MT4 and MT5 Indicator Alert Requirements Checklist

The checklist

1. 1

   Editable source

   Provide the authorized MQ4 or MQ5 file plus every non-standard include required to compile it.

2. 2

   Exact trigger

   Name the indicator buffer, price comparison, object state or calculation that creates the alert.

3. 3

   Bar timing

   Choose the forming bar, last closed bar or a configurable option and state when the condition is evaluated.

4. 4

   Direction and state

   Define bullish, bearish and neutral transitions independently so that state changes are unambiguous.

5. 5

   Alert channels

   Choose popup, push, email, sound, chart marker or an explicitly bounded combination.

6. 6

   Message fields

   List the symbol, timeframe, direction, price, indicator value and timestamp fields that must appear.

7. 7

   Duplicate control

   Specify once per bar, once per state change, cooldown seconds or whether repeated alerts are allowed.

8. 8

   Reset behaviour

   Define when the alert may become eligible again after the condition turns false or the timeframe changes.

9. 9

   Reference cases

   Provide one chart where an alert must fire and one visually similar case where it must remain silent.

10. 10

    Delivery test

    Confirm which terminal build and channel settings will be used to verify the modified source.

Common questions