I don't think that's possible through MQL5 website.
I've done such research myself in the past, but manually and it took ages.
Is there a way to apply filters to signals search other than the defaults? As an example, I'd like to be able to search for signals with average holding time < 12 hours or sort them by "growth per week".
Is there an API somewhere or perhaps a way to download search results as a csv or so for further processing?
Is there a way to apply filters to signals search other than the defaults? As an example, I'd like to be able to search for signals with average holding time < 12 hours or sort them by "growth per week".
Is there an API somewhere or perhaps a way to download search results as a csv or so for further processing?
Alain is right!
You can use Trading Activity between 0 and 40% (less than half a day) and you will get average holding times, less than 12 hours.
By the way using Trading activity between 0 and 20% should be close to "holding time <12 hours".
oh, that's good to know! thanks!
does anyone know how "trading activity" is calculated? I failed to find info on it in the mql5 docs
oh, that's good to know! thanks!
does anyone know how "trading activity" is calculated? I failed to find info on it in the mql5 docs
https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/2704
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Average holding time is the percentage of time that orders were open in the total time of the signal's monitoring period.
edit:
afaiu, there could be very active scalpers with short holding times but large trading activity, or conversely inactive swing traders with long holding times but small trading activity
still, seems like a good approximation for holding time! thanks a bunch!
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Is there a way to apply filters to signals search other than the defaults? As an example, I'd like to be able to search for signals with average holding time < 12 hours or sort them by "growth per week".
Is there an API somewhere or perhaps a way to download search results as a csv or so for further processing?