thomdel wrote: Thu Apr 10, 2025 8:11 pm Hi,

Attached is a Simple TPL. Most of the Indicators are from : cagliostro, vzulaks, beatlemaniaSA Templates.

All Indicators go to : normal Indicators Folder : MetaTrader 4\MQL4\Indicators

Attached is Indicators zip file / template file.

Thanks to Xard Sir.
Thanks to kvak, banzai.
Thanks to mrtools Sir & Jimmy Sir.
Thanks to cagliostro, vzulaks, beatlemaniaSA.

I think this addition will be appropriate.

ZeroLag MACD Trading Strategy

From 2011

I am reposting the indicators and template.
Made some slight changes and I believe it's not as heavy and still interesting to test.
Have fun

Just for the heck of it I'm posting XAUUSD M15 at the closing of the week, a while ago. Real choppy, but the system seems to hold its ground. Following the rules, of course in Demo mode, it manages to get 5 potential trades and 1 that is a probable small loss. Lots of potential pips.
Now, this is only looking at technical indicators and a set of entry/exit rules. Trading is a lot more, as we all know. But it's interesting to try and test.
Maybe it can be made profitable!
Sharing your thoughts and experience will be greatly appreciated

PIPin Tom wrote: Sat Nov 22, 2025 9:53 am Just for the heck of it I'm posting XAUUSD M15 at the closing of the week, a while ago. Real choppy, but the system seems to hold its ground. Following the rules, of course in Demo mode, it manages to get 5 potential trades and 1 that is a probable small loss. Lots of potential pips.
Now, this is only looking at technical indicators and a set of entry/exit rules. Trading is a lot more, as we all know. But it's interesting to try and test.
Maybe it can be made profitable!
Sharing your thoughts and experience will be greatly appreciated

PIPin TOM: Your strategy cannot be loaded, so it cannot be tested, neither this version nor the previous one. Another user is experiencing the same issue. I tried copying the files and their folder to the indicators folder, and also the individual files to the indicators root, but it didn't work. It looks like the attached image. Please fix it, and I will provide feedback on your strategy.

Sorry guys!
Don't know what is wrong but will look at it over the weekend and get back to you

PIPin Tom wrote: Sat Nov 22, 2025 10:58 am Sorry guys!
Don't know what is wrong but will look at it over the weekend and get back to you

Hi, I'm clarifying something to make it easier to identify the problem. All the indicators are working... but they're not loading. The problem is with the template (.TPL). The solution is simple: make sure you give us the path where the template loads the indicators. Thanks, and have a great weekend!

vikxel wrote: Sat Nov 22, 2025 12:10 pm Hi, I'm clarifying something to make it easier to identify the problem. All the indicators are working... but they're not loading. The problem is with the template (.TPL). The solution is simple: make sure you give us the path where the template loads the indicators. Thanks, and have a great weekend!

I will try to give some hints about the template, maybe they help somehow.

If we open the template file, we can see something like this, which is just the description of the presence of the indicator "Toggle borders" together with its parameters:

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=! Template Indis\Toggle borders
flags=339
window_num=0
</expert>
shift_0=0
draw_0=0
color_0=255
style_0=0
weight_0=0
period_flags=0
show_data=1
</indicator>

One important part from this group of key-value pairs is this one "name=! Template Indis\Toggle borders", which means that the indicator "Toggle borders" is loaded into the template not from the default MT4 folder for indicators (MQL4\Indicators) but from a subfolder named "! Template Indis". When the template is loaded into the chart, it will search for this path "! Template Indis\Toggle borders" and if it doesn't find it, the indicator "Toggle borders" will not be loaded onto the chart.

The logical conclusion is that we have two options:
1. we create a subfolder named "! Template Indis" in the default indicator folder MQL4\Indicators and copy there the indicator "Toggle borders";
2. or we update the template by removing "! Template Indis\" from the name path, and in this case we copy the indicator "Toggle borders" in the default folder MQL4\Indicators.

And so on ( the same logic ) for every indicator from the template. Like this, we will notice that there are other subfolders to be created like:

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=Try\Retry\! Aema ribbon (mtf)

or

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=New Try\News.Calendar-1.07


If we create all the subtree according to the template ( or if we align the template to the default folder ) the template will be loaded completely

Hope this helps!

PhoenixBlueFeather wrote: Sat Nov 22, 2025 10:28 pm I will try to give some hints about the template, maybe they help somehow.

If we open the template file, we can see something like this, which is just the description of the presence of the indicator "Toggle borders" together with its parameters:

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=! Template Indis\Toggle borders
flags=339
window_num=0
</expert>
shift_0=0
draw_0=0
color_0=255
style_0=0
weight_0=0
period_flags=0
show_data=1
</indicator>

One important part from this group of key-value pairs is this one "name=! Template Indis\Toggle borders", which means that the indicator "Toggle borders" is loaded into the template not from the default MT4 folder for indicators (MQL4\Indicators) but from a subfolder named "! Template Indis". When the template is loaded into the chart, it will search for this path "! Template Indis\Toggle borders" and if it doesn't find it, the indicator "Toggle borders" will not be loaded onto the chart.

The logical conclusion is that we have two options:
1. we create a subfolder named "! Template Indis" in the default indicator folder MQL4\Indicators and copy there the indicator "Toggle borders";
2. or we update the template by removing "! Template Indis\" from the name path, and in this case we copy the indicator "Toggle borders" in the default folder MQL4\Indicators.

And so on ( the same logic ) for every indicator from the template. Like this, we will notice that there are other subfolders to be created like:

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=Try\Retry\! Aema ribbon (mtf)

or

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=New Try\News.Calendar-1.07


If we create all the subtree according to the template ( or if we align the template to the default folder ) the template will be loaded completely

Hope this helps!

Thanks, friend, excellent explanation. Now everything works . I'll try your system next week and give feedback.

PhoenixBlueFeather wrote: Sat Nov 22, 2025 10:28 pm I will try to give some hints about the template, maybe they help somehow.

If we open the template file, we can see something like this, which is just the description of the presence of the indicator "Toggle borders" together with its parameters:

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=! Template Indis\Toggle borders
flags=339
window_num=0
</expert>
shift_0=0
draw_0=0
color_0=255
style_0=0
weight_0=0
period_flags=0
show_data=1
</indicator>

One important part from this group of key-value pairs is this one "name=! Template Indis\Toggle borders", which means that the indicator "Toggle borders" is loaded into the template not from the default MT4 folder for indicators (MQL4\Indicators) but from a subfolder named "! Template Indis". When the template is loaded into the chart, it will search for this path "! Template Indis\Toggle borders" and if it doesn't find it, the indicator "Toggle borders" will not be loaded onto the chart.

The logical conclusion is that we have two options:
1. we create a subfolder named "! Template Indis" in the default indicator folder MQL4\Indicators and copy there the indicator "Toggle borders";
2. or we update the template by removing "! Template Indis\" from the name path, and in this case we copy the indicator "Toggle borders" in the default folder MQL4\Indicators.

And so on ( the same logic ) for every indicator from the template. Like this, we will notice that there are other subfolders to be created like:

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=Try\Retry\! Aema ribbon (mtf)

or

<indicator>
name=Custom Indicator
<expert>
name=New Try\News.Calendar-1.07


If we create all the subtree according to the template ( or if we align the template to the default folder ) the template will be loaded completely

Hope this helps!

outstanding work mate!
for those who still stuggle just rename the folder to "! Template Indis" then just paste into mql4 folder. the whole folder as it is then apply the template. it will load the system with no issues.