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I want my money back.. i put 20usd on this account from PayPal, i did not know you have to be a seller to retreive it. I can't and don't have the means to put passport pictures or all that nonsense.. I WANT MY MONEY BACK NOW. You  can just put a PayPal link without a fuss, this is a sc*m of the...

Hello! Could someone please assist me with the issue of making a $15 VPS rental payment? This has been an unresolved issue since 7.8.20 1. What payment method do you want to use? I tried all of my payment options with Paypal (4 cards and my bank account), but they all failed for some reason with

Good afternoon, everyone, I know that there are machine learning and statistics enthusiasts on the forum. I propose to discuss in this topic (without holivars), share and enrich our own knowledge bank in this interesting field. For beginners and not only there is a good theoretical resource in

I have paid vps I open MTS 5 today and it's not there what should I do

I want to know how many people from Indonesia is joining this forum. If you're from Indonesia, please comment this topic..Thank you..

Can you also test multiple EAs at the same time in MT5

Hello, In MT5's strategy tester, backtest tab, profits and losses by hours chart, are those bars in that chart indicate trades that are finished at that hour or started at that hour? if anyone knows the link where i can read up on this it would be greatly appreciated. thank you

Is there a way to automate the values, for example every month? I have used this code, but my code is complex and I would like to know if there is any way to do it directly. Thanks. void OnTick () { int bars = iBars ( _Symbol , PERIOD_MN1 ); if (totalBars != bars) { totalBars = bars;

I want to add/remove (toggle) an indicator using a CButton button from a CAppDialog. Let's say the indicator is Donchian Channels, which I use iCustom() to load. Adding the indicator is trivial. I simply use iCustom() to get the handle then use ChartIndicatorAdd(). Removing the indicator (as of...

For traders MT5 user interface If you can't view the calendar tab, probably it's a choice a your broker : This tab may be missing if the economic calendar is disabled on a trade server. Video : How to delete Calendar Events from charts ? Video : How to disable Calendar Events from charts ? Video

Hi I can't connect my mql5 profile to MT5, i have this message when i try to connect : Virtual Hosting failed to connect to server ' www.mql5.com ' ( www.mql5.com:443 send request failed [12169]) So i can't use some indicators that i bought on mql5. But i can connect it to MT4, so the problem is

Hi traders, If I run the same expert on more than one chart but different pairs for the same account. Can I use the same magic number for all pairs? Thanks

Hello experts! As a daytrader in scalping, i am looking for a solution where i can execute on MT5 mobile app (IOS), but auto pre-set the TP and SL. This is not possible as a "default setting" on mobile app, i can open a position and set a TP and SL but when markets moves fast i waste my time trying

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, is there an easy way to get the ticket number of a Deal IN knowing a Deal OUT ticket? Given a Deal OUT ticket, how can I get a Deal IN ticket? Thanks

hi I would like to know if there is a good strategy when forecasting highs and lows (ohlc), any links that can help

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...

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

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

Hello, i'm trying to build an EA. When I run it works as coded, the problem verify once the condition for Long or Short position are met. Let me explain deeper, when the price met all the conditions to open a Long/Short position the EA open the position, when the price hit the StopLoss or TakeProfit

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

Whenever I backtest, I look for the result with the higher (Profit / max drawdown) ratio. But in the optimization results tab there is no such a criterion, so after every backtest, I export the result as a spreadsheet and do the calculations there. I'm backtesting on a free EA, so I don't have

Good day dear forum members. After reading the forum a bit, I came across several threads on arbitrage and pair trading . Judging by the threads, some are interested and some are trying it. I used to dabble in this topic a long time ago, but my knowledge was not enough. Now I am a complete mess in

Hello! I need a program that opens a position when the candle closes below or above the line placed on the chart. For example: if you close below or above the neckline of a double top or double bottom, you open a position. Simply put, a pending order to close the candle. Main points: - Work on

Basically I am a beginner at coding but I am working at EMA price crossover EA whereas 1. if price of current symbol crosses above ema ,an alert is triggered as well a buy stop pending order 2. if price of current symbol crosses below ema ,an alert is triggered as well a sell stop pending order. 3

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

how to know which of the trade/stock has the highest volume/most gain

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

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

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

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

This is a thread for Metaquotes. It's quite weird that the forward test results are not saved anywhere or at least is not displayed to the user under some probably unknown circumstances. If for some reason I need to go back to old tests to get the forward results, I need to run the optimization all

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 guys would you please guide me that How to get total open positions with a magic number in mql5 ? thanks in advance for you help

I hope someone can help me convert this ea mt4 to mt5. I just want this ea to work on the "anytime" option. The other options do not need to be used

I set myself a task: to demonstrate the capabilities of custom graphics via CCanvas class in a short code. Here's what came out of it. This script works in both MQL5 and MQL4. But it is much faster on MT5. Each frame is unique and does not repeat, i.e. the script is not cyclic. #include

Hello everyone, I am encountering a problem with the backtests of several Expert Advisors (EA) on MetaTrader 5 using the Libertex broker. I have found that neither the EAs I have developed nor the ones I have downloaded (even those highly rated on the MQL5 market) execute backtest trades, while the

hi I'm using this (from an article): if (!rates. CopyRates ( _Symbol , _Period , COPY_RATES_OHLC , 0 , sample_size)) (but doesnt look like the ones of the docs ; why? int CopyRates ( string symbol_name, // symbol name ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe, // period int

#property strict int OnInit () { MqlDateTime _Time; TimeToStruct ( TimeCurrent (),_Time); Print ( "_Time.day_of_year = " +_Time.day_of_year); Print ( "TimeDayOfYear(TimeCurrent()) = " +TimeDayOfYear( TimeCurrent ())); return ( INIT_SUCCEEDED ); } It's should same value ? I also tested with the

A must ! Before using it or asking any question : please read the Online Help (Also accessible by F1 on your MT5 platform) Strategy Tester For Traders General overview of the possibilities. Overview of results : Visualize a Strategy in the MetaTrader 5 Tester , The general information about

Hi I want to get the symbol name , can I do it with _Symbol or Symbol()? if not, any other way

Hi, when I read sample size, I suppose its the whole sample size, iow the length of the data. Is it the sample size or is it the steps in

hi i want to have a ohlc output from the model, and not sure if what I'm doing is correct, please tell me if I'm doing 0k if I have this input: n_features=x_train.shape[2] n_steps_in, n_steps_out = time_step,4 kernel_reg=l2(0.0001) n_kernel=2 verbose, n_epoch, batch_size = 1, 4000, 256 n_output=2

I need to create a custom Demo version for my EA., so I used the OnTesterInt(); function and update a flag if the EA was loaded to strategy tester. but the code doesn't works as expected. What I did wrong here?. bool OnTeseter = false ; int OnInit () { if ( TimeCurrent () < ExpireTime) // If

I want to reset my arrays. so I use ArrayInitialize(); function. the function has different types. but no matter which type I selected it only shows the char type input parameters. why is that?. The array I want to reset is a double type. I have selected the double type. but still shows the char

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

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...

But i can't change to ema mode because I can't get the prev_value

I am trying to customize ichimoku cloud in MT5 to better fit the volatility of cryptocurrencies. Default Ichimoku cloud in MT5 allows changing the Tenkan (conversion line), Kijun (base line) and Senkou span B (Leading line 2). I cannot set time displacement, somehow it is linked to the Kijun (base...

It would be awesome, before using IndicatorCreate, to get a total/count of the indicator's input parameters. Where can I get this in MQL5

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

hi. when i want to copy 100 number of rsi information to buffer , it copy all time information to buffer and plot unwanted line in all time. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| 3 time.mq5 | //|

This one burned a full three days dogging it. I've been trying to call this iCustom indicator. No matter what I do, it keeps returning zeros -- no data. I've coded these many times before and haven't had a problem. What's been more mind-boggling, the indicator works just fine when added to a chart

Hey Guys, Able to help create a notification for this indicator? (Alert & Push Notifications) This indicator shows a up or down arrow base on this, Moving Average 50 > Moving Average 100 & Moving Average 100 > Moving Average 200 & MACD > 0 & Stochastic < Oversold = UP ARROW Moving Average 50 <

It's got type and values, why not let us say that the internal name of the variable is? It would really help in check if we got things out of order, and besides, it's just polite, don't you think? But the real rub here is: What do you do about an indicator you're trying to set up that wants a

I've written an indicator for the Ulcer Performance Index, also known as the Martin Ratio. It works, but on chart refresh, it often doesn't recalculate and update the display correctly. I used code from the Ulcer Index to try to prevent constantly recalculating the whole thing, but it still has

i have the code below for creating simple order blocks. however it throws an index out of range error once i shift to higher time frames. Can you help me understand where i got it wrong: 2024.04.13 08:29:06.242 AM_Fractal_OrderBlock (AUDUSD,MN1) array out of range in 'AM_Fractal_OrderBlock.mq5'

Hi all, I've been wanting to have the ability to plot indicators from different timeframes on my chart, but MT doesn't have this capability built in. (Does anyone know of any charting programs that do this natively?) As an example, if you're following the IWCR system, it'd be nice to be able to plot

I just wanted an indicator that would give me each bar's index value, to make debugging easier. Simple code is at the bottom of the post. I know rates_total is significantly more than the oldest bar that shows on the chart. What I don't know is whether the chart is just limited to 99998 bars (or

The question has been dogging me for a while, are there any advantages/disadvantages one over another? I'd just as soon use _Symbol and _Period, are there any downsides

Indicator PriceScale.mq5 - price scale for the visually impaired. : Tortured small print in the terminal? This indicator makes price numbers visible! Author: Aleksandr Slavskii

New article Neural networks made easy (Part 2): Network training and testing has been published: In this second article, we will continue to study neural networks and will consider an example of using our created CNet class in Expert Advisors. We will work with two neural network models, which show

Simple Yet Effective Breakout Strategy : A simple yet effective donchian channel breakout strategy. This strategy is timeless! Author: Anh Quan Duong

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

Confluence Detector : It will detect whether there's confluence between the current chart timeframe and two other timeframes. Author: Conor Mcnamara

Check out the new article: Python, ONNX and MetaTrader 5: Creating a RandomForest model with RobustScaler and PolynomialFeatures data preprocessing . In this article, we will create a random forest model in Python, train the model, and save it as an ONNX pipeline with data preprocessing. After that

QuickTradeKeys123 : QuickTradeKeys 123 is a user-friendly Expert Advisor (EA) for MetaTrader 5, enabling traders to execute buy and sell operations quickly by simply pressing the numbers '1' and '2' on their keyboard. Pressing '3' closes all open positions. This EA is ideal for swift trading and

Check out the new article: MQL5 Wizard Techniques you should know (Part 16): Principal Component Analysis with Eigen Vectors . Principal Component Analysis, a dimensionality reducing technique in data analysis, is looked at in this article, with how it could be implemented with Eigen values and

Check out the new article: News Trading Made Easy (Part 1): Creating a Database . News trading can be complicated and overwhelming, in this article we will go through steps to obtain news data. Additionally we will learn about the MQL5 Economic Calendar and what it has to offer. In this article, we

Hedging Martingale: Hedging Martingale opens two trades of buy and sell together,and uses the martingale method. Author: Aharon Tzadik

No Loss EA - No Indicator, No Price Action strategy for MetaTrader 4 : This strategy eliminates the need to rely on indicators, candlestick patterns, chart patterns, or any price action. This EA employs a progressive system that I have been using for the past six months and have backtested for over

KA-Gold Bot MT5 : KA-Gold Bot is an advanced trading advisor specifically designed for gold, utilizing the powerful combination of the Keltner channel strategy and two exponential moving averages (EMAs) - the 10-period EMA and the 200-period EMA. Principle of Operation: The 10-period EMA represents

Classic and Virtual Trailing : Classic & Virtual Trailing for MT4 Author: Rajeev Ranjan Sharma

New article Data Science and Machine Learning — Neural Network (Part 02): Feed forward NN Architectures Design has been published: There are minor things to cover on the feed-forward neural network before we are through, the design being one of them. Let's see how we can build and design a flexible

Tap4Fibs: Creates Fibonacci Retracement on the chart based on the ZigZag indicator. Tap the "X" or "Z" key to scroll through each swing in the ZigZag, to the right or to the left. For those who do not like clutter on their charts. The indicator can scroll to the right until it disappears from the...

Hello Everybody, I try to create an EA based on RSI calculation. I am using the following fonction : void CalculateRSIValues() { int totalBars = MathMin (BarsToCalculate, iBars ( _Symbol , _Period )); Print ( "BarsToCalculateMathMin:RSI " , BarsToCalculate); Print ( "Taille de

I started this thread to post all news/signals indicators and EAs we have now and will have in the future.

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

Dear, Anyone can support, I can not find the problem. It keep reporting error 5002 void ReadTextFileAndExecuteSignals() { //--- correct way of working in the "file sandbox" ResetLastError (); int filehandle= FileOpen ( "D://GBPUSD.txt" , FILE_TXT ); if (filehandle!= INVALID_HANDLE ) {

Hi Forum, I think most of you know that problem: You see a very big and choppy range in the chart window and after a successful breakout this terribly looking range becomes tiny and tradeable. Usually I compress the y-axis a little bit. That makes a choppy chart appearing less "dangerous". Is there...

MT4 is not letting me place trades dude to the buy / sell buttons not active Full reinstall not fixing problem Android phone up to date Across 3 brokers all the same regardless of currency pair Accounts still active when using brokers websites just not on MT4 thanks Tim

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Hi, I'm not good at understanding the programming language for the Mac OS and Windows NT plus Wine 64 so I need help with this issue. 1. Download & Install the MT4 Mac OS from my broker (FBS) and they couldn't find a way to place the file (indicator and expert file) into MLQ4, Data Folder. I was

I have an account with the broker "World Trade International, LLC" that works great on desktop (they offer their own MT4 version for download: https://download.mql5.com/cdn/web/10518/mt4/worldtradeinternational4setup.exe ). I tried connecting to the same account with MT4 on my android smart phone

i need this script according to the following list: take buy,buy2,sell. at same time vice versa for sell,sell2,buy symbols need to be in input parameters gbpusd-buy,usdcad-buy,gbpcad-sell. take profit at input parameters thats it simple opening trades will in group and closing trades will also in

As a seller, I want to rent the ex4 file I uploaded on a monthly basis. Is the buyer automatically restricted at the end of this period or do I need to specify this in my code? satıcı olarak yüklediğim ex4 kazanç aylık olarak kiralamak istiyorum bu süre bitiminde otomatik olarak alıcı kısıtlanıyor

I get always login failed so i can’t download the robots i bought. I already tried to reset the password but i didn’t solve this weird problem. Any advices to share

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

Crystal Ball S.A. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Crystal Ball.mq4 | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "http://www.FinanceWave.com™" #property

Hello. When loading default mt4 indicators on chart the input screen retains previous settings. i.e. I load a moving average on my chart and I chose blue color as input, now if I load a new moving average the input color is blue by default. Is it possible to have the same with custom made indicator