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Finally I got it working to connect to a MySQL database with libmysql.dll 64 bit on Metatrader5. Now my question is: what is the latest implementation of a usable MySQlWrapper to handle reads and writes to DB (with some documentation)? I ask, because

Hi, I want to run an EA in strategy tester with different symbols/asset-classes at once, therefore I want to have one set of optimization settings for all assets. Is that possible somehow? For example (all just sample numbers!): If we talk about

Hi, I have a question about a brokers behaviour. I know, that this will be different from broker to broker of course, but I assume there is a common brokers behaviour.  I have no experience with that, that is why I'm asking: If I use an EA (my

Hi, normally, someone can get a handle of an (built-in-) indicator and add this indicator to chart via ChartIndicatorAdd(): int _handle = iMA ( _Symbol , _Period , 20 , 0 , MODE_EMA , PRICE_CLOSE ); ChartIndicatorAdd (CHART_ID, SUB_WIN

Hi, the story: in hedging mode I have several orders and positions at a time. If something happens (order is placed, order becomes a position, position takes profit, order is deleted because of circumstances, ...) my current way of handling things is

Hi, two questions: in former days I did my work within my small EAs with the "standard" mql5 language, often encapsulated in classes/objects. Now in new projects, I thougth about using the mql5 Standard Library whenever possible (things like

Hi, I have a small function that creates rectangles in a loop for a given amount of custom objects. It works like expected except that the _last_ rectangle is never drawn (same for some OBJ_TEXT's in the same loop for the rectangles: the last one

Hello, if I run MT5 in hedging mode, is it possible to close a position partially ? If yes, can it be done within terminal or can this be done with a script or an EA? Thanks a lot, Alex

Hello, i‌s there a setting/EA/whatever which provides a better chart view if I have many pending orders ? With default settings the order-lines (Stop-Entry, TP and SL) have a label on the left side in a chart window. But this labels often overlay

Hi, is it possible to capture the dragging process of a horizontal line somehow? I can get the  CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_DRAG  event but this event only fires when dragging is finished. I want to capture the dragging itself, like mouse-move that

Hi,   is it possible to use an bought indicator (I don't have the source code) in my own EA? Thank you, Alex 

Hi, please, can somebody explain what is what in from the mql5 point of view? A lot of elements/objects need to know this params, I'm wondering how to use them to produce reusable code.  Thanks a lot, Alex 

Hello, I want to test an EA in tester with my own tick data. What I did: I recorded ~3.2M EURUSD ticks the last months. I ran simple_csv2fxt script with this tick data and it created a EURUSD1_0.fxt file and a EURUSD1.hst file. The script tells me

Hello, I created a .fxt and a .hst file from CSV data with use of the simple_csv2fxt script. I changed the script to create a custom named symbol "TEST". This is because I want to show up with a different symbol name in tester (other than "EURUSD")

Hello, I want to write some tick information to a file and I use a simple file appending function: void simpleFileAppend(string fileName, string txt2Append) { int handle = FileOpen(fileName,FILE_READ|FILE_WRITE); FileSeek(handle,0,SEEK_END);