Should i read 6,000 mql5 book to be able to write expert advisors?

[Rosita Kazuka]

I'm going to learn to write expert advisors in mql5 for metatrader 5. i searched google and fonud several 1 hundred to 3 hundred pages books, another source was this:

 https://www.mql5.com/en/docs.

in left down, you can find a link to download the whole document:

https://www.mql5.com/files/pdf/mql5.pdf

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but the problem is that book is 6 thousand pages. if i read each page in 5 minute , it took 500 hours, and if i read 6 hours per day and 2 hours of practice in coding. it will take 83 days or 3 month. 

my other problem is that book written for a person with c++ background. 

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any advice from experienced mql5 programmers?

[Soewono Effendi]

start here, 

https://www.mql5.com/en/code

find simple and easy EA/indicators, study, rewrite, customize and later try to code your own.

Or hire someone to give you remote hands-,on lessons.

[Rosita Kazuka]

Soewono Effendi #:
start here, 

https://www.mql5.com/en/code

find simple and easy EA/indicators, study, rewrite, customize and later try to code your own.

Or hire someone to give you remote hands-,on lessons.

thanks, my question is that do experienced programmers use he whole document book?

[Soewono Effendi]

You should at least get an overview of concepts, features and functions that are available in MQL.

Use all the documentations just like dictionaries, they are sources for references to lookup for details.

Good luck.

Tips:

code, test, repeat