Maria Breakout

User guide (PDF): https://polymaria.net/manuals/maria-breakout-user-guide.pdf

Maria Breakout places a ladder of BUY STOP orders above the current price and SELL STOP orders below it. When the market breaks out, the stops on that side are filled one after another and ride the move. A trailing stop takes the profit of each trade, the live ladder keeps new stops in front of the price, the loss eater pays off losing trades from profit that is already closed, and the equity target closes the whole cycle at a fixed profit and starts a fresh ladder. Everything is controlled from one panel on the chart, and every rule it applies is visible on the panel or in the inputs.

THE LADDER

• Two sides: BOTH, ONLY BUY or ONLY SELL. Choose with one click on the panel.
• Start distance and step between levels in USD: the money one zone 1 lot makes over that distance. $1.40 is a 1.40 move on gold with 0.01 lot and 14 pips on EURUSD, so the same settings fit any symbol. Price, % and pip units are also there.
• 5 lot zones from near to far: small lots close to the price, bigger lots farther away. Each zone has its own lot and number of levels (up to 200 levels per side) and can be switched off on the panel.
• Real and virtual levels: only the zone 1 levels are real pending orders at the broker. The other levels wait as virtual levels and become real orders only when they are needed. The order list stays short and clean.
• Live ladder: each side always keeps its levels on the grid ahead of the price. A level whose trade closed is free again, stops left far behind move to the price step by step, gaps are filled, and a level that holds an open trade is skipped, so trades never stack on the same price.
• Max BUY / Max SELL: a HARD limit. Open trades plus pending stops of one side never go above it.

EXITS

• Trailing stop on open trades: in USD per trade (every trade, any lot, starts trailing at the same money), or in $, % or pips. Default: start at +$1.00, stop loss $0.50 behind the price.
• Loss eater: profit that is already closed pays off a losing trade. Choose Smallest loss first (clears more trades, so fewer stay open), Biggest loss first or OFF. Only trades losing more than the minimum are closed. The total result does not change; the loss just moves from floating to balance.
• Equity target: a profit step in money, % of the balance or = Start distance. It counts only this robot's trades (its magic number and symbol), never your manual trades. It can count all trades together or each side alone. When it is reached, the robot closes the open trades, deletes the pending stops and (with RESTART on) places a new ladder at the new price.
• Take profit and stop loss per order (optional): $, % of price, pips or USD per trade.
• Cycle stop: finish the current cycle and wait, instead of starting a new ladder.

SAFETY

• Trading session filter: any time, Asia, London, New York, London + New York or custom hours.
• Drawdown stop in money or % of the balance: closes all robot trades and stops.
• Max lots for the robot and a max spread filter for new orders.
• Every order is checked for lot step, minimum and maximum lot, free margin, stop level and the broker order limit.
• Pending prices that are too close to the market are skipped with a clear message, never forced.

PANEL

• ACTIONS: START, SETTINGS, BOTH / ONLY BUY / ONLY SELL, CYCLE STOP.
• LIVE: equity target progress, balance, equity, open BUY and SELL trades with profit and lots, CLOSE ALL, CLOSE PROFIT, CLOSE LOSS.
• Pending orders: real stops + virtual levels per side, DEL PENDING, DEL BUY STOP, DEL SELL STOP.
• Spread, closed lots and rebate per lot, and a status line with the last action.
• SETTINGS panel: GRID, LOTS (zone ON / OFF) and EXIT values with their units, plus the RESTART, LIVE LADDER and VIRTUAL LINES switches. New values work at once and are saved per symbol.
• HIDE collapses the panel to a small strip with the equity target, balance, equity and a BUY / SELL summary.
• CLEAR button and Auto CLEAR remove old chart objects without touching the panel or the orders.

HOW TO USE

1. Attach Maria Breakout to a XAUUSD chart and allow live trading (AutoTrading on).
2. Pick BOTH, ONLY BUY or ONLY SELL on the panel.
3. Check Start, Step, Max and the lot zones (SETTINGS button).
4. Press START. Watch the LIVE block; the robot closes the cycle at the equity target and starts again.

MAIN INPUTS

• Chart style: light / dark / keep my chart
• Side, Start / Step unit (USD, $, %, pip), start distance, step
• Lot and number of levels for zones 1 to 5
• Equity target: all trades together / each side alone; OFF / $ / % of balance / = Start distance; step
• Take profit and stop loss per order: OFF / $ / % / pip / USD
• Trailing stop: OFF / $ / % / pip / USD, start and distance
• Live ladder, loss eater (OFF / smallest first / biggest first, minimum loss), Max BUY / Max SELL
• Order lines, virtual lines, auto CLEAR, magic number, rebate per lot, slippage, Strategy Tester demo trades
• Safety: trading session and custom hours, remove stops outside the session, drawdown stop, max lots, max spread

NOTES

• The defaults are made for gold (XAUUSD). With the USD unit they also fit other symbols; test them on demo first.
• A stop order ladder can open many trades in a fast or gapping market. Test your settings on a demo account first and use lots that suit your balance.
• Use a different magic number for each chart of the same symbol.
• MetaTrader 4 cannot click panel buttons in the Strategy Tester. There the robot places the ladder by itself with your settings, so the exits can be watched in visual mode. With a small deposit it uses the minimum lot and fewer real stops.
• Trading involves risk. Use the robot with your own judgement and risk management.