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Dealing with time (2) functions for MetaTrader 5
Calculate DST for USA, EUR, AUD and RUB and the offset time of the broker automatically from the 70's until 2030 - even in the Strategy Tester of MQ
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Dealing with Time (Part 2): The Functions for MetaTrader 5
Determing the broker offset and GMT automatically. Instead of asking the support of your broker, from whom you will probably receive an insufficient answer (who would be willing to explain a missing hour), we simply look ourselves how they time their prices in the weeks of the time changes — but not
Dealing with Time (Part 1): The Basics for MetaTrader 5
Functions and code snippets that simplify and clarify the handling of time, broker offset, and the changes to summer or winter time. Accurate timing may be a crucial element in trading. At the current hour, is the stock exchange in London or New York already open or not yet open, when does the
Cluster analysis (Part I): Mastering the slope of indicator lines for MetaTrader 5
Cluster analysis is one of the most important elements of artificial intelligence. In this article, I attempt applying the cluster analysis of the indicator slope to get threshold values for determining whether a market is flat or following a trend
Enhancing the StrategyTester to Optimize Indicators Solely on the Example of Flat and Trend Markets for MetaTrader 4
It is essential to detect whether a market is flat or not for many strategies. Using the well known ADX we demonstrate how we can use the Strategy Tester not only to optimize this indicator for our specific purpose, but as well we can decide whether this indicator will meet our needs and get to know
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No Trade-Copier Based on DDE for Win XP,Vista,7,8,10 and even Linux/Wine ..?
I just saw there is a DDE solution for MT5 that comes with it own DDE-Server! Now I am wondering why there are quite some attempts for trade-copiers based on pipes and sockets but not on that quite simple DDE which exists for Windows XP,Vista,7,8,10 and even Linux/Wine and probably MAC. One only
Matringale or Grid-EA Optimized by AI or NN - does this exist?
Hi, I think it would be quite interesting to see the outcome of Martingale- or Grid-EAs which were optimized by Atrificial Intellingence and or neural networks . As for Martingale- or Grid-EAsthe the crash risk is very high - I would like to know what the AI or an NN would tell us. Does anybody know
compiles but then write file error
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bitchy preprocessor ..
This does not compile: #define _arWsz(A) #A+ "[] sz: " + ( string ( ArraySize (A))) // print array with array name template < typename T> int ArrayPrt(T &arr[], const string lne) { int i = ArraySize (arr); string s = _arWsz(arr); string S = #arr+ "[] sz: " + ( string ( ArraySize
invalid stops
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ChatGPT
In the Freelance section there could/should be opened a new section for maybe specialized coders: Correcting ChartGPT code. After some time I guess one could get a routine and could be able to offer special prices? On the other hand, has anyone ever tried asking ChartGPT why its code has bugs and
indicators as resources fails - why, where?
I want to load my indicator as resource: #resource "\\Indicators\\MyEMA_R.ex5" ... int OnInit () { ... hMA = iCustom ( _Symbol , PERIOD_H1 , "::Indicators\\MyEMA_R.ex5" ,PER,cFLATT,REL,DEV,BRK); if (hMA == INVALID_HANDLE ) { Print ( "Handle MyEMA_R failed, err:" ,err()); return (
TesterHideIndicators()
The function TesterHideIndicators() is not listed here where all MQL5 function appear: https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/function_indices I recommend this link to others for a search (Ctrl+F) with simple keywords acc. to the idea "What is the name of the function that does ...?" On the other hand it is
no. of columns of the resulting xml of an optimization
Are theses always the first columns from the left side of the xml file resulting from the optimization: Pass Result Profit Expected Payoff Profit Factor Recovery Factor Sharpe Ratio Custom Equity DD % Trades so that the first column of the optimized parameters start at #10