with the vps, it is unable to get the custom indicators handle, when I print the indicators handle in the terminal it is printing the indicators...

Hello everyone recently i have started to write my own EA. Wrote a lot of them and finally found some solutions that on the tester looks awsom. (yearly yield of 1 to 20 with an average leverage of 100) but the question is that, how should i choose the setting? as i have noticed, usually the best...

Hi everybody, I try to make a indicator parameters optimization. The algorithm is: 1. Take a indicator handle with main parameter = StartValue; 2. Take a data and calculate QualityRating (my own algorithm); 3. Release handle; 4. Repeat points 1, 2, and 3 for each value between StartValue+1 to...

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I have a VPS with Windows server 2008, metatrader5 and an EA running in my real account. Sometimes, it happens I found in the journal some reconnection event, not bad. The issue is this. Once or twice per week, while reconnecting it receives the error invalid account: 2017.12.16 20:23:31...

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Description: Telegram 4 MQL was made to make the life of an automtic trader a bit more convenient or better to say it was made to spare nerves. Suitable questions while operating an autotrading systems are: Was the order correctly executed?Did an situation change an unusual way so that I need to...

Hi, I've been working on a EA for some months and got some very interesting results without optimization. Below is a graph using fixed 0.01 lots from 2012 to 2017 on EURUSD: The problem is that in 2012 there was a situation where my account could have easily reached a margin call (I mean, it reached...

Good day great developers, I would like to know How to make the demo Ea strategy tester to work only for few days??? I downloaded a demo of a certain product that demo worked only one day but when I downloaded mine it kept on working until today (1 Year after). I would like to know how to make to...

Hi, I would like to just get the value of a custom indicator in an Expert Advisor, here is my code : double   IndicatorBuffer[]; int      HandleIndicator = 0;int OnInit(){   HandleIndicator = iCustom(Symbol(),PERIOD_CURRENT,"MAindicator","EURUSD",PERIOD_CURRENT);      Print("iCustom HANDLE...

Hi Trying to use copybuffer for some indicators, but it is returning error 4807 when running. I tried it for stochastics and Adaptive Moving Average, with the same error. Could only make it work for the Simple Move Average. Thank you input int                  Kperiod=5;                 input...

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...

Example I have 100 variables + parameters start 1, pass 1, end 10 By default the mt5 will combine variables and parameters I think the result here is (100 * 10) * (100 * 10) = 1 million combinations However I do not want to combine the variables just want it to test the parameters of each variable...

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...

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Hey all, I have a question regarding copyright on custom indicators.  I recently built my own indicator that expands on an existing stock MT4 indicator.  Specifically, it takes the MetaTrader RVI.mq4 code and adds some calculations to find the max/min indicator level within the past 300 bars and...

Most professionals and bank traders  use stochastics, the free platform indicator.Here is a back test.It does a better job than all the indicators out there, 5,000 of them on mt4.This is EA automated test using stochastics.

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I have converted an mt4 indicator to mt5 . The code and the logic is exactly the same but the out come is completely wrong on MT5. I am attaching the MT5 code and two pictures one from MT4 which is the correct outcome of the indicator and a picture with the wrong outcome from MT5. Could someone...

RSI is a popular indicator.I find it easier to work with the stochastics , because of the cross of fast and slow.I already had this made today for signals and my eas. RSI cross is a combination of 5 rsi settings 150,50, 28,14 and 7.Could someone put all 3 on one indicator?Is it possible to include...

Hello, I'm on a Mac and trying to use the web terminal for MT4. I'm able to see every other indicator that I try, but the Parabolic SAR isn't visible for some reason. Has anyone had this problem or know how to fix it? Any information is greatly appreciated. I'm pretty new to Forex and even more new...

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hi, a cool indicator Tick_on_Chart i all TimeFrames :cool: only Live Tick !!!

Everything about pivot indicators you may find in this thread. Besides there are some usefull links as well: - how to trade with pivot (manuals) is here. - some trading system based on pivot https://www.forex-tsd.com/forum/trading-systems/1158-pivot-system - pivots, camarilla, high/low etc.... is...

Of adaptive lookbackThe Adaptive Lookback (period finder) is truly a market-driven indicator used to determine the variable lookback period for many different indicators, instead of a traditional, fixed figure. It is based on the frequency of market swings - the time between swing highs or swing...

I have a quick question about TMA indicators for MT4/MT5.  I have two images attached of TMA Bands indicators. The "TMA_Version1" has outer bands that are not as uniform in width. The "TMA_Version2" has very uniform outer bands in width. I am looking for a TMA MTF for either MT4 or MT5 (I like MT5...

Hello. This MQL4 alert indicator gives alerts everytime the price touches the horizontal lines or trendlines you drew. I converted it to MQL5, and it doesn't work at all. Can anyone help me with this problem, please?    Thank you in advance. //MQL4#define PriceMAX 999999#property...

I'm trying to fill the area between histograms.  I have already seen this article: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/138945 And this: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/119974 Neither of which have a good answer. Using the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo indicator as a sample, it would appear that their built-in operates...

I want to plot a moving average of say the Rate of Change indicator in the ROC indicator window. For excample an 8EMA of the ROC plotted over the ROC It is possible on tradingview for instance to plot a indicator of the indicator.  Could not do it on Metatrader though

New article Visualizing trading strategy optimization in MetaTrader 5 has been published: The article implements an MQL application with a graphical interface for extended visualization of the optimization process. The graphical interface applies the last version of EasyAndFast library. Many users...

Repulse Multi Timeframe: The Repulse Multi Timeframe indicator measures and displays the bullish or bearish pressure associated with each price candlestick in the form of a curve. This version is a standalone multi timeframe version (Repulse indicator is needed for its work). Timeframes...

Log Sigmoidal Normalized Jurik MA: In this indicator Jurik MA is sigmoidal (Softmax) normalized - made as oscillator that ranges in 0 to 1 range, and if you use hyperbolic normalization it will range from -1 to +1 range. Author: Mladen Rakic

Repulse: The Repulse indicator measures and displays the bullish or bearish pressure associated with each price candlestick in the form of a curve. There is only one parameter: the repulse period. Indicator is internally using all 4 prices in calculations and that is the reason why the price...

Log Sigmoidal Normalized T3: One of the usual "games" of a trader is to try to determine when an extreme is reached for some filter or average. This is one of the possible ways to asses that. In this indicator T3 is sigmoidal (Softmax) normalized - made as oscillator that ranges in 0 to 1...

RSI with RSI: In his article Combining Rsi With Rsi, author Peter Konner describes the use of two different RSI calculations using different lengths to allow trading of retracements as well as longer-term positions. The five-week and 17-week RSI values are used for entry and exits while the...

RegularExpressions in MQL4 for working with regular expressions: Regular expressions provide a formal language for quick and flexible processing of texts. Each regular expression is a pattern (mask), for which the regular expression engine tries to find matches in the source text. A pattern consists...

Alert Crossing Moving Average Nth Bar: An alert (an audio alert, email and push notification) is generated when the iMA (Moving Average, MA) indicator crosses the bar with index N. Author: Vladimir Karputov

FractalsPeriod: An indicator lets you specify the number of bars separately before and after the current High / Low (fractal) can. Author: Alexander P.

Exp_Sinewave2_X2: A trend-following trading system Exp_Sinewave2_X2 is based on the signals of two indicators Sinewave2 Author: Nikolay Kositsin

SilverTrend_x10: Indicator SilverTrend_x10 shows the color of the SilverTrend indicator candlesticks from ten different timeframes from the bar defined in the indicator input parameters. Author: Nikolay Kositsin

MultiSilverTrend_x10: Indicator MultiSilverTrend_x10 shows information on the current trends, using the colors of indicator SilverTrend from ten different timeframes. Author: Nikolay Kositsin

Sine Wave Cloud HTF: Indicator Sine Wave with the timeframe selection option available in input parameters, in form of a colored cloud. Author: Nikolay Kositsin

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

SilverTrend: Indicator SilverTrend_Signal that generates alerts and sends e-mails and Push-messages when the indicator changes its color, implemented as candlesticks. Candlesticks with the trend are colored brightly, and those against the trend are colored darkly. Author: Nikolay Kositsin

Hi guys, I have an indicator that exports historical price data to csv files. I'm not much of a coder and am having trouble with this. What I'd really, really appreciate it would be if someone would be able to help where and how to put a loop in the indicator, details are as follows: 1. The...

Hey guys so last year I developed an EA to automatically take trades for me. My strategy works very well as long as you know how to read price trends. Anyways as you can tell my code is quite basic and I only knew enough to code this EA since my strategy is real easy to understand. So now I would...

'New_Experts' obtains its value from 'Quantity', which obtains its value from 'Experts'... So how can 'New_Experts' and 'Experts' ever have a different value, therefore allowing the condition 'if (Experts!=New_Experts)' to return true?...

Hello! I need a quick help with EMA calculation. I seem to be very close, however its incorrect around the 5th decimal place in EURUSD 1M. Any ideas? What's with this? Looks like something with the normalizing? Heres the EA that calculates the EA attached. Can you provide the correct way to have it...

Hello, i have a general question tothe Bolliner Bands. when i use the Bands in my EA BBHandle1h=iBands(_Symbol,PERIOD_H1,20,0,2,PRICE_OPEN); is this Band repainting? Main Line, Upper Line, Lower Line? and even,  when i do the backtest on M5, is the Expert calculating the H1 Price? thanks amando

Hello, Does anyone know where I can find an indicator that takes in price values, which when reached or surpassed will cause the indicator to send a sound alert?

Is using object pointers when creating a graphical panel(using CDialog.mqh), slows down the platform?

I came across this solution while searching for trendline strategies.  https://www.iexpertadvisor.com/metatrader-mql-course-module-13-using-a-trendline-in-an-expert-advisor/ But I am having a slight issue with the code and I do not know why the problem exist. The logic of the code seems correct. I...

Hi all I have created a DLL that reads the data in a text file on the server and everything works correctly. Now I want to split the URL in the DLL and pass part of the path as an input parameter in my mql code but it does not work. my DLL is: extern "C"{        __declspec(dllexport) int main(std:...

Hi, I need a code that can do the following:Resistance_1 = High [x]1.- Yes High [x] <Close [1] {New_resistance = High [1]}2.- If High [x]> Close [1] {the next candle continues until it breaks the resistance}What I'm looking for is for the candles to continue until the break, respecting the previous...

Hi, Any one can help me with this situation as i'm new to mql4 programing. I would line to find the last red candle as it is showing in the attached photo. I know only one way to do that. But the problem is (What if the Red candle it is not in fifth bar back??) for Ex: if it in 4 or 3 or even in 7?...

Hello All, I am an expert MT4 programmer. I have coded many EAs and indicators. I have used lot techniques and but every EA I have written makes money in some situation and in other situtions it fails badly. I don't wish to brag about my backtesting as it is very easy to bloat up the numbers. I...

Hello I'm mql4 beginner. Now I'm studying about indicator. But I have an error while learning to watch a movie. Error comment is  " 'Temp2' is not expert and cannot be executed ". How can i fix it? +) movie link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C52a0B2sVE and I saw until 17:40 +) Code #property...

Hi. I'm beginner and sorry for the stupid question. I see "[10,10,10]" for the first time and can't infer that. When use it? I  saw mql4 manual and attached it bottom Thanks in advance!

This is News Trader EA created by Igorad. Besides, we may use this EA to draw the lines with text on the chart when the news coming. Explanation of the settings and how to use this EA you may find in the next posts. ---------------------------------------------- Version 2. - Please find attached the...