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A new build of the MT5 terminal was released today - Build 4620. And it is already available through the platform's update facility. It mainly fixes bugs, but it also adds new OpenBLAS functions: Added 15 new OpenBLAS functions to efficiently process large data sets. Fixed a bug with...

Just one week after its huge 4570 update to MT5, MetaQuotes released a hotfix build 4585 for its platform. It fixes crashes in MetaEditor, Strategy Tester, and the terminal. MetaQuotes' forum announcement thread: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/474118 If you notice some other changes in build...

After a long series of beta releases, MT5 has finally been upgraded to build 4570. There are quite a few changes in the new version: It is no longer possible to use trading functions and check trading history from within MQL5 programs if the account is subscribed to a Signals service. Optimized...

MetaQuotes has just released another update to its MetaTrader 5 platform — build 4410. It's a minor release intended to fix two bugs reported in the previous build of MT5: Fixed a crash that could occur during some backtests in the Strategy Tester. Fixed operation of the MQL_PROGRAM_NAME...

hello traders, I want to backtest my EA using the visual mode on the mt4 strategy tester but the option isn't available for backtesting on my end. When I watch YouTube videos about backtesting they all have a visual mode available. Does anyone know how I can solve this to backtest my EA using...

MetaQuotes continued to update its MetaTrader 5 platform. They released Build 4260 yesterday. It can now be downloaded via your broker's server using the platform's update feature. The new version fixes some critical problems of the previous build while also introducing some new features: Fixed...

Hi, I'm experiencing an error when I want to run MT5 from command prompt. I build an EA that will automatically do optimization, it will launch a second MT5 (MT5 tester) to do the optimization. When I run the optimization for 28 currency pair for some reason at random currency pair the MT5...

Hi all, Ive have some purchased EAs in MT4 and would like to know whether there is a possibility to customize the backtest report to add a couple extra performance indicators. I'd like to add maximum equity drawdown and recovery factor. Is this possible, I have no programming knowledge. Thanks

The MetaTrader 5 platform was updated to Build 3490 yesterday, on November 4. It has now become available via the platform's automatic update feature. This build coincides with a new version of Web Terminal, which is also working on mobile devices. It also adds new terminal and MQL5 features...

MetaQuotes has released a new version (Build 3210) of the MetaTrader 5 platform and it is now available for automatic update in your broker platform. It introduces some new and fixes some bugs: Added new class methods to work with matrices and vectors in MQL5 language. Fixed formatting of...

Yesterday, the MetaTrader 5 platform was updated by MetaQuotes to Build 3080. The new version is already available for download from brokers. It focuses on a complete revamp of the user interface, MQL5 coding improvements, numerous bug fixes, and changes to the interaction process with MQL5.com...

After MT4, there is a rejection of MT5 due to an incomprehensible order system. This is especially true in the Strategy Tester: MT4 report is intuitive, unlike MT5. For this reason, when it comes to publishing, for example, a report of the next Expert Advisor in the form of an html file on the...

On Friday, a new version of the MetaTrader 5 platform was by MetaQuotes - Build 2980. It focuses on server-side push notifications, bug fixes, and new coding features: Added server-side push notifications about trade actions on your account. Server-side notifications should be enabled on your...

Why do you backtest with MT4? MT5 Strategy Tester is way superior to it.

MetaTrader 5 has been updated to a new version yesterday - build 2715. It is now available for download from brokers' trading servers. It is a minor release with just a few changes: Fixed a potential platform freeze when using options board to analyze option contracts. Fixed user interface...

here is USDJPY short open and closed at SL. So dayly swap eats 6.15 usd. Account is in usd. From jan 22 to feb 6 it has been 17 swaps. There is no commision. So my math is 6.15*17+52.5=157.05 but position loss is 175.48. What am I missing? I am not sure if swap usd per lot is changing...

Build 2690 of MetaTrader 5 platform has been released yesterday (on November 13). Most traders won't notice any big differences with the previous versions, but the new build offers some great improvements to the code profiler and MQL5 Editor. Among other changes, it offers the following...

After a series of hotfix beta updates, MetaQuotes has finally finished a new release version of its MetaTrader 5 platform - Build 2650. You can now update your MT5 via Help->Check Desktop Updates->Latest Release Version. It offers fixes of many issues introduced in Build 2615 and introduces some...

MetaTrader 5 Build 2615 has been released yesterday and is now available from brokers' servers. It introduces some important changes to trading symbol properties, new MQL5 features, and new Strategy Tester settings among other things: Trading symbols can now have new properties: Sector...

A new update for MetaTrader 5 platform should now be available from your broker's server - Build 2530. It focuses mainly on improving the user interface - for the platform, Strategy Tester, and MetaEditor: Added option to sort symbols in Market Watch by: symbol's name, sector, gainers, losers...