Improved compatibility with the latest versions of the MT terminal.

- The internal parameters of the EA have been optimized using the latest historical data.

- Fixed a bug in the News Filter that prevented backtesting later than 2024. The bug does not affect LIVE trading.

Bug fix release

Mandatory update

- Fixed problems with news filter and automatic GMT detection

- Added a new backup URL for the news filter and GMT detection: http://valerytools.com

Please allow web requests to it here: Tools -> Options -> Expert Advisors -> Allow WebRequests for listed URL

- Added new parameters: 'Hour to Stop Trading' and 'Minutes to Stop Trading' - hour and minutes to stop trading and close open trades

Optional update that you can safely skip

- Added a new parameter: Close Profitable Trades Start Time 23:XX - when to start automatically closing profitable trades before midnight;

- Minor bug fixes.

Fixed version display bug.

- Disable Built-in News Filter Settings - disables the built-in news filter settings, allowing you to fine-tune the news filter.
- Custom Events (separated by comma, disabled if empty) - custom rules allowing you to fine-tune the news filter.

Format: Key[-Currency pair],Key[-Currency pair],.........,Key[-Currency pair]

Key - currency of the news event or keyword in the news header. You can use multiple currencies without a separator, for example USDAUDGBP.
If you specify a keyword, letter case does not matter. For example FOMC.

[-Currency pair] - optional parameter specifying which currency pair the rule applies to. For example -EURUSD.

Example: USD,AUDGBP-GBPUSD-NZDUSD,CHFEUR-EURUSD,FOMC,Rate-AUDCAD

USD, - takes into account all news events for USD on all currency pairs
AUDGBP-GBPUSD-NZDUSD, - takes into account all news events for AUD and GBP on GBPUSD and NZDUSD currency pairs
CHFEUR-EURUSD, - takes into account all news events for CHF and EUR on EURUSD currency pair
FOMC, - takes into account news events with the word (or part of the word) FOMC in the header on all currency pairs
Rate-AUDCAD - takes into account news events with the word (or part of the word) Rate in the header on AUDCAD currency pair

Each rule must be separated by a comma. if 'Disable Built-in News Filter Settings'=false, then the custom rules are in addition to the built-in ones. The built-in settings are as follows:
NZD-EURNZD,USDAUDEUR-EURAUD,NZDAUD-AUDNZD,CADNZD-NZDCAD,CADAUD-AUDCAD,GBPEUR-EURGBP,AUDGBP-GBPAUD,CADGBP-GBPCAD

- Minimum Price Range, in % ATR [0-disabled] - minimum distance between the upper and lower levels of the price channel, expressed in %ATR.
- Medium Impact News - enable/disable news events with medium impact (2 stars news).
- Low Impact News - enable/disable news events with low impact (1 star news).
- Speaks - if false, then the EA will not take into account news events marked as Speeches/Speaks.
- News List Refresh Rate - news events list update frequency (selection from the drop-down list).
- Symbol Suffix - here you can specify a symbol suffix if your broker uses one.
- Friday Half Lots - halving trading lots on Friday evening.
- Handle Max Drawdown Events on Every Tick - enable/disable drawdown event handling on every tick (instead of once a minute that is used by default, it may consume more CPU resources).
- Max Daily Drawdown Limit % FTMO Rules in Money [0-disabled] - maximum daily drawdown limit in MONEY, calculated according to the FTMO rules. Non-trading operations (like withdrawals) during the day are not taken into account.
- Max Daily Drawdown Reset Hour FTMO Rules (Broker time) - hour to reset the max. drawdown with the prop firm.
- Min Profit To Close Trade Before Midnight, in pips [0-disabled] - automatically closes profitable trades before midnight if the specified profit is reached.
- Hide TakeProfit - on/off TakeProfit hiding.
- Max Open Lots - here you can put a value limiting the total lots that can be opened by the EA on all currency pairs.
- Block Trading for the Entire Day - prohibits opening new trades throughout the day if HV hits the specified level just once at any moment during the day.
- EURNZD - slightly optimized.
- Show Stats - show a panel with some statistics.
- Optimized the default news filter setting, allowing a bit better overall result. Now it will filter "FOMC" news events on all pairs.

Optional update that you can safely skip.
Several small improvements that do not affect performance.