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Check out the new article: Engineering Trading Discipline into Code (Part 6): Building a Unified Discipline Framework in MQL5.
The article introduces a unified MQL5 discipline framework that consolidates the symbol whitelist, trading‑hours and news filters, and daily trade‑limit modules under CDisciplineEngine.mqh. It explains centralized trade validation and state synchronization shared by a chart dashboard and an enforcement Expert Advisor. Readers learn how to authorize orders through a single gate, monitor permissions in real time, and automatically enforce rules across the terminal.
In the previous parts of this series, the discipline components were developed independently, including symbol whitelisting, trading session control, news blackout filtering, and daily trade limits. In this part, these components are unified into a centralized discipline framework that governs trading behavior across the terminal.
The objective of the system is to control when trading is permitted, restricted, or enforced. The framework introduces a validation layer between strategy execution and market access.
At the center of the architecture is CDisciplineEngine.mqh, which acts as the coordination layer for all discipline operations. The engine validates trading permissions and updates discipline state. It also exposes monitoring data to the dashboard and the Expert Advisor, keeping the environment synchronized.
The framework is organized into four primary layers:
Author: Christian Benjamin