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Trying to translate ThinkOrSwim's Relative Volatility Index indicator to MQL5, and I'm close (I think), but it's not plotting the same as in ToS. I found this indicator already written in MQL5, however whenever I utilize it in optimization of a

I'm attempting to create my first MQL5 indicator, the Relative Volume. Relative Volume is just the current tick's volume / average volume over past n bars. Simple. I've read the two articles for newbies ( here  and here ), but am just a bit

I've read a few articles, and still have yet to find a working solution for this, while also trying not to deviate too far from what the documentation says to do. I'm trying to create my own custom SPY symbol ( different than the default SP500m data

Hey all, be gentle I'm a noob, I started backtesting the UniversalMACrossEA by firedave, codersguru, and pengie and I love it. I feel I have found decent settings that produce a very high profit margin. That being said, there is one trade that is

Ok guys,   I am at a total loss as to why this isn't working. I have a nice snippet of code that I like using to optimize the lot size based on a percentage of account balance and the stop loss that's been set, but I don't know why the EA is

Hey guys, Hoping to get some help to code a close condition. Just making my own moving average crossover EA. My first close condition says if 5 EMA crosses 21 EMA, but now I want to add another condition, so I have an "OR" condition. Now what I want

Hey all, Having some troubles implementing a lots management strategy. I'm basically just wanting to implement a risk per trade. I have a simple RSI EA that I'm trying to add it to. Found a code that looked simple enough, but I'm getting Error 4051 -

Hey guys,   Just wondering if you can offer some insight. I've looked around for answer but have come up short. I have a few different news trading EA's that straddle the current price with stop orders above and below it at a certain time before

Hey guys, I am creating just a very basic EA that says if certain conditions are met for both and sell, then PlaySound. The conditions look like this

Hey guys, My EA basically states, if Total Open Orders <= 1, buy/sell conditions. What I want now is for the EA to see that if it creates a buy order, it can still allow a sell order to be made but NOT another buy order. My EA states that up to 2

Hey guys, I have tried to code it on my own, but to no avail as I am a newbie and I am on a bit of a time crunch. I need someone with some experience to code an EA for me using a few custom indicators (which I can send). I have all the

Hey all, I was very happy with the help I received last time I posted in this forum, so I'm back with another n00b question. How can I make my EA open a trade when an indicator running on a chart (say the EURUSD) gives an alert

Hey all. Could really use someone's help.  I'm having trouble with a couple issues on my EA. When I perform a backtest from Septemeber 1, 2012 to today, the EA only opens long positions. It will not create  sell orders