[quote=emmzett;12599284]In short and as said many times before: MT5 is a tool for manual trading, it's not suitable for automated trading. For automated trading you have to use it's big brother MT4..... This is funny and disconcerting at the same ...

There is an old free/share/paid version of Sq EA Analyzer out there, not sure if it's still actively distributed. It can merge different mt4 results to simulate a portfolio. However, if you try to trade the portfolio in a single account with ...

When I first started coding for MT4 I used to bypass printing messages for each event that was triggered thinking only about the end results without confirming the processes as they happened. Of course I ignored error handling until I got errors in ...

Recommended reading for skeptics and newbies... Market Wizards book by Jack D. Schwager and also the follow up book New Market Wizards published a few years later. Real people. Real traders. Real interviews. And yes, have personally chatted with one ...

Thanks for the detailed reply. My gut feelings about them were the same as your reply here, anyone could break them and slower, were definitely on my mind. I was just trying to implement some workable solutions. I've re-coded to eliminate all GVs ...

I know this is an old thread but I'd like to know your reasons for not using GVs in functions. Are you saying variables used only by a function should only have those variables within the function? Or is there something particular about GVs that ...

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Over how many trades may I ask, or is that too personal to answer...

I've put aside the array out of range error for now since I've went live with this and am not currently optimizing for other symbols. However, now I'm having the live EA take additional trades or miss trades compared to the tester (both are on real ...

So specific that figure. What led you to that specific number 1.27 for PF, instead of a range or approximation? Is that just a general figure, or did you do, or have statistical analysis that led you to that number? Am curious to understand more of ...

For now I've decided go with this, it's still early to tell, only one trade as expected so far with no surprises so far... static datetime PrevBarTime = Time[1]; if (PrevBarTime == Time[0]) return; PrevBarTime = Time[0]; The first one which is ...

Are you saying to not use the filter live? Or, that the filter doesn't matter live? Would having the filter on a live ea, affect it adversely? if (iBars(SymbolToManage, IntIndTF1) >= BarCount1+IntInd1S1+IntInd1S2+2)

Doing this leads to more questions...Can Bars() and iBars() be used interchangeably and get the same results? What is the difference? On the tests I used both interchangeably and got the same test result but what is the difference to the compiler?

Put in the minimum bar count filter like this. Seems to work well so far...back to more testing although it's sitting live on my local machine waiting to see if there is one last Friday trade to take. int BarCount1; int TFBars1 = ...