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Check out the new article: Larry Williams Market Secrets (Part 16): Detecting and Trading the Oops Gap Reversal Pattern.
Learn how to build an MQL5 Expert Advisor that detects and trades Larry Williams’ Oops Gap Reversal pattern using objective gap rules and later-bar confirmation. The EA tracks setup expiration, prepares stop-loss and take-profit levels, supports manual or risk-based position sizing, executes market orders, and is evaluated through historical testing.
The Oops gap reversal pattern is easy to recognize after it has formed, but applying it consistently in real time is more demanding. A trader must first determine whether the opening gap is large enough to qualify. The setup must then be tracked across later bars, confirmed before it expires, and converted into a trade with valid entry, stop-loss, take-profit, and position-size values.
Manual execution makes it difficult to apply the same rules consistently. A trader may miss the opening gap or confirm the reversal too early. They may also track a setup beyond its validity window or calculate risk inconsistently. These inconsistencies also make the pattern harder to evaluate objectively in the Strategy Tester.
This article converts the Oops pattern into a complete MQL5 Expert Advisor. The EA will detect qualifying gap-up and gap-down setups, store the required reference prices, and track each setup for a configurable number of bars. When a later completed candle confirms the reversal, the program will calculate the stop-loss, take-profit, and position size before checking whether a new trade is allowed.
Author: Chacha Ian Maroa