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I found the zero divide error in this trend line calculation int fnGetTrendLineSignal(string strName, int type){// get the four coordinatesdouble x1 = ObjectGet( strName, OBJPROP_TIME1);double y1 = ObjectGet( strName, OBJPROP_PRICE1);double x2 = ObjectGet( strName, OBJPROP_TIME2);double y2 =
Hi everyone, I'm now using MetaTrader5 libraby for python to get history price data. However, I can't get the the price that from 2014 backward. I just able to get from 2015 to now. My code is as below usdjpy2 = MT5CopyRatesRange("USDJPY", MT5_TIMEFRAME_M15, datetime(2009,1,5) ,datetime(2019, 1, 3))
Hi, I am having an issue with my EA optimization results or the back test results against my EA. When I run my EA against all market watch symbols the results are different from a single test run. The strategy tester is set to run against 30 currency pairs delays of 50ms and my maximum balance. It
Hello, hope this is not a duplicate, but i've noticed, the documentation to mql5 concerning function templates is showing code, that does not compile any more, redering the template functionality more or less useless. (And broke my code) The documentation shows an exmpel at
I have a very special situation in which I am not able to send buy and sell orders using mql5 because auto trading is disabled on my broker server from their side and it is not possible to ask them to enable it. I was wondering if there is any possible solution that I could write a code that on
Hi everybody, I'm really ignorant about Expert Advisors. I have TPL file and EX4 indicator files for MT4, but im totally ignorant about coding i don’t know how can i transform template and indicators to EA for mt4. Could you please help me if you know the answer
i am looking for a Brokers that accept Signals from MQL5 (i i would prefer to use MT4) right now i am using avatrade, but they have turned the signal tab off(it´s completely gone) on their MT4. so if you guys have a list or something with brokers that allow me to use the signal trading option with...
Hi, this is probably a stupid question but I am trying out the MT4 VPS for a month and cant figure something out. I started the registration with an account 937xxx which was in GBP and opened up a second demo account in EUR which is 557xxx. I want to get rid of account 937xxx (GBP) completely from
Dear all, I rent Virtual Hosting from MQL5. I tried very time for migrate my EA to Virtual Hosting. But can't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Virtual Hosting : 8091 failed to send migration data(receive response...
Hi, I'm having problems with the code to retrieve closed trades from the history in MQL5. I'm using this code but when I close a trade, it does not show up in the history deals. I need a function to retrieve the latest trades closed. I'm calling this function from OnTrade(). I use to program in MQL4
Hi All During a trading day if my profit or loss for all of my open and closed positions combined on that day exceed a certain amount (either profit or loss) I close all trades. This part of my code works fine. Once all trades have been closed no more trades are opened on that day. If neither profit
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Why do I get 4202 error from this code? (in strategy tester it works fine!) double trendline(int i){ double trendline=ObjectGetValueByTime(ChartID(),"Trendline",iTime(NULL, PERIOD_D1, i),0); if(GetLastError()>0) { Print("Error :", GetLastError()); } return trendline;} This does not make any
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what is zero divide. metatrader is givin zero divide error. I'm building the robot. wiping oneself
My code started giving me a error seen in the screen shot below. 1/. I rebooted - same problem 2/. I did RAM and disk checks on my system - no issues reported 3/. reboot and run of sample MACD supplied with MT5 distribution - error similar to the one in my code --- Anyone any ideas where to start
m_LabelInfo is object of CChartObjectLabel    m_LabelInfo.Color(clrRed);   m_LabelInfo.FontSize(28);   m_LabelInfo.Description("Information");   Print(m_LabelInfo.X_Size()); // The value is 0, why? m_LabelInfo.X_Size() will be set to zero(0) after calling Description(). I even tried to call...
I have an heiken ashi indicator which works great by itself & the EA works by itself (without the #include statement) but when I try to attach it to the EA I get "array out of range error". I am learning coding but there are no simple explanations of why this should happen. The indicator has an .mqh...
Hello all, I fount out that ArrayCopySeries  and ArrayCopyRates  are 2 useful functions in MQL4. It does not really copy anything except when you call it first time. That saves some manual labour when I work in multiple timeframes. And since it does not actually copy the whole array every time I...
Both indicator and EA stop working after few minutes, or when new candle starts. They both rely on some algorithm and data from several currency pairs, using the iClose("XYZpair") function. More specifically: The indicator appears to be getting left behind, not to be running after a while, and I
I am trying to search figure out how to search for a pattern within a range of timeframes in MQL5. Obviously, it is likely that the pattern would occur several times based on the timeframes, that’s why I’m particularly interested in the largest number of times it repeats. To explain what I’m trying
It looks like during optimization the tester agent does only call OnDeinit when the OnInit fails. If it passes, OnDeinit will not be called. I have no idea why. Sample EA to reproduce: input int InpStart=1;input int InpStop=2;int OnInit() { Print("OnInit Start: ",InpStart," Stop: ",InpStop);
I wrote an Advisor that closes orders of other advisors working on the account according to the profit-loss criteria and the news feed. However, to close the orders of the adviser before the release of important news is only half the case. We still need to stop its work for a given interval before
Hi at all, in my EA framework i have implement a personal log service, that write a strings file. This log service, write 2 line strings line at events that i specified it: 1 for infos, and last: "[server time] - last line logged". In logical function of this log services, for every new line to log
I was wondering when is we use CreateBitmap and when do we use CreateBitmapLabel from CCanvas Class and wheather someone could post some code which contains the correct syntax in how to properly use these methods
good day. How can I get a double value from a string value. double value =StringToDouble("123.45");//Print result: 123.45//but double number = StringToDouble("num123.45"); // or even 123.45? or ??123.45?? where ? represents an unkown string the second example function function will not return
Dear MetaQuotes, Since you have just introduced new event handling function OnTradeTransaction(), could you please clarify - does this function completely enhance the old OnTrade() function? What I mean is - is there a point in using OnTrade() any longer when writing EAs from scratch? (e.g. if...
Hi everyone I need some help with a script/EA (could be either) that can accomplish the following: Open Buy and Sell positions simultaneously for a given currency pair Allow me to specify how many positions of each kind should be opened, i.e. how many buy positions and how many sell positions - up
I'm doing a MACD crossover EA to test my MQL5 skills, however I cannot understand why this simple comparison isn't working at times, but is working at others when I run the stategy tester. At 2019.09.02 01:03:00 on the strategy tester journal (red box on screenshot), the conditions (MACD0 > MACD1)
Can anyone share some kind of code that deals with gaps when copying rates? Thanks
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Hi, I am not able to solve this. The basic idea is this code, but it produces the warning message for line 31. #include <Charts\Chart.mqh>//+------------------------------------------------------------------+//| CChartExt class
Hello, I run into “hit order rate limit” issue, below you may read some specifics: If conditions are right my EA/MT4 starts to build up/open pool of orders by small portions (0.01 lots) every 5...1 minute; all open orders in pool are Market orders with slightly different market prices and slightly