Exp Weight Oscillator Direct
This software component for MetaTrader 5 is built to enhance the capabilities of your trading environment. This Expert Advisor serves as automated trading software. It is utilized to monitor financial markets and execute trades based on predefined algorithmic rules, enabling precise position management without the need for constant manual oversight.
How to Setup and Use Exp Weight Oscillator Direct
1. Installation: Open the "File" menu, select "Open Data Folder," navigate to MQL/Experts, paste your file, and restart the terminal.
2. Activation: Drag the EA from the Navigator onto a chart, ensure "Allow live trading" is checked in the Common tab, and verify the AutoTrading button is green.
3. Optimization: Right-click your chart, choose "Expert List," click "Properties" to adjust inputs, and save your preferred setup as a set file for future use.
4. Maintenance: Regularly check the "Experts" tab in the terminal window to monitor trade logs and potential execution errors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Why is my EA not opening trades? A: Check the "AutoTrading" button, ensure "Allow live trading" is enabled, and verify your broker allows automated trading on your account type.
Q: Can I run multiple EAs on one chart? A: No, each chart can only host one active EA; however, you can open multiple charts for different currency pairs to run several EAs.
Q: What does the "smiley face" icon mean? A: A smiley face in the top-right corner of the chart indicates the EA is successfully running; a frowny face means it is disabled.
Description & Settings
The trading system is based on direction changes of the . Sell when the oscillator changes direction from rising to falling, buy when direction changes to rising. The signal is formed when a bar is closing.
The WeightOscillator_HTF indicator in the EA is intended only for a more convenient visualization of trends in the strategy tester, in other operation modes it is inactive.
Place WeightOscillator.ex5 and WeightOscillator_HTF.ex5 compiled files to the <terminal_data_folder>\MQL5\Indicators.
After compilation, the Exp_WeightOscillator.ex5 expert file contains the WeightOscillator.ex5 and WeightOscillator_HTF.ex5 indicators as , and therefore, they are not required to be present in the terminal folder for the compiled EA to work! For this purpose, the corresponding code has been added to the EA code in order to include these indicators in the expert's executable file.
The indicator executable files have been added as resources at the global scope:
The string paths to the indicators used as resources in the block of the OnInit() function have been changed:
Thus, the compiled executable file of the expert can be used on other trade terminals on its own without the indicators.
Note that the TradeAlgorithms.mqh library file allows using Expert Advisors with brokers who offer
nonzero spread
and the option of setting Stop Loss and Take Profit
together with position opening
. You can download more variants of the library at the following link: .
Default Expert Advisor's input parameters have been used during the tests shown below. Stop Loss and Take Profit have not been used during the tests.
Fig. 1. Examples of deals on the chart
Testing results for 2015 on EURAUD H6:
Fig. 2. Chart of testing results
