Expert Advisors and Automated Trading - page 83

Hi! In the following EA code, I'm computing EMAs (fast and slow) at each new M5 bar. Though, as per the journal below it seems the [1] values computed at the current M5 bar can differ from the [0] values computed at the previous M5 bar. This is an issue, as it can prevent detecting an EMA

Does any one know why is this happening? I have two MT5 instaled with two diferent brokers and neither seem to run anithing on Strategy Tester. My mt5 is connected to the broker and I get this log everytime i run something.

I am testing a martingale EA and I don't understand why orders 5 and 6 happen in 2 different places even though SL of 6 and TP of 5 are at the same price Thank you for helping me understand this

I would like to know whether it is allowed to use purchased EAs in a fee-based signal. I have read all relevant T&Cs but I am still in doubt. The rules of EA usage states that they are for personal use only but I did not find anything explicit about this topic in the Signal Provision terms and

Hi, I'm trying to create a function to allow orders to be sent and no, but it doesn't work. Could someone help me? that is to say if you order it is allowed to send orders if orders is deactivated do not send I would need the function, and the handles before the ordersend

is there any difference between using MqlRates and using iCLose for example ? MqlRates i have to use array and copy rates to the array , where iClose can just enter the shift number of the bar and thats it or i am missing something here ? thanks

Hi guysRecently I have decided to learn coding  MQL5 but I dont know where to start. Can anyone introduce me a reference for beginners? Any help would greatly be appreciated. 

Hi everyone, I am unable to correct these two errors when compiling. Can anyone please help me to solve these two errors, thanks. Also i am new to MQl5 programming (Still learning and practicing), here is my code i would appreciated if anyone can correct if there is any error with a bit of

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| VolumeEA.mq5 | //| Copyright 2023, MetaQuotes Software Corp. | //| https://www.mql5.com |

This code is different from all of the other bots. If it works then send back but keep it and back test to see if this is a good strategy. I really tried to make this work so if anyone plz plz plzzz help me that would be amazing

Hi everyone 😊, I'm still a beginner in this fabulous language, would you have a simple example code or a link with which I could calculate the daily profit or loss please? I've done some research on the website but I often find MQL4 codes and not MQL5. Best Reguards, ZeroCafeine😊

SymbolInfoInteger(NULL,SYMBOL_SWAP_MODE) should only return values from 0 to 8, but with crypto pairs on a demo account I use to test code, it will return 9...? I'm not sure if this can give a clue as to what is causing this but the symbol names with this broker all have an extension, and for a

Hey there, is there a way to adjust the level of a drawn object? I would like to draw a rectangle, than many arrows. The rectangle should remain in the foreground though. Thank you very much in advance

Hello all, I am new to coding so please bare with me. I have my code compiled with no errors, but when I backtest it, no trades are bought or sold even though there are many instances where conditions are met during the test timframe. // Execute trade based on crossovers and RSI conditions if

I have been recently learning how to code in mql5 using tutorials on youtube but I have a problem with activating them on a live/demo account. I have compiled them with no errors and they work fine backtesting. I have purchased other EAs from 3rd party coders and they work fine on a live/demo

Hello guys.. have a little problem and need some help. I have this EA (drawdown protector) in one terminal and i trade through another but with the same credentials. According to research, it is supposed to work like this and when i reach the daily loss limit, the EA gets in the way and stop me to

Hi there, I tried to optimize my program in the strategy tester. But when i maximise on balance max its seems that the EA doesnt have random end results: It seems to max out at 12080 and 8890 with no passes in between. The EA uses stop loss and TP and minimum amount of trades per pass is 200. What

I have thought that there might be some function that can get me previous Bid or Ask price similar to the one that give OHLC value. But I could not see any such function.    Please let me know how I can get the previous values of the Bid or Ask?

I am trying to calculate lotsize for my EA - everything is fine except the commission per lot aspect. Does anyone have idea of how to obtain commission per lot in mql5? I have seen some EAs that developers are able to account for commission per lot for a symbol. Anyone there to help

I have written an expert advisor in MT4 and I want to convert it to MT5. Everything seems to work except I can't open or close any orders. I used the function from the MT5 reference library: //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert initialization function

Hi all, I am trying to add elements (values of an indicator), tick by tick, to an array. I managed to do it with the following code but I imagine there is a more practical way without all of the shifting. And obviously the code below results in some lagging. #include <Arrays\ArrayDouble.mqh>

Hello everyone, I hope you're well. Do you know of a free utility or indicator that provides a history of spreads within a candle, or at least retrieves maximum and minimum values? If not, is it possible to record the largest and smallest spreads for each candle and save them in a table? Do you

Hello people. I am just starting out to learn coding my EA and its been a week of thick studying how best i can code it. This EA trades 1M candle open and does not have a Stop loss, and i am well with that. Can anyone help me with the code or help me complete the script. I would be grateful 1. I

I have this situation where I exit on a bar that even exceeds its high/low on the tester. (See picture for reference). M5 Timeframe. Here is the code on how I exit trades. I have been using it since a long time. Its just accumulation of codes i read here and inputs of my own preference. void

I want to backtest one indicator named StableFX. But when I try to run the test "0" buffer of the StableFX indicator is -134, for example, but 0 buffer pulled with iCustom() is -65 on the same date. So the value showed by indicator and value pulled by iCustom is always different. I checked

Hi, After reading https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/218890 and the update https://www.metatrader5.com/en/news/2187 as I understand regarding APIs for MT5 offers: 1) Python Integration 2) Server API (for brokers, not end users) 3) Web Api ( some third parties). 1) Am I missing some other as this seems

I need the values: - news date and time (USD) - news impact type (USD) from uses in EA in the code i used string date=values[1] string impact=values[8] but it gives me error illegal operation use void OnTick () { //--- codice Paese per EU (ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2) string EU_code= "US" ; //---

Hello! I'm having trouble with a simple index counter in loop. I have tried every way to get it to work. * I have moved this function out of the OnTick section and called it as a separate function from there. * I have tried to include the moments of data array changes based on indexes when the index

Hi, There is an indicator I want to use in my EA and i have changed some of the inputs i've put the inputs i want to use in the iCustom function but when I run the EA and click on the indicator used, some of the inputs are staying at the normal values and not the ones that I want to use. For

Hi everyone, I use MT5. I've been trialling the use of tickstory and Tick Data Suite (TDS) for sourcing symbol data for better backtesting. My trading strategies are based on the close of M15 timeframe and above so I'm not looking at HFT, more swing trading. Based on this fact I'm planning on using