Basic Features and EA Settings – Trade Management
- Magic Numbers = Input “Magic numbers” to track your trades
- Slippage allowed = 3 - This means maximum slippage allowed will be 3
- Order Comments = Used for updating comments
- Limit Order = True/False - True for enabling Limit/Stop Orders ; False for market orders
- Amount Risked = 100 - Means $100 to be risked per trade ( Can be any currency )
Stop-loss Settings - Define Stop-loss, Lot Size and when to breakeven
- SL Value = 10.0 means stop-loss will 10 pips
- Lot Type = Auto/Manual ; Auto = Automatically set lot size based on Amount Risked; Manual = Always trade based on fixed lot size, If lot type set = Manual, Amount Risk is ignored
- Lot Size = 0.1 Means to trade fixed lot size 0.1; make sure Lot Type setting = Manual (Amount risked will be ignored )
- Add Spread = True/False - Used to add spread to TP/SL automatically
- Set Breakeven = TP1 - Means trades will be set to breakeven after TP1 is booked.
Profit Booking Settings - How much to partial close & What levels to close
- TP1 = 50 - TP1 % Percentage of Lots/Amount to be booked at TP1 - 50 means 50%
- TP2 = 40 - TP2 % Percentage of Lots/Amount to be booked at TP2 – 40 means 40% ( TP3 will automatically be 10% )
- TP Setting = Pips - enter pips below or Use Auto for Ratios - Eg 1:1 so if SL is 10 pips, TP1 will 10 pips
- TP1 = 20.0 - 1st Take Profit ; Eg. 20.0 means 20 pips if TP setting=pips, Auto - 1.0 means automatically calculate 1:1 so if SL is 10 pips, TP1 will 10 pips
- TP2 = 40.0 - 2nd Take Profit ; Eg. 40.0 means 40 pips if TP setting=pips, Auto - 2.0 means automatically calculate 1:2 so if SL is 10 pips, TP2 will 20 pips
- TP3 = 80.0 - 3rd Take Profit ; 80.0 pips if TP setting=pips, Auto - 3.0 means automatically calculate 1:3 so if SL is 10 pips, TP3 will 30 pips
Trail Settings - When to Trail & How to Trail
- Trail Profit Start = Start when to Trail profit from TP1 or TP2 or ( Buy/Sell Price – Will be added in the next version )
- Trail Type = Magic Trail Long = Use for Long term trades ; Magic Trail Short = Use for short term trades (No Trail = Means don't use any Trailing - Next Version)