Ingvar Engelbrecht / Profile

.Try this: 1. Develop a multicurrency EA. 2. Make it runnable in MT4 and MT5 3. Add SQL. Struggled along so far. Now try to run some optimization runs with MT5 on the cloud. Get stopped even if I do not do any actual MySQL calls on optimisation runs

I have working code for access to MySQL in MT5/MQL5. It uses the modules ANSI2UNICODE and UNICODE2ANSI works file in MT5. tested with bad password and the translatd message comes out fine. I have exactly the same code  in MT4/MQL 4. Gives my

In MT4 it is straightforward to use a technique with a trailing stop and add new trades when the previous trade(s) has passed break even. Each trade is processed  separately by the broker. Each trade can be sent with all needed information in

I have been using both methods and find them quite similar in functionality . What are the pros and cons for using one or the other

Works fine getting the 4 values. I would also like to know when the bar switches color, How do I determine that

Returning a simple bool works except that if something went wrong an error messge would be nice to return too. Returning a struct from a called function does not work if it contains objects (like string)  (Can not be copied) I could pass a

It worked last night (Friday) - I have checked my user id and password and they are ok. I got in to this forum - I can not enable the Cloud network. I just get "connecting" - There are agents available in all 3 networks. - I have $62 on the account -

I get the following message when running MT5  om both  Demo and live: authorization on Alpari - MT5 failed (Service is not available) Tried to open a new MT5 account on Alpari UK. did not work either.  Stuck on "Wait a little"

I have been looking around for some straight forward method to calculate the lot size based on a percentage of Equity or Free margin. I found som examples but I did not really like them or understand if they really where "universal" and they had

Any reliable broker that provides trading for the E-minis group?  SP500, Nasdaq-100, Dow and Russel200

Any reliable broker that provides trading for the E-minis group?  SP500, Nasdaq-100, Dow and Russel200

When running an EA using iBands in the Strategy Tester I get error message. I am testing on EURCHF "CopyBuffer RSI failed code 4807" I can see that the Strategy Tester is downloading data. When that is complete the error messages stops and the EA

Looking for mirror MT4 -> MT5  and  MT5 -> MT4 Any suggetstions

I have a couple of good reasons  to port my MT5 EA to the MT4 platform. Below is a sample of a technique I am planninmg to use in some instances to simplify maintenance of the "main" code I just wonder if there are any specific drawbacks using

Is it possible to setup for a backtest on several pairs and save the files. Running overnight instead spending time on the day. I know how to save the best file by writing a file with the data after doing a single run on the best result. but it is

The strategy tester on the cloud is really an advance in strategy testing. Works like a charm most of the time.  But a bit to often it just stops when there might be a few unprocessed task left. Nothing happens. It seems like 1 or 2 agents just