Tick Scalper Helper - tick chart and one-click trading panel for MetaTrader 5 - expert for MetaTrader 5

Tick Scalper Helper is a manual trading utility for traders who work on very short time frames and want to see every price change. It replaces the time-based chart view with a compact tick chart and adds a panel for fast order handling. One tick is one bar, buy/sell/close buttons are always at hand, bid and ask lines move with every tick, and pending orders can be placed at the exact price you click. It can also be tested in the Strategy Tester. The product uses no DLL, reads no files and makes no web requests.

Tick chart

• Each tick is drawn as one bar, 2 pixels wide, so as many ticks as possible fit on the screen. Up ticks are green, down ticks red, unchanged ticks grey.
• A strip at the bottom shows each tick as a coloured mark, taller for larger price moves.
• The + and - buttons group ticks: 1, 2, 4, 8 ... ticks per bar.
• Optional time scale: a fixed number of pixels per second instead of the compact layout.
• Light and dark mode. Colours are inputs.
• Live BID and ASK lines with price tags, updated on every tick.
• Vertical zoom: drag the price axis to zoom, drag the chart to pan, double-click the axis (or press Y Auto) to return to automatic fitting to the visible ticks.

Trading panel

• BUY and SELL buttons and a lot size field.
• Optional Take Profit and Stop Loss in points. Both are off by default. A distance smaller than the broker's minimum (stops level plus spread) is raised to that minimum.
• Close Buy, Close Sell, Close Profit (only profitable positions) and Close All, for the chart symbol.
• Orders are sent with a pre-built request to keep processing time on the terminal side short. Actual execution time depends on your broker, connection and server.
• Every order request is checked. If a request cannot be sent or the server rejects it, the reason is shown on the chart and written to the Experts log.
• Open positions, pending orders, Stop Loss and Take Profit levels are drawn on the chart with side, volume and current distance in points.

Pending orders at the clicked price

Strategy Tester and backtesting

The product can be tested in the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester in the following ways:

The demonstration rule waits for a number of consecutive ticks in one direction, opens one position with a fixed Stop Loss and Take Profit, and closes it by SL, TP or after a maximum holding time. Before each order it checks symbol trade mode, volume and free margin. It exists for testing and demonstration only and is not a recommendation to trade this rule. A session line on the chart shows closed trades, the share of winning trades and the net result since the start. For the most realistic result use the "Every tick based on real ticks" model. Tester results depend on tick quality, spreads, commissions, execution delay and broker conditions, and say nothing certain about future trading.

Input parameters

How to start

1. Attach the product to the chart of the symbol you trade.
2. Allow Algo Trading in the terminal and on the product's Common tab.
3. Set the lot size in the panel and use the buttons.
4. Move the mouse over the word "Info" in the panel for a list of mouse actions.

Requirements and notes

• MetaTrader 5, hedging or netting accounts.
• Works on the symbol of the chart it is attached to; position and order handling is for that symbol only.
• The product uses the chart area for its own drawing. Your original chart settings (chart type, grid, scales, colours) are restored when the product is removed.

Risk warning

Trading leveraged products involves a high risk of loss. This product is a tool for order handling and chart display. It does not make trading decisions on live or demo accounts and does not promise or imply any profit. Test on a demo account first.

Support

Please use the comments section of this product page or MQL5 private messages. Include the product version (shown at the top of the chart), your terminal build and your broker's symbol name.

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