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Good afternoon, everyone, I know that there are machine learning and statistics enthusiasts on the forum. I propose to discuss in this topic (without holivars), share and enrich our own knowledge bank in this interesting field. For beginners and not only there is a good theoretical resource in

i have one EA activation on one VPS ,if i change computer and install VPS on that computer then my EA activation will be used or not

I have downloaded data from tick story, but everytime I run now a back tester in my history it ends up looking like this execpt when my buddy does the same thing and same exact setting and even spread he gets please I dont know whats wrong

pls what are the options to receive money when someone buy an EA , any help pls

Hello My developer delivered my EA, which doesn't work properly. How can I get an update from him

hi there mlq community, i m new to algo trading, recently found some open source bots, tweaked it, optimized it and they are giving pretty good results on real tick data, my strategy/bot is based on 2 moving averages crossovers and i optimized it for 1 minute timeframe on gold, back

Hello, I'm someone who is currently studying Web Development, If you're familiar with web dev, I know HTML, CSS, and I'm currently learning Javascript. Last week or so, a friend told me to learn MQL5 with him to make some money. I have no intention of quitting Development, bc I have some web apps in

Hello. I tired try different ways. But i cannt. Problem is Dont work Ucuncu_PendingBuy() after Ikinci_PendingSell(). Please help void OnTick () { ASK = SymbolInfoDouble ( _Symbol , SYMBOL_ASK ); if ( PositionsTotal ()== 0 ) { DeletePending(); } Birinci_buy();

I want to start a YT channel about the MQL5 language, and write a book about the language. I've read the "Trademark and Graphics/Screenshots Usage Guidelines" in the MetaQuotes site, but I still have a few questions to ask. In the website there is a "contact us" section, but no email to be found

The MetaTrader 5 platform update will be released on Friday, September 29, 2023. This version provides improvements to the new trading report and the Web Terminal. MetaTrader 5 Client Terminal Terminal: Added display of monthly funds growth in new trading reports . To view the metrics, go to the

Deal all, Hi. How can I convert these two lines from meta4 to meta 5? The Capitals are just for example. I just need to convert the definition because when I use iRSI, I receive errors as undefined. Thank you for your help in advance. Rsi1 = iRSI (A,B,C,D,F); Rsi2 = iRSI (G,H,I,J,K);

How do I get rid of the message "A large drawdown may occur on the account again" even though the drawdown is already low

Successful trading in financial markets requires thoughtful and well-founded decision-making. Comprehensive performance analytics can assist traders in making informed investment decisions and in optimizing their strategies. In this article, we will look at five key performance indices which

I am following a MT4 signal but confused with "deposit load" labeled on the chart of tab "Risks". Can anyone explain its meaning? Thanks.

Hello, In view of the general level of interest and the number of inquiries I've received from many of the folks here, I've decided to start a thread to discuss on a low-risk hedge trade strategy which I've recently developed. The idea behind this strategy is derived partly from the FR/FFS type...

Hi! I'm considering to build a portfolio of diversified forex pairs to be traded with an EA, my account currency being USD ( IC markets and Eightcap as brokers) E.g. I'm thinking of EURUSD, GBPUSD as main pairs and AUDCAD, NZDCHF for diversification purposes as an example. Though, wouldn't this

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I need a false entry script, where can i get one

Good day dear forum members. After reading the forum a bit, I came across several threads on arbitrage and pair trading . Judging by the threads, some are interested and some are trying it. I used to dabble in this topic a long time ago, but my knowledge was not enough. Now I am a complete mess in

Is there a proper order in which Include files should be loaded? Some special order to prevent conflicts? Why do I ask? I thought something I was reading mentioned it momentarily. I cannot re-locate the reference, but it left a concern in my mind. Any problem with this

Hi everyone, i tried to build a mql5 function that close an order by a magic number input. Below I insert the code of the function. void Close_Position_MN( ulong magicNumber) { int total = PositionsTotal (); for ( int i

I just started this thread as a continuation of the talking made on this topic (we can read it). Or ...to make it shorter: it was some discussion about forecasting/predicting of the next candle or direction of the movement or market condition evaluation. And it was around standard indiocators in

int Consecutive( int Count) { //--- int BB = 0 ; for ( int i = 1 ; i <= Count; i++) { if ( iClose ( _Symbol , PERIOD_H1 , i) - iOpen ( _Symbol , PERIOD_H1 , i) > 0 ) { BB++; } else { BB--; } } //--- return (BB); } Besides using

Hello everyone, I am running a python code to trade on mt5 IC markets and Fusion Markets. I want to know what should I do, where to run the code to have the least latency, currently running the code in equinix NY, where they both have a server but still its slow. It shows 0.5ms in the bottom right

This thread won't be about a question or problem, but rather about the anouncement of the presentation and documentation of an exciting trading concept. I plan to do a series of postings here in order to keep you guys updated. Anybody who has an opinion on the topic, please don't hesitate to comment...

There are so many systems out here based on indicators and it takes so much time to go through all of them to see which one deserves merit,I simply did not feel like adding one more. However most are indicator based and lagging indicators make it difficult to really simplify trading decisions and

Hello, i need create backtest with MA, MACD and Stochastic indicators on daily historical data BTC/USD. I created custom symbol based from EUR/USD and than I changed them to BTC/USD. AFter that I imported the daily historical data to the current symbol. But if I try to make simple backtest than I

Hi everyone, I need support because I'm noticing a problem with my custom indicator. The indicator provides me with a KPI that updates for each new bar. I based an expert on it who, based on the value of the previous bar compared to the current one, must do or not do operations. I had the doubt that

This is the thread about books related for stocks, forex, financial market and economics. Please make a post about books with possible cover image, short description and official link to buy (amazon for example). Posts without books' presentation, without official link to buy and with refferal links...

I'm trying to figure out if I can have a list of all my trades for the same utensils separate rather than one bulk position in the tool box/terminal box. Is this even possible? Thanks

Bitcoin vs USD January-March 2017 Forecast: key resistance level at 850.15 to be broken for the bullish trend to be continuing Weekly (W1) price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price is on ranging within the following support/resistance levels: 850.15...

S&P 500 January-March 2017 Forecast: long-term bullish ranging within the narrow s/r levels for direction W1 price is located far above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price is on ranging within the following narrow support/resistance levels for the bullish trend to be resumed...

On which MT5 platform can I find the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones index? It's not the type of CFD, it's the real S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones indices on the exchange

Hello all, I have a few questions for anyone with knowledge and/or experience trading futures. Any input would be greatly appreciated. From experience scalping in live market conditions, how does slippage and spread compare to trading CFD in markets such as FX? Is there a notable difference, and

how to know which of the trade/stock has the highest volume/most gain

Dax Index January-March 2017 Forecast: flat within bullish with key resistance at 11,649 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 11,485 level to above on close weekly bar with 11,649 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...

The indices market is extremely slow these days and I'm not seeing many trading opportunities... The VIX is at 12.25 right now, what do you do when VIX is this low? Do you switch to other markets or do you just take a break? Also curious about Forex traders, are you seeing a similar problem

CAC 40 January-March 2017 Forecast: bullish with key resistance at 4924.69 W1 price is located above Ichimoku cloud in the bullish area of the chart. The price broke 4860.85 resistance level to above on close weekly bar with 4924.69 as a nearest bullish target to re-enter. Thus, the weekly price is...

Trading has a few simple rules - do the opposite of Goldman's Thomas Stolper; don't fight the Fed; and buy low, sell high. However, as this series of charts from Nanex shows, it is the latter rule that is the easiest to comprehend and yet - thanks to massive and obvious HFT manipulation - is an...

I would like to build futures trading mql robot (mostly focus on oil but other commodities interesting also). Unfortunately it's problem to gain hist. futures data, what's necessary for backtesting. So, I wish to ask: perhaps somebody knows where to receive ticks expired futures

Hi, I have recently started learning MQL5 language and all the tutorials are only focused on Forex market. I have been trading Futures contracts(manually) with <Deleted>. So, my question is If i keep learning Mql5 language, will I be able to develop EA for Futures market(with <Deleted>)? Thank you

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies Press review Sergey Golubev, 2016.12.24 17:18 Nikkei Q1 2017 Fundamental Forecast: Bullish (based on the article) Fundamental Analysis  "The Bank of Japan has been buying stocks for over two years now. And in September, the...

I want to demo Options board on MT5 but cant find ANY one who offers it? Where can i try the MT5 options board? Who is currently demo/ real trading with MT5 options platform? its ridiculous i cant find ANY information on how to actually do it/ who offers it. Its almost as if it doesnt exist/ noone

Hi, Been struggle with StringFind for some hours now and Googled with no luck so... Problem is that the string variable I use (_EventSearch) for search in StringFind does not work? It works if the StringFind have an EXACT match (ex: "Nonfarm Payrolls") but not a subset ("Nonfarm") as described in

Can you tell me if this is a realistic tester figure? And is this a good or bad result for a year with a deposit of $3,000

Hi everyone, I'm once again in the optimization rabbit hole and I figured you know what, why not post my own process on the forum and let everyone tear it apart lol, who know's maybe i can learn something from it! -Don't hold back i promise i can take it lol! (also i realize i can't describe all the

Hi everyone. During coding of my 1st EA, I always found a solution for every issue that appeared and everything surprisingly works well, so far.... till yesterday. I intend to code another of the functions - specifically: Re-entering a trade, if that trade ends on BE or in loss, but only if the

Hello, what happened to http://ec.forexprostools.com/ this link is not commercial neither advert I dont see why moderator should delete it. I am trying to access the rss news feed on the link above but I am getting " You don't have permission to access / on this server. " what is the new alternarive

void maxloss(){ int total = PositionsTotal (); int orderType = ( int ) PositionGetInteger ( POSITION_TYPE ) ; double equity = AccountInfoDouble ( ACCOUNT_EQUITY ); double Lossdifference = balance - equity; NormalizeDouble (Lossdifference, _Digits ); if (equity > equitymax){equitymax = equity;}

Please can someone tell me about these results? Why is the sharpe ratio so high

Am a python programmer i programmed a triangular arbitrage bots for cryptocurrency. Now a good deal drove me to forex trading i want to build a triangular arbitrage bot. i tried to understand how to do triangular arbitrage manually on MT5 before building the EA bot for it but i understand None. i

what do you think about this: I'm doing it for other days .... but think I've hit hard with this one... I'm now testing with other symbols and random days (its all from a random day). This result is for 1 h time frame for 1 day

Good Morning to all members, I have coded a Cross Moving Average EA. And I want to activate a trailing stop when trade is in profit the trailing stop must be set at a certain level after open price for buy or below open price for sell.the problem is that the trailing stop does not activate when the

Hello, I'm receiving errorcode 5804 where the parameters count is incorrect (expected 4 instead of 2) to the OnnxRun() function for my simple script. I'm not sure why this issue persists and what exactly I'm supposed to pass through apart from the x- and y-tensor. Help would be much appreciated

Hey guys, So, I have made a very simple EA, which does exceptionally well in backtesting (on some forex pairs. Not all, ofcourse - makes sense). In backtest, it makes approximately 1 trade per day - give or take. Although more forwardtesting needs to be done, it seems to do equally well when trading

Hi, I'm trying to run a optimization of an EA on my VPS , but for some reason it's only running 1 core while I have 24 cores available. I tried another EA and it does the same so it has nothing to do with the EA. Even when I have only a couple of tasks it doesn't load. Anyone know what the problem

i have a setup,which i trade manually, but now i want to make an expert advisor about it. but i do not have an knowledge about it, how can i do it please guide

I'm having a problem using the MetaTrader 5 API to retrieve trading transactions from history_deals_get . Although the API works fine for most transactions, there seems to be a constant delay in the availability of newer transactions. For example, transactions made a few minutes ago are not

I'm just genuinely interested in your opinion. What is it which makes an indicator a freebie, and what is it which makes an indicator have a cost attached to it

This is my first post here. Please forgive me for my weak language. This indicator gives you a signal for the next candle and appears at the end of the candle. I want help with it appearing and disappearing on the same candle it appears on and not after it is closed. Is it possible to help me with

In your opinion...most effective way to find the areas of noise and consolidation by means of technology? What comes to mind is the ATR, and basic volume analysis, but I'd like to know your opinion

I've got an indicator that's very similar to other indicators I've written, all of them running super-simple algorithms (90% of the code or more is just about getting the data in) that calculate the slope of another indicator's values between two bars, a simple Y2 - Y1 for a user-selectable period

How to use the Accelerator Oscillator in your trading? Accelerator Oscillator is a technical analysis indicator you can find on the MT4. This indicator can help you identify changes in the trend momentum. The most common use of the Accelerator is to view the zero line and it’s interaction with the

Wish all happy beginning of the week. I have following structure and want to use its information in the Indicator Buffer(s). To my understanding indicator buffers are allowed only of 'double' type. Is there any work around to what I want to achieve? struct SFxSession { CENUM_FxSESSION_ID

A few years ago, I found a very strange phenomenon in the process of writing MT5 indicators ->> Let me first talk about my code entry process: 1. The refresh of controls written by MT5 will flicker. When I started writing the trading assistant panel, I found that when I used the CANVAS sketchpad to

Hey guys, I have the following problem and it seem I am not the only one. I cannot change the colors of indicators. I can change text in a text field , but if I double click the color fields, nothing changes. No menu appears. It is with all indicators. What is the solution? Thanks

Hi Does anyone know of an order flow volume indicator for MT4 that shows the buyers and sellers within each bar like this one for Ninjatrader?

Hi all, For some strange reason, the buffer wd[i] returns INF indefinitely. Ive normalized the digits but its still giving an INF value. Can someone pinpoint the error in the code? Will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. int i = ( int ) MathMax (prev_calculated- 1 , 1 ); for (; i<rates_total; i++){

This was introduced in a recent update, didn't used to work like this. When I'm debugging, I'm focused on the problem at hand. Filling the screen with variables that are irrelevant to the problem just amounts to noise. I delete all the ones I don't want, but the very next F10 puts them all right

hi, a cool indicator Tick_on_Chart i all TimeFrames :cool: only Live Tick !!!

I would like to use the classes derived from CIndicator (CiMA, CiStochastic etc) but have had no success. The code below always shows DBL_MAX #include <Indicators/trend.mqh>CiMA extMA;int OnInit()&nbsp;&nbsp;{ extMA.Create(Symbol(),Period(),10,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE);...

Good Morning Please I would like to know what code to type for putting a MA on Stochastic indicator . I want a MA that will be in the second indicator windows with the stochastic indicator. And when the MA will crossover and close below the sell zone or the buy zone of the stochastic indicator it

I'm talking about oscillator based indicators, and by normalization I mean that the plot is in a stable range and the 0.00 level remains directly in the center of the window. My knowledge is limited on this, but I figured out that if you have a plot ranging from a negative value to a positive value

Delete all objects on chart (main window and sub window) with drag and drop : It will delete all objects on the chart when the script is dragged onto the chart Author: Conor Mcnamara

Linear Regression Channel: Linear Regression Channel EA draws "Linear Regression Channel" on chart and trades with its trend,has Trailing Stop Loss &Take Profit works best on all time frames major forex pairs and stocks NASDAQ. Author: Aharon Tzadik

Check out the new article: Python, ONNX and MetaTrader 5: Creating a RandomForest model with RobustScaler and PolynomialFeatures data preprocessing . In this article, we will create a random forest model in Python, train the model, and save it as an ONNX pipeline with data preprocessing. After that

New article Data Science and Machine Learning (Part 11): Naïve Bayes, Probability theory in Trading has been published: Trading with probability is like walking on a tightrope - it requires precision, balance, and a keen understanding of risk. In the world of trading, the probability is everything

Check out the new article: Learn how to trade the Fair Value Gap (FVG)/Imbalances step-by-step: A Smart Money concept approach . A step-by-step guide to creating and implementing an automated trading algorithm in MQL5 based on the Fair Value Gap (FVG) trading strategy. A detailed tutorial on

Grid EA Pro : A professional Grid advisor works according to RSI ( Relative Strength Index ) indicators. And has the function of Reducing the Drawdown on the account by overlapping unprofitable orders. The chart displays information about the profit. It can be a very useful tool, For manual trading

Check out the new article: Neural networks made easy (Part 48): Methods for reducing overestimation of Q-function values . In the previous article, we introduced the DDPG method, which allows training models in a continuous action space. However, like other Q-learning methods, DDPG is prone to

Harmonic AI Pattern : HarmonicEA is an Expert Advisor (EA) developed for MetaTrader 4 (MT4) that utilizes harmonic pattern recognition and RSI-based signals to identify potential trading opportunities in the forex market. The EA is designed to detect various bullish and bearish harmonic patterns

Check out the new article: DRAW_ARROW drawing type in multi-symbol multi-period indicators . In this article, we will look at drawing arrow multi-symbol multi-period indicators. We will also improve the class methods for correct display of arrows showing data from arrow indicators calculated on a

Check out the new article: Building A Candlestick Trend Constraint Model(Part 3): Detecting changes in trends while using this system . This article explores how economic news releases, investor behavior, and various factors can influence market trend reversals. It includes a video explanation and

Check out the new article: Introduction to MQL5 (Part 7): Beginner's Guide to Building Expert Advisors and Utilizing AI-Generated Code in MQL5 . Discover the ultimate beginner's guide to building Expert Advisors (EAs) with MQL5 in our comprehensive article. Learn step-by-step how to construct EAs

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Check out the new article: Developing a multi-currency Expert Advisor (Part 1): Collaboration of several trading strategies . There are quite a lot of different trading strategies. So, it might be useful to apply several strategies working in parallel to diversify risks and increase the stability of

Flat Channel: The Expert Advisor trades in a channel. When a flat channel is found or when the market slows down, the EA places a pending order expecting the channel breakout. Author: Vladimir Karputov

Hello, I don't understand what they did, but this newest version of MetaTrader 4, build 1420, is A JOKE. I am unable to load my custom indicator on the chart anymore after this update which took place yesterday: ''cannot load 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MetaTrader 4 IC Markets

cannot load 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MetaTrader 4\MQL4\Experts\Trinsaux.ex4'

Hi Guys I am trader with no coding experience. In the spirit GenAI I was attempting to automate a strategy I am working on into an EA using GPT. However whenever I compile it I run into trouble with the code due SL and TP variable declarations or something along those line. I am a novice trying to

After posting a message to service desk, asking for zoom in shortcut as in MT5 (which knows about "-" and "=" keys on first row on keyboard) they told me I need to use Shift + "=" to zoom in. huh? thats very intuitive, thanks but no thanks.  I searched for a solution, and the most flexible was...

The thread about threads: what's going around the forum everywhere ============ MT5, mql5, mql5.com suggestions for improvement thread ============ Requests & Ideas The beginning Requests & Ideas, the beginning - the thread Suggestions for Trading System thread After Requests & Ideas (MQL5

Hi coders, I'm trying to learn 2D Array to store the OrderOpenPrice() for each symbol. Existingly, I have 3 symbols that with open orders :- 1) AUDNZD : 10 BUY open orders 2) EURUSD : 8 SELL open orders 3) XAUUSD : 12 BUY open orders and 3 SELL open orders The following are my codes :- string

Hi all, I have been struggling in figuring out how to calculate unrealized net/gross profits for my current account. In other trading platforms there is a property of UnrealizedGrossProfit and UnrealizedNetProfit on the Account object itself. If this does not exist, can you do something like loop

I’ve opened and closed traders that I have seen drawdown 5% or so. Why is this not showing when I download the detailed statement of the account

Right, I have the following: void CalculateRSquared( int Periods, int SMAMODE){ if (Periods > 10 ){ Periods = 10 ; } //--- //// Declare dynamic arrays. double time[]; double price[]; double time_pow[]; //--- //--- //// Resize arrays to the specified number of period

Hi coders, hope you can help a non-programmer myself ... I have 2 strategies written in 2 EAs. Currently, I load the 2 EAs into 2 different charts but with different coded conditions (same magic), in other words, at any point of time, only one EA is trading and the other EA is in dormant state (both

Hello friends, I am trying to run function at the time I need, but function ignoring the given time. bool IsBelowMA() { double Time_S = Hour() + Minute() / 100.0 ; // Ensure the function executes only after Time_Start if (Time_S >= Time_Start) { for ( int i = 0 ; i <

Hi guys im doing this EA but using date, time and timezone confuses me. Can you help me make a function that will return true if its New York Session or return true if its the first 3hours of New York Session? Thank you so much :)

Hello All. I want to hide the color and Viisulization TAB in the custom Indicator as its not being used. it it possible to do in MT4? Thanks

I used an EA, whch at 3om today opened a trade 900 pips above the 5pm price. As you can see the open price hasnt even been hit for the past day or so. MY EA has no slippage so it cant be that. Im thinking it might have somehting to do with the EA executing so early that it didnt register the