I added 6 formulas to a once per bar block and an optimization that once took my system 20 minutes now takes over 3 hours. Have others encountered a similar issue? Anyone have ideas for a fix? I'd really like to be able to continue using these blocks but the test time may not be worth it.
@l-andorrà I've looked into this further and am finding that I can enter a single trade with a take profit, and the take profit will execute successfully. When I enter two trades at the same time, one with a take profit, the other without, the take profit will not execute. I tagged a couple of usernames that looked like they might be admins but I'm not sure if they are? Can you share with me a username for an admin?
Thanks @l-andorrà
@admin @FXDREEMA-0 It looks like the program is having an issue with MQL5. Can you take a look above and let me know if there is a workaround. Your help would be much appreciated!
https://fxdreema.com/shared/PSf4HThJd
I created an EA that enters two trades when a signal is given. One with a take profit, one without. For some reason, the take profit is just not executing. In the MT5 test history, I can see that when a trade is entered it is issuing a take profit price, but it's not actually ever exiting the trade when that price is hit. Anybody know why this is happening? The take profit value I use is 1 ATR from the entry price. Can anyone take a look at the link above and let me know what they think?
It may also be worth mentioning I've successfully used the same blocks and parameters on MQ4 projects and never had this issue. Any help would be much appreciated!!!
Thank you, I figured that may be the solution but wanted to check before going that route!
I'm trying to create an EA for back testing that exports results to an excel file once it finishes running. One of the things I want it to measure is win rate. I see that under trade statistics I can get number of trades, number of longs, number of shorts, but not number of wins, number of losses or win percentage. Does anyone know how I could have the EA get those figures?
@l-andorrà @roar Thank you both for the help!!!!
Here's the link to my project: https://fxdreema.com/shared/yl0yNg6rd
Here's another observation I just made. When I place the fxdreema (mql4 file) sample ea into my MT4 experts folder, it creates a second corresponding ex4 file within the folder. My own custom ea mql4 files I've placed there have NOT done this. I also noticed that when I click the ".ex4" button within fxdreema to download an ex4 file, I get a "compilation errors" message with a long list of errors. Here are just the first few:
'Length' - semicolon expected
'Method' - semicolon expected
'level' - semicolon expected
'level' - semicolon expected
'Length' - semicolon expected
'Method' - semicolon expected
It's also worth noting that I've tried downloading and using the sample EA's on the fxdreema site and those work fine with MT4.
On MT4, in strategy tester, when I select my custom EA which I've placed in the Experts file, nothing happens. I click "Expert Properties" and nothing happens. I click "Start" and nothing happens. If I click journal, I get the following errors. Any help would be much appreciated!
2020.09.03 15:53:55.699 Tester: cannot load Experts\Test 1
2020.09.03 15:53:55.699 cannot open file 'C:\Users\bpinon\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\6BCF14A3917E5BC71FD48812B8ED0586\MQL4\Experts\Test 1.ex4' [2]