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Set Magic Number in MQL5

I want to set the Magic Number in my robots in Metatrader 5 (MQL5). In MQL4 was easy, on OrderSend() I just put the Magic number in order to identify what orders are from each expert advisors (I want to use several different robots, and each robot can only close the positions the same robot open

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ATR like trading view in MT5

Hi, I need to use the same ATR calculation from trading view in Metatrader 5. This is the code I have so far, it work, but is not getting similar results with Trading View. I know the data is slightly different, but my results in the strategy are very different and I have checked everything, the

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Is there a way to analize portfolios in MT5?

I know there are some websites that offer a way to add individual backtest made in Metatrader 4 and analyze as a portfolio. Is this possible to do it in Metatrader 5? As of my understanding, this is something MT5 is missing. I know Quant Analyzer, but it's pretty expensive, hope someone know a

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How to know if the system is good enought? 500 trades is a good sample size?

I have never found a system that in a backtesting of 40 FX pairs and at least 500 trades on each, all or most pairs are in profit. For example I have a system that give me profit on 15 pairs (each backtest have at least 500 trades). On the rest it gives me a loss. I didn't do any "optimization"

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A way to change the symbol on the current chart on MT5

I need a better way to change the Symbol in the current chart. The Symbols are in the Market Watch. At the moment the way I do this is by by pressing "enter" when the current chart selected then enter the Symbol name and "enter" again. But is not very fast. For example to choose Wheat I need to type

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It's possible to import data to MT5?

I want to use price data from other source (not Metaquotes) in order to do the backtest in Metatrader 5. I know in MT4 is possible, it possible to import data in MT5 for later use? Thanks

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Use MoneyFixed Class in MQL5

Hello, Based on another post of a person using the Money Fixed Risk in MQL5 to create a random expert advisor I write the following. Can someone say please why it doesn't work? Sometimes it uses up to 3 times the risk as the input. The idea here is to use this file to open trades with the same risk

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Ideas for developing a trend following system

I'm developing a trend following system. So far is good, but I need to make better filters for the trades. As any trend following system, the win rate is bellow 50% (way bellow) but Risk to Reward compensate for the losses. I want to apply simple filters (no more than 3 input variables) in order to

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Round a Array of indicator values in MQL5

Hey, I want to Round the number of an Array of my indicator. I need to Round the numbers to the number of digits of the currency, for example the EURUSD in my broker has 5 digits, while USDJPY have 3 digits. I cannot do it this way. And I want to change Round the numbers as soon as they are created

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is Metatrader data reliable?

I'm doing some testing with Metatrader 5 and trading view. The results, on Metatrader the same system make about double the trades. For what I understand when we perform a backtest on MT5, we download the data from Metaquotes, and of course is not the data of our broker, but for example EURUSD data