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Looking at options for backtesting 2 EAs on the same data set at the same time (i.e. one EA that places orders, the other that opens/closes hedging positions). Is there a way to backtest with both in action? Thanks in advance N

Is there any way to select a date range in the reporting function of MT5? I have an account (below) with a couple of false starts, deposits and withdrawals, different settings used causing drawdowns etc and now I have a setup I want to get the true

I have an EA I like, running on the current version of MT5 and it's performing well. I'm keen to lock it down and avoid changes to anything (OS, MT5 Client or the EA)... but what happens if I stop the MT5 updates? Will it still operate on into the

Hi all, I grabbed an EA off market place which seems good a placing orders but I think could be improved with judicious use of a trailing stop. I know I can only add one EA per chart - so is it possible to: * Add EA1 to one chart - this paces the

Hi all, General question - any other kiwis in here? I'm finding a few location specific issues around brokers and broker licensing which rule out a lot that meet the criteria I'm after. I'm North West of Auckland personally Cheers all! N

Simple question, For an EA trading GBPUSD , is there any advantage to having the trading account held in USD over GBP (or vice versa)? I dont imagine there is but open to.learning. Cheers N

Novice question for sure but... am i able to safely backtest on a live account? It strikes me the spread is different between account types from the same broker, and i want to test against actual historical data from the data stream yhat i would be

Hi all, Moderately experienced VBA Coder just getting into Forex and MQL5 coding here. Novice level MT5 user and coder, I can mostly follow the code done intuitively but there are some structures I struggle with (compounded by the usual issues of