Trend Tracer Pro v1.35 Input Reference & Usage Guide

CONTENTS

1. Schedule & Trading Window

2. Trade Parameters

3. Trade Limits

4. Swap Management

5. Risk Management (SL / TP)

6. Trailing Stop

7. Break-Even Stop

8. Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)

9. Moving-Average Filter

10. General Settings

11. Quick-Start Set-ups

12. Troubleshooting & FAQ

13. Change Log

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1 · Schedule & Trading Window

• EntryTime — default “01:05”.
  The very first minute (broker-server time) when the EA is allowed to open a trade.

• ExitTime — default “22:50”.
  Last minute when the EA may force-close a trade (only if the next switch is turned on).

• EnableExitTime — default true.
  Switches the automatic close-at-ExitTime feature on or off.

• Schedule — default SCHED_DAILY.
  Options: SCHED_DAILY, SCHED_WEEKLY, SCHED_MONTHLY.
  Defines how often the Entry/Exit rules repeat.

• When you choose SCHED_WEEKLY you also use:
  – EntryDayOfWeek (default Monday)
  – ExitDayOfWeek (default Friday)

• When you choose SCHED_MONTHLY you instead use:
  – EntryDayOfMonth (default 1)
  – ExitDayOfMonth (default 28)

• HourAdjustment — integer −23 … +23, default 0.
  Adds or subtracts whole hours from both EntryTime and ExitTime – handy when your broker shifts time-zone.

Tip: If EntryTime is later than ExitTime (e.g. 22:00 → 06:00) the EA treats the span as an overnight window.

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2 · Trade Parameters

2.1 Direction

• TradeDirection — choose BUY_ONLY, SELL_ONLY, BOTH (default BUY_ONLY).
  Restricts which side the EA may trade.

2.2 Lot Sizing (choose one LotMode)

• LOT_FIXED – Always place LotSize (default 0.10).

• LOT_FIXED_INCREMENT – Start with LotSize, add LotIncrement (0.01 by default) every time balance grows by BalanceIncrementAmount (1 000 by default).

• LOT_BALANCE_MATCH – Match exposure so position notional ≈ Balance × ExposureMultiplier (default 1.0).

• LOT_FIXED_BALANCE_MATCH – Same idea, but compare to FixedBalance (10 000) instead of live balance.

• LOT_RISK_PERCENT – Risk RiskPerTradePercent of account equity per trade (1 % by default) – requires a non-zero stop-loss distance.

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3 · Trade Limits

• TotalOpenTradeLimit — default 0 (means unlimited).
  Caps the number of simultaneous positions the EA may keep open. DCA sub-trades are exempt from the limit.

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4 · Swap Management

• EnableSwapFilter — default false. Turn it on to activate one of two behaviours below.

• SwapBehavior — choose:

  • SWAP_ALLOW_POSITIVE_ONLY (default) – blocks any new position that would earn negative swap.

  • SWAP_CLOSE_ON_NEGATIVE – if a live trade turns negative on swap, close it immediately.

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5 · Risk Management (SL / TP)

• StopLossDist — default 0 (off). The distance from entry where the stop-loss will be placed.

• StopLossUnit — UNIT_POINTS or UNIT_PERCENT (default).

• TakeProfitDist — default 0 (off). The distance where the take-profit will be placed.

• TakeProfitUnit — same unit choices as SL.

Critical: If you run LOT_RISK_PERCENT, you must set a non-zero StopLossDist; otherwise the EA falls back to your broker’s minimum lot size.

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6 · Trailing Stop

• TrailingTrigger — profit distance that starts trailing (0 = off).

• TrailingDistance — gap the stop follows behind price once trailing is active.

• TrailingStopUnit — points or percent (same idea as above).

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7 · Break-Even Stop

• BreakEvenTrigger — profit threshold that moves SL to break-even (0 = off).

• BreakEvenDistance — how far into profit the new SL will sit.

• BreakEvenUnit — points or percent.

Guideline: Keep BreakEvenTrigger larger than BreakEvenDistance so you don’t push the stop too early.

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8 · Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)

• DCANumIntervals — how many equal-sized sub-trades to break a position into (0 = DCA disabled).

• DCARangePercent — total percentage span across which those sub-trades will be layered.

Example: 3 intervals and 1.5 % range → trade #2 and #3 open ±0.75 % from the first trade.

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9 · Moving-Average Filter

9.1 Filter Modes

• MA_BUY_ABOVE_SELL_BELOW – trend-following (default).

• MA_BUY_BELOW_SELL_ABOVE – contrarian.

• MA_CROSSOVER_MA2_OVER_MA1 – This will trade every cross of MA-2 crossing MA-1.

• MA_DIRECTIONAL_CROSSOVER – open immediately on the crossover bar (direction flipped for symmetry).

9.2 Per-MA Settings

Each moving average lets you set:

• Timeframe (defaults: MA-1 = Daily, MA-2 = Hourly)

• Period (0 = MA disabled)

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10 · General Settings

• MagicNumber — default 5052025. Unique ID so the EA can recognise its own trades.

• PositionComment — default text “Trend Tracer Pro” that appears in order comments.

• HourAdjustment — listed again here for convenience (see Section 1).