Stop Sign Instead of Go Sign After Attach

Issue

After attaching to chart the EA is not managing trades, a Stop sign appears in the top right corner of the chart.


Gray Sign

EA's common and dependencies parameters might be not enabled

The Allow Automated Trading and Allow DLL imports might be not enabled

Procedure

Press F7 key and verify that the Allow Automated Trading and Allow DLL imports are checked in the EA property dialog.

Property window, dependencies

Property window, common tab

Algo Trading is disabled

The Algo Trading might be disabled

Procedure

Verify that the toolbar button Algo Trading is pressed.
Toolbar button when Expert Advisors are disabled:
Algo Trading disabled
Click on the button to enable all the Expert Advisors:
Algo Trading enabled