Codes
Horizontal line for max/min prices of the last 2 years for MetaTrader 5
Example code on how to draw an horizontal line for maximum and minimum prices of the last 2 years
Heatmap, Gradient and Scale representation of symbols for MetaTrader 4
The purpose of the present code is to demonstrate how easy it is to create color scales, color gradients and heatmaps with the MQL4 language and functions
iBarShift for MetaTrader 5
There are a lot of users who searched for iBarShift function like in MQL4. But this function is no more include in MQL5, mainly because MQL5 provides all necessary basic, low-level, functions to process such thing in a library
MACD Divergence for MetaTrader 5
This indicator will plot divergence lines on the MACD indicator and will give buy and sell signal by displaying green and red arrows
AscTrend Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5
Trading strategy based on ASCTrend indicator as main signal, filtered by NRTR indicator and/or by TrendStrength indicator
TrendStrengthv2 for MetaTrader 5
Conversion from MetaTrader 4 version
NRTR Color Line for MetaTrader 5
NRTR is Nick Rypock Trailing Reverse indicator
Forum
All about MT5 updates.
This topic will be used to bring together all information about MT5 updates process. This is NOT for chitchat. To avoid undesirable update you need to work with account(s) from a BROKER . Using their server(s) and/or website to get one. On the FIRST installation of MT5, from a mt5setup.exe you got
MQL5 Documentation errors, defaults or inconsistencies.
Page : https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/globals/globalvariabletime Return Value The function returns time of last accessing the specified global variable. Addressing a variable for its value, for example using the GlobalVariableGet() and GlobalVariableCheck() functions, also modifies the time of last
About MT5 Terminal and MetaEditor dark theme : bugs and suggestions.
ME 5430, code window. "Highlight current line" is not visible and there is no setting to change it (unless I missed something). Light Sheme : all good. Blue Sheme : barely visible. Dark Scheme : not visible at all. Please fix it. And even better add a custom setting to change it
As seller, what proportion of your sales is MT5 products compared to MT4 ?
50/50 55% MT5 / 45% MT4 60% MT5 / 40% MT4 65% MT5 / 35% MT4 70% and more MT5 MT4 is still dominant No idea, just show me the results
For coders : what would you like to see as value for 'x = 1.123 * 0.67' (double) in the MetaEditor Watchlist ? (see first post for more explanation).
0.752410000000000023 (IEEE-754 value converted to decimal, 18 digits) 3FE813BE22E5DE16 (IEEE-754 Hexadecimal representation) 0.75241 (real value, like in mathematic or a calculator) Who cares
MetaEditor, Open AI and ChatGPT
Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Test version of MQL5 Copilot in beta 3647 Renat Fatkhullin , 2023.03.23 23:11 In today's beta version 3647, we've included the first version of Copilot, a feature to enhance the editor's ability to write code. The settings
Algo Forge and MetaEditor Git errors, bugs and questions : CURRENTLY UNRELIABLE.
Be cautious using Git (from MetaEditor), I just lost 1 day of work. Of course I should have commit my work more often, but still I would probably have lost some work due to this issue. I didn't commit more often as I don't want to send work in progress to the server and MetaQuotes implementation of
BUG with Market products license checking.
From time to time, when MT5 has been close for a while, when you restart it and you are using Products from mql5.com the license failed to be checked correctly and the Product is then removed from the chart. Which can be very annoying (even dangerous if it happens with trading EA) and unnoticed by
Are there any serious plans to upgrade MetaEditor to a professional-grade programming IDE ?
I really enjoy working with MT5 and MQL5; it's a truly interesting and powerful language. I spend many hours working with MetaEditor (ME) every day, and while there are many good features, especially the platform's built-in debugger, which can be used in real time, on live or historical charts
Would you pay for a MT5 improved platform ? (Vanilla MT5 platform remaining free).
Maybe, it depends, I am not sure. No. Never. Most probably No, unless it's very cheap. Yes, if the paid version is really worth it. Yes without a doubt