Indicators are mathematical transformations of available market data that help traders analyze and forecast the movement of the prices. In Forex, there are many recognized standard indicators, like moving average or Bollinger bands, for example. A separate subset of MetaTrader indicators is formed by specially coded apps (or programs) for use in MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms. MetaTrader indicators are coded in MQL4 or MQL5 languages and come in .mq4/.mq5 (source code) or .ex4/.ex5 (compiled) formats. The posts below offer news, updates, and general discussions of the technical indicators in general and prominent MetaTrader indicators in particular.
You can also see the list of MT4/MT5 indicators developed or popularized by EarnForex.com.
2020
- [Poll] What Base Price Do You Prefer to Use in Indicators?
- Which Forex Volatility Indicator Do You Prefer?
- Highly Customizable Indicator to Trade Round Numbers
2019
- New Indicator to Trade Price Action — Basing Candlesticks
- Color Market Profile Based on Bullish/Bearish Bars
- My sRs Trend Rider 2.0 Test and Review
- Switch ATR Timeframes and Move SL/TP Lines Freely in New PSC
- PSC Now Supports ATR SL/TP and Reverse Risk Calculation
2018
- Ignore or Append Saturday/Sunday Hours in Market Profile
- PSC Gets Ready for Volumes with 8 Decimal Places in Crypto
- New Market Profile Indicator — Focus on Stability and Performance
- New Position Size Calculator: SL and TP Which Follow Entry Line and Are Set in Pips
- Display Market Profile for Intraday Sessions in MetaTrader
2017
- Profile Persistence and Pip Value Display in Position Size Calculator
- Spread Display and Take-Profit Multiplier in Position Size Calculator
- Worst Forex Indicator/Tool Ever
- Upgrading Easy Trend Visualizer
2016
- PSC Panel Scaling for High-DPI Displays
- New: See Swaps Info, Control Trading Script via PSC Panel
- Poll: Which Version of Position Size Calculator Do You Prefer?
- Major Fixing of Position Size Calculator + Symbol Leverage Display
- MetaTrader Panel for Position Size Calculator
- How Do You Prefer Your MetaTrader Input Parameters?
- See Currency Rate Change in Percents on Your Chart
- How to Save and Load Indicator Settings in MetaTrader — Tutorial
- How to Add Alerts to MetaTrader Indicators
- Display Weekly and Monthly Market Profile in MetaTrader
2015
- Schaff Trend Cycle Converted for cTrader (+ Alerts)
- Pips Display in Position Size Calculator Indicator
- Traders Dynamic Index (TDI) Converted to MT5 and cTrader
- Calculate Maximum Potential Loss in MetaTrader
- Position Size Calculator Is Now a Separate Window Indicator
- Margin Warnings When Calculating Position Size in MetaTrader
2014
- Less-Known Features of MetaTrader Platform
- Track Portfolio Risk with Position Size Calculator
- Finally — Automated Way to Detect Channels
- Would You Use Automatic Channel Detecting Indicator?
- Improving Wide Range Bars Indicator with Alerts
- Best Indicator for Divergence Trading?
2013
- Do You Use Our Position Size Calculators? Poll
- Tool for Measuring Daily and Weekly Gains
- Using Hurst Exponent in Forex Trading
- Get Alerted on Local Minimum/Maximum Breakout
- Indicators with Alerts or Without Alerts?
- cAlgo Custom Indicators — Coding Basics
- Calculating Position Size for Any Trading Instrument
- Breakout Indicator for MetaTrader
2012
- Getting New Ideas for FX Trading Strategy
- Display Dollar Index in MetaTrader
- Forex Point-and-Figure Charting Solutions
- How Many Indicators to Use?
- Calculate Forex Position Size in MetaTrader
2011
- Detect Pin-Bar Patterns with MetaTrader
- Better MA — 3rd Generation of the Most Popular Indicator
- How Forex Indicators Work?
- Bears vs. Bulls Forex Indicator
- Trend Indicator with Filtering Option
- Candle Wicks Length Display Indicator — MT4/MT5
- Classical Technical Indicator Based on Price and Volatility
- MetaTrader Notification of Candle Wicks (Shadows)
- Doug Schaff’s Trend Cycle (STC) — Now for MetaTrader!
2010
- Tom DeMark’s Oscillator — REI
- See Moving Average as Japanese Candlesticks
- Detrended Price Oscillator Indicator
- Quantitative Qualitative Estimation Indicator
- Ever Downloaded and Installed Any MetaTrader Indicator or EA?
- Bereavements and Mourning in Forex Trading? Yes, Since 1962!
- Market Profile Coded in MQL4 and MQL5
- Multi-Timeframe Indicator for MT5 — Trade Assistant
- Murrey Math Lines Indicator for MT5
- Trend Indicator with Fibo and DiNapoli Levels — Float
- Bollinger Bands on MACD for MetaTrader 5
- Pivot & Fibo Indicator Now in MetaTrader 5
- Pattern Recognition in MetaTrader 5
- Support and Resistance Indicator in MetaTrader 5
2009
- Short-Term Pullbacks of the Long-Term Trends — New Strategy
- ZigZag on Parabolic SAR for MetaTrader 5
- Easy Trend Visualization in MT5
- CCI Arrows Indicator in MT5
- Beginner Indicator in MT5
- Indicator Tutorial for MetaTrader 5
- Top & Bottom Indicator in MT5 — Aroon Up & Down
- Displaying Variable Spread on Chart
- Trend Strength Indicator Laguerre in MT5
- VarMovAvg Indicator Moves to MT5
- Chart Patterns and Technical Indicators
- My First Histogram Indicator for MT5
- Price Alert Indicator Conversion to MT5
- My Experience with MetaTrader 5 Indicator Coding
- MetaTrader 5 Beta Testing Period
- The Most Popular Forex Indicator?
- Trend Visualization with ADX Based Indicator
- Detect Chart Extrema with Improved ZigZag Indicator
- Trend Histogram Indicator for MetaTrader
- Get Alerted When Rate in MT4 Reaches Certain Levels
- CCI Indicator with Arrows as Signals
- Not So Squeezy Trading Manual and Indicators Package
- Japanese Candlestick Patterns
- MT4 Indicators Update
2008
- The Day Trade Forex System
- Band Moving Average — Pull-Back Indicator
- Heikin-Ashi Trading Technique E-Book
- Pattern Recognition Master for Japanese Candlesticks
- Statistical Forex System — Gathered Information
- Trade Assistant — Multi-Timeframe Forex Indicator
- Minor Fixing in MT4 Indicators
- MetaTrader Indicators Update
- Pivot Points Indicator for MetaTrader
- Traders Dynamic Index — MetaTrader Indicator
- Support and Resistance MetaTrader Indicator
- Float — New Addition to MT4 Indicators
- MetaTrader Indicators — User’s Tutorial