Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 473

Hi I subscribed to a signal successfully with MT5. But the buy / sell signals only sometimes trigger when the price reaches the target amount. Any Ideas would be appreciated. I have been using Visualize to see the signals on the chart and sometimes I have to make trades manually. Thanks Andrew

Dear MQL5 users! I am working with automated trading since many years. We recently started a new project and would like to call the strategy tester from an external program. For example, an external program should use a specific EA, pass parameters to it (such as stop-loss values or many others),...

In MT5 there is a Visualize option to see the signal on the chart. This is not in MT4. Is there some other way to do it? Thanks Andrew

Hi, I was reading a particular thread (link below) about running sequential tests/optimisation and I understand that a configuration file needs to be written and run in a command line. Very simple question - where do I find this command line in the terminal? I have looked everywhere but everywhere...

someone know a machine learning EA ?

Hey Guys, I got a strange MQL error on execution : Error 4753 for a Position not found issue. This error didn t append on all my order request, sometime execution is fine and sometime this error append. I have already google it and the general solution reported for this issue is to use...

Hello Assuming I have an smaHandle piping in SMA values to my smaVals[] array, I need to find the angle of the trend over a specified number of bars in a zoom-friendly manner. I've seen OBJ_TRENDBYANGLE but it looks like it's geared towards price. Does anyone know if there is a more general...

Hello, I have a very simple question. I have posted entire code at very end. /---- Copy latest MA indicator values into a buffer int copied=CopyBuffer(handle1,0,0,4,SmoothedBuffer1); if(copied>0) copied=CopyBuffer(handle2,0,0,4,SmoothedBuffer2); if(copied>0) I understand that...

Hi everyone, I have a small problem if anyone can help me, i build an EA with MQL5Wizard and i would like display the sum of pattern result of my signal.(Short and LongCondition result exactly) In my Ontick function, i test this, but i have an error (folder0 is unknow): void OnTick()  {   ExtExpert...

Hi, I am new to this site and hoping someone can help me, I am looking for a EA trade runner that moves the SL after every 15 minute bar to a set amount below that bar but only if the bar goes the same way as my trade ( example- a long trade, moves the SL only after a rising long 15 minute bar,...

Not a programmer, but like everyone here inclined to analysis, I'm trying to understand the reasons for the EA's braking, namely what in the case of changing it led to detrimental consequences, and most importantly whether it's possible to fix it. Background Having decided to test my idea I ordered

Being new to Expert advisors, i am really stuck here http://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/tester/tester_settings This manual is using too much technical words for a newbie like me, for example what is forwards and optimization? and taking half or quarter of a custom period? Is there...

I purchased a custom indicator from the MQL5 Market and developed an EA to utilize the indicator. The EA can work as I expected. However, when I was testing the EA in the strategy tester I got a problem: The test execution speed is very slow. Actually the test's speed is as slow as testing the EA...

my strategy testing does not work, it's stoping when I click start, it stay where it is, no activity, you know why ? Is it because of updates of MQL5 ?

I am not able to change the % of deposit to be used or the deviation/ slippage on MT4 if I subscribed for the signal from back end.

I would like to know how to stop a subscription please?

Hi, I just wanted to start programming my (almost finished) forex trading system. I'm not a total beginner in programming, but I've never used MQL5 yet. I've read some tutorials, but I just can't figure out some "basics" I need to know before I can start and I hope you can help me. The main...

Hello, how to get the last date of testperiod from within strategy with MQL5 . Thank you

how to install this: https://c.mql5.com/3/16/ASCTrendND.mq5

Hello Community, Since this September I am running my EA with real money on Alpari and Activ Trades. I just did a backtest with the Strategy Tester for this month (on Alpari and Activ Trades Demo Acc.) and it was kind of confusing. The Backtests (execution mode: random delay and every tick)...

I want to insert new instructions in my EA. I want to tell it at a certain point that if a close happened, then it shd carry out following instructions. Below is how I want to do it but I do not know if it is correct. if ( CLOSELONG(Symbol()) ) { //instructions here... //instructions...

Hi Experts, when starting the "Strategy Testing" then the above error message is shown. When taking a look to the path:  c:\Programme\Metatrader 5\tester\agent-127.0.0.1-3000\mql5\files\ The files to be opened seems to be deleted by "someone". When I copy them by hand into this directory and...

hi, is there any way in backtesting to know the percent of total backtesting time the EA have been in the market? somthing like tradestation performance report do? thanks 

Hi All. Sorry if this has been mentioned but I am trying to set up my expert advisers using one of the free templates. Can anyone tell me how I do it? Do you just have to press subscribe and it works automatically? Will it then show up the signals? How do you then add it so you can back...

I am submitting expert as a seller of product, to the market. Not sure how to hide the settings. I was told to hard code it. Not to use my settings as default inputs, would not that effect it's performance, which is based on my settings? What does that mean to hard code, in meta editor? Can users...

I am subscriping to a signal provider but I noticed that the order placed on my MT4 is not as same as the signal provider lots size, why is that? EX: The provider places 0.34 EUR/USD and it is copied to my account as 0.28 lots The provider places 0.18 EUR/USD and it is copied to my account as 0...

Can you _test_ an EA for the future ? in Strategy Tester on MetaTrader5 not with a broker ? Not only in the past ? I use free EAs like Roman5 and I cant test it for the future why ? Do you know a free EA that I can test for the future in markets...  --Jon 

Hi, i need an expert adviser doing these simple steps. When i run it on any chart, it will ask be input the following values: * Entry point * Buy OR Sell * Pip value * Tp1 * Tp2 * Sl BTW, i am working on MT4 platform. Now, when price arrive to Tp1, then move stop lose to Entry point and...

Hello, everyone. I'm Pantural. I have tried to use Forex for the third time already, I believe there is something in it, but life bends its course. I have never gone further than 2 depots of 200$ each. Now I think the situation is better than it was 4 years ago, at least spreads are wow cool! (oh my

Hello, I have looked at LongCondition and ShortCondition Method on page https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/367 to create an EA. In this case it is set up for only 1 signal and not for multiple signals. Is there a wizard with LongCondition and ShortCondition Methods that combines multiple signals at...