The Robot not trading - possible causes
If the robot is not trading, something may be wrong with your setup. Follow these steps
to find the cause.
The following are the possible problems or questions you may have:
a) MT4 has to be turned on at all times, with the charts showing. Otherwise it will not
trade.
b) the large "Expert Advisors" tab of the MT4 platform has to be "green", not red.
c) the Expert Advisor on the chart must be showing a "smiley" face, indicating that the
"Allow live Trading" tab (Common Tab) is turned on.
d) Check in the inputs menu that the “Separate Stops” field is set to “True”.
f) The color of the EA in the navigator window will be grey. That is ok, it indicates that it
is copy-protected.
g) All charts must always be set to the M1 timeframe, and should look like this: