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Broker slippage that doesn't appear on chart
The attached image shows the minute bar that I entered at. The turquoise line below is the actual price entered at. At no point did the price move so low. Can MT4 work in this way as to not show the price the broker was given? Pepperstone are the broker
Range trading
Range trading can work consistently when traded manually but it's time consuming. I understand that it's not easy to create an EA to do the same job but are there any out there? The market is full of breakout EAs but not range trading EAs
MQL5 market connection issues
For the last month I've had connection error 12150 when trying to connect to the market from MT4. Each time the VPS has been rebooted and fixed the problem but the company is thinking that the problem lies with MQL5. Is this likely
SIgnal running at half risk
With the same account balance as the provider, 1:500 leverage and no EAs or any other trading occurring on the account my trades enter at exactly half the risk of the provider. To increase the risk would I have to increase the account balance
Spreadbetting account for signal providing
I understand there is sometimes an issue with suffix letters after the currency pair eg EURUSD.r and signals not being copied, but what about the case of spreadbetting such EURUSD.SB? Added to that spreadbetting is not CFD
Signal subscription failure
I have 3 subscriptions but unable to gain a 4th. The platform links through as usual but there is no signal copied
Signal connection error
The subscription has gone through fine but not connected in Options
EA testing reliability
I've tested many of the most popular EAs for MT4 with ICMarkets 1:500 demo and the results generally do not line up with the accounts of the provider, many ending with blown accounts. Is forward testing is only way to get genuine results
MQL5 VPS
I've read in previous posts that the above VPS is only suitable for one MT4 account, albeit several platforms within that account. Is this still the case? I am in need of a VPS that allows 2 different brokers and several MT4 accounts
Drawdown (not relative) by balance
I understand how to calculate Relative Drawdown by Balance as shown on the right of the image but I can not work out what the Drawdown by Balance: Maximal is as shown on the left. I am guessing that on the left it shows the largest single trade drawdown