ORB Sauce Hedge Desk
- Experts
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Gael Jean-louis Michel Poiroux
WELCOME TO MARKET MAKERS LAB
Most trading systems are built around one question:
When should I enter?
Mine are built around a harder one:
When should the system refuse?
Market Makers Lab develops systematic trading and execution software for MetaTrader 5. - Version: 6.0
- Activations: 20
ONE YEAR OF WORK ; 11K LINES: ORB SAUCE HEDGE DESK - MT5
Most trading robots have one of two problems.
They either force too many trades from one market, or open several correlated positions without understanding the account's real exposure.
ORB Sauce was built to do the opposite.
It waits for a selective NR7 compression.
It searches for that same condition across a built-in Global 32 portfolio.
And it coordinates every pending setup and open position through one shared risk budget.
One chart.
Global 32.
One shared risk book.
A selective multi-market compression-breakout engine with one shared portfolio risk desk for MetaTrader 5.
FOUNDING PRICE - $349
ORB Sauce v6.00 is now public.
FULL LICENSE - $349
1 MONTH - $299
The monthly price is already the final rental price.
The lifetime price is not.
Early buyers are getting the full license at a founding price while the public Market track record is still being built.
(Planned full-license pricing: $449 after 10 sales · $549 after 20 · $649 after 30.)
Same system.
Same license functionality.
Different timing.
Early buyers absorb more uncertainty.
So they pay less.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH BACKGROUND
In 1990, a systematic trader named Toby Crabel published one book.
Day Trading With Short Term Price Patterns and Opening Range Breakout.
Then the book vanished from ordinary circulation.
Out of print. Difficult to find. Used copies appeared at extraordinary asking prices.
And here the legend begins.
It has long been claimed that Crabel himself bought back copies after he stopped publishing research and moved into professional money management.
Nobody has conclusively proven that story.
What is documented is more important.
The author stopped teaching the public, built Crabel Capital Management and spent the following decades working at institutional scale.
Whether the legend is true or not, the result is the same.
The book became rare.
The markets changed.
And the useful question survived:
what happens when an unusually compressed market begins to expand?
WHAT WAS INSIDE THE BOOK
Not a prediction machine.
Not an indicator cocktail.
Not artificial intelligence pretending to know the next candle.
One structural observation about how markets behave:
Volatility cycles.
Compression precedes expansion.
Markets do not move at a constant speed.
Ranges contract. Activity becomes unusually quiet. Then movement returns.
When a market prints its narrowest daily range in seven sessions, it produces an NR7 day.
That does not guarantee a profitable breakout.
It identifies a market compressed relative to its own recent history.
The original research attacked that question mechanically:
- measure recent price Stretch;
- frame the next session around the open;
- let price choose the direction;
- define risk before the move develops.
ORB Sauce does not pretend the market of 1990 still trades exactly like the market of today.
Electronic markets became more continuous. The opening print is not the same information event it once was. A raw ORB copied from a book is not a research process.
So the old mechanics are not sold here as sacred.
The part retained is the falsifiable idea: unusually compressed markets can create asymmetric expansion opportunities.
The part added is modern selectivity: NR7 compression, a locked Stretch-to-H1-ATR quality floor, execution-cost control, first-breakout-only logic and portfolio-level risk coordination.
The objective is not certainty.
The objective is selective participation with predefined risk.
WHY SELECTIVITY MATTERS
A selective setup cannot produce constant activity on one symbol.
To make a backtest look busier, many systems weaken the condition, add secondary entries, chase missed breakouts or expose dozens of adjustable filters.
The result may look sophisticated while the original idea becomes impossible to recognize.
ORB Sauce does not weaken the signal simply to manufacture frequency.
It expands the opportunity set.
Instead of asking EURUSD to produce more NR7 breakouts, the EA waits for the same structural condition across a broad portfolio.
More markets create more places to wait.
They do not create permission for unlimited simultaneous risk.
DON'T WEAKEN THE SIGNAL. EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY SET.
The built-in Global 32 portfolio includes:
- 28 FX pairs
- XAUUSD
- US30
- US100
- GER40
The actual number deployed depends on the symbols and aliases available from your broker.
You may also use compatible Market Watch instruments, a custom list or the current chart only.
On many days, many symbols will do nothing.
That is not a malfunction.
That is the filter refusing to manufacture activity.
ONE CHART BUILDS THE DESK
Attach ORB Sauce to one M5 chart.
The controller then:
1. Builds the selected instrument list.
2. Resolves common broker aliases, prefixes and suffixes.
3. Opens or reuses the required M5 charts.
4. Applies the same configuration to worker charts.
5. Synchronizes exposure limits and account protection.
No pair-by-pair installation.
No configuration marathon across 32 charts.
Keep the controller chart open and the desk coordinates itself.
CRABEL-INSPIRED. NOT CRABEL-FROZEN.
ORB Sauce is not a museum replica of a 1990 opening-range system.
It keeps the compression-to-expansion hypothesis and forces it through a narrower modern execution funnel.
The public trading logic is intentionally constrained.
1. The previous daily session must qualify as NR7.
2. The EA calculates the classic Stretch-based breakout distance.
3. Buy and sell stop levels are built around the current session open.
4. Immediately before arming the bracket, two locked quality checks must pass:
- classic Stretch divided by H1 ATR must be at least 1.35;
- current spread must not exceed 2.50% of the initial stop distance.
5. The first side reached selects the direction.
6. The opposite pending order is removed after activation.
7. The symbol cannot re-enter after its completed setup.
That distinction matters.
A plain Stretch breakout asks only whether price crossed a level.
ORB Sauce first asks whether the market was genuinely compressed, whether the breakout distance is meaningful relative to current H1 volatility, whether transaction cost is small relative to the initial stop, and whether the account can afford the exposure.
If the first breakout occurs while a quality, session, spread, news or risk gate is blocking the setup, the EA does not chase the move later.
No forecast.
No discretionary direction switch.
No second attempt after the setup is consumed.
LOCKED SIGNAL PARAMETERS
The customer does not receive dozens of entry knobs capable of silently redefining the strategy.
The following remain locked:
- NR7 definition;
- Stretch calculation;
- initial-stop methodology;
- session rules;
- quality thresholds;
- first-breakout-only policy;
- no-re-entry rule.
The configurable choices concern deployment, risk, account rules and profit management.
They do not turn the core entry into an optimization laboratory.
THE SIGNAL FINDS THE OPPORTUNITY. THE RISK BOOK DECIDES WHETHER THE ACCOUNT CAN AFFORD IT.
Three different FX pairs can secretly represent the same USD bet.
US30 and US100 can be two symbols but one concentrated US-index exposure.
A normal multi-symbol EA often counts tickets.
ORB Sauce measures planned risk across:
- the full portfolio;
- each market sector;
- each FX currency.
More markets do not mean more uncontrolled risk.
They mean more opportunities competing for the same limited risk budget.
DEFAULT OPEN-EXPOSURE CONFIGURATION
The public default configuration uses:
- Portfolio cap: 1.60%
- Sector cap: 1.60%
- FX currency cap: 1.20%
At the recommended 0.40% base risk, the portfolio cap can accommodate up to four base-risk setups, subject to every other sector, currency, account and execution control.
These caps are maximum allowances.
They are not exposure targets that the EA must fill.
OPTIONAL AUTOMATIC CAPS
Enter 0 in an exposure field only when you deliberately want that cap calculated automatically.
The usual automatic relationship is:
- portfolio: up to 2.0 times base risk;
- sector: up to 1.5 times base risk;
- currency: up to 1.5 times base risk.
At 0.40% base risk, the usual automatic values are approximately 0.80%, 0.60% and 0.60%.
The portfolio cap is also prevented from consuming more than 90% of the effective daily hard-loss allowance.
EVERY TRADE BEGINS WITH A STOP
Every pending setup is created with a defined initial stop loss.
No grid.
No martingale.
No averaging down.
No loss-recovery escalation.
No retracement re-entry after the completed setup.
The EA does not respond to a losing position by adding size or opening another recovery layer.
TWO EXITS. TWO DIFFERENT JOBS.
When broker volume rules allow it, each setup is divided into two parts.
The first part exits at a predefined objective.
The runner remains exposed when a compressed market develops into a larger directional session.
The runner is managed through:
- a break-even trigger;
- an ATR trailing stop;
- a visible broker-side hard take-profit ceiling.
The ATR trail remains the primary runner exit.
The hard target is a broker-side safety ceiling.
If the broker's minimum lot does not permit a valid split, the EA uses one first-target ticket instead of creating an invalid runner.
PROFIT-MANAGEMENT STYLES
BALANCED - RECOMMENDED
- 65% at 0.75R
- 35% runner
- break-even trigger at 0.25R
- 1.95 ATR trail
- 6R runner hard ceiling
DEFENSIVE
- 70% at 0.70R
- 30% runner
- break-even trigger at 0.20R
- 1.80 ATR trail
- 4R runner hard ceiling
BIG MOVES
- 50% at 0.90R
- 50% runner
- break-even trigger at 0.30R
- 2.20 ATR trail
- 10R runner hard ceiling
CUSTOM
Custom mode allows the first-exit percentage, first target, runner trail and runner hard ceiling to be changed.
It does not unlock the signal, Stretch, initial stop or execution rules.
HEDGING AND NETTING ACCOUNTS
On hedging accounts, ORB Sauce uses the standard two-ticket A/B structure.
On netting accounts, one net position is opened.
The first objective is realized through a verified partial close, then the remainder follows the same break-even, ATR-trailing and hard-ceiling sequence.
A small execution difference can occur because the netting first exit is a market partial close rather than a separate resting take-profit ticket.
RISK PER TRADE
Available presets:
- 0.30% - Low
- 0.40% - Recommended
- 0.50% - High prop risk
- 1.00% - Retail
- 2.00% - Aggressive retail
- Custom - 0.01% to 10.00%
Custom risk remains subject to the selected account-protection profile.
The EA refuses initialization when one full planned stop would exceed the protected daily-loss allowance.
With the ready-made presets:
- FX and indices use the selected base risk;
- XAU uses 75% of base risk;
- Silver and Oil use 62.5% of base risk;
- generic instruments use 75% of base risk.
Example at 0.40% base risk:
- EURUSD or US100: 0.40%
- XAUUSD: 0.30%
- Silver or Oil: 0.25%
FIXED CASH RISK OR COMPOUNDING
STARTING BALANCE
Risk is calculated from stored starting capital.
This keeps the planned cash amount approximately stable and is the default for evaluation-style accounts.
Set Starting Balance to 0 and the EA stores the balance when first attached, or enter a manual reference balance.
CURRENT BALANCE
Risk is recalculated from the latest account balance.
It increases after gains and decreases after losses.
PROPGUARD ACCOUNT PROTECTION
Available profiles:
- Prop: 5% daily / 10% total
- Prop: 4% daily / 8% total
- Retail: 5% daily / 20% total
- Custom limits
When a configured hard limit is breached, the account guard can:
- block new entries;
- remove pending orders;
- liquidate managed portfolio exposure.
The daily reference can use balance, equity or the higher of the two, depending on configuration.
THE TWO-LOSS DAILY CIRCUIT BREAKER
A bad day should not become a revenge-trading day simply because the trader is a robot.
After two completed losing setups during the same broker day, ORB Sauce:
- blocks new entries across the managed portfolio;
- removes remaining pending breakout orders;
- remains locked until the next daily reset.
Existing positions continue under normal management unless a separate hard account guard requires liquidation.
BEST-DAY CONSISTENCY PROTECTION
Some prop firms restrict the percentage of total profit produced by the strongest day.
Available settings:
- Off
- 15%
- 35%
- 40%
The calculation can use a 5%, 8% or 10% profit goal.
Leave this feature Off when the account has no such rule.
HIGH-IMPACT NEWS PROTECTION
Available modes:
- Standard: 10 minutes before and after
- Conservative: 30 minutes before and after
- Custom window
- Off
When news protection is active, related entries are paused and already-armed pending orders can be removed.
The feature depends on MetaTrader economic-calendar availability.
EXECUTION AND RECOVERY SAFEGUARDS
Most EA descriptions explain how a trade opens.
Very few explain what happens when the terminal restarts, the broker rejects one side of a bracket, a pending order survives a disconnect or two correlated positions appear at the same time.
ORB Sauce includes:
- broker stop orders only;
- transactional bracket creation with rollback;
- first-breakout-only enforcement;
- no market chase after a blocked breakout;
- opposite-fill OCO neutralization;
- broker retcode and state verification;
- margin-aware lot reduction;
- minimum-volume handling;
- synchronized portfolio, sector and FX heat reservations;
- end-of-day and Friday closure rules;
- restart and reconnect reconstruction from live broker state;
- stale-order cleanup;
- internal audit that blocks entries on critical anomalies;
- crypto-symbol rejection.
BROKER DAILY-BAR COMPATIBILITY
The recommended portfolio expects New-York-close-compatible D1 candles, normally provided by GMT+2/GMT+3 broker servers with daylight-saving adjustment.
The EA includes an entry-only compatibility check.
Existing positions remain managed even when new entries are blocked.
The check can be disabled, but doing so changes the daily-session definition used by the strategy.
WHAT IS VERIFIED - AND WHAT IS NOT CLAIMED
The product architecture includes:
- one-chart portfolio deployment;
- hedging and netting support;
- broker-state reconstruction after restart;
- portfolio, sector and currency exposure coordination;
- account-level guards;
- execution and audit fail-safes.
What is not claimed:
- guaranteed profitability;
- guaranteed prop-firm approval;
- identical results across brokers;
- immunity to changing market conditions.
Performance depends on market behavior, spread, slippage, commissions, swaps, symbol specifications and daily-bar construction.
WHAT THIS EA IS NOT
- not a scalper;
- not a grid system;
- not a martingale;
- not a recovery engine;
- not a high-frequency trade generator;
- not an AI prediction machine;
- not a guarantee of passing a challenge.
WHO ORB SAUCE IS FOR
ORB Sauce is designed for users who want:
- selective multi-market automation;
- one-chart deployment;
- visible planned risk;
- portfolio-level exposure controls;
- prop-style account protection;
- mechanical exits;
- restart and reconnect recovery;
- fewer strategy knobs, not more.
INSTALLATION
1. Enable Algo Trading in MetaTrader 5.
2. Open one M5 chart.
3. Attach ORB Sauce.
4. Choose the portfolio.
5. Choose the profit-management style.
6. Match the account-protection profile.
7. Select risk per trade.
8. Keep 1.60% / 1.60% / 1.20%, or deliberately enter 0 for automatic caps.
9. Configure news and best-day protection.
10. Confirm the inputs and keep the controller chart open.
REQUIREMENTS
- MetaTrader 5
- Hedging or netting account
- Algo Trading enabled
- Broker symbols compatible with the selected portfolio
- New-York-close-compatible D1 data for the recommended preset
- VPS recommended for continuous operation
The built-in portfolio may require up to 32 synchronized M5 charts.
Two to four GB of RAM is a practical starting point, depending on the terminal, feed and other software.
THE BOTTOM LINE
A systematic trader published a breakout framework in 1990.
The market evolved.
ORB Sauce is built on the part worth testing, not the part worth worshipping.
Compression is identified first.
Breakout quality must then survive volatility and execution filters.
Only after that does the portfolio risk book decide whether the account can afford the trade.
That selective NR7 + Stretch framework is surrounded with what the original research never had to solve at retail-platform scale:
- one-chart Global 32 deployment;
- locked quality gates;
- hedging and netting position management;
- one shared portfolio risk book;
- PropGuard account protection;
- a daily two-loss circuit breaker;
- news and consistency controls;
- restart and reconnect recovery.
Don't force frequency.
Make more markets compete for the same risk budget.
One chart.
Global 32.
One shared risk book.
One consumed breakout.
Every trade begins with a stop.
Market Makers Lab is independently developed and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Toby Crabel or Crabel Capital Management.
RISK WARNING
Trading involves substantial risk.
Past backtests, simulations and live results do not guarantee future performance.
NR7 compression does not guarantee a profitable breakout.
Broker spreads, slippage, commissions, swaps, symbol specifications, execution quality and daily-bar construction can materially change results.
Prop-firm rules differ and may change.
The user remains responsible for confirming that the selected settings match the current account rules.
Use conservative risk and test the EA on a demo account before live deployment.
