Practical, honest guides on reading order flow, footprint charts and depth of market with Sierra Chart, plus automated trading with MT5 expert advisors.
Install an MT5 expert advisor step by step: put the file in the MQL5 Experts folder, attach the EA to a chart, set Algo Trading permissions and confirm it loaded.
Your EA is attached but nothing happens? Work through Algo Trading switches, symbol permissions, broker restrictions, EA entry conditions and journal errors in order.
A chartbook opens but studies are missing or flagged? Work through custom study files, study permissions and chartbook compatibility checks to find the cause.
How the Volume at Price Threshold Alert V2 study flags price levels that meet your volume conditions, which levels it can highlight, and how to make its markers readable.
Design a Sierra Chart order flow workspace where footprint, profile and DOM views sit together, stay linked to one symbol, and each chart does a single job without duplicated studies.
How to color a Sierra Chart Numbers Bars footprint so volume, imbalances and bid ask contrast stay readable at a glance, with a layered palette you can build, check and save.
Compare MT5 Strategy Tester modeling modes, from real ticks to open prices only, and learn how historical data quality and test settings change the numbers your backtest report shows.
How to run an MT5 expert advisor on a demo account, what to record while it trades, and how to compare each forward test trade with a Strategy Tester run over the same period.
Where MT5 records expert advisor messages, how the Experts and Journal tabs differ, and how to read their entries to sort an EA problem into permissions, symbol or order errors.
What common MT5 EA risk inputs usually do, from position sizing to maximum spread and loss limits, and why you must confirm each name, unit and behavior in that EA's documentation.
What the Numbers Bars Calculated Values study does in Sierra Chart, which bar-level statistics it adds beside your footprint, and how to check that the numbers are correct.
Learn how session start and end times reshape a Sierra Chart volume profile on ES, NQ, CL and EURUSD, and which settings to verify so every chart in your chartbook agrees.