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Master the Z-Score: Building Mean-Reverting MQL5 Trading Systems for MetaTrader 5

This article explains how to use the Z-Score to quantify price deviations in standard deviations and apply the concept in MQL5. We cover the calculation, interpretation across market regimes, and the implementation of a custom indicator and three trading strategies as Expert Advisors. Readers get

How to build and optimize a cycle-based trading system (Detrended Price Oscillator - DPO) for MetaTrader 5

This article explains how to design and optimise a trading system using the Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO) in MQL5. It outlines the indicator's core logic, demonstrating how it identifies short-term cycles by filtering out long-term trends. Through a series of step-by-step examples and simple

How to build and optimize a volume-based trading system (Chaikin Money Flow - CMF) for MetaTrader 5

In this article, we will provide a volume-based indicator, Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) after identifying how it can be constructed, calculated, and used. We will understand how to build a custom indicator. We will share some simple strategies that can be used and then test them to understand which one

MQL5 Integration: Python for MetaTrader 5

Python is a well-known and popular programming language with many features, especially in the fields of finance, data science, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning. Python is a powerful tool that can be useful in trading as well. MQL5 allows us to use this powerful language as an

How to build and optimize a volatility-based trading system (Chaikin Volatility - CHV) for MetaTrader 5

In this article, we will provide another volatility-based indicator named Chaikin Volatility. We will understand how to build a custom indicator after identifying how it can be used and constructed. We will share some simple strategies that can be used and then test them to understand which one can

Advanced Variables and Data Types in MQL5 for MetaTrader 5

Variables and data types are very important topics not only in MQL5 programming but also in any programming language. MQL5 variables and data types can be categorized as simple and advanced ones. In this article, we will identify and learn about advanced ones because we already mentioned simple ones

Building and testing Keltner Channel trading systems for MetaTrader 5

In this article, we will try to provide trading systems using a very important concept in the financial market which is volatility. We will provide a trading system based on the Keltner Channel indicator after understanding it and how we can code it and how we can create a trading system based on a

Building and testing Aroon Trading Systems for MetaTrader 5

In this article, we will learn how we can build an Aroon trading system after learning the basics of the indicators and the needed steps to build a trading system based on the Aroon indicator. After building this trading system, we will test it to see if it can be profitable or needs more

Design Patterns in software development and MQL5 (Part 4): Behavioral Patterns 2 for MetaTrader 5

In this article, we will complete our series about the Design Patterns topic, we mentioned that there are three types of design patterns creational, structural, and behavioral. We will complete the remaining patterns of the behavioral type which can help set the method of interaction between objects

Design Patterns in software development and MQL5 (Part 3): Behavioral Patterns 1 for MetaTrader 5

A new article from Design Patterns articles and we will take a look at one of its types which is behavioral patterns to understand how we can build communication methods between created objects effectively. By completing these Behavior patterns we will be able to understand how we can create and