I've set up MT5 & signal (follow), and linked the account to my broker
So far, so good.
& I've set up accounts before, so I don't think I've done anything different to break the setup.
What's new is that I'm running from a Broker's spread betting account, so Pair symbols are all suffixed _SB ... GBPJPY_SB etc
I've created custom symbols to match the signal's pairs, without _SB , which I thought would allow trades to execute
But so far, trades aren't executing.
I get this error message
2021.05.20 07:41:03.455 Signal '52006390': deal #120217224 buy 0.15 XAUUSD at 1874.98 skipped as no symbol found
Do I also need to map the broker's _SB symbol to the custom pair,?
& if so, how do I do that?
(the manual shows no search results for mapping)
tia
there's a short thread here from 2019 which suggests the system searches pairs on the first 6 characters, and attempts to match them.
So a _SB suffix shouldn't affect that.
If that's how things worked in 2019, is it still the case?
& if so, what am I missing that's stopping trades?!
https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/311109?utm_campaign=search&utm_medium=special&utm_source=mt5terminal

- 2019.04.17
- www.mql5.com
per https://www.mql5.com/en/users/newdigital 's suggestion in that thread I've added both the pair and the pair_SB to Market watch
So far the Market Watch pair_SB is working: the pair (no _SB) is greyed out and inactive
:-/


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I've set up MT5 & signal (follow), and linked the account to my broker
So far, so good.
& I've set up accounts before, so I don't think I've done anything different to break the setup.
What's new is that I'm running from a Broker's spread betting account, so Pair symbols are all suffixed _SB ... GBPJPY_SB etc
I've created custom symbols to match the signal's pairs, without _SB , which I thought would allow trades to execute
But so far, trades aren't executing.
I get this error message
2021.05.20 07:41:03.455 Signal '52006390': deal #120217224 buy 0.15 XAUUSD at 1874.98 skipped as no symbol found
Do I also need to map the broker's _SB symbol to the custom pair,?
& if so, how do I do that?
(the manual shows no search results for mapping)
tia