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Expert Advisor Programming in MQL5 Part 2: Signals
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Expert Advisor Programming in MQL5 Part 2: Signals

Learn how to build your own Metatrader 5 expert advisors using signal templates
Created byEnrico Lambino
Last updated 6/2021
English
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What you'll learn

  • MQL5
  • Trading
  • Metatrader 5
  • FX

Course content

10 sections • 63 lectures • 2h 37m total length

  • Introduction0:14
  • Including Files6:55

    Learn how to use the include directive to link header files in MQL5, including angle brackets and quotes, managing include folders, subfolders, and same-directory headers for reliable builds.

  • Files Needed for This Course

    Please download the following files under the Resources tab. These files will be used throughout the course.

    First, create a folder named "MQL5Part2" under the Experts folder of your data folder.

    Second, create a folder named "MQL5Part2" under the Include folder of your data folder.

    The files are the following:

    1. expert_advisor_template.mq5 - the main source code file template

    2. functions.mqh - a collection of functions covered on Part 1

    3. signal_template.mqh - base template for generation of signals

    4. signal_functions.mqh

    #1 should be installed under the MQL5Part2 folder of the Experts folder. #2, #3, and #4 should be installed under the MQL5Part2 folder of the Include folder.


  • Initial Setup1:32
  • Signal Enumeration0:57
  • Adding Signals1:28

    Explore how signal function, with a reference trade signal array and a current signal enumeration, expands the array and assigns the new signal to map signals for an expert advisor.

  • Expert Advisor Template5:32
  • Introduction
  • Conclusion0:15

Requirements

  • Must be able to know the fundamentals of MQL5 programming
  • Trading experience is a plus, but not a requirement
  • Prior programming experience is a plus, but not a requirement

Description

This course has everything you need to get the most in algorithmic trading, and with less code.

This course was designed with the trader in mind:

  1. Low information diet - take only what you need to move on to the next section or lesson

  2. Learn the rules of trading which you may use as well to enhance your own manual trading

  3. Develop MQL5 programming skills and learn to apply  to solve common problems in both manual and automated trading

Most expert advisors can be built by working on signals alone, since the other parts often need very little changes. This course teaches students how to do this: to code expert advisors by simply changing the signal being used.

By the end of this course, students would be able to independently generate almost any type of trading signal in an expert advisor. Students would be focusing more on signal generation based on candlestick data, standard indicators, and custom indicators. All of these come with easy-to-use header files, and expert and signal generation templates. One will no longer have to build everything from scratch--build complex expert advisors with less code.

This is programming course is aimed at making the life of the trader easier by enabling one to develop his or her own MQL5 programs, and augment his or her trading skills through automation. It also allows the trader to execute trading rules and tasks that can be cumbersome or time-consuming when executed manually.

Who this course is for:

  • Traders who want to learn how to code

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