I really want to learn MQL5 Where do I start ?

[muhhacc ccc]

Hi all. I want to learn MQL5 / MQL5.
Can you guys help me where to start? Are there any video tutorials?
I found some video tutorials, but I don't understand more than 80% of what they show how to write EAs by example ( example of various functions and so on ) I need some basics.
Thanks for understanding

[Evgeniy Zhdan]

muhhacc ccc:
Hi all. I want to learn MQL5 /
Can you guys help me where to start? Are there any video tutorials?
I found some video tutorials, but I don't understand more than 80% of what they show how to write EAs by example ( example of various functions and so on ) I need some basics.
Thanks for understanding

https://www.mql5.com/ru/articles/100

[Aliaksandr Hryshyn]

I suggest that knowledgeable people write a sensible tutorial for newcomers to programming.

Evgeniy Zhdan:

https://www.mql5.com/ru/articles/100

This is no good. Initial EA template creation, types and gibberish :) for a beginner.

This seems to be OK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTKROfxXl4

Next, look for the second lesson....

[Yevhenii Levchenko]

muhhacc ccc:
Hi all. I want to learn MQL5 / MQL5.
Can you guys help me where to start? Are there any video tutorials?
I found some video tutorials, but I don't understand more than 80% of what they show how to write EAs by example ( example of various functions and so on ) I need some basics.
Thank you for understanding

The series "MQL4 Language for Dummies". I started with it. It's mql4 though. But it's a good starting point. https://www.mql5.com/ru/users/banderass/publications

[SeriousRacoon]

The best place to start is by learning C++.

[Evgeniy Zhdan]

SeriousRacoon:
It is best to start with learning C++.

Maybe you should start with BASIC and gradually get to MQL5 via Pascal, Assembler, C+, C# and only then try to write Hello world with output on the chart in the comment.

[Maxim Kuznetsov]

SeriousRacoon:
The best place to start is by learning C++.

I partly support this opinion.

Even more - you can just "C with classes and without STL", easy to understand, from about 90s, corresponds to MQL.
Modern C++ is more about meta-programming and generalisation.

This is at the level of free lectures a la intuit.ru; if programming is your thing, you can even get a crust and get a profession

[Alexsandr San]

muhhacc ccc:
Hi all. I want to learn MQL5 /
I dont know where to start, is there any tutorial videos?
I found some video material, but I don't understand more than 80% of what they show how to write EAs by example ( example of various functions and so on ) I need some basics.
Thanks for understanding

the easiest way is to understand how this expert works, in your terminal you have MACD Sample.mq5

there are indicators in this area -

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Initialization of the indicators                                 |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool CSampleExpert::InitIndicators(void)
  {
//--- create MACD indicator
   if(m_handle_macd==INVALID_HANDLE)
      if((m_handle_macd=iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE))==INVALID_HANDLE)
        {
         printf("Error creating MACD indicator");
         return(false);
        }
//--- create EMA indicator and add it to collection
   if(m_handle_ema==INVALID_HANDLE)
      if((m_handle_ema=iMA(NULL,0,InpMATrendPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE))==INVALID_HANDLE)
        {
         printf("Error creating EMA indicator");
         return(false);
        }
//--- succeed
   return(true);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

by changing the indicators you can create a different signal for BUY and SELL

here , by changing the arrows > <

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Check for long position closing                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool CSampleExpert::LongClosed(void)
  {
   bool res=false;
//--- should it be closed?
   if(m_macd_current>0)
      if(m_macd_current<m_signal_current && m_macd_previous>m_signal_previous)
         if(m_macd_current>m_macd_close_level)
           {
            //--- close position
            if(m_trade.PositionClose(Symbol()))
               printf("Long position by %s to be closed",Symbol());
            else
               printf("Error closing position by %s : '%s'",Symbol(),m_trade.ResultComment());
            //--- processed and cannot be modified
            res=true;
           }
//--- result
   return(res);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

2 to Closed and 2 to Opened

[Alexsandr San]

Alexsandr San:

the easiest way is to understand how this expert works, in your terminal you have MACD Sample.mq5

there are indicators in this area -

by changing the indicators you can create a different signal for BUY and SELL

here , by changing the arrows > <

2 to Closed and 2 to Opened

For example change only MACD indicator for Stochastic without changing anything else and you will get new signals

copy it instead ofthe MACD. Just create your EA and copy from theMACD Sample.mq5 and try

//--- create MACD indicator
   if(m_handle_macd==INVALID_HANDLE)
      if((m_handle_macd=iStochastic(NULL,0,5,3,3,MODE_SMA,STO_LOWHIGH))==INVALID_HANDLE)
        {
         printf("Error creating MACD indicator");
         return(false);
        }

missed a bit in the tester

[Alexey Viktorov]

SeriousRacoon:
The best place to start is by learning C++.

Wouldn't it be better to start with Aglitsky? I don't know either Aglitsky or C++ and I don't suffer... Freelance customers say I'm not bad at programming in mql5.

[Igor Zakharov]

SeriousRacoon:
The best place to start is with learning C++.

without practical tasks, you can't learn anything. first the need, then the solution methods.