Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 17

Ive come across a warning when writing an expert advisor that I don't understand. I have some ideas on why I'm getting it but was hoping someone could clarify. I'm getting the warning possible loss of data due to type conversion warning when compiling the code attached. I know this error is normally

Hi all, After completing the optimisation of an algorithm, I'm unsure how to choose the best result. I often notice a discrepancy between the forward optimisation and the general optimisation results—so which one should I rely on more? Additionally, I've come across a few inconsistencies in the

I have a python script, which I rented a MT5 VPS and run it on its Python Editor. The code does backtesting, based on this it calculated how long should live trading run. But live trading tends to terminates around the 2-3 hour mark. I have print statements on the code for show if termination is due

I need to add otc chart into mt5 or mt4 . How can i do this. I need source code

Hey guys, i am struggling to get run strategy tester on mt5. I want to be offline no connection to a Broker.(is it possible) I created a custom symbol and import ticks(it shows me when open the chart) Now i want to start to test but i get this error. 2024.07 . 01 19 : 33 : 12.612 Tester tester not

My Bot can't take any trades on XAUUSD even the script likes correct. What correction should I bring please. // global variables input string POINT = "====== Numbers are in Points, not Pips ======" ; //===================== input int Magic_Number = 241106 ;

is there anyone who experienced Trading Assistant with ChatGPT API? I would like to start coding a trading Assistant following Stocks and creating alerts with ChatGPT API. My plan is to create a self learning Assitant which improve the performance in time

I have a variable tradeList that is declared as: CHashMap < ulong , TicketData*> *tradeList = new CHashMap < ulong ,TicketData*> (); I have only 1 line that does a .Add to the list. The code looks like

Good morning, I am looking for an experienced, serious, honest developer to discuss a bot, Urgent

Hi all, In this week, when I running backtest in Meta Trader 5. I notice the history data of USDJPY missing form 2010 to before 2025. Anyone same issue with me. Thanks

I'm encountering unexpected behavior with the order_send function from the MetaTrader5 Python library. I believe this might be a bug. Issue Description: Python order_send function returns an OrderSendResult object analogous to the MQL5 MqlTradeResult structure, which includes the attributes: retcode

Hi guys, please can someone help me and write me a complete divergence function with positive and negative RSI by default and hidden? but the trade should be opened as shown in the image. Only the divergence function, with these conditions. thank you Positive divergence Negative divergence Hidden

Hello I created my own EA for my personal use When I back test on one broker the result is profit for example $250 test balance with 0.01 lot end with profit like 10 or 20 percent profit, but when test the same EA on another broker data the result is loss What makes the backtest results differ? and

My goal is get the Position history of my account into excel spreadsheet automatically. No export to CSV or stuff like that. I found a lot of examples to get real time price, open and close trades, bid, ask and etc... nothing about retrieve the trading history. The same way you get the automatic

Anyone use or know of a utility tool that will move the take profit to break even when the position moves against you a certain number of determined pips? Thanks in advance

Greetins, I'm facing trouble starting my recent aquired robot. I can test it with no problem on MQL5, but when I try to add to my real account, I keep getting the anexed image error. I'ts in portuguese, but it says: "Activate automatic trading for xxxxxx". Algotrading is already enabled. The logs I

Hi! I was backtesting my code it was working kinda perfectly but suddenly from yesterday it didnt work...The thing is it was working around 9 pm...but after that at 9.05 IST the same export advisor didn't give me any backtesting results...no issues with the code...where as other codes were running

So I have been reading through https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/451498 and https://www.mql5.com/ru/forum/442814/page2 and from what I understand the iClose/iOpen and things like CopyTime can return wrong values if not synced up and is therefore unreliable? But with both don't you still just check and

Hi guys, I have an EA compiled without any errors but in backtesting it wont do anything, just stucked. There is also no errors in journal. What I'm missing here: #property copyright "Copyright 2023, MetaQuotes Ltd." #property link " https://www.mql5.com " #property version "1.00" #include

Hey, I have been trying to write one function that would calculate LotSize regardless of the instrument, but it seems that despite all my efforts the program seems to throw weird lot sizes anytime I use it for index - ES or NQ. It's working good for forex, gold and crude. I am yet to try it fully on

Greetings All, If I may, Id like to start a discussion on how and why you choose which optimized setting to use after results. In particular, Profit v Drawdown. Or do you use Profit factor? I have attached two results as an example. Which of the two would you choose and why? * If there is already a

Hi , I am writing a code in OnTradeTransaction() event handler ,that whenever order hit stoploss i am taking it's position id of deal type DEAL_ENTRY_OUT and iterating HistoryDealTotal() to find DEAL_ENTRY_In for that position_id but problem is HistoryDealTotal() is holding only latest deal for

if more than one tickets are opened at any time (not opened at the same time), MQL5 wasn't able to close all of the tickets (see enclosed figure). Enclosed: Call to close long and short Code of closing functions Figure show not all are closing void closeLong(){ int total = PositionsTotal ();

Hello great people. Kindly help me fix the error in my EA. It fails to pick trades. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| BB_Ichimoku_AD_RSI_ATR.mq5 | //| Stricter Confirmation Logic v2.6 |

...please help...I updated my expert...what are the next steps and what should I do with the data...how do I adjust the expert to the update so that I can test it for better results...what should I do with the data from the update

When using optimization, the Drawdown % displayed for each pass is equity drawdown maximal. How can we get it to display equity drawdown relative? Equity drawdown relative is much more useful for testing EAs that scale with account size. I've seen this posted a couple times, but it seems like the

Hello MQL5 community, I'm developing an Expert Advisor in a netting account . the EA work perfectly but when i want to publish my ea i get these error messages: failed market sell 0.2 EURUSD sl: ... tp: ... [Invalid stops] failed modify #... sell 0.2 EURUSD sl: ... tp: ... [Modification failed due

Hi I have this message on my version 5120: "Resource indicator .. is compiled for debugging. That slows down the performance. Please recompile the indicator to increase performance." I'd like to, but I can't find the option to remove to avoid compiling with debugging. Could you help me? Thanks

How can I get SymbolInfoSessionTrade information using mt5 Python integration

Can anyone check out the following script, and explain why it has not yet generated any trade, and whether it well ever trade. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert Advisor: XBRUSD EMA Scalper - 30 Ticks Target |