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I just noticed that OrderInfo.Type() always return a 0 for all type of Orders. Why is this so? OrderInfoType always return 0 mql5 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Check OrderInfo.Type().mq5 | //|

Hello everyone, My setup : Server1, has 74 local agents, this is where I start the optimization process Server2, has 74 local agents, which are added to Server1 Local Network Farm. Both are running Windows10 and latest stable MT5 version (build 4620). My problem is that I'm running a c++ pipe server

I have tried to backtest an expert advisor, but it doesnt work. I wonder why... Screenshot attached

How to draw a trend line in the visual chart in the strategy tester? everytime I hit start in the tester, a new chart opens and I am not able to use the drawn trend lines. any help?

I searched through File* functions in the docs, but didn't find anything

Context: This post is intended to be useful to those looking for ideas on how to set up an optimisation/setfile discovery process for themselves. Much more selfishly, I am also looking for advice from the more experienced on my optimisation process (which I will lay out below). I have been trading

I have built a trading bot , and when i back test it from may last year to now it is profitable genarating 57% profit when risking 1%, but the issue is when i back test from january last year the bot does not produce the same results within the same period it was profitable that is from may to now

Can I programmatically clear the StrategyTester journal on the start of my backtest run? Thanks.

Hi, So i'm trying to build a scalping system that watch the market in 5 minutes timeframe and execute trades based on simple algorithm, until here its all okay (I hope so), but when it comes to lot size its a bit tricky. The formula i calculate lot size is: willingToSpend = accountValue * .01 //

My MT5 EA is creating a file that will be read by an external system, and then that system creates a response file that my EA reads. This process happens once per M1 bar and takes about 1-2 seconds, so when running live, timewise there is plenty of margin. The problem occurs when running a backtest

I have a problem with optimization: when I run a backtest with a strategy, it takes about 8 minutes. However, when I run a simple parameter optimization over the same strategy and period with 10 variants, the optimization takes around 58 minutes, which is more than 7 times longer. I didn’t have this

I have omitted error handling for brevity. Let's assume there are no error while opening a position. The below code works fine for me. MqlTradeRequest request; MqlTradeResult result; ZeroMemory (request); // Ensure request structure is clean ZeroMemory (result); // Ensure result structure is clean

Hi all! I try to create a code to check if the last buy position (what is closed) if it closed ik loss or in profit. i Try to create a bool function so before the trade started , the EA is sure that the last buy position is not closed in loss (false). if its closed in loss it return true and then i

Hello! Am working on an EA and I wanted to alternate orders. I have failed to make it possible. I want to check if previous trade was BUY the next trade should be it's opposite and vise versa. Help will be much appreciated folks

Dear I try to optimize a trading robot from my PC, after running sometime optimize running my all core show status finished and some core show disabled. but my optimize show running, but core show finished. Do i know what is this status mean, is my optimize stop or it is running. I have some

Hello, My name is Oskar, I have good performing strategy which would perform even better with quicker executed trades , I got idea that something like button would help me, So my question is... Is possible to create button for MT5 which after clicking would open automatically 2 position Buy and Sell

Hi, I'd like to perform a series of tests, +30 presets, with an EA across multiple symbols, 20+. I could do that manually, opening the .set file in the Tester, runnnig, waiting, and then doing it again, but of course that would be a hell of a work, so a script-based automated mode would be

Just got round to using services and suddenly the services context menu has been replaced by the scripts context menu. My service will only run on a chart! MT5 version 5.0.0.4626 from [redacted] Any ideas

Below is aportion of my code that once the condition is met it has to draw an arrow above the next opening candle. Teh arrows do not get drawn waht am i doing wrong if (open[ 0 ] > rsiLevel && close[ 0 ] < rsiLevel) // If candle opens above 50 and closes below 50 { // Position the

I used the predefined list, but it gave 1 error that says: cannot convert enum enum MY_TIMEFRAME { D1 = PERIOD_D1 , H4 = PERIOD_H4 , H1 = PERIOD_H1 , M15 = PERIOD_M15 , M5 = PERIOD_M5 }; input MY_TIMEFRAME Timeframe = H4; int OnInit () { datetime time = iTime ( _Symbol

A thread for metatrader 5 coding related questions : coding questions and general code development issues questions (and answers if there is an answer)

Hi all, Is there anyway to run the mql script or service on mt5 start (user open mt5)? Thank

I created an EA for strategy testing, it has no error or warnings, yet it can't detect Horizontal lines, or Moving Average . more explanation: the EA is supposed to open a trade when price touch Horizontal lines i draw on the chart, or Moving average.... . same rpoblem happened when i created an

hi guys! i developed a news scalping EA for xauusd pair an i have some issues with it in strategy tester: 1-it does not trade all interval days that i set! only 3-5 days 2- when i try to implement SL i get error in strategy tester! the Ea is based on zlsma and ema crossover

i have developed range breakout EA,it is running perfectly on my mt5 and i am using it on live account. but when i try to upload it on market place it is giving erros like these 2022.02.01 06:00:00 failed instant buy 0.1 EURUSD at 1.12332 sl: 1.12282 tp: 1.12432 [ Invalid volume ] 2022.02.01

why did my code has no trade order? //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| celue1.mq5 | //| Copyright 2024, MetaQuotes Software Corp. | //|

'OrderSymbol' - undeclared identifier mq1.mq5 219 50 'OrderSelect' - wrong parameters count mq1.mq5 165 13 'OrderType' - undeclared identifier mq1.mq5 167 58 'OrderSymbol' - undeclared identifier mq1.mq5 176 34 'OrderVolume' - undeclared identifier mq1.mq5 177 34 'OrderTicket' - undeclared

Hi, I find the following fact quite shocking: I have an EA that I tested with exact same settings, exact same spread (chosen in the startegy tester) and exact same time period on 3 different brokers. Believe it or not, all three results were different. Not only that, in one broker, the EA was

I bought an EA from a seller, I have issues with the trading bot, but he doesn't reply to my queries. What is there to do? Please advise

Hi there, I subscriped to a signal (MT5) additional to running Expert Advisors. The EAs open an close pending orders every 5 minutes when they run normally. When I activate the signal on this account, then error 4752 occurs for every attempt to open such a pending order. As soon as a stop the signal