Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 232

Are there any rules of where one can place a PRINT statement and where not? I find that sometimes the ST does not see the PRINT statement until I move it to another position. But that presents a problem because I want to see the values of certain variables st a particular place in the execution of

I have written an EA and it seemed to work just fine until i noticed some wrong trades when tested or run on a demo account. I have put a delay on the next transaction after one has been executed by using a variable int HoursDelay. The value of this variable is set as HoursDelay = 4. The variables I

I have written some code that uses CTrade to open a buy or sell trade (only one trade for now). I want to know the type of trade before I close it and from what I've read it seems I should be using CPositionInfo to determine whether it's a buy or sell. How can I use this CPositionInfo to check the

I'm hoping someone can help. This array was fine but all of a sudden I get this warning: possible use of uninitialized variable 'candles'. Not sure why the error. int getPattern(){ if(Bars < 4) { return(0); } int candles[4]; for(int i=0; i<4; i++) { candles[i] =

Good morning all, i have a question. I have made 3 expert advisors that works with different indicators and strategy. Everything works fine, but if i want to let them work on a single pair, actually i had have to open three charts for a pair. I was think to build a framework, but what is the best

hello need help to fix these verification errors

Tried some codes I got on this site but for some reason they don't run at all, would really appreciate it if someone could send me a sample to look like, I'm probably making a rookie mistake somewhere. Thanks P.S: I'm a newbie at MQL5

I am new to mt5. I am looking to buy robot

Hi. Im building an EA that should ideally work on multiple charts simultaneously. When the EA is loaded onto a chart it first checks to see if an order has been opened already by looping through the order pool, obtaining the OrderSymbol and putting it into an array. Then i loop though that array and

Hi guys, I'm a newbie struggling with this problem: I want to create a signal for expert wizard to operate on daytrade. The standard library has a "intraday filter", it limits trades but doesn't close open positions after period, so it is useless for my purpose. I've tried to implement Long/Short

I try to tarck EA trading detail. I put flag in OrderInfo class . Test result : 1.As buy ,put an flag. Check modify okay. 2.Check the flag later ,it come to unknown state. It's look like orderinfo just a copy of trade operation.Want to know is PositionInfo or tradeinfo class keep trade data

Hi all, I'm hoping this is a simple question. I am writing an EA that gets indicator values from multiple currencies. The problem I face is that the handle is created, the values copied to a buffer correctly for the first market in the loop but when it moves onto the next market, the handle is not

Hi all, I'm trying to understand the feasibility of creating an EA (or hire someone to do so) to trade STOCK SYMBOLS that are provided periodically from emails. The signals from the emails are very simple. In fact, it is only either BUY or SELL and the STOCK SYMBOL itself. There is no quantity, no

Please I have two EAs I did for mt4 and I want to convert them to also work on mt5 platform still new to mql5 programming. One of the EA is based on every candle breakout and the second is based on CCI and EMA filter. Help guys thanks a lot

I have created a Fibo retracement object but I need to use customized levels, I use below code but all lines are showing beside each other. if(Fibonacci_Retracement(0,"fibo",0,fibtime1,fibprice1,fibtime2,fibprice2,clrWhite)) { ObjectSetInteger(0,"fibo",OBJPROP_LEVELS,fiblevel);

Hello everyone! I am entirely new to trading, MQL5, or coding in general. Trying to learn something new during the lockdown days so please excuse my ignorance. I am basically trying to code an EA that will open or close positions based on the profit of my most recent open position. I have found that

I need an ea to open the opposite of the position I opened at the same timeand it will provide this for all parities

When i shutdown my laptop and i check my mt4 on my phone my account gets disconnected, sometimes no connection even i have internet. I check my vps and its all migrated but when i shutdown my laptop i cant see my trades on my phone, any settings that i need to fix before shutting down the laptop

hi I put together this EA using code from this forum (mostly) and am trying to implement my strategy...the strategy is roughly https://www.mql5.com/en/code/7066but the lines I intend to use are any of the following string buystop[] =

hi experts, i'm new programmer in MQL5, so if my question is very easy i'm sorry. i'm create one EA and i use one custom indicator with a function ICustom, this indicator change candle color. I need to know what the candle color this so that my EA can take the decision to buy or sell. Tnks...

I bought the <Name Removed > through MT4 platform where it is supposedly automatically installed I cannot see but only a blank row with <Name Removed> and 0.000 values, no graph lines nothing. Can anyone help

Hi guys, I am trying to do a strategy optimization for my EA, but I notice that the optimization doesn't balance good between the 2 PCs I am using. Here is an example: https://prnt.sc/rn6rjo From what I understand, this means that some cores are not being used, while the other cores have a lot of

Hello, I am using MT5 to program my EA. I am trying to trail a pending order however I struggled a lot since I am using MT5 and not MT4.. Many of previous solutions for previous problems didn't work with my query.. My code for trailing a sell position is: #include <Trade\Trade.mqh>CTrade

Hello everybody. i made an EA that one of functions is trailing stop. when i work with fix lot size 0.01, every thing is ok. but when i use floating lot size according equity, i get error 130 for sendorder() and modifyorder()! my STOPLEVEL in 0.01Lot and 0.1Lot is 50 and Point is 0.01. in this

I need some good brokers recommendations who support EA, MT4. Thank you

Hi experts, I am currently trying to get my first function to be compiled. But I got some error. any idea how to fix them? I created 2 mqh files and want the second file calling the struct of first to make a function. //test.mqh#include <test2.mqh>struct ex { int a; int b; ex(){a=0;b=0;} };

Hello, need help: if I create and save a file with FileWrite(), I can read it out with FileReadString(). This wokrs als long as the EA is running properly. My problem is that I cannot call the generated files when I stop and start the program. There is data that i would like to load after restating

hi...trying to master mq5 i have made some research but not a single forum about calling a multi color indicator buffer to EA how do i call it.. DeepPink=Buffer 1? LimeGreen=Buffer 2? is that right? if(CopyBuffer(hma_handle, 1, 0, 200, hmup) <= 0) return; ArraySetAsSeries(hmup, true);

#property copyright "Frobo"#property link "https://www.frobo.com"input int MAPeriodShort=9;input int MAPeriodLong=21;input int MAShift=0;input ENUM_MA_METHOD MAMethodS= MODE_SMA;input ENUM_MA_METHOD MAMethodL= MODE_SMA;input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE MAPrice= PRICE_CLOSE;input double

Some said every tick based on real ticks is the most accurate data collection rather than every tick. By that, I tested some EA that I purchased before, and some stated they will have massive profit, however their report was based on every tick only. After that, I used every tick based on real ticks