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I get the above code at compile time and all I have is this line (the zero's are line and column i.e. no help) EX5 write error         0        0 This is an EA I have compiled

I have my reporting logs and I sometimes see something like Sell  ticket = 2303414370 request.price = 1.07751 request.volume = 0.16 type = 1 iRes = 1 price = 1.07747 volume = 0.16 is TRUE MyComment = EURUSD_40117263422_S My_error: 4756 Trade

I just created a new installation of an MT5 platform with a new broker.  If I open 2 charts (say) then if I adjust one to full screen then the TAB for the other screen is not visible (or present).  If I minimise the current tab than I see

how to 'track' error CHistoryPositionInfo::HistoryPositionCheck > Error: the selected position is still open. Just don't know how to figure out where this is occurring and how to fix the problem. Should I  be 'closing' something, somewhere

I have seen this code in the source of an indicator and just wondering what does the question mark ? accomplish and conjunction with the colon : . val[i] = (absValue > 0 ) ? workTrend[i][_TDF]/absValue : 0 ;

I am using an indicator (free) called "buy-sell-signals-arrows-indicator". I don't have the source code.  Comments are in Russian but I have tried changing the 3 variables with True or False options and I still get the pop-ups and sound signals

TicketType  = myposition.Type();               //A TicketType  = myposition.PositionType();   //B I used  option //A above to get the ticket type

I feel weird asking this question.. but somehow I have an EA (Mt5) which seems to 'lose' trades. I've been trying to find a problem for the last few days and not getting any nearer.  It's almost as if there is an EA deleting trades! I created

Hi, Not sure how accurate my description is but just trying to find out how to find the name from within a class Example: I create a class called DisplayTable I then declare two occurrences of the class Trades & Summary so I can call

I keep getting the following error CHistoryPositionInfo::HistoryPositionCheck > Error: the selected position is still open . I presume it generated in the library module code but not quite sure what I should do to avoid the error (or do nothing as

I am developing the my use of MT5 and trying to get to grips with the libraries and have two questions:- 1. How do I get the bid and ask price using library SymbolInfo. The following code generates Zero 0.00000 for bid and ask but does appear to give

Historically in MT4 I used to be able to select which items were displayed in the History window (e.g. Comment). If I selected - say - Comment then it would show in the History Window If I choose to download the History to an  EXCEL file then

The following is taken from an excel spreadsheet which I use to examine my 'trades'. [I have removed some details to fit 'better'].  The trade fulfilled my criteria - a breakout from consolidation.  The trade was entered and closed a few

I want to get the datetime and prices coordinates of a rectangle price1   = ObjectGetDouble        (ChartNos, objname, OBJPROP_PRICE , 0 );   the abvove works fine for price 1 & 2 ( line_id = 0

I am trying to establish if a template exists for a specific currency pair before trying to open a new chart from within my MT5 EA then applying the template string FileLocation  = TerminalInfoString ( TERMINAL_DATA_PATH )+ "\\" ;

I am trying to convert a 'simple' EA from MT4 to MT5 to list History Orders - in particular I want PROFIT, Time OPEN & CLOSE etc I have tried and had partial success shown in the messagebox (using string variable MB) I use the following code void

I have the following code- for points 1,2 & 3 of a triangle Price1 is declared as double and Time1 as datetime Price1   = ObjectGetDouble        ( 0 ,objName,OBJPROP_PRICE1 , 0 );

Hi, I have been reading about the indicator and confused as how to call the indicator correctly.  I have seen the first instance (below)  but not sure the significance of the colors The second statement appears to work fine (i is the

Hi, I have several charts on my terminal and would like to be able to switch to a specific chart by using a button on my dashboard chart. I can find the chart by scanning through the ChartFirst and Next command and filtered by SYMBOL and PERIOD. Once

   long chartID = 0 ;    string msg = "" ;    chartID =   ChartOpen ( "GBPUSD" , PERIOD_M1 );    //msg = msg =+"chartID = "+IntegerToString(chartID);    string mysymbol = ChartSymbol