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Hi, For those using Apple iPad IOS, we cannot change the background of MT4 and MT5 from white to black. Last year Apple added the 'Dark mode' feature on the new iPad IOS. Unfortunately, I do not have an iPad that could update to the new iPad IOS. For those of you who are using iPad with the 'Dark
hi this indicator does not work correctly and indicator buffers are always zero what is the problem? #property copyright "Copyright 2023, MetaQuotes Ltd." #property link "https://www.mql5.com" #property version "1.00" #property strict #property indicator_chart_window #property
Hi , I faced a problem I want to use iBars function and give symbol name parameter from an array to this function but it return 0. On the other hand ,when I use Symbol() it works without any problem . can you guys kindly tell me why?! I code in mql5 . string symb= Symbol (); Print (symb, " , "
Hi, Not sure why my previous post was deleted by admin, as it was a reasonable question to ask here, go figure. Please can someone explain what i have to do in order to remove an empty window (window.jpg) of a plugin (TM.jpg) that installed (since i have removed), that is always present even after
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How can i sync my MT5 App android with Windows app and webterminal so can see my drawings and so on everywhere
HI can someone help me ? I have a problem. When i use iCousom() for a indicator . in MT4 Data Windows , i can see the indicator values. That changes correctly . BUT when i use iCoustom() for use it to return Value in EA . the Value id Different in Data Windows and iCoustom() Function . my indicator
I need a EA that can perform more than 500 transactions per week with a profit of 2% and DD of no more than 10%
USD/CAD April-June 2017 Forecast: ranging inside kumo waiting for direction of the strong trend to be started W1 price is located inside Ichimoku cloud for the ranging market condition within the following support/resistance levels: 1.3598 resistance level located near and above Senkou Span line...
This link provided to me by RaptorUK, give me the idea that it would be interesting to have a place here on the site to share such links. So I opened a new topic, it will be moderated to follow the rules as usual, but also about the content.
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Hi everyone, I want to add the program linked below that each time the MA crosses, the bot revert the opened trade. Example: MA 9 cross MA 21 in long -> open a trade long MA 9 cross MA 21 in short -> close the long trade and open the short trade MA 9 cross MA 21 in long -> close the short trade and
I am convinced I may be overfitting my EA to historical data somewhat. Based on what I know, the methods available to test a system's robustness (and identify overfitting) in MT5 include: Using the built-in forward test/out-of-sample function in the strategy tester (and testing on other OOS data
Is anyone able to provide insight as to why the PR value for 12900 is 50 points less that 10850? Both these machines have similar available disk storage which I believe is the only other metric used for the calculation that is not depicted. These machines are both up 24x7. Thanks
Hello everyone, I am looking to improve my hardware configurations to optimize Expert Advisors backtesting on MetaTrader 5. Currently, I am considering the purchase of a new dedicated PC and would love to get some advice on the hardware configuration that best fits this need. Here are some
Hi! I'm considering to build a portfolio of diversified forex pairs to be traded with an EA, my account currency being USD ( IC markets and Eightcap as brokers) E.g. I'm thinking of EURUSD, GBPUSD as main pairs and AUDCAD, NZDCHF for diversification purposes as an example. Though, wouldn't this
int Consecutive( int Count) { //--- int BB = 0 ; for ( int i = 1 ; i <= Count; i++) { if ( iClose ( _Symbol , PERIOD_H1 , i) - iOpen ( _Symbol , PERIOD_H1 , i) > 0 ) { BB++; } else { BB--; } } //--- return (BB); } Besides using
This thread won't be about a question or problem, but rather about the anouncement of the presentation and documentation of an exciting trading concept. I plan to do a series of postings here in order to keep you guys updated. Anybody who has an opinion on the topic, please don't hesitate to comment...
There are so many systems out here based on indicators and it takes so much time to go through all of them to see which one deserves merit,I simply did not feel like adding one more. However most are indicator based and lagging indicators make it difficult to really simplify trading decisions and
Market Condition Evaluation based on standard indicators in Metatrader 5
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I just started this thread as a continuation of the talking made on this topic (we can read it). Or ...to make it shorter: it was some discussion about forecasting/predicting of the next candle or direction of the movement or market condition evaluation. And it was around standard indiocators in
Hello, i need create backtest with MA, MACD and Stochastic indicators on daily historical data BTC/USD. I created custom symbol based from EUR/USD and than I changed them to BTC/USD. AFter that I imported the daily historical data to the current symbol. But if I try to make simple backtest than I
Hi everyone, I need support because I'm noticing a problem with my custom indicator. The indicator provides me with a KPI that updates for each new bar. I based an expert on it who, based on the value of the previous bar compared to the current one, must do or not do operations. I had the doubt that
This is the thread about books related for stocks, forex, financial market and economics. Please make a post about books with possible cover image, short description and official link to buy (amazon for example). Posts without books' presentation, without official link to buy and with refferal links...
Hello everyone, I am running a python code to trade on mt5 IC markets and Fusion Markets. I want to know what should I do, where to run the code to have the least latency, currently running the code in equinix NY, where they both have a server but still its slow. It shows 0.5ms in the bottom right
Renko Ashi Trading System 2 Please read the pdf manual for this system. Good luck everyone. PS: Reuploaded the fixed ma in applied price indicator. Special thanks to FXchaser PS: Reuploaded the fixed macd alert indicator. Special thanks to Puzzlebird PS: Reuploaded a Special Settings Template for...
hi I would like to know if there is a good strategy when forecasting highs and lows (ohlc), any links that can help
Hello, I want to copy the signal but whiles I find it on the MQL5 website, it is not on my list of signals of the MT4 Terminal. There are copiers of that signal so it should be available somehow. Does anybody know how to copy that signal ? May be one of the subscribers ? Regards, Stephan
I have a question. As it possible to make backtesting strategy for the past I am wondering if its possible viceversa. So that you put trades in and take out the strategy? Thanks for ansvers
Trading and training video (from youtube for example) about forex and financial market in general. thread for April 2013 - look at this thread, thread for May 2013 - look at here,for June 2013 is here.July thread 2013 is hereAugust thread 2013 is this oneSeptember thread 2013 is hereOctober thread...
SMC (The Smart Money Concept) is different way of market analyzing. I have a SMC strategy which is similar to the bellow example. All I want to know is can I code this thing into an EA or something else to trade automatically? I'm curious to know what is that technology / coding method. Honestly
Hello all, I have a few questions for anyone with knowledge and/or experience trading futures. Any input would be greatly appreciated. From experience scalping in live market conditions, how does slippage and spread compare to trading CFD in markets such as FX? Is there a notable difference, and
how to know which of the trade/stock has the highest volume/most gain
Dax Index January-March 2017 Forecast: flat within bullish with key resistance at 11,649 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 11,485 level to above on close weekly bar with 11,649 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...
The indices market is extremely slow these days and I'm not seeing many trading opportunities... The VIX is at 12.25 right now, what do you do when VIX is this low? Do you switch to other markets or do you just take a break? Also curious about Forex traders, are you seeing a similar problem
CAC 40 January-March 2017 Forecast: bullish with key resistance at 4924.69 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 4860.85 resistance level to above on close weekly bar with 4924.69 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...
Trading has a few simple rules - do the opposite of Goldman's Thomas Stolper; don't fight the Fed; and buy low, sell high. However, as this series of charts from Nanex shows, it is the latter rule that is the easiest to comprehend and yet - thanks to massive and obvious HFT manipulation - is an...
I would like to build futures trading mql robot (mostly focus on oil but other commodities interesting also). Unfortunately it's problem to gain hist. futures data, what's necessary for backtesting. So, I wish to ask: perhaps somebody knows where to receive ticks expired futures
Hi, I have recently started learning MQL5 language and all the tutorials are only focused on Forex market. I have been trading Futures contracts(manually) with <Deleted>. So, my question is If i keep learning Mql5 language, will I be able to develop EA for Futures market(with <Deleted>)? Thank you
Inspired by comments and reviews received from MQL5.community members, we have added a new forum section called "Trading stocks, futures, options and other exchange instruments". Share your ideas and trading experience with the website visitors. Reach out to MetaTrader 5 developers if you have...
Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Press review Sergey Golubev, 2016.12.24 17:18 Nikkei Q1 2017 Fundamental Forecast: Bullish (based on the article) Fundamental Analysis "The Bank of Japan has been buying stocks for over two years now. And in September, the...
On which MT5 platform can I find the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones index? It's not the type of CFD, it's the real S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones indices on the exchange
I want to demo Options board on MT5 but cant find ANY one who offers it? Where can i try the MT5 options board? Who is currently demo/ real trading with MT5 options platform? its ridiculous i cant find ANY information on how to actually do it/ who offers it. Its almost as if it doesnt exist/ noone
DJIA January-March 2017 Forecast: long-term bullish; resistance level at 19,987 is the key W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart: the price is on testing 19,987 resistance lkevel to above for the primary bullish market condition to be continuing. The price is
S&P 500 January-March 2017 Forecast: long-term bullish ranging within the narrow s/r levels for direction W1 price is located far above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price is on ranging within the following narrow support/resistance levels for the bullish trend to be resumed...
I have recently started using MT5 and am a US resident but I am having difficulty finding a broker that supports MT5. Is there a way around this? I have heard some people using Tradingview and pine connector but looking for the best way to setup MT5 with a US broker. If anyone can help it would be
My link sell register lost
Hello everyone, before you tell me, I've already been searching the forum on the subject, but I can't find anything that works for me. Since I am only going to Having only one trade open at a time, I don't need to factor in margin or anything like that I need to know how the lot size is calculated
Hello, where can I download the library from #include <TradeConstants.mqh>,because it's not present in my include. Unfortunately, I can't find out where to find it. Please help
Microsoft Factory Class Warning: A pointer called "m_pMainWnd" was detected in a function called "Run()" of the class "CWinApp". CS 2 11:19:44.360 MFC Warning: m_pMainWnd is NULL in CWinApp::Run - quitting application. Something called debugger exist: Best Regards
Hello everyone, I am currently trying to develop a panel that requires aligning text with the right edge of a graphical background layer. I have been using the TextGetSize() function to calculate the width of the text and attempting to position the text by subtracting this width from the right
Can you tell me if this is a realistic tester figure? And is this a good or bad result for a year with a deposit of $3,000
Hi, I'm new to Forex, and I'm adapting my Day-trade EA to Swing trade on Forex (Exness Broker). What I know is that Forex closes during weekend, right? I don't really understand if I can't operate during weekends. If so, That would result on false results and reports while I'm doing backtests. As
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Is it typical that optimization gets very slow when using a custom made indicator? I made a simple indicator and use it in my EA and the optimization is soo slow :( I also made EA that uses two simple moving averages and optimizing it is much faster. My custom indicator is not complex and I've...
Dear Coders! I started a backtest. My expert advisor is trying to open a position immediately at time 00:00. I get 'Market is closed' (TRADE_RETCODE_MARKET_CLOSED, error code: 10018) message, because the trading is start only at time 00:01: How can I check in advance if it is possible to open a
Hello, I have developed an EA that relies on price behavior around moving averages. I am however unable to test this on the strategy tester. With different timeframes and currency pairs, the outcome is the same. No trade is executed and the journal returns the details in the attached. Anyone please
Hi all. I just got my first EA up and running and I am finding that the indicator values lag about 5 minutes behind the values displayed on the chart. I see a bit of chatter about this. Is this a common thing? I saw one post that suggested coding a custom indicator. I managed to find the code for
Hello, I have a custom EA that works fine in the live market, but when doing a back test in the strategy tester , it does not open sell orders. There are no errors or warnings; it just doesn't open sell orders. I've checked every possible reason that might be the reason why it does not open sell
Yet another quirk of MT5, with exactly the same conditions the visual tester does the job right while the non-visual tester opens a position when it shouldn't. I'm having a very deep look into this and there's no "randomness" in the code. - I tried all modeling methods (everytick, 1 min ohlc, etc..)
Where can I learn neural network in mql5? Or which book can I use to learn neural network in mql5 or mql4
Hello, Dear sir or madam, Can someone modify this indicator to work with the current build of MT4? Thank you! Chris
Hi Writing my first EA, steep learning curve but managed to get so far with it using various online sources to sort through most issues. Come across a few issues when using the PVT indicator that I can't explain or find the answers to. EA is running ok but results are not correct and what I have
Hi everyone. I am currently using Supertrend on TradingView and a similar indicator in MQL5 with the same formula, but the middle line between the two is different. Can someone help me verify which formula is correct to display the middle line similar to the indicator on TradingView? Thank you
Hello i am coding indicator for mt5 And 1.after i launch it the buffers draws out of their values that i didnt load in code this is the first question 2.when i call time value in oncalcuulate indicator freez dont respod to other duals like onchert events or ontimer..etc 3.when i run this function it
Some indicators with alert/signals with author's comments: - EMA-Crossover_Signal: Enter two Exponential Moving Average periods and it'll tell you when they crossed. - SMA-Crossover_Signal: Enter two Simple Moving Average periods and it'll tell you when they crossed. - SMMA-Crossover_Signal: Enter...
I have a simple indicator that I use a lot in coding and testing, called BarID. Its intent is: for any bar you point to on a chart, to give you both its AsSeries = true and AsSeries = false index values, along with the best I could do to show its date and time, given all that's available are type
Something I have been working some time ago. Multi pair MACD Multi pair CoeffOfLine
On top of it all, the statements were working fine when I was asking just for close price. As soon as I added time, it started throwing up. 1005 double daNowPrce[]; 1006 datetime dtaNowPrce[]; 1007 ResetLastError (); 1008 1009 double dNowPrce = 0 ; 1010 1011 int
I have a signal indicator that should make an arrow on the LL or HH for any timeframe, but it repaints frantically like a rabid racoon on crack cocaine. One idea to stop something repainting is to take the initial signal it found and force it to remain with some boolean logic, another idea would be
Hello, Can anyone kindly add push notification alert when price cross below or over on previous day closed on bar closed? Appreciate your kind gesture. Thank you. D
My knowledge of the mql5 programming language is minimal. But I wrote a simple custom indicator, the task of which is to display arrows near candles that meet certain conditions. First, all points with index i are found that satisfy the condition high[i]>high[i-1] && high[i]>high[i+1] (or low)
sisi: Hi,Mr. Guru could you please help me to constantly refresh an ea after each tick movement. I have tried everything, But I just can't make it refresh constantly. What lines of code must I insert to keep an ea and indicator refresh after every tick? Tnx I hope you could attach your EA so...
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Hi there, I come to present an indicator to you which I created and who could be useful to some people here. If you are interested, I would be happy to share it. You can see it attached below. Let me know what you think about it and i will be back with the code and instructions. For the moment, the...
Hello everyone, I m looking a good proven indicator for buy/ sell GOLD AUXUSD on 15 minutes and 1 hour time frame for Metatrader 4 (platform Vantage/ Puprime) One for manual trading and one for automatic trading. So 2 different ones. Do you have experience with one ofh these
Here I have written some codes to show that ArraySetAsSeries function does not have any effect in Arrays!! any boddy can help me? why this function has no effect in my metatrader??? #property indicator_chart_window #property indicator_buffers 1 #property indicator_plots 1 //---- plot Label1
Determine Broker's Daylight (DST) schedule : Script to determine whether your Broker follows the US, UK or AU daylight (DST) schedule. Author: amrali
Check out the new article: Build Self Optmising Expert Advisors in MQL5 . Build Expert Advisors that look forward and adjust themselves to any market. Self-optimizing automated systems are essential in today's dynamic financial markets. Developing a trading bot that can adjust to current market
Averages MTF:
A version that adds some averages not supported by built in standard types to the collection of averages in one single file.
Author: Mladen Rakic
Logarithmic Moving Average : Logarithmic Moving Average continuously calculates the logarithmic mean of highest price and lowest price within a period. Author: Sardion Maranatha
Check out the new article: Developing an MQL5 RL agent with RestAPI integration (Part 2): MQL5 functions for HTTP interaction with the tic-tac-toe game REST API . In this article we will talk about how MQL5 can interact with Python and FastAPI, using HTTP calls in MQL5 to interact with the
Check out the new article: MQL5 Wizard Techniques you should know (Part 17): Multicurrency Trading . Trading across multiple currencies is not available by default when an expert advisor is assembled via the wizard. We examine 2 possible hacks traders can make when looking to test their ideas off
Check out the new article: The Group Method of Data Handling: Implementing the Combinatorial Algorithm in MQL5 . In this article we continue our exploration of the Group Method of Data Handling family of algorithms, with the implementation of the Combinatorial Algorithm along with its refined
Close-All: A script to close all market positions and/or pending orders. Author: amrali
Dealing with time (2) functions : Calculate DST for USA, EUR, AUD and RUB and the offset time of the broker from the 70's until 2030 and the automatically even in the Strategy Tester of MQ. Author: Carl Schreiber
New article MetaTrader 5 on Linux is published: In this article, we demonstrate an easy way to install MetaTrader 5 on popular Linux versions — Ubuntu and Debian. These systems are widely used on server hardware as well as on traders’ personal computers. Author: MetaQuotes
Custom Bollinger Bands : Standard Bollinger Bands indicator with averaging features added Author: Lucas Moura Vidal Da Silva
Check out the new article: Developing a Replay System (Part 37): Paving the Path (I) . In this article, we will finally begin to do what we wanted to do much earlier. However, due to the lack of "solid ground", I did not feel confident to present this part publicly. Now I have the basis to do this
New article Creating and testing custom symbols in MetaTrader 5 has been published: Creating custom symbols pushes the boundaries in the development of trading systems and financial market analysis. Now traders are able to plot charts and test trading strategies on an unlimited number of financial...
Linear Regression calculation based on pine script v4 : This is the exact conversion of linreg function from pine script v4 as an mql5 indicator. Author: Yashar Seyyedin
MQL4 Implementation of onTrade Event Handler : This is a simple code to mimic onTradeTransaction Event handler defined in MQL5 Author: Yashar Seyyedin
I just purchased an EA and when I try to download it to the terminal and login, I get this message. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
ObjectCreate ( 0 , "Low" , OBJ_TREND , 0 , iTime ( NULL , PERIOD_MN1 , 3 ),lowY, TimeCurrent (),lowY); ObjectSetInteger ( 0 , " Low" , OBJPROP_RAY , true ); ObjectSetInteger ( 0 , " Low" , OBJPROP_COLOR , clrRed ); ObjectSetInteger ( 0 , " Low" , OBJPROP_STYLE , STYLE_SOLID ;
Hi, some good indis found in the internet (4shared) in this topic! First, a smoothed non-repaint version of macd indicator coded by igorad and mladen. Cheer´s
Hi everybody, I request you to kindly plz take out your precious time to code the stoploss in this version of Ilan. I like this version and used it in live account too. But sometimes when markets moves long direction it blows cause the stoploss is not working when set to certain level as well as it...
Hi, Im trying to change the iExposure indicator view from sub window to main chart window. I've already tried modifying the code from #property indicator_separate_window to #property indicator_chart_window, but still can't see the indicator in the main "chart" window. Any suggestion? Here is the...
Hello, I've build a Server implementing some neuro-network functions and i want to communicate from an EA with this server. To do so, I implemented some socket-communication functions as an DLL but I got the following problem: - when calling the connect - function of WinSock via the DLL I always...
I am doing everything as normal but when I start MT4 on my laptop it deletes any ea’s that I have copied into the MQL4/experts folder. Seems to also happen with indicators as well. Everything was working fine on Friday but something happened over the weekend that has me stuffed. Things I’ve tried
I have written a code that I use to take profit in XAUUSD for 1 minute time frame. the problem with this EA is that it can make a profit when it follow the trend line, but when reversal came I keep taking losses, thus diminishing my profit. is there any way to fix my code ? As you can read from the
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I have been running MT4 on my laptop for several months. All of a sudden the terminal window won't appear? i have tried re-booting and several different profiles, no go. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Steve
hi here I have a custom indicator , But when I use it in my expert 's backtest, I only receve maximum one signal ! and in the back test I only have maximum 1 trade (depending on start time of backtest ) !! here I have deleted the SendOrder to minimize code size , i only receive one print
Hi, I need help to create an EA base on the following terms EA will open trade base on chart M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4 and D1. EA will not open a new CYCLE of trade if the previous CYCLE is not close. Example:- M1-Sell, M5-Sell, M15-Sell, M30-Buy, H1-Sell, H4-Buy and D1-Sell EA will open sell...
Hello, Does anyone know where I can find an indicator that takes in price values, which when reached or surpassed will cause the indicator to send a sound alert
Is there any way to automate the process of strategy testing. l want to run multiple tests for various assets with different parameters of each and save the reports. Is there any native or third party api to write code and execute the tests automatically or can l write a script to do the whole...
Hi, I'm trying to build my own EA using EMA. When the program starts it will buy/sell according to the relative position of slow and fast EMA. Then the program should close the trade at the next EMA crossover. My first obstacle was to find a way to calculate EMA at the closing of candlestick, so I
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