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Hi everyone, I've been encountering several issues when working with the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) Python API related to account login and server management. I wanted to share my observations and see if anyone has experienced similar problems or found

I’m looking to build an online analytics platform similar to [redacted] , where traders can connect their accounts simply with login, investor password and server name.  Looking into this further, I can see services such as [redacted] which

The MetaTrader for Python   documentation   shows users can only use the   history_orders_get   and   history_deals_get   functions to access historical trade data, rather than a simple history_positions_get function. On

Hello, I am using the following function within my EA to only open trades at the start of a new bar if the entry criteria are met. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ bool new_bar( ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe)

Hi all, I'm writing a CSV filewrite feature in my EA to basically track my equity curve as well as other data.  This code works but everything is printed in one cell, rather than a different column for each parameter - any ideas?    if

Hello, I can't see a 'straight forward' way of creating a table on a chart, in the simplicity that Pinescript offers the table.new() and table.cell() functions - is the easiest solution to create a table using ObjectCreate() and OBJ_TREND? I'm

Hello, I like to enable the mobile notifications on my MT5 terminal so I can see when my EA is opening new trades & when they are closed etc. However I get SPAMMED when my trailing stop modifies trades or fails to modify trades. Is there a way to

Hello guys, I've found a way to send out trade details from MT5 to telegra using the following function (Sorry I can't find where I got this from!): void telegram_send( string token, string chat_id, string message)   {    string

Hello,  I have written a correlation filter in to stop my EA from opening a trade if Symbol() has a correlation over 75% or under -75% of any open positions. I've been running it on a live non-execute account for the last two weeks and there are

I am running one of my strategies across three different trading accounts with the same broker. The different accounts are to compare performance for different ways of managing the account. Is there a way to extract account info from different

I have developed a correlation matrix however I know it can be made more efficient. Some 'cells' do not load, and i would like it to update every tick. What methods could improve the efficiency of it? #include <Math\Stat\Math.mqh> enum

Hey guys, why doesnt this Print out the Symbols of open positions please? void print_symbols()   {    for ( int i= PositionsTotal ()- 1 ; i>= 0 ; i--)      {        string

I’ve made an EA which plots a small chart on the top left of the current chart.  Currently I’m using the CGraphic library to do this, and it needs x and y values to plot.  I’d want to have an input to the EA for the period, which would then

Hi everyone, In my journey in developming a profitable system, I have found some Darwinex video quite helpful for learning about the dangers of over-optimisation and the value of walk forward optimisation. The advice given was that the best approach

Hi, I’m looking to make my own dashboard in Python where by entering a MT4 account number and investor password I am able to get data from the account such as live account balance , equity, trade history etc.  What method would be best to do