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HistoryDealGetDouble returns 100000.00 every once in a while for no reason in the context of DEAL_PROFIT

Here's the code that works most of the time and prints the profit. if (OrdPosition) { if (! PositionSelectByTicket (Ordnum)) { if (logging) Print (omagic,cb,ccy.cursym, " position closed by user, SL or TP:" ,Ordnum,cb, EnumToString (OrdDtype),cb); if

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Cant get "optimization on all Market Watch symbols " to make any passes.

2021.05.09 19:27:29.198 Experts optimization frame expert c7v3 (NDX,H4) processing started 2021.05.09 19:27:29.230 Tester cache file 'tester\cache\c7v3.all_symbols.H4.20190509.20210509.42.B08B95713B257D0449574AFA30811961.opt' deleted 2021.05.09 19:27:29.399 Tester Experts\c7v3\c7v3.ex5 on NDX,H4

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"/" in a sinput string bug effecting MT5 optimization only (but not effecting run once non optimizations)

This seems to effect optimizations only for some reason. At the top of my inputs, I have a sinput named note with this string entered in the inputs tab "Trendline.m60.2012/11 bOOS" which effectively renders all other sinput strings null at runtime. When I change my sinput named note to

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When SL is hit on signal provider but not follower and vice versa.

Is it true that SL are copied from the provider to the follower? If so, is it true that if SL is hit on follower account but not provider account then the system will reopen the trade? Is it true that if a trade stops out on the provider account but not the followers account the system will close

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When I pay to subscribe to a signal II (continued)

Signal may have less than 25 trades Signal must have at least 25 trades Signal must have at least 50 trades Signal must have at least 100 trades Signal must have at least 200 trades Signal must have at least 500 trades Signal can be 1 month old or younger Signal must be at least 1 month old Signal

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When I pay to subscribe to a signal...

I do not pay to subscribe to any signals I use Metatrader signals from the MQL5.com or directly through Metatrader I use other signal provider I strongly consider the amount of capitol a provider is trading with I strongly consider the BALANCE DRAWDOWN vs over all gains I strongly consider the

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Martingale vs. Non Martingale (Simplified RoR vs Profit and the Illusions)

Martingale: The gambler doubles his bet after every loss... There are a few complicated Martingale math papers floating around and even those are mostly about roulette but I thought of a way to make a really simple math based presentation. First of all I am assuming the goal is to make as much

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_Digits reports a 3 but is not accepting 3 digit prices when attempting to order (XAUSD on mql demo server)

Is this true for everyone else or did I mess up my mt5 by connecting to other brokers

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"cannot generate history data, check disk space [1]"

This message appears several times in the journal during the backtest: Core 1 cannot generate history data, check disk space [1] / [2] Core 1 xxxxx bytes not available What does this mean? I have 120 gigs free diskspace

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MetaQuotes-Demo Market closed errors (on wednesday)

Anyone know why I might get this error in the middle of the week? 2014.05.21 15:00:35.759 Trades '1693028': failed buy stop 0.32 USDJPY at 101.625 [Market closed] The account works fine for manual trading just now and the bot works fine under tester. A new h1 bar must've been formed right before