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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

I am sure this is explained somewhere but did not find it. What will be the sequence of events if I place  2  trades with Stoploss and different targets if both targets will be reached? Will the end result be the same as in MT4

I have been using my 3 local computers to run as many agent as possible. Has been working fine for a long time. It stilltakes a long time running for a multicurrency EA optimizing one pair at the time. I decided to try the cloud. Works fine most of

The EA I am developing is a Swing Trader EA. It uses Daily, 4-hour and 1-hour to determine trend. It uses 5-Minute for prospective entry and 1-M for entry. In order to make it independent of broker server time it is not a good idea to use the 4H and

For various reasons I want to maintain 2 versions of my EA. one MQL4 and one MQL5. Technically it works fine with the help of the compiler directive. Practically it is a bit awkward to keep 2 versions of the source in sync since the compiler must

In order to not mess up placing market order and corresponding pending SL and TP i stop placing orders on Friday in good time. That works OK. but it could be other days when trading closes. Is there a way to query the trade server about closing time

How do you test if EA is running in Strategy Tester or not? Tried to search the documentation but probably did not search in a correct  way

For quite some time I have been working on a multi currency EA. It is a trend following architecture  that buys dips in an uptrend and sells peaks in a downtrend. A lot of work has gone into the code. It si built so as to run optimzation one

Currently working on porting back an EA from MQL5 to MQL4. It was originally written i MQL4 but I needed the MultiCurrency functionality and tester functionality in MQL5 in order to get it fully tested. I am now porting it back to MT4 using the

Maybe I am misundestanding something. The example with sending MqlTick info over named pipes made me try adding tho the CNamedPipes mqh class and send a structure of my own design. Excatly the same code  compiles ok on new MQL4 and code