Minor help needed on script please?

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I've tried asking on other forums but I decided to take this problem to the best.

I have downloaded two order scripts (one for buying and one for selling)
There's a Money Management feature that changes your lot size depending on how much you wish to risk and it's expressed in percentage form.

Buy:
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                              Buy  with SL and TP |
//|                               Copyright © 2008, smjones          |
//|                                               sjcoinc            |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2008, smjones"
#property link      "sjcoinc2000@yahoo.com"


//#property show_inputs

extern double Lots = 1;
extern bool   UseMoneyMgmt = true;
extern double RiskPercent = 2;
extern bool   UseStop = true;
extern bool   UseTakeProfit = false;
extern double StopLoss = 200;
extern double TakeProfit = 0;
extern string Note="0 in Entry field means Market Order Buy";
extern double Entry = 0.0000;

string Input = " Buy Price ";



//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| script program start function                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
  { 
  double Risk = RiskPercent / 100;
  if (UseMoneyMgmt)  
   Lots = NormalizeDouble( AccountBalance()*Risk/StopLoss/(MarketInfo(Symbol(), MODE_TICKVALUE)),2); 
  int Mode = OP_BUYSTOP;
  if (Ask > Entry && Entry > 0) Mode = OP_BUYLIMIT; 
  if (Entry == 0)  {Entry = Ask; Mode = OP_BUY;}
  double SLB = Entry - StopLoss*Point, TPB = Entry + TakeProfit*Point;
  if (UseStop == false) SLB = 0;
  if (UseTakeProfit == false) TPB = 0;
  if(Lots > 0)
   OrderSend(Symbol(),Mode, Lots, Entry, 2,SLB , TPB, "Buy Script", 0, NULL, LimeGreen);


           
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+


and sell:

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                              Sell with SL and TP |
//|                               Copyright © 2008, smjones          |
//|                                               sjcoinc            |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2008, smjones"
#property link      "sjcoinc2000@yahoo.com"



//#property show_inputs

extern double Lots = 1;
extern bool   UseMoneyMgmt = true;
extern double RiskPercent = 2;
extern bool   UseStop = true;
extern bool   UseTakeProfit = false;
extern double StopLoss = 200;
extern double TakeProfit = 0;
extern string Note="0 in Entry field means Market Order Sell";
extern double Entry = 0.0000;

string Input = " Sell Price ";




//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| script program start function                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
  {
  double Risk = RiskPercent / 100;
  if (UseMoneyMgmt)
    Lots = NormalizeDouble( AccountBalance()*Risk/StopLoss/(MarketInfo(Symbol(), MODE_TICKVALUE)),2); 
  int Mode = OP_SELLSTOP;
  if (Bid < Entry && Entry > 0) Mode = OP_SELLLIMIT; 
  if (Entry == 0)  {Entry = Bid; Mode = OP_SELL;}
  double  SLS = Entry+StopLoss*Point, TPS = Entry - TakeProfit * Point;
  if (UseStop == false) SLS = 0;
  if (UseTakeProfit == false) TPS = 0;
  if(Lots > 0)
   OrderSend(Symbol(),Mode, Lots, Entry, 2, SLS, TPS, "Sell Script",0, NULL, Red);
            
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+


Is there anyway that the MoneyManagement part of the script could be modified to change my stoploss and not my lot size?
For example: Instead of the 2% of risk giving me a 0.3 lot size on a $3,000 account, I'd like it to merely change my stoploss to 60 or 6pips.

I trade EUR/USD if that helps any.
A versatile script that could do any pair would be greatly appreciated xD
But I'll take what I can get. Beggars can't be choosers haha.

Could anyone help?
 
Yes, you could rewrite it. But you want your stops to be where you think the market won't go. Change it to 6 pips and watch how many times you get stopped out (with a loss.)
 

Well that was an example.
I apologize for such a poor one at that.

How 'bout a $10,000 account with a 2% stoploss which is $2,000 or 20 pip stop loss.
A fairly good stoploss.

So with that out of the way, I've been working on recoding these scripts but I can't seem to get it to work.
Any ideas on how I could make it work?

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