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I am delighted with this project, it really is a great contribution from Roar, this EA if it promises to be a good base to create something much better... it would be wonderful if other expert developers like Roar had the same initiative to help, share and guide others to this same level, without detracting from the help that some give in this forum, I consider that in this world of algorithmic trading there is enough money for all of us and plenty... So it won't make much difference if we help each other to advance towards the goal on this path of trading....

@roar hello I couldn't get this awesome monster to work, the ea is working but not trading(ea 3.4)...I need your help on the matter

To be honest, I still don't understand what this chart id option is, or how should I work with it

I guess something is wrong, but this Shoutbox is a plugin for the forum and to be honest I'm a little bit scared to touch those things in this forum. I was having hard time to configure all the relative links properly in the beginning 🙂

Yeah, I went with the global variables, but it feels a bit clumsy solution, and makes a really weird interference in my backtest.
The file approach would be better, I guess its time to learn some actual MQL coding 😄

@wessel Actually there is many ways to protect your work - you can set a password condition, date limit, and use the "if testing" block.
I never found the option to only hide visual mode, though. I think you have to block backtesting altogether.

"No trade nearby" block? Well, "No position nearby" for MT5

search for one with buffers, with google and I am sure, there are those indicators with buffers (I found few in past)
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I think that the pink "break" block will work, but I'm not sure. Yes, "Loop (pass n times)" is very primitive and I need to do something about it.

Oh, thanks for the insight.
Im dumping the many objects though, realized its easier to make candle id a variable, loop x period of candles and formula the calculations necessary. Goal is to measure distance to trend line on x previous bars.
I have been using dreema for over 2 years without playing around objects or loops, they seem to open quite endless possibilities 😛

If you only use it to backtest, then fine. Otherwise dealing with the server is done in a terrible way and too often unpredictable things happen. Also, coding for MQL5 is much worse with it's orders, deals and positions. I don't wonder why 5 years after it came out, it still can't beat MT4.

Well, this block is normally for small delays, I never tested it for long times to be honest. What it does is to pause the EA to the point where it is right now, and then continue from that point. In theory, it will work, so you can test it.

The alternative is, (again, in theory) but there is no special block for this, is to work with the time in some variables. If the variable is set to the time that is older than the current -> continue, otherwise don't do anything below. And set this variable to some time in the future where you want to set that delay. Eventually, the current time will reach that "future" time and the delay will expire. Then you can do that again.

Now that I'm explaining this, I think there are some blocks for that 😄 For example "Once per minutes" or some other "Once...". But before using one of these, read it's description. Even I forget how they are working sometimes 😄

Optimize the EA? If it is one parameter, or few of them, use these checkboxes to make that parameter input parameter for the EA: http://prntscr.com/3ysxd6
Otherwise you can create Constants, which are also input parameters, and use one Constant in multiple blocks, and optimize the EA on it.

@wessel Well, obviously my system was just too bad to work with real data.

If you want to reliably use OHLC testing (for faster backtesting), design your system in a way it doesn't use very tight stops or fast intra-bar changes. Best practise is to put "once per bar" on top of your project.

Terminal Variables - https://fxdreema.com/help/-/working%20w ... 0variables
Regular global variables in the EA - https://fxdreema.com/help/-/working%20w ... 0variables