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In OnTimer - every three minutes - I do  this code ResetLastError(); if(PlaySound("tick.wav")) Print(__FUNCTION__+" Playsound true " + GetLastError()); else Print(__FUNCTION__+" Playsound false " + GetLastError()); The PRINT always gives

I am looking for a way to detect if the user clicks 'somewhere' in the chart and drag or if he clicks on an object and drag the object. In both cases I get the same event: id CHARTEVENT_MOUSE_MOVE,   lparam 517, dparam 253,  sparam

I have two installations on two laptops. Both MT5 5.0 3091 In one of them I can click on the alarms in the chart, move them or delete or change them using the right mouse button. In the other one I cannot select them. Where can to set this

In many programs (CGQ Desktop, Ninja, Sierra etc) a functionality is offered for Continuous contracts called 'Ajustment'. This does not exist in MT5. I would like to write this myself. My idea would be to modify the @DD history. Based on the data for

I would like to add the volume of deals. Separated by market buy and market sell . The problem: Apparently OnTick() is often not called! Test: I placed a chart with this EA right next to the MT5 T&S.  In the T&S you can see deals coming

Does anyone have an idea how I can make a vertical scroll - analogous to ChartNavigate() from the EA? For example, I want to scroll up the chart so that an object comes into the picture. I have my own indicators above and below the price in the chart

If you want to display your own chart context menu , you have to switch off the MT5 context menu with ChartSetInteger ( 0 , CHART_CONTEXT_MENU , 0 , false ) Does anyone have an idea how to switch off the object context menu

Hello everybody I trade FDAX with MT5 via AMP at EUREX. EUREX accepts stop-market orders for futures trading in addition to the native order types:   market and limit. QUESTION: Does anybody know if the MT5 Gateway transmits a STOP-Market order

1. When a TrendLine is deleted by selecting and pressing the [DEL] key, MT5 puts a CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_DELETE into the queue. 2. When a TrendLine line is deleted by program using  "ObjectDelete()", MT5 puts a CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_DELETE into the

I always use 3 charts (M3 M15 H1 of the same symbol). I copy a part of the drawn objects into the other charts by creating them from the main chart with ObjectCreate(chart_ID,name . . .   So far so good. If I did this a few times the CPU

Hello  everybody After a few years of trading and programming on the Agena Trader I am now back on MT5. Conclusion: MT5 is great!  My current work topic: CQG offers the option 'Continuation' for futures data feeds.  In MT5 you can

Hello I would like to change the size of the windows from the program. ! It is not about the subwindows of the indicators ! For example, there four open chart with different symbols (EURUSD, GBPUSD etc.). I would like to control the size and position

Hi there,  I have got a question about Chart Events: Is it possible to check out, when a chart window becomes the “on top” one / gets the focus? Already checked:      Having e.g. the UK100 chart-window maximize on top, I call the

Does anybody know how to get the market's opening time ? I checked SYMBOL_INFO_STRING() but can't find it. Willbur

I wrote an EA who will support me in trading (e. g. traling Stops, buy and sell on trendlines and so on). I apply this EA for each chart which I open. How can these EA kommunizierien with each other ? Is there an other way then using the global

Here comes some OOP stuff. The idea for the program: * I draw a trendline in the chart and name it "beep" - the next time the price crosses this line, I will get a beep * I draw a trendline and name it "buy" - the next time the price crosses this

I wounder how to indicate when a new bar sees the light of day. Primarily I worry about performance. On some Symbols I saw ticks every 20 ms. Not so much time to react. One idea is rates.tick_volume Mqlrates rates[1]; OnInit()     {

Hi there, my plan is to save the chart as a template bevor leaving it. This part works fine! It's the reload in 'OnInit', which don't do what I what. The MessageBox says "Template apply: 0" - but noting happends in the chart. I can load the template

I've got a problem with an sl too. Whenever I think it's about numbers typed "double". Bevor I use my SL in OrderSend() I try to round it to the posible numbers given by the TickSize. double sl = 0.00544; double currSymbolTickSize = 0.00001;

Hi There, I did my first steps in MQL5. Which is to set a SL to ervery thing living there without one. It works well, but there are errors in the terminal jounal that I can not interpret.        "Notifications invalid