Future EAs Code Language?

I'm a noob when it comes to EAs and even the MT4 platform. However, I now have a fairly simple strategy that should lend itself decently to an EA and this would allow me to take and complete trades I could not do myself due to being asleep, etc.

I am probably not interested enough to learn coding myself, and so my first question is:

Looking a bit into the future, which coding methodology will have enough staying power for me to get an EA written for my strategy? Will MT4 be around, or should I be looking for something else? Thanks all.

I put MT4 as being around another 2-5 yrs. MT5 is starting to look more like Vista did to XP.

Here are some thoughts on MT5. From a technical point of view it is superior to MT4, but so far it has not been "superior" enough for rapid adoption.

Edit: forgot the link

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...&highlight=mt5

It will never work because an EA needs continual maintenance, if you don't have the interest to do it yourself you will be forced to pay someone else to do it.

You can find boat loads of EA's that are worthless, they are given away free.

If you worry about what will be here tomorrow and what won't be you won't get anywhere. Do what you need now with what you have.

If something else comes out then you just convert it over to the new language / platform.

My advice: Don't let obsoletion be an excuse for not learning something.

I might bite the bullet and try to program my strategy. I'll give this MQ4 study guide a go to start with:

http://www.forex-tsd.com/metatrader-....html#post3746

God help me, lol!

mql4 isn't that hard to figure out. At first everything will be foreign, but you'll figure out the basics and in about 6 months you'll be able to code up some strategies. I taught myself about 8 months ago and I have working EA's. I've never coded in any language before, so if I can do it , you can too.

just remember it's a head ache and you'll face many problems along the way.

luckily, pretty much every strategy that you'll ever think of, has already been coded and shared. so now you'll need to redo the code and apply your own variables. that is what I like about mql. If I have an issue, or an idea, I can find a solution or an example in about 5 minutes.

But just remember that most other mql coders are amateurs like you and I, so most logic and coding structure is junk. There's many ways to get the job done, but only a professional coder sees the simplest and most efficient way to do it.

Another thing is that I would like to backtest my strategy on futures as well, and mt4 doesn't trade them, right?

What would be the program, platform, or language I would need to code a strategy that I can backtest on futures and forex? I realize I may need to change the pips vs. price.

I know there's other options beside an MT4 EA, anyone have any comments on their viability?