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[solved] Strategy Tester Visualization hangs on "Waiting for Update"

Hi guys, I used to experience intermitent issues with the Tester Visualization hanging on "Waiting for Update" but usually if I forced close it and retried a few times or changed the symbol it would start working again. However, now I am completely stuck. No matter what symbol I try, how many times

Strategy Tester Visualizer cannot scroll horizontally - it scrolls a little and goes back

Hi, Starting a few days ago I started experiencing this issue. If I am using the strategy tester , I cannot scroll horizontally across time, if I try to scroll to the left to see the past behavior it will automatically scroll back to the right. I can see the ticks are there but it's as if the

Rented indicators and compiled EAs - How to use a rented indicator in an EA? Any caveats I should be aware of?

Hello, I would like to use some specific indicators from the Market that can only be rented either monthly or annually. I want to use them in an EA I am building, which I will share with some colleagues. How can this be done? If the indicator is activated to my account, will it work only on a

Basic help with generic data collections (CArrayList for instance)

Hi, I am trying to use the CArrayList<T> list using a specific class of mine, that is not complex at all, but I am bumping into very basic errors which I did not mange to solve. Do you know of any libraries or source codes that use CArrayList or similar generic structures so I can read them and try

[solved] Help adding visual indicator on EA's chart (sometimes it appears, but usually it does not)

Hey guys, I have an EA that makes usage of some moving averages and a custom indicator. The moving averages are actively used on my algorithms and they work fine, but when I try to add them to my charts they do not appear. The custom indicator I add is not actively used on my algorithms, but it

How to call compiler on command-line "using -D" to make #define definitions? How to call MQL5 cloud protector from commandline?

Hi all, Coming from C/C++ background it's common for GCC or whatever to on commandline be able to pass a flag `-Dflag` which would be equivalent of `#define flag` so the compiled sources would be able to generate different codes depending on whatever you defined using the GCC command. 1) Is it

Is there any way to compile MT5 MQL5 code in a linux environment?

I want to compile an EA on linunx because I would like to create a platform that automatically compiles EA images with some differences upon request (for instance, programatically locking an EA to a specific account number ). Is it possible to somehow get an EA compiled on a Linux based server

Can I use my same trading account on multiple MT5 VPSs? And publish different signals on each?

Hello, I have an EA that can be callibrated in many different ways. I want to publish its signais, but I would like to publish different signals for each callibration. 1) Can I hire multiple VPS servers through MT5 and publish different signals on each of these VPSs? I know I cannot consume more

Any WebSocket library that can be used on the VPS? (AKA without DLL dependencies)

Hello, I would like to create a Ruby on Rails server and have a custom EA connect to that server through WebSockets to coordinate its exchanges. I see there are some libraries for WebSockets, but the ones I find in the marketplace will all probably use an external DLL, which cannot be used on the

EA usage on VPS - constant failure to get logs

Hi folks, I constantly experience failure in getting logs. My EA seems to work fine on the VPS, but whenever I sync my environments, I see a bunch of failures to get logs. Sometimes they are actually transferred a while after the errors are reported (hours later it seems). 1) Is there anything I