Keith Long

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How to see Metaquotes past article history?

Hi, Going to https://www.mql5.com/en/users/metaquotes/publications I tried to click on the Article's past history I get the following without any articles loading. (Browser - Safari, Chrome, Edge)

Swap History

Hi, Can someone point me to find out the SYMBOL_SWAP_SHORT / SYMBOL_SWAP_LONG <history>? I understand that different brokers have different swaps at different times. I am not able to see the history of the broker's swap. I believe some styles of trading might depend on this information. Have i

Need help to understand difference between "Backtest" tab results and "Strategy Tester Visualization" results

On a single run in Strategy Tester , I get the following. In the "Backtest" Tab, "Total Net Profit", I get a different figure from the "Strategy Tester Visualization" "History" Tab when you select "Orders & Deals". See below for example. Can anyone point me a direction to figure out why will there

Getting Indicator Values in EA OnInit() functions to be processed.

Hi, I have problems getting indicator values within the OnInit() function. Same methods have no issue in OnTick() function. Below is a demo of the issue. The following is the code used. //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //|

Searching for MT5 Options Brokers

Hi, I chanced upon this article --> https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/trading/options_board It shows MT5 platform capability to handle options. I am trying to find a demo broker to see it handle options without luck. I know that recommending brokers is a no no. But can anyone point me to

Need advise on controlling multiple EA in one account using a VPS

Hi, What is the best method for having multiple EA operating on one account using a VPS? 1. How to restrict each EA to utilize its own allocated funds? (E.g. Account has 100,000. EA 1 is allocated 20,000. EA 2 & 3 & 4 is allocated 50,000. If EA 1 has loss & uses margin & has potential realized

Nested Struct / Global Variable Class(or library)

Hi, Read the following https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/168741 It says that i cant have a nested struct. I wast trying something like the following. struct STRUCT_GV { string Name; // GV Name double Value; // GV Value double Time;

Launching EA using Script or from another EA WITHOUT DLL

Hi, https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/115967/page3 lists a method to launch an EA from a script/another EA. However, it requires enabling of DLL. Has anyone managed to do so WITHOUT the use of DLL? Consider the scenario 1. Open MT5 2. Attach "controller" EA/script to a default chart manually. 3