Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 67

I ran the EA strategy optimization and then selected some of the individual results to run a single test. The single test results did not match the optimization results. The biggest difference was the drawdown% which is much higher with the single test. The number of trades was noticeably lower in

In my quest to assess the sensitivity of spread values during testing I can't quite get my head around what it is doing. I created two custom symbols based on AUDCHF specification. I download bar data from tickstory and I modified the spread values in each file to 24 and 200, respectively. For each

is there a command or a function that can clear the records of the [Expert] / [Journal] tab windows? I thought this will be an easy to find in the documentation / an internet search... void OnStart () { // --- Start of the Script // --- Is MQL 5 command / function I can clear the records of the

I'm trying to experiment with a compression scheme -that will most likely fail- . As i can't cast a 16byte integer , (yes byte 😅 ) ,is there a method to do int128 A , minus int128 B ? What this failed experiment is looking for is to know if int128 A is bigger than int128 B and if their distance is

Does any one know why? i already bought this EA but seems like doesn't want to get installed

Hi, In the Tester Report we have a lot of useful statistics, including the Average Position Holding Time. Unfortunately, this parameter in not accessible with the Testing Statistics for the OnTester https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/environment_state/statistics Does anyone have a formula or

Hi, can someone correct me what is the mistake below? I got error code 10013 which mean invalid request. FYI, I am using MetaQuotes-Demo account. Thank you very much. My code bool Trade_Buy() { ZeroMemory(my_request); ZeroMemory(my_result); ZeroMemory(my_check_result);  ...

Hi I'm really quite stuck and not sure how to proceed, so I'm hoping for some inspiration really. I've written a function that uses a Bollinger band with deviation of 2 and another with a deviation 1 which I use to look for a 'zone' and a 'squeeze'. The squeeze is found using the calculation

Hey guys, I am away from my personal computer for a few days, so I can't test it myself, and I couldn't find an answer online, But suddenly it occurred to me that perhaps I have a logical bug in a code I've written. My question is- How does a static variable 'behaves' inside a loop? Consider the

Hi, I'm working on an indicator which makes the same calculation process for each symbol of an internal list selected by the user (for exemple : EURUSD, USDJPY, etc...). The event which initiate a new calculation process for a given symbol shall be a new tick of this symbol. Important : This...

Hello everybody! Do you have any idea with what i have to do? In another post i saw that i have to try again later but still nothing happens, so maybe it's something about my code? thanks a lot for your time

Hey guys, I've tried multiple ways to fetch the execution price from a limit order in demo mode, but all of them failed. Here's my code: #include <Trade\Trade.mqh> CTrade tradeLong; int OnInit () { tradeLong.BuyLimit( 0.01 , NormalizeDouble ( SymbolInfoDouble ( _Symbol , SYMBOL_BID ), _Digits

Dear Support Team, If the MT5 Build 3802 terminal is not logged in (because of no internet connection available) It automatically removes the EA's attached which leads loose all the EA settings. Please fix it as it was working fine even If the account not logged in. Kind regards

Hi, iLow is returning incorrect values for my code below. My code: double entry_price = iLow ( NULL ,ENTRY_TIMEFRAME, 1 ) - entry_tick_buffer; PrintFormat ( "low=%d; entry_tick_buffer=%e" , iLow ( NULL ,ENTRY_TIMEFRAME, 1 ),entry_tick_buffer); iLow values logged: Weird thing is however

Hi, Is there an EA that limits the net open position? For example, say I set a max lot size for eurusd to be limited to 1 lot. I go long 0.5 eurusd and next time I go long 0.6 it blocks the trade since 1.1 breaches the limit of 1. But if I go short 1.1 lot, net position becomes -0.6 so that trade

when migrating the chart to VPS on MT4 the information panel stops working due to the fact that the EA is not working on the local system. Is there a way to have the information panel working to be able to see p&l and control the EA? Thanks

My EA is using a custom indicator, it is able to get the custom indicators handle when I run the indicator on the terminal, however when I synchronise with the vps, it is unable to get the custom indicators handle, when I print the indicators handle in the terminal it is printing the indicators...

Why mql5 don't have and ORDERCLOSE function like mql4 and have a library for that? is there is a reason

Hi .I am designing a semi-automatic MQL5 EA . For each position manually I have to place SL and TP . Is there a way to enter TP and SL in the Strategy tester at the moment when the position is to be opened or by default the position will be opened with a TP and SL after that I can edit TP/SL or drag

Hi, I am new to MT5. I am using a MetaQuotes demo account at the moment. I have registered to a signal and enabled a VPS. All the services seem to be correctly fonctionning (See screenshots below). However, I do not seem to see much operations happening on my account, and I would like to ask some

Hello, is there any way to assign a BuyStop Order a upper Limit ? Example: Current Price: 100 usd BuyStop Limit: 100.5 usd Now happens a gap to 101 usd The BuyStop gets executed at 101 usd but you wanted to just execute the Order at 100.5 usd with a maximum slippage (delta) of 10 cents. So how can

What is this error warning ? thanks

Hi i have this comparator of ticks (to determine whether or not compression and decompression results in the same tick stream) The function reports a difference in tick flags but i cannot make it report on which flags specifically. this is the function : bool compareTicks( MqlTick &a, MqlTick &b){

In mt4 how can I know an order executed by EA from which chart if I am using multiple windows of same currency pair

Hi all, I want to code an EA in MQL5 whichcloses a position after x bars (let´s say after 6 bars or after 6days in D1 chart) regardless of whether it's a win or a loss.Normally the position is already closed 1-5 bars after entry becauseof a trailing stop but sometimes not. Therefore I would...

Hi all can any one help me i want MT5 EA,Ppending order if not triggered and the price is reached tp or sl the EA will delete the order automaticlay. Thank you

Hi, I've thought of the Sleep function, to close an order and emediately onpen one (If you know a better solution, please tell). How much time in ms do I have to have between closing an order and opening a new one

Hi all, i'm sure this question was raised many times, I've tried to find the answer but nothing. So, do exist an automatic conversion tool from MT4code to Mt5 ? I have plenty of EA to translate and i have seen it's not an easy job, MQL5 is more powerful but also more complex. Let me know

Hi I am new to the MQL5 Coding scene and trying to learn as i go along. i am looking for some help In indicator 1 i have the following: RSI EMA levels of the RSI are set to 70 and 30 i want to create an alert once the moving average goes above the 70 Level of the RSI and a second alert once the line

Hello everyone, I hope you're all well, I have a small question about the spread which is displayed here on the right window (see photos), how is it calculated? Is it the average of the spreads or the spread at the beginning or end of the candle in the case of a h1 candle for example? Best regards