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EA sad face straight after synchronization

Hi All, At the risk of sounding stupid... I've set up my EA, the second I synchronize it with the VPS - the smiley face turns to a sad face. I understand this means it's not operating correctly... Is there anything I need to know about this / what can I do about it? Hope you can help

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Do I need to create a button?

Hi All, I've got a manual swing trading strategy ready to go - but I need to use an EA to monitor and adjust the stop loss whilst I'm away from keyboard. I kept getting caught out with missing the break even opportunity whilst I was asleep etc etc... I know how to code this EA, my question to the

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Break Even Function not working as expected

Hi All, I've been going round in circles all day trying to figure this one out, so it is time to consult the blessed Forum masters. I have a break even function that is called when a position is open, but it's not functioning correctly. Here is the function code, all variables used are globals (bad

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EA not functioning as it did during backtests

Hi All, Hoping there's something really obvious someone can point out to me. I have an EA that performs perfectly on backtests , and almost perfect on live trades - except for one key feature. At 2pm the EA analyses whether the current day price range is within the previous day price range. That

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MT4 Platform & MT4 EA - With MQL5 VPS

Hi All, Technical question. I have an MT4 platform with an already developed MT4 EA, looking to get it modified on the freelance market. Before I post the job, just looking to clarify if there is any issue between an MT4 EA operating on an MQL5 VPS, or should I seek to develop the entire program

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VPS Changes Backtest results - and live functioning

Hi All, Hope you can help. I have an EA I'm really happy with, and have been testing for months, but since renting a VPS my EA has been performing differently to when it was just on my brokerage platform not connected to a VPS - on backtests and consequentially on live trades. Just wondering if

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EA on VPS Not Executing Trades

Hi all, I have a slight technical issue with my VPS and just looking for any advice. My EA is synchronised to the VPS, and showing the smiley face on the chart, but when I turn off my laptop it doesn't execute trades that it should be. It runs perfectly on backtests, so I'm presuming it's an issue

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High / Low Entry EA

Hi All, Having a funny one with a super simple EA and I'm not sure exactly what the matter is. In principle I simply want to execute a buy trade when the current market price (Going by the Bid) is greater than previous day's high, and also the other way - selling when lower than previous low

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Leverage on Back Testing?

Hi all, I've always traded using MT4 with a Spread Betting account, however I have recently opened up a real FX account. Just wondering if the account leverage (50:1) is factored into the back testing results? Hope you can help

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Backtesting Results vs Reality.

Hi All, Recently finished optimising an EA that performed really well on back testing. Didn't report a single loss. On it's first day of running today however it has drastically failed and has been quite painful to watch. The spread was set correctly on back testing as there is a fixed spread on the