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What is the correct way of consolidating performance metrics?

What is the appropriate method for aggregating performance metrics? Considering System A with 1000 trades, a 9% drawdown, and a 50% return, and System B with 3000 trades, a 25% drawdown, and a 100% return, both systems having a 4-year backtest period. If these systems were independently trading in

How do you guys setup a Metatrader auto-start when VPS restart?

I understand that this question has been asked a lot and I have gone through all the provided answers nothing is working. All the answers are around placing MT5 shortcuts into the startup folder or updating registry entries which sounds sketchy. Placing shortcuts into the startup folder is a go-to

Unusual Position Sizing Glitch: Seeking Insights on Unexpected 100-Lot Size Error

I've been experiencing an unusual issue with my trading system related to position sizing. While the system generally operates smoothly, there's an intermittent occurrence, happening about once or twice a month, where it attempts to place an order with a 100-lot size. My position size is determined

I want a confirmation about the use of Symbol() and Period() functions

I'm seeking confirmation regarding the utilization of the Symbol() and Period() functions within custom indicator code, particularly concerning their impact when the indicator is utilized within a Multi-Currency EA. The Multi-Symbol EA is designed to facilitate trading across multiple symbols using

Concerns about moving a custom symbol between MetaTrader 5 installations

Hello, I have a question regarding the process of moving a custom symbol along with its price data from one MetaTrader 5 installation to another. I would appreciate any insights or advice on the following concerns: Timezone differences: I have noticed that the timezone settings in MetaTrader 5

How to Stop MT5 from downloading history data

I have downloaded tick data from Tick Data Suite for all the pairs and imported into my MT5 as custom symbol. Every time I run test I'm using the custom symbols I with 100% accurate tick data, it works find. The problem every time I'm running a test Strategy Tester is downloading or updating history

Recovering the lost optimization results

I have been running an optimization on Strategy Tester for a week and then a pc become responsive I restarted it but the test result which was supposed to be complete is not found. I only see the entry on optimization history. I try to start it hoping it will resume the optimization or display the

How the conversation of calendar event value to percentage works?

Hello, I am a bit new to working with calendar data. I want to know the logic behind the conversation of the event values. For example, the released news event actual value for "EUR Italy Retails Sales Monthly at 2023.01.11 12:00 GMT+3" says 0.8% on the economic calendar event pages but when I

How to use MQL5 CDateTime library to add 1 or 2 months to a date

I'm trying to add 1 and 2 months to date, but all solutions I find online are about MQL4, which doesn't work on MQL5 compiler. Can anyone suggest an MQL5 way of adding months or days to a date? Thank you

I can not load dll file on vps machine

I have a weird problem, I have dll import line on my local computer working fine, but the when I setup the same dll on the VPS windows machine the I'm getting "cannot call 'ReadIni', 'MQLMySQL' is not loaded. I have installed the libraries in the

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