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Strategy tester journal

Hi, I'm using the Strategy Tester to debug an MQL5 EA strategy that inadvertently issues many PositionModify commands - the journal gets full of server messages and its hard to see the wood from the trees. When using the Strategy Tester, is it possible to (temporarily) block server messages - I just

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Visual Studio Code & Git source control

Hi, I've been using Visual Studio Code for a while and I'm quite happy with it - I want to add source code control, Git specifically ( Version control in Visual Studio Code ) and wondered if anyone had any tips or advice for its use with MQL5 projects, or better alternatives that work with VSC. I've

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Republished indicator

I tried to access an indicator that I had bought earlier from the Market place link, but it showed as unavailable. I think this means that either the author or Metaquotes removed it from the Marketplace - but I can still download and install it from the terminal. However, when I looked at the

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MT5 Strategy tester optimisation question

Hi, When using the strategy tester for optimisation, is it possible to ignore certain combinations? For instance, if I optimise the below parameters (example), the tester will test all combinations even if the first parameter is false: For example: Ideally, I only want combinations of Bollinger

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Metatrader VPS restarts?

On my live charts, running on a Metatrader VPS, I use a custom indicator which monitors, amongst other things, drawdown and free margin. The indicator sends push alerts at set levels and a test alert when the indicator is reloaded. This morning I received a test alert for each of my live charts

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Connect to MT5 VPS with web browser?

Hi, I have an MT5 account migrated to a Metatrader VPS. If I don't have access to the PC where the terminal is installed, is it still possible to monitor the VPS ? - i.e Through WebTerminal, or some other method? Thanks

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MQL VPS question

Hi, I'm thinking about using Metaquote's VPS (MT5). As far as I can see from the product page and tutorial, the process will migrate my terminal/charts/EA/indicators to a VPS. Will this process cost me additional activations for marketplace EA/indictors that I'm using? Thanks

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Converting MQL4 trade functions to MQL5

Hi, I've programmed MQL5 for a while but don't know much about MQL4 and I need to convert some MQL4 code with trade function to work with MQL5. As far as I can see, MQL4 deals with both positions/orders with the same functions, whilst MQL5 has separate functions for positions/orders. For example, am

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Metaeditor 5 save settings

Under options->colors Metaeditor 5 has a number of pre-defined schemes (Light, Dark etc & Custom) - I'm trying to find an option to save customised settings so I can use on another Terminal. Is it possible? Thanks

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Installation is failed

I got the following error message when trying to update a paid for EA on my live VPS. Any idea what the problem might be? Thanks