Full Troubleshooting & Person Information
1. EXPERT ADVISORS — TROUBLESHOOTING
Trades Not Opening
Q: The EA is working however no trades are positioned. What ought to I examine?
- Single Entry is ON: If SINGLEENTRY = true, the EA won’t open a brand new commerce whereas one already exists for that image with the identical magic quantity. Disable it or shut the present commerce first.
- Commerce Route restricted: TRADEDIRECTION could also be set to LONGONLY or SHORTONLY, blocking one facet totally.
- Dashboard reveals EA Stopped: Test the EADISABLEREASON discipline on the dashboard — it tells you precisely why (unfold too excessive, drawdown hit, information filter, time filter, and so on.).
- Magic Quantity mismatch: If ENABLEMAGICNUMBER = true, the EA solely counts trades opened with its assigned magic quantity. Manually positioned trades or different EA trades are invisible to it.
- Disable commerce after account swap: Re-attaching the EA or switching accounts resets the EAACTIVE flag. Take away and re-attach the EA.
- Dealer restrictions / inadequate margin: Test the Consultants and Journal tab in MetaTrader. Error 4756 means buying and selling will not be allowed by the dealer or account sort.
- Max Trades Per Day reached: If MAXTRADESPERDAY is ready and the restrict is hit, no new entries open for the remainder of that day.
- Commerce On New Bar mode: If TRADEONNEWBARVALUE = true, the EA solely evaluates indicators on a brand new bar open. No trades set off mid-candle.
Q: The EA reveals “Buying and selling Disabled” on the dashboard. Why?
The dashboard reads the inner EADISABLEREASON string. Widespread causes and their causes:
| Cause Proven | Trigger | Repair |
|---|---|---|
| Unfold too excessive | Present unfold exceeds MAXSPREADPOINTS | Improve MAXSPREADPOINTS or set it to 0 to disable |
| Information Coming | Information filter is lively and an occasion is approaching | Disable ENABLENEWSFILTER or regulate information buffer minutes |
| Out of buying and selling time | Present time is exterior all enabled classes | Modify Time Filter classes or set EnableTimeFilter = false |
| Buying and selling Not allowed right now | Day filter is obstructing the present weekday | Allow the day in Commerce Days Settings or set EnableDayFilter = false |
| Most drawdown % reached | Fairness drawdown exceeded the set restrict | Improve MAXDRAWDOWNPERCENT or set to 0 to disable |
| Most every day loss reached | DAILYSTOP triggered | Improve DAILYSTOP or set to 0 to disable |
Tip: Allow SHOWLOGS = true in settings for detailed output within the Consultants tab exhibiting precisely why trades are being skipped.
File & Loading Points
Q: I can not drag the EA file onto the chart. What ought to I do?
- Place the .ex4 / .ex5 file in MQL4/Consultants or MQL5/Consultants and right-click the Navigator panel, then choose Refresh.
- Guarantee AutoTrading is enabled — the toolbar button have to be inexperienced.
- Within the EA Properties window (when attaching), tick “Permit Automated Buying and selling”.
- Test the Consultants tab for INIT_FAILED messages after attaching.
Q: The EA reveals INIT_FAILED instantly after attaching. Why?
The EA runs validation checks on startup. A popup message field will seem with the precise cause earlier than returning INIT_FAILED. Widespread failures:
- Each STOPLOSS and TAKEPROFIT are 0 in Pips mode — at the very least one have to be non-zero.
- In Quantity mode, each STOPLOSSAMOUNT and TAKEPROFITAMOUNT are 0.
- BREAKEVENACTIVATION pips worth is under the dealer’s minimal cease degree.
- TRAILINGDISTANCE is under the dealer’s minimal cease degree.
- An emblem within the SYMBOLS checklist will not be accessible in Market Watch (Multicurrency EA).
- Not sufficient historic bars loaded for the image and timeframe.
Cease Loss & Take Revenue
Q: Cease Loss or Take Revenue will not be being set on trades.
- Minimal Cease Degree violation: At startup, the EA validates SL/TP in opposition to SYMBOLTRADESTOPSLEVEL. In case your pips worth is under the dealer’s minimal, the EA returns INIT_FAILED with a message exhibiting the required minimal.
- Hidden SL/TP is ON: If HIDDENSLTP = true, no precise SL/TP is shipped to the dealer server. The EA manages exits internally. That is intentional for brokers that reject SL/TP at order open time.
- Mistaken mode chosen: Confirm you’re utilizing the proper mode — Pips, Quantity, or % — and that your values match that mode.
Q: Breakeven or Trailing Cease will not be activating.
- Guarantee USEBREAKEVEN = true or USETRAILINGSTOPLOSS = true is enabled.
- BREAKEVENACTIVATION defines what number of pips in revenue earlier than breakeven kicks in. The commerce should attain this revenue degree first.
- TRAILINGSTART defines the pips revenue threshold earlier than trailing begins. If value has not moved that far, trailing won’t activate.
- Each values should exceed the dealer’s minimal cease degree or the EA will fail at INIT.
Sudden Commerce Closures
Q: Trades closed on their very own with out hitting SL or TP. Why?
Test the Safeguard Settings and Revenue/Loss Limits — any of the next can set off an computerized shut of all trades:
| Setting | Set off Situation |
|---|---|
| MAXDRAWDOWNPERCENT | Drawdown % from peak fairness exceeded |
| MAXDRAWDOWNAMOUNT | Drawdown in foreign money quantity exceeded |
| DAILYSTOP | Each day loss restrict hit |
| DAILYTARGET | Each day revenue goal reached |
| WEEKLYSTOP / WEEKLYTARGET | Weekly limits reached |
| MONTHLYSTOP / MONTHLYTARGET | Month-to-month limits reached |
| MAXDEPOSITLOAD | Margin utilization exceeded deposit load % (default: 50%) |
- Information Filter: If ENABLENEWSFILTER = true and a information occasion fires, the EA follows the Information Motion Settings (CLOSETRADES, CLOSEHIGHESTLOOSINGTRADE, and so on.).
- Time Filter / Day Filter: If CLOSEALLORDERSTRADETIME = true, all trades shut when the allowed session ends.
- Shut After N Candles: If CLOSEAFTERNCANDLE is larger than 0, trades shut mechanically after that many candles no matter revenue.
- Exit Technique fired: An reverse sign (Supertrend flip, candlestick sample, fractal break) triggered the configured exit technique.
Grid / Hedge / Martingale
Q: Grid or Hedge orders are usually not showing after the primary commerce.
- Grid: Test that MAXGRIDSTEP has not been reached. If it has, MAXGRIDACTION fires (default: Shut All). The grid won’t restart till new trades open.
- Hedge: If HEDGEEXECUTIONMODE = PENDING, the hedge is positioned as a pending order and solely seems as an open commerce when value reaches the set off degree.
- For each: Pending orders can’t be positioned throughout the dealer’s minimal cease degree distance from present value. Improve STEPDISTANCE or HEDGEDISTANCE accordingly.
Q: I enabled Martingale, Grid, and Hedge collectively. Is that an issue?
The EA will show a “Excessive Threat Alert!!” warning and message field, however will nonetheless initialize and run. Working all three concurrently compounds lot sizes extraordinarily aggressively and may deplete an account quickly on a single shedding streak. It’s strongly really useful to allow just one loss restoration mode at a time.
Multicurrency EA Particular
Q: The EA runs on a number of pairs however solely trades on one image.
- The multicurrency EA makes use of OnTimer() as a substitute of OnTick() and waits for all symbols to sync bar occasions. If symbols are out of sync, it skips the examine silently.
- All symbols listed within the SYMBOLS enter (comma-separated) have to be added to Market Watch earlier than the EA masses.
- Image names should precisely match your dealer’s naming together with any suffixes equivalent to .professional, m, or _SB.
Tip: Allow SHOWLOGS = true — if you happen to see “Ready for image synchronization…” within the Consultants tab, that is the trigger.
Supertrend EA — Technique Questions
Q: What’s the distinction between Entry Technique 1 and Entry Technique 2?
- Technique 1: Purchase when Supertrend flips inexperienced (path change); Promote when it flips crimson. These are reversal/flip indicators triggered for the time being of development change.
- Technique 2: Purchase when value pulls again and bounces on the inexperienced Supertrend line; Promote when value pulls again to the crimson line. These are continuation/retest indicators.
Q: Does ENABLETRAILINGONSUPERTREND substitute the conventional trailing cease?
Sure. When ENABLETRAILINGONSUPERTREND = true, the Supertrend line itself dynamically acts because the trailing cease degree. The cease follows the Supertrend line because it strikes, as a substitute of utilizing the fastened pip-based trailing cease outlined within the Trailing Cease settings.
2. INDICATORS — TROUBLESHOOTING
Applies to: Greater Excessive Decrease Low Indicator (MT4 and MT5)
Loading & Show Points
Q: I connected the indicator however nothing seems on the chart.
- Make sure the .ex4 / .ex5 file is in MQL4/Indicators or MQL5/Indicators and Refresh the Navigator.
- Test that SHOWARROW = true and SHOWTEXT = true within the indicator settings.
- The indicator requires at the very least STARTBAR bars of historical past (default: 50). On newly opened charts or unique pairs with sparse information, it returns early and attracts nothing. Scroll again on the chart to load extra historical past, then reload the indicator.
- Test the Consultants tab for “Didn’t create indicator handles” — this implies iFractals or iATR didn’t initialize. That is attributable to inadequate historic information.
Q: Arrows and labels seem however they’re all the time 2 bars behind the precise sign candle. Is that this a bug?
No — that is by design. Williams Fractals require 2 bars on both sides to be confirmed. A fractal at bar index i is barely confirmed when bar i+2 closes. This 2-bar lag is inherent to fractal-based detection and can’t be eliminated with out utilizing unconfirmed/repainting indicators. The sign is legitimate; it’s merely confirmed after 2 bars.
Q: Labels overlap with candle our bodies or are too distant.
- Modify LABELOFFSET — this controls how far above/under the candle the textual content seems, calculated relative to ATR.
- Modify ARROWUPSYMBOL and ARROWDOWNSYMBOL to alter the arrow glyph code (default: 233 and 234).
Sign Logic Questions
Q: Do I want so as to add the indicator to the chart for the EA or Scanner to operate?
No. The EA and Scanner calculate all indicator values internally utilizing indicator handles (iFractals, iATR, iMA). Including the indicator to the chart is solely for visible affirmation and doesn’t have an effect on any sign logic or commerce execution.
Q: What’s the distinction between HH/LL Entry Technique 1 and Technique 2?
- Technique 1: Purchase sign when the sample is HH + HL and value closes above the current Greater Excessive. Promote sign when the sample is LH + LL and value closes under the current Decrease Low.
- Technique 2: Purchase sign when the sample is LH + HL (a tightening vary with bullish construction). Promote is the reverse.
Q: What does the quantity proven subsequent to the sign arrow imply?
That is the switchIndex — the bar index at which the latest sign was confirmed. A worth of 1 means the sign fired on the final closed candle. Greater numbers imply the sign fashioned extra candles in the past.
Q: The MA Filter is enabled however trades appear to go within the incorrect path.
- Confirm ENABLEMAFILTER = true and MA1TIMEFRAME is ready to the timeframe you propose for development bias (e.g., H4).
- If utilizing Hull MA (HMA) mode — observe that iMA() doesn’t natively help HMA. The EA makes use of a customized HMA calculation that requires sufficient historic bars to be loaded first.
- Test which MA entry technique is chosen: some modes evaluate quick vs gradual MA whereas others evaluate value vs MA.
3. SCANNER / DASHBOARD — TROUBLESHOOTING
Applies to: Greater Excessive Decrease Low Scanner Dashboard (MT4 and MT5)
Scanner Not Loading / Panel Not Exhibiting
Q: I connected the scanner however the dashboard panel doesn’t seem.
- The scanner makes use of EventSetTimer() for periodic refresh. If MetaTrader blocks timer occasions (e.g., in optimization mode), the panel won’t draw.
- Test if the Cover/Present Panels button on the prime of the chart is ready to Present Panels. Clicking it toggles the SHOWPANEL flag.
- Attempt resizing the chart window barely — this triggers OnChartEvent with CHARTEVENT_CHART_CHANGE which redraws all panel components.
- Test the Consultants tab for “No symbols discovered within the enter checklist” — this implies all pairs in your pairsList have been unavailable in Market Watch and have been filtered out.
Q: Some pairs are lacking from the scanner panel. Why?
- The scanner checks every image by way of MarketInfo() (MT4) or SymbolSelect() (MT5). Symbols not in Market Watch are mechanically filtered out and logged as “Image not accessible”.
- Add lacking symbols to Market Watch: right-click Market Watch, choose Present All or search manually, then reload the indicator.
- For MT5: error code 4302 means the image will not be in Market Watch; error code 4801 means the dealer doesn’t supply that pair.
- Make sure the image identify in your pairsList precisely matches your dealer’s image identify, together with suffixes.
Q: An emblem seems within the panel however the sign cells are clean.
- The scanner wants sufficient historic bars for every enabled timeframe. If fewer bars than STARTBAR are loaded, GetIndicatorValues() returns false and leaves the cell clean.
- Open a chart for that image on the affected timeframe, scroll again to load extra historical past, then reload the scanner.
- Test if the fractal indicator deal with didn’t create for that image/timeframe mixture within the Consultants tab logs.
Alerts & Notifications
Q: The scanner reveals indicators on the panel however I’m not getting any alerts.
- ALLOWALERT, ALLOWNOTIFICATION, and ALLOWEMAIL should every be individually enabled within the Alert Settings part.
- Test if the Pause Alerts button on the dashboard was by accident clicked. It units SHOWALERTS = false. The button turns lime inexperienced when alerts are paused. Click on it once more to Resume Alerts.
- Alerts solely fireplace on a brand new bar formation (isNewbarTf examine). If no new bar has closed because the indicator loaded, no alert fires even when a sign exists on the panel.
- For push notifications, your MetaQuotes ID have to be configured in MT5 by way of Instruments > Choices > Notifications.
Q: What’s a Confluence Alert and why is it not triggering?
A confluence alert fires solely when all enabled Confluence Timeframes present the identical path (all Bullish or all Bearish) concurrently. A sign on only one timeframe won’t set off a confluence alert.
- Test the Confluence Timeframe Settings part and be sure to have enabled the timeframes you wish to require settlement on.
- There are two separate timeframe sections — Particular person (for panel columns) and Confluence (for cross-TF alerts). Be sure you configured the proper one.
- Enabling too many confluence timeframes makes it uncommon for all to align. Begin with 2–3 associated timeframes.
Dashboard Show & Interplay
Q: I click on a logo identify within the panel however nothing occurs.
- Clicking a logo button triggers ChartSetSymbolPeriod() to change the present chart to that image. This solely works if the chart will not be locked and the image is out there in Market Watch.
- If the image identify within the panel doesn’t precisely match your dealer’s naming (e.g., suffix variations), the chart swap will fail silently.
Q: The panel is simply too small, too giant, or the textual content is unreadable.
- Modify PANELHEIGHTPCT, PANELWIDTHPCT, and PANELTEXTPCT — all are proportion values relative to the chart dimensions.
- Panel dimensions are recalculated by way of CalcuLateDimensions() each time the chart is resized. Merely resize the chart window to pressure a right away re-render with new values.
Q: The scanner solely reveals indicators for M1 and M5. How do I allow extra timeframes?
There are two separate timeframe configuration sections. Each have to be configured:
| Part | Setting Names | Objective |
|---|---|---|
| Particular person Scan | ENABLEIND1M, ENABLEIND5M, ENABLEIND15M… | Controls which timeframes are scanned and proven as columns within the panel |
| Confluence | ENABLE1M, ENABLE5M, ENABLE15M… | Controls which timeframes should all agree for a confluence alert to fireplace |
The MT5 model moreover helps non-standard timeframes (M2, M3, M4, M6, M10, M12, M20, H2, H3, H6, H8, H12) that the MT4 model doesn’t have.
4. COMMON SETUP MISTAKES
Earlier than You Connect Any Product
- Add all required symbols to Market Watch earlier than loading the EA or indicator. Proper-click Market Watch and choose Present All, or search manually.
- Allow AutoTrading within the MetaTrader toolbar. The button have to be inexperienced.
- Shut any present positions on the image if attaching an EA for the primary time. Open positions with a unique magic quantity may cause conflicts.
- Load enough historic information by scrolling again on the charts for all pairs you propose to scan or commerce.
- Confirm image names match your dealer precisely, together with any suffixes equivalent to m, .professional, or _SB.
Most Widespread Errors and Fixes
| Mistake | What Occurs | Repair |
|---|---|---|
| SL and TP each set to 0 in Pips mode | INIT_FAILED with popup error | Set at the very least considered one of SL or TP to a sound pips worth larger than 0 |
| SL or TP worth under dealer minimal cease degree | INIT_FAILED with message exhibiting the required minimal | Improve SL/TP to exceed the dealer’s SYMBOLTRADESTOPSLEVEL |
| Breakeven or Trailing under minimal cease degree | INIT_FAILED | Improve BREAKEVENACTIVATION or TRAILINGDISTANCE |
| Symbols lacking from Market Watch | EA or Scanner filters out these pairs silently | Add all required symbols to Market Watch earlier than loading |
| Mistaken dealer image suffix in pairs checklist | Symbols not discovered, clean panel cells | Match pairsList values precisely to dealer image names |
| AutoTrading disabled | EA masses however by no means locations any commerce | Allow the AutoTrading button within the MetaTrader toolbar |
| Magic Quantity mismatch between EA cases | EA doesn’t handle present trades, might open duplicates | Use the identical magic quantity throughout all associated merchandise |
| Martingale, Grid, and Hedge all enabled collectively | Excessive Threat warning fires, exponential lot progress potential | Allow just one loss restoration mode at a time |
| SHOWDASHBOARDINTESTING = true throughout backtest | Backtesting turns into extraordinarily gradual | Set SHOWDASHBOARDINTESTING = false throughout optimization |
| Pause Alerts button by accident clicked | No alerts fireplace from the scanner | Click on the button once more to Resume Alerts |
| Not sufficient historic bars loaded | Indicator or scanner reveals clean cells or no indicators | Scroll again on charts for all pairs to pressure historical past obtain |
| SINGLEENTRY = true with an present open commerce | EA skips all new entry indicators | Shut the present commerce or set SINGLEENTRY = false |
Filters Guidelines — If Trades Are Nonetheless Not Opening
Run by means of this guidelines to be able to determine which filter is obstructing commerce entries:
- Dashboard standing: Is “EA Energetic” proven? What does the Cease Cause discipline say?
- Unfold filter: Is MAXSPREADPOINTS = 0 (disabled)? Or is the present unfold exceeding the set restrict?
- Information filter: Is ENABLENEWSFILTER = false? Or is there an upcoming information occasion pausing trades?
- Time filter: Is EnableTimeFilter = false? Or is the present time exterior all enabled classes?
- Day filter: Is EnableDayFilter = false? Or is right now’s weekday disabled in Commerce Days Settings?
- Safeguards: Have any of MAXDRAWDOWNPERCENT, DAILYSTOP, DAILYTARGET, or related limits been triggered?
- Commerce Route: Is TRADEDIRECTION = BOTHDIRECTIONS?
- Single Entry: Is SINGLEENTRY = false, or has the present commerce been closed?
- MA / ADX / RSI / MACD filters: Are all development and affirmation filters passing for the present market situation?
Tip: Allow SHOWLOGS = true to print the results of every examine to the Consultants tab for full transparency.
Earlier than contacting help, acquire the next data to assist resolve the difficulty sooner:
- Allow SHOWLOGS = true and duplicate the related traces from the Consultants tab.
- Be aware your MT4/MT5 construct model, dealer identify, account sort, and the precise product identify and model quantity.
- Take a screenshot of your settings by way of right-click EA or Indicator > Properties > Inputs tab.
- Be aware the precise image identify because it seems in your dealer’s Market Watch.
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