Can anyone help with MT5?

[Browsy 82]

Any chance someone could give me a hand to get MT5 going? I have it all downloaded etc and have bought a BOT but can't seem to activate it? happy to pay somone to help me get going.
Thanks,
Andrew

 

[peter2]

I assume that your EA is compatible with MT5.

You've enabled Auto Trading and checked the correct boxes in the Expert Advisors tab within the Options page.

You've got all the indicators required by the EA in your MT5 indicators file.

The EA has been compiled correctly (no errors).

 

[Browsy 82]

I assume that your EA is compatible with MT5.

You've enabled Auto Trading and checked the correct boxes in the Expert Advisors tab within the Options page.

You've got all the indicators required by the EA in your MT5 indicators file.

The EA has been compiled correctly (no errors).

Thanks Peter, I think so, though when I hit indicators it just takes me to MLQ? anything look out of sorts here?

 

[peter2]

Any indicators that the EA uses must be seen in the Navigator under "indicators".

Once they're complied they'll appear. If they don't compile or have bugs you'll see error messages in the Experts tab in the Terminal page.

Are you having trouble with activation of the EA? I think EA's bought from some sources need to be activated before use. To do this you'll need to log into your MT5 account and get the activation code from the supplier. I'm a bit unclear about this as I've not bought an EA from the MT4/5 community.

 

[peter2]

Does your EA appear in the navigator tab under Experts?

Can you place the EA on a chart?

Are there any errors shown in the Experts tab when you place the EA on a chart?

What error messages do you see when you try to start the EA?

 

[Browsy 82]

Any indicators that the EA uses must be seen in the Navigator under "indicators".

Once they're complied they'll appear. If they don't compile or have bugs you'll see error messages in the Experts tab in the Terminal page.

Are you having trouble with activation of the EA? I think EA's bought from some sources need to be activated before use. To do this you'll need to log into your MT5 account and get the activation code from the supplier. I'm a bit unclear about this as I've not bought an EA from the MT4/5 community.

Hi Peter,
I haven't seen any error msgs come up except for the automated disabling/enabling, and I believe has installed ok into MT5?

 

[peter2]

OK The error message indicates that the EA uses a profile of charts and that the corresponding profile is not correct. Check the profile that the EA uses and make it the same as it expects to see.

eg If the EA needs to look at the USDCHF pair then make sure it's included in the profile that the EA is looking at.

 

[peter2]

This may also mean that you can only place the EA into charts that are within this profile.

 

[Browsy 82]

Any indicators that the EA uses must be seen in the Navigator under "indicators".

Once they're complied they'll appear. If they don't compile or have bugs you'll see error messages in the Experts tab in the Terminal page.

Are you having trouble with activation of the EA? I think EA's bought from some sources need to be activated before use. To do this you'll need to log into your MT5 account and get the activation code from the supplier. I'm a bit unclear about this as I've not bought an EA from the MT4/5 comm

OK The error message indicates that the EA uses a profile of charts and that the corresponding profile is not correct. Check the profile that the EA uses and make it the same as it expects to see.

eg If the EA needs to look at the USDCHF pair then make sure it's included in the profile that the EA is looking at.

Ok, so I went into 'charts' up the top then 'experts' to show same as EA, I'm still missing something (or a lot haha)

 

[peter2]

Your error has changed, now showing that your account has been changed.

Interesting that the time order seems to be in reverse. I'd expect the latest error message to be on top. (?)

Edit: Have you checked that all the pairs that the EA needs are in the correct profile. The profile tab is next to the "Create a new chart" tab near the top left.

 

[peter2]

Are able to look at the EA code? The requirements for the EA (indicators, currency pairs, timeframes) will be at the top of the program code.

You may not have access to the code. In this case the supplier should have provided all the info about the profile name, profile contents and any indicators that the EA requires.

Please don't tell me that you have multiple accounts in your MT5. This may cause all sorts of problems once you start an EA. I presume you know all about "magic numbers" that are included in the EA. Only a problem if you intend to run the EA on multiple pairs simultaneously.

 

[Browsy 82]

Your error has changed, now showing that your account has been changed.

Interesting that the time order seems to be in reverse. I'd expect the latest error message to be on top. (?)

Edit: Have you checked that all the pairs that the EA needs are in the correct profile. The profile tab is next to the "Create a new chart" tab near the top left.

Hi Peter,
I found 'new chart' under file but its actually faded so can't click on that and under 'profiles' there didnt seem to be anything that would sync the bot with charts? I don't think there are multiple accounts unless one is a demo

 

[Browsy 82]

Are able to look at the EA code? The requirements for the EA (indicators, currency pairs, timeframes) will be at the top of the program code.

You may not have access to the code. In this case the supplier should have provided all the info about the profile name, profile contents and any indicators that the EA requires.

Please don't tell me that you have multiple accounts in your MT5. This may cause all sorts of problems once you start an EA. I presume you know all about "magic numbers" that are included in the EA. Only a problem if you intend to run the EA on multiple pairs simultaneously

Maybe the demo is mucking it up

 

[peter2]

Sorry I had to do some tax stuff. SP500 took a nosedive and I wanted to get some. Got some and now I'm long WTI (oil that is, Texas Tea).

I don't think multiple accounts will be a problem as you only log into one of them. If MT5 allows you to log into multiple accounts then that might cause some confusion. There might be some clashes if you try to run the EA in both accounts at the same time. Don't do that. Run it on the demo account first to test it. Now, the demo account may have different names for the currency pairs, I won't know unless I see your platform. Some brokers put a letter suffix on the demo pairs. The broker I'm using puts an "x" at the end of the pairs (eg USDJPYx) in their demo platform. The live platform doesn't have this suffix.

If there is a suffix in the demo platform pairs list then the EA has to be modified to include this suffix in the code. The charts in the profile should also be the same as in the EA code.

There are so many details that have to be right in order to run an EA, especially a more complicated one that looks at multiple charts. I don't think I can guide you to a solution without looking at your platform and the EA. I don't run MT5 myself and assume there's plenty of minor differences vs MT4 of which I'm unaware.

Sorry I can't be of more help at the moment.

 

[frugal.rock]

now I'm long WTI

Eeek.
Go long now.

 

[Browsy 82]

Sorry I had to do some tax stuff. SP500 took a nosedive and I wanted to get some. Got some and now I'm long WTI (oil that is, Texas Tea).

I don't think multiple accounts will be a problem as you only log into one of them. If MT5 allows you to log into multiple accounts then that might cause some confusion. There might be some clashes if you try to run the EA in both accounts at the same time. Don't do that. Run it on the demo account first to test it. Now, the demo account may have different names for the currency pairs, I won't know unless I see your platform. Some brokers put a letter suffix on the demo pairs. The broker I'm using puts an "x" at the end of the pairs (eg USDJPYx) in their demo platform. The live platform doesn't have this suffix.

If there is a suffix in the demo platform pairs list then the EA has to be modified to include this suffix in the code. The charts in the profile should also be the same as in the EA code.

There are so many details that have to be right in order to run an EA, especially a more complicated one that looks at multiple charts. I don't think I can guide you to a solution without looking at your platform and the EA. I don't run MT5 myself and assume there's plenty of minor differences vs MT4 of which I'm unaware.

Sorry I can't be of more help at the moment.

Ah yep, I've started using 'trade ideas' as well and 'holly' there AI isn't coming up with much so figure a good time to hold...

There are a lot of moving parts it seems unfortunately, and not much help around from the platform itself. Where are you located Peter?