@sktsec well i ended up downloading metatrader on my computer again. the broker that im using has some new mt4 platform, but doesnt have all of the same features... now im having another issue. last time i used this platform was about an year ago. stop using hankotrade MT5 because i could no longer use the EA's. the issue im having now is that when i try to compile files from an EA, nothing shows but like a red letter.