Ryan L Johnson
- Futures & FX Strategist at Silk Road Trading LLC
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As announced in my blog, I am NOW PROGRAMMING MQL5 INDICATORS, EA's, AND SCRIPTS FOR FREE!
I started out in the afterschool of hard knocks as a kid... Hog farm, trailer park, firewood, etc. but I got my hands on an Apple IIe computer early too. I ended up with more degrees than a thermometer later in life and began trading in 1999. My most valuable bits of education helpful to trading were probably Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Math I and II, Statistics, and Computer Math. That's Computer Science for the younger generation, or hey... just Programming for the next younger.
The retail trading industry is comprised of a multitude of central exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, CME, etc.), captive off-exchange markets (forex, CFD's, etc.), broker-dealers, hedge funds, investment banks, pension funds, software providers, and data providers which take profits whether retail traders win or lose. The level of conflicting interests of commercial participants versus retail traders varies widely from one market to another. Step number 1 of becoming a successful trader is choosing the best market(s) to trade.
Having traded so many markets and instruments over the years, I now help beginning or struggling traders for free when they contact me. I have helped many other traders select a market, instrument, chart type, and strategy components without pushing my own products on anyone... no strings attached. The one thing that we the retail traders can do, that commercial traders will not, is help each other for free. (I must admit... I have given free help to beginning fund managers).
And by the way, other people have identified me as a part-time comedian... which I also admit.
Happy trading!🙂
I started out in the afterschool of hard knocks as a kid... Hog farm, trailer park, firewood, etc. but I got my hands on an Apple IIe computer early too. I ended up with more degrees than a thermometer later in life and began trading in 1999. My most valuable bits of education helpful to trading were probably Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Math I and II, Statistics, and Computer Math. That's Computer Science for the younger generation, or hey... just Programming for the next younger.
The retail trading industry is comprised of a multitude of central exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, CME, etc.), captive off-exchange markets (forex, CFD's, etc.), broker-dealers, hedge funds, investment banks, pension funds, software providers, and data providers which take profits whether retail traders win or lose. The level of conflicting interests of commercial participants versus retail traders varies widely from one market to another. Step number 1 of becoming a successful trader is choosing the best market(s) to trade.
Having traded so many markets and instruments over the years, I now help beginning or struggling traders for free when they contact me. I have helped many other traders select a market, instrument, chart type, and strategy components without pushing my own products on anyone... no strings attached. The one thing that we the retail traders can do, that commercial traders will not, is help each other for free. (I must admit... I have given free help to beginning fund managers).
And by the way, other people have identified me as a part-time comedian... which I also admit.
Happy trading!🙂
Ryan L Johnson
Added topic MT5 Builds 5833 and 5836 - unable to sort chart template names
I seem to recall having been able to right click on a chart, select Templates, and then click-hold-and-drag a template name up or down for the purpose of manually sorting the names. As referenced in the subject of this thread, I'm no longer able to
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Added topic step-by-step Mobile MT5 instructions needed
In my efforts to help another trader, I learned that she trades in Mobile MT5 only. This presents a challenge because I only use Mobile MT5 to receive notifications from Desktop MT5 without a trading account connected. I provided my modified "XARD"
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Added topic Renko bricks ─ your opinion?
What is your opinion of Renko bricks, i.e., Renko charts? Do you like traditional Renko, Renko with wicks, offset Renko, rail-to-rail Renko, etc.? Or do you dislike Renko bricks because they print too slowly, obscure actual prices, don't work with
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I am NOW PROGRAMMING MQL5 INDICATORS, EA's, and SCRIPTS FOR FREE! Terms You pay nothing. You receive the source code. You retain the sole copyright. You test the code. I may suggest additional logic. I revise the code as you request. We work until it's done...
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Added poll What are your favorite position sizing methods?
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The problem with automatic update downloads is that even if you click "No" in the update pop-up, the uninstalled update will hang--causing MT5 to malfunction. Beta Builds are not official Release Builds. Beta Builds are for user testing-- not live trading...
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Added topic ECB President's name in a Calendar event
What is the point of including the sitting ECB President's last name in the name of an MT5 Economic Calendar event? As I'm calling specific Calendar events by name, I've created an input that allows the sitting ECB President's name to be changed
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Added topic Forum Error
Is anyone else getting slow loading and/or this error message from this Forum in a web browser
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Published post Stop Hunting in Forex. Is It Real?
Have you ever felt like you've been stop hunted, or is it just paranoia...
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Just a quick word of advice for beginning traders...
It's more or less common knowledge that the holiday season is generally a bad time to be trading. Of course, the actual length of the bad trading season depends on the type of instrument and strategy that you're trading. Here are some example statistics in the form a bar chart from the MT5 Tester Report--for a strategy that places a trade every 1 to 2 days. This is a 6 year backtest. Rather obviously, we won't be trading in December nor January.
It's more or less common knowledge that the holiday season is generally a bad time to be trading. Of course, the actual length of the bad trading season depends on the type of instrument and strategy that you're trading. Here are some example statistics in the form a bar chart from the MT5 Tester Report--for a strategy that places a trade every 1 to 2 days. This is a 6 year backtest. Rather obviously, we won't be trading in December nor January.
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Published code ATR Cycles
A volatility filter based on 3 ATR's: a fast ATR, a middle ATR, and a slow ATR
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Here is perhaps the cleanest and most organized video instruction on how to code an MT5 EA based on an indicator by using iCustom(). This video is suitable for beginning MQL5 coders. This is not an endorsement of any broker. I do not use this broker, and I cannot use this broker in my location...
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If you'd like to help stop about 400,000,000 non-upgradeable Windows 10 pc's from going into landfills, please sign the nonprofit petition at: https://pirg.org/take-action/tell-microsoft-to-extend-free-support-for-windows-10/ No donation is required. Please share this petition far and wide.🙏...
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I've seen quite a bit of confusion about the activities of mql5.com Forum Moderators versus Administrators... versus the Service Desk, so I'll try to clear things up here. A Moderator is relegated to editing, censoring, and reorganizing the content of Forum Topics (threads) and Posts...
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Added topic Some advice on issues with MT5 Beta build 5227
I recently reopened an old live FX account with my former FX broker-dealer which shall remain nameless here. Their Latest Release Version of MT5 was 5227 which created a bug that failed to import past tick data into the current bar in my Custom
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Published code MACD Signal Line indicator for MT5
A stripped-down (signal line only) version of Metaquotes' MACD indicator from the MT5==>Indicators==>Examples folder.
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