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Hey guys, i am struggling to get run strategy tester on mt5. I want to be offline no connection to a Broker.(is it possible) I created a custom symbol and import ticks(it shows me when open the chart) Now i want to start to test but i get this error. 2024.07 . 01 19 : 33 : 12.612 Tester tester not

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

As I am running the MetaEditor Version 5.0 in debug mode between breakpoints, there are MANY new variables added to my Watch window list. Most of these additions, I am not interested in. They are obscuring the variables that I added to the Watch. There are not variables local to the code where the

Several forum users have reported hacking and malware intrusion into trading platforms and pc's, so the purpose of this thread is to give some guidance about security measures. No one knows everything, and I certainly never claimed to, so please post up any additional or superior security measures

MetaQuotes has launched new MQL5.community information channels on Facebook, X.com (Twitter), and Telegram. These channels provide daily publications of relevant technical materials from the MQL5.com Articles and CodeBase sections. They are designed to promptly update developers on algorithmic

Please, can anyone tell me how to get the market watch and navigator windows to stick to the left side of the charts?  Can you see in the picture they extend across the width of the screen and I can't get them to reduce? Thanks Belinda1690

Hey All, hoping someone might be able to help out with this very frustrating problem, I set my charts up using scale fix so i can move the chart around, but no matter what i do the settings end up resetting after i close my MT5 terminal or i switch time frames and i have to manually adjust it back

The Main Study MetaTrader module for integration with Python - documentation Python Releases for Windows - website MetaTrader5 : Python Package - website ---------------- The Article MetaTrader 5 and Python integration: receiving and sending data - the article Price Action Analysis Toolkit

The developer promises to do the job in a day getting you to award the job to them BUT does not sign in and start work, leaving you hanging often for days This is happening more and more in my experience Should I just delete the job and re-post

How and Where to report Bugs and Suggestions for MetaEditor Version 5.0

I decided to create this thread to help to myself and to the others to start with Metatrader 5. I am experienced in MT4 and in forex in general (i hope : ) but we traders really need to collect all the information about it in one place. I will make some posts about 'how I am starting with MT5'. :)

"Can someone please help me? I have already purchased the EA AW Recovery and money has been deducted from my account, but now the EA that I bought doesn't appear in my successful purchase box. What should I do? I have already contacted the seller but haven't received an answer yet." This appears to

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

Guys, I have been trading since 2011, I have tried nearly 2000 strategies, I have build almost 2000 Eas and indicators, on this olatform and on other platform, but I have not really found what works, what actually works? and does such a thing exists

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...

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

Today on EurUsd, in on hour, the famous ADP Non Farm (12:15 gmt) The peak of today (point of control aka peak time of price PTP) is in the vacuum of yesterday. We stay out of market, too dangerous. I prefer trade another day. I wait & see. The good trade was the counter trend near the yesterday PTP...

Hello all I have tested many strategies and many other stuff but i did not found them more accurant then basic analysis of the market. i mean,the Price Patterns. 1. harmony indicators : here and here. 2. candelsticks reversal patterns is here. 3. Price Patterns : - Price Patterns

Considering the potential delay in investor accounts, the stop loss set at 100-200 pips on the provider’s account could be hit faster on the investor’s end. This happens due to execution differences caused by delays, even if the provider's analysis has accurately identified the market’s power

Hello, I am sharing my strategy, which I am using for manual trading, and I am planning to build an EA based on this strategy soon. This strategy works for all currency pairs and timeframes, but the recommended timeframes are M1, M5, M15, and M30. This strategy is currently giving me an 80% win

Simple Ichimoku System. Some members remember Ichimoku informational template for Asctrend M5 elite section system thread: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/174756 and new set of this system from this post. It is so called Ichimoku informational template to check market condition on H4/D1 timeframe...

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...

Here is a new indicator I threw together this weekend. This is the beginning, I'm going to add more indicators to this one as I go along. Basically, this indicator gives buy and sell signals on multiple timeframes based upon stochastics and RSI. I was going to wait until I posted this one but even...

Some people say that it is the best signal system in the world. It is very famous system and it was developed in the interesting way: Russians recognized this system for MetaTrader some years ago and this western trading system was not very profitable (I am talking about MetaTrader only) but had as

Here is a suggestion for a possible trading system... System one is MT4-Xard777.rar and System two is XARD-BOX.rar Enjoy... All the best Xard777

Since it seems that some new reincarnation of "Solar wind" is appearing at least on a weekly basis, and since it seems that is useless to repeat over and over that it is a wrongly coded Ehlers fisher transform and that it is one of the most famous re painters, here is this nice little thread in

Hello there, I'm trying to trade on, Micro E_mini Nasdaq-100 index futures, As far as I know their symbol is MNQU5, I just cant seem to get them to show on MT5

I am searching for an Exchange applying MT5 account to trade Cryptos via MT5 Bybit was having this , but they stopped trading cryptos in MT5 account as was the best exchange and broker for trading all , but unfortunately they stopped it share me your knowledge please about any Cryptos exchange with

can anyone help me with a broker that will allow me to trade stocks and crypto on Meta Trader 5

If BTC/USD has support at $68,000 and resistance at $70,000, what type of group or person would keep dumping at $70,000 when they make very little profit from a buy at $69,000

Hi, I have data export from NT8 and need to import it in MT5 but the formats compatible with the two platforms are clearly different. Is there a process/tool to automate this

Hi @ all, i´m new with MT 5 and wanted to know if its possible to trade on sim/demo account other markets than forex? For instance, NQ, SP500, etc. For now i only see forex markets to choose from. Any ideas? Thanks

MetaQuotes Software and oneZero Financial Systems announce a new connectivity gateway for integration with Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., available through the oneZero Hub product. The gateway provides the possibility to trade stocks, futures and other exchange traded instruments on the largest...

Hi. How much would it cost to make this DOM?

good day. I'm new here, and I can't find an answer. Please advise: I downloaded a couple of "free" EAs to MT5 and I need to backtest them via "test". But I have a problem that it is counting my profit as a few dollars. I have something set up wrong. I need to set it up for back-testing on stocks and

I used to use metatrader4 when I was messing with Forex, but I have funds that I'd like to use out of my stock porfolio to trade one particuarl stock which goes up and down $1-2/day pretty much all the time. I'd like to set metatrader up to say, sell at a certain price, then buy at $2.00 lower, then

Hello all, I am new to the MT5 platform & my background is in trading E-Mini S&P500 futures. Of course, I am interested in algorithmic trading but I have not been able to find any source code for this particular instrument. I would appreciate any guidance or assistance in finding some expert

Hey guys, dumb questions from a noob I just created a demo account on ****** to try their MT5 and I'm trying to find the emini futures in there (S&P 500) but I simply can't. Their website says they support it, but I just can't find it. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong here

SP500 and NASDAQ Indexes are not up to date and have been disabled for some time now. Is anyone else experiencing this

I know this is possible on demo accounts, but on real accounts? Anyone who operates with this strategy on a real account

Hello all, I'm a software engineer with a C++ background and have been using metatrader for a long time. I've been importing chart data into custom symbols successfully however, I lately have been needing to import historic prices; and in this area, MT5 is limited. The issue --seems to-- lie in the

My Bot can't take any trades on XAUUSD even the script likes correct. What correction should I bring please. // global variables input string POINT = "====== Numbers are in Points, not Pips ======" ; //===================== input int Magic_Number = 241106 ;

is there anyone who experienced Trading Assistant with ChatGPT API? I would like to start coding a trading Assistant following Stocks and creating alerts with ChatGPT API. My plan is to create a self learning Assitant which improve the performance in time

I have a variable tradeList that is declared as: CHashMap < ulong , TicketData*> *tradeList = new CHashMap < ulong ,TicketData*> (); I have only 1 line that does a .Add to the list. The code looks like

Hello, dear traders! I have noticed the optimization with Cloud Network using only 32 agents but in past (in start of the 2025) was about 440 agents in start of the optimization. Does anyone knows why using so few count of agents

Good morning, I am looking for an experienced, serious, honest developer to discuss a bot, Urgent

Hi all, In this week, when I running backtest in Meta Trader 5. I notice the history data of USDJPY missing form 2010 to before 2025. Anyone same issue with me. Thanks

I'm encountering unexpected behavior with the order_send function from the MetaTrader5 Python library. I believe this might be a bug. Issue Description: Python order_send function returns an OrderSendResult object analogous to the MQL5 MqlTradeResult structure, which includes the attributes: retcode

Hi guys, please can someone help me and write me a complete divergence function with positive and negative RSI by default and hidden? but the trade should be opened as shown in the image. Only the divergence function, with these conditions. thank you Positive divergence Negative divergence Hidden

Hello I created my own EA for my personal use When I back test on one broker the result is profit for example $250 test balance with 0.01 lot end with profit like 10 or 20 percent profit, but when test the same EA on another broker data the result is loss What makes the backtest results differ? and

My goal is get the Position history of my account into excel spreadsheet automatically. No export to CSV or stuff like that. I found a lot of examples to get real time price, open and close trades, bid, ask and etc... nothing about retrieve the trading history. The same way you get the automatic

Anyone use or know of a utility tool that will move the take profit to break even when the position moves against you a certain number of determined pips? Thanks in advance

Greetins, I'm facing trouble starting my recent aquired robot. I can test it with no problem on MQL5, but when I try to add to my real account, I keep getting the anexed image error. I'ts in portuguese, but it says: "Activate automatic trading for xxxxxx". Algotrading is already enabled. The logs I

Hi! I was backtesting my code it was working kinda perfectly but suddenly from yesterday it didnt work...The thing is it was working around 9 pm...but after that at 9.05 IST the same export advisor didn't give me any backtesting results...no issues with the code...where as other codes were running

So I have been reading through https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/451498 and https://www.mql5.com/ru/forum/442814/page2 and from what I understand the iClose/iOpen and things like CopyTime can return wrong values if not synced up and is therefore unreliable? But with both don't you still just check and

Hi guys, I have an EA compiled without any errors but in backtesting it wont do anything, just stucked. There is also no errors in journal. What I'm missing here: #property copyright "Copyright 2023, MetaQuotes Ltd." #property link " https://www.mql5.com " #property version "1.00" #include

Are there any indicators/tools/methods for determining cycles? I am interested in finding daily cycles and also finding cycles on shorter time frames as well. As a side note:Does anyone know of certain times of the day when price is likely to reverse its direction? thank you

Require any coding expert help to allow for new price source (O+H+L+C)/4 or (O+H+L+C)*0.25 to the RSI.mq5. Thanks in advance

Dear trader  Is there any theory for market statistics histogram. I don't know what is it Sincerely,

Hey does anyone have a good suggestion for a indicator that provides signals for forex pairs on the 1-5 min time frames

Hi, Was wondering where I could get my hands on the ADX indicator with color changing when above a certain level

As title, i've already set INDICATOR_LEVELCOLOR = clrNONE but it still show level color on initialize. for ( int i = 0 ; i < 8 ; ++i) { IndicatorSetDouble ( INDICATOR_LEVELVALUE , i, i + 1 ); IndicatorSetInteger ( INDICATOR_LEVELCOLOR , i, clrNONE ); IndicatorSetInteger (

I want to make an indicator by this code - https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/39835 But i do not understand it properly. How to use it for binary option put and call. What's the meaning lower wick number? Upper wick number and body number? How can i count it for buyer and sellers power? Can anyone

Hi all, I've created a custom lorentz curve indicator inspired from one of them in TradingView however, when I use it in my EA with iCustom() and I copy the CopyBuffer ( hLorentz , 3 , 1 , SIGNAL_BUFFER_SIZE , stateBuf ) != SIGNAL_BUFFER_SIZE ), it says the 0 index values are different for

Dear Viewer, Can somebody please convert this small MT4 indicator to MT5 version, would be highly thankful 🙏🏻

I'm not really a great programmer but sometime I can modify some indicators to make our trading life easier. Attached are some modified indicators and some useful ones too. Most of these indicators are not mine. Credits are in the source codes....

I have lost my money past 6 months. So i do not want more losses. Please suggest me good indicator or EA that make me profitable. Win rate minimum 85% to 90. Please suggest

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...

We are continuing discussion about the indicators. We have the following thread: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/175886 https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/177239 https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/177358 https://www.forex-tsd.com/forum/debates-discussions/9785-rsi-indicator https://www.mql5.com/en/forum https...

look at the code, please note that the parameters is "13,9,9,6,5,3". //--- paramters is not "13,8,8,5,5,3", is "13,9,9,6,5,3". int handle = iGator ( _Symbol , _Period , 13 , 9 , 9 , 6 , 5 , 3 , MODE_SMMA , PRICE_MEDIAN ); double gator[]; ArraySetAsSeries (gator, true ); CopyBuffer (handle, 0

I need to add otc chart into mt5 or mt4 . How can i do this. I need source code

New article Payments and payment methods is published: MQL5.community built-in services offer great opportunities both to MQL5 developers and ordinary traders with no programming skills. But all these features can't be implemented without in-house secure payment system, that provides a convenient

2 Moving Averages with Bollinger Bands : "2 Moving Averages with Bollinger Bands" is a custom MT5 indicator that combines two configurable moving averages and optional Bollinger Bands. It generates real-time Buy and Sell arrows when crossovers occur, with optional alerts, sound, and email

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2 Moving Averages with Bollinger Bands : "2 Moving Averages with Bollinger Bands" is a custom MT5 indicator that combines two configurable moving averages and optional Bollinger Bands. It generates real-time Buy and Sell arrows when crossovers occur, with optional alerts, sound, and email

MultiTester : Multiple runs/optimisations in Tester. Author: fxsaber

Check out the new article: MetaTrader 5 Machine Learning Blueprint (Part 1): Data Leakage and Timestamp Fixes . Before we can even begin to make use of ML in our trading on MetaTrader 5, it’s crucial to address one of the most overlooked pitfalls—data leakage. This article unpacks how data leakage

Check out the new article: Market Profile indicator . In this article, we will consider Market Profile indicator. We will find out what lies behind this name, try to understand its operation principles and have a look at its terminal version (MarketProfile). The Market Profile reflects the

Check out the new article: Cycles and trading . This article is about using cycles in trading. We will consider building a trading strategy based on cyclical models. The main task facing a trader is to predict price movements. Traders build their forecasts based on one model or another. One of the

Check out the new article: Developing a multi-currency Expert Advisor (Part 18): Automating group selection considering forward period . Let's continue to automate the steps we previously performed manually. This time we will return to the automation of the second stage, that is, the selection of

Check out the new article: From Basic to Intermediate: Recursion . In this article we will look at a very interesting and quite challenging programming concept, although it should be treated with great caution, as its misuse or misunderstanding can turn relatively simple programs into something

Check out the new article: Feature Engineering With Python And MQL5 (Part IV): Candlestick Pattern Recognition With UMAP Regression . Dimension reduction techniques are widely used to improve the performance of machine learning models. Let us discuss a relatively new technique known as Uniform

Ind_2 Line+1 : The indicator of the arbitrage situation for spread consisting from two instruments Author: Evgeniy Trofimov

Check out the new article: Developing a Replay System (Part 75): New Chart Trade (II) . In this article, we will talk about the C_ChartFloatingRAD class. This is what makes Chart Trade work. However, the explanation does not end there. We will complete it in the next article, as the content of this

Check out the new article: Price Action Analysis Toolkit Development (Part 31): Python Candlestick Recognition Engine (I) — Manual Detection . Candlestick patterns are fundamental to price-action trading, offering valuable insights into potential market reversals or continuations. Envision a

Hi there, Can somebody help me how to detect fractal and if the fractal corresponds with a long/short trend in a graph? Thx a million

The error halts the CheckForPennant function before it can draw trendlines (lines ~510–540) or breakout arrows (lines ~570–590). The logs don’t show messages like "Successfully drew upper trendline" or "Bullish condition met," confirming the process stops at the error. The pattern is detected

You may have already noticed that the most interesting things now happen mainly on the MQL5.community . MQL4.com is about to be switched to the data archive mode. Only Book and Documentation sections will remain on MQL4.com by November. Besides, the entire MQL4.com Forum content is to be transferred

I have contacted the service desk about this issue. This is what I sent them.... Hello, Please either remove the option to download MT4 from your website or fix it so that it does actually download MT4 and not MT5. We are getting sick and tired of answering the same question over and over again

Hello, I'm not receiving notification anymore, and It seems to be related to limitation. I have set "Trailing Stop" on a few trades and activated "transaction notification" this lead to a ton of notification (that I don't want too much for "Trailing Stop"). So now, it seems that it was not working

MT4 has a total 32 step of chart zoom levels, but we usually can change only 6 zoom levels( 1 > 2 > 4 > 8 > 16 > 32) from chart menu. I tried the script below, but only the above 6 zoom levels are shown. //------------------------------------------------------------------ void OnStart () { for (

Read public Channel telegram messages <!> Havent tested constant refreshing of messages.I wonder if this will be blocked in scale -by telegram. <!> add the adress https://t.me in webrequest allowed urls #property copyright "Copyright 2019"#property link "https://www.mql5.com"#property version

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Hi,, Does anyone know how i can export live data from my mt4 to someone else's computer in real time, the balace, eqyity etc? Not via a third party company such as mql4 or myfxbook. Only direct. Thanks, Yossi

this is the EA trading XAUUSD, backtest 1min data from 01/01/2021-30/06/2025. i plan to put it on sell in the Market but would like a feedback on the test result. please let me know so i can improve it

Hi Guys, i've been searching with not much luck for an MT4 version of the ConnorsRSI. A lot has been said about this indicator, which was developed by Larry Connors and Cesar Alvarez. The indicator is available for amibroker and tradestation but find no coding for MT4.. Can someone be able to help...

As bitcoin was climbing yesterday I had 2 ages of orders. One type from back in May when I was buying the May 23rd high. 12 orders were left open with swap fees totalling almost $40 each. The other type were bought just yesterday as the price was climbing. All the order lines were indicated in green

how can I use a python server to copy trades between MT4 accounts (Masters and slaves)