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Why all my EAs have dissapeared ?

Im trading with several EAs for the last few months and just now over the weekend they have all dissapeared ? Does anyone know why this has happened ? As you can see in the screenshot all the happy faces have disappeared My computer did some updates over the weekend and maybe that would have

Trading with many multiple EAs

Im currently trading with 7 different EAs working on 17 different currencies and timeframes and trading for the last several months making good money. But last night I got stopped out in a deep drawdown and I think its because one of the Stops I set with one of the EAs effected my account balance as

Why does backtesting fall off at the end on an EA ?

I have seen this a few times backtesting a few EAs. It works fine then at the end it will just fall off a cliff. Have been trying to work this out. Most of the times its because there was not enough equity in the account or the EA closes off at the last date. But this one I cant figure out. It is

Confidenatiality of Algo Scripts written by Developers.

I have asked a Developer to write a script for me that looks good. Im wondering what can be done in terms of confidentiality. I dont want everyone to know about it. Understand I cant stop the Developer using it but do I have any copyright over anything like that ? Or is there no such thing, once its

How MQL results are calculated

I just recieved a script I purchased for a modified PSAR with Stops. I tested it today and it seems to be ok but with some minor issues that Ill speak to the developer about. But I am wondering how these results are calculated below : When I downloaded it to a spreadsheet I found the Profit figures

Ultimate Trading Robot

Im developing my own Trading Robot based on many many years of manual trading but I was curious to see what other peoples experience and performance is of Trading Robots I always thought that if I had a great Bot that was making a Million Dollars I wouldnt be sharing it with anyone. But there seems

Can you change the parameters on Free EAs ? and Can you test INTRADAY ?

I have downloaded the Free PSAR to test but am trying to change the parameters . Is this possible and where can I do it ? I cant seem to open it in the Editor ? Also I wanted to use the PSAR to execute INTRADAY rather than at OHLC would this be possible ? Thanks

Trying to get Simple SAR EA Backtesting to work

Following on from my previous posts I am trying to get the first SAR EA I have written to show results. (For MT4) I have manged to get the default MA Indicators to work and show a result but the first one I wrote myself doesnt seem to be working. I followed this guys instructions on Youtube

SMA Trading Bot

Im just starting to write my first Trading Bot and following this guys example on Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-PvwiHVO34&t=0s&list=WL&index=95 But hes using MQL5 and I only have MQL4 and MQL4 which doesnt have CopyBuffer Is there anyway around this ? What I have so far : void OnTick()

Help getting first Expert Advisor working for backtesting

Hi Guys, Continuing on from my last post : https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/226823 I have established that I can run the built in EAs and get some sort of result for backtesting. Now I want to start getting more specific and start testing the Parabolic SAR. I have watched about 10 Youtube Videos to