History of MQL5.community development

Visit our all-new Stein Investments Welcome Page to get the latest information, updates and trading strategies. Do you want to become a constantly profitable 5-star forex trader? Then get our Stein Investments trading tools and send us a screenshot to get your personal invitation to our exclusive trading chat with 500+ members. FX Trend displays the trend direction, duration, intensity and the resulting trend rating for all time frames in real time. You'll see at a glance at which di

49.00

Smart scalper by Olga Kochergenko

99.00

SMART SCALPER is a fully automated scalper EA which trades based on breakthroughs of local price extremums. Each open position is protected by a hidden stop order managed by an advanced modification algorithm to minimize possible drawdown. Profit is locked using a smart multistage strategy allowing to significantly increase the EA profitability. The Expert Advisor allows you to trade a fixed lot, as well as includes the money management unit for automatic lot calculation based on the preset risk

FX Power by Daniel Stein

66.00

Get your daily market update with details and screenshots via our Morning Briefing here on mql5 and on Telegram ! Do you want to become a constantly profitable 5-star forex trader? Then get our Stein Investments trading tools and send us a screenshot to get your personal invitation to our exclusive trading chat with 500+ members. FX Power is the first currency strength meter with a complete history across all time frames. It analyzes the momentum and strength of all major currencies

Pipfinite creates unique, high quality and affordable trading tools. Our tools may or may not work for you, so we strongly suggest to try the Demo Version for MT4 first. Please test the indicator prior to purchasing to determine if it works for you. We want your good reviews, so hurry up and test it for free...we hope you will find it useful. Combo Volt Impulse with Trend Laser Strategy: Confirm signals with trend Watch Video: (Click Here) Volt Impulse with Volume Critical Strategy: Confirm re

88.00

Expert Advisor designed for news trading. The news are downloaded from the Forex Factory, Investing.com, myfxbook.com websites. Make sure to add the URL to the terminal settings. The EA should be attached to each currency chart. In the Symbol News field, set the currency symbol for searching news in the calendar. Example: if the EA is attached to the AUDUSD chart, set Symbol News to AUD; if USDCAD, Symbol News - CAD, XAUUSD Symbol News - USD, and so on. Change the magic number for each chart, an

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2016.08.29

25 new topics on forum:

and 22 more...

2016.08.29

There are more than 81 920 topics available on forum

2016.08.29

Published article "Graphical Interfaces X: Updates for Easy And Fast Library (Build 2)".

Since the publication of the previous article in the series, Easy And Fast library has received some new features. The library structure and code have been partially optimized slightly reducing CPU load. Some recurring methods in many control classes have been moved to the CElement base class.

2016.08.28

The most popular forum topics:

FOREX - Trends, forecasts and implications 2016 47 new comments
Requests & Ideas 24 new comments
Elite indicators :) 23 new comments

2016.08.28

11 new topics on forum:

and 8 more...

2016.08.28

Bestsellers in the Market:

Compact Scalper is an Expert Adviser (EA) totally automatic that works by a little period of time each day. It has an advanced algorithm that use the price like the principal indicator. Our system has a preset Stop Loss and Take Profit, but Its principal close system is, the dynamic close, considers the price where the order was opened and the subsequent behavior of the price, closing the orders when the conditions leave to be the appropriate. Each broker has its operation therefore can not act

100.00

Scalping SAR OsMA AUDUSD by Sebastian Furmanek

19.00

This Expert Advisor is based on combination of Parabolic SAR and Moving Average of Oscillator(OsMA). Currency : AUDUSD ( I designed EA for AUDUSD, but it can work on other currency as well) Timeframe : H1 is optimal for AUDUSD but if you want to have more trades M15 and M30 is also permissible. Parameters SignalMail - if You want to receive notifications select true EachTickMode False: EA may open position only once at one bar, when new bar is just opened (safe) True: EA may execute a order pe

PipFinite Trend Laser by Karlo Wilson Vendiola

88.00

The Pioneer Of Trend Detection! A Powerful Indicator That Avoids Whipsaws And Uncertain Market Noise. Functions mainly as a filter to help you trade in the direction of the trend. It works in any pair or timeframe. Features Advanced trend detection software using complex algorithms that can be used as the supporting tool or system. Unique trend detection that avoids whipsaws and uncertain market noise Analyzes statistics of maximum profits and calculates possible targets for the next signal Fl

Expert Advisor designed for news trading. The news are downloaded from the Forex Factory, Investing.com, myfxbook.com websites. Make sure to add the URL to the terminal settings. The EA should be attached to each currency chart. In the Symbol News field, set the currency symbol for searching news in the calendar. Example: if the EA is attached to the AUDUSD chart, set Symbol News to AUD; if USDCAD, Symbol News - CAD, XAUUSD Symbol News - USD, and so on. Change the magic number for each chart, an

30.00

Pipfinite creates unique, high quality and affordable trading tools. Our tools may or may not work for you, so we strongly suggest to try the Demo Version for MT4 first. Please test the indicator prior to purchasing to determine if it works for you. We want your good reviews, so hurry up and test it for free...we hope you will find it useful. Combo Volt Impulse with Trend Laser Strategy: Confirm signals with trend Watch Video: (Click Here) Volt Impulse with Volume Critical Strategy: Confirm re

88.00

2016.08.28

Most read articles this week

Cross-Platform Expert Advisor: Introduction

This article details a method by which cross-platform expert advisors can be developed faster and easier. The proposed method consolidates the features shared by both versions into a single class, and splits the implementation on derived classes for incompatible features.

Graphical Interfaces VIII: the File Navigator Control (Chapter 3)

In the previous chapters of the eighth part of the series, our library has been reinforced by several classes for developing mouse pointers, calendars and tree views. The current article deals with the file navigator control that can also be used as part of an MQL application graphical interface.

MetaTrader 4 on Mac OS

Apple products have become very popular. MetaQuotes Software Corp. attentively follows the progress of the IT industry and has already released the special mobile applications for iOS-based devices - MetaTrader 4 for iPhone and MetaTrader 5 for iPhone.There are many topics on the MQL4.community forum, where people are seeking a solution for running MetaTrader 4 under the Mac OS operating system. In this article, you will find out how to work in MetaTrader 4 via the Apple's popular operating system.

2016.08.28

Most downloaded source codes this week

Real Signal This indicator provides an easy way to find out the current direction of a pair.
TickRecorder Continuously records tick data in format "DateTime, Bid, Ask, Volume" even after restart.
Renko Live Charts v4.13 Trade using Renko Boxes in MetaTrader 4.

2016.08.27

16 new topics on forum:

and 13 more...

2016.08.27

Bestsellers in the Market:

Compact Scalper is an Expert Adviser (EA) totally automatic that works by a little period of time each day. It has an advanced algorithm that use the price like the principal indicator. Our system has a preset Stop Loss and Take Profit, but Its principal close system is, the dynamic close, considers the price where the order was opened and the subsequent behavior of the price, closing the orders when the conditions leave to be the appropriate. Each broker has its operation therefore can not act

100.00

FoxTrotTWO EA by Thomas Gruening

33.00

FoxTrotTWO EA is a scalper Expert Advisor intended for EURUSD. It is also available for other major pairs and cross currency pairs. Recommended timeframe is M15. FT2 trades a narrow range at night. At the top and bottom of the range, FT2 will try to generate trades in the opposite direction. To open suitable trades, the Expert Advisor uses several indicators and analyzes several timeframes. But the trades are generated by price actions and are not opened by the indicator. FT2 requires a modera

EA Manager by Ruslan Pishun

70.00

The Expert Advisor uses a strategy based on breakthrough and two additional strategies based on sharp price changes. You can adjust the slope of the breakthrough, the distance between the breakthrough levels and the number of breakthrough levels. The Expert Advisor itself marks the levels that should be broken through. The EA includes two strategies based on sharp price changes: that is the EA opens pending Sell Stop and Buy Stop orders in case of a sudden price change in any direction and close

Pipfinite creates unique, high quality and affordable trading tools. Our tools may or may not work for you, so we strongly suggest to try the Demo Version for MT4 first. Please test the indicator prior to purchasing to determine if it works for you. We want your good reviews, so hurry up and test it for free...we hope you will find it useful. Combo Volt Impulse with Trend Laser Strategy: Confirm signals with trend Watch Video: (Click Here) Volt Impulse with Volume Critical Strategy: Confirm re

88.00

Wave Hunter by Roman Sheikin

490.00

Wave Hunter uses pending orders for trading. It is a scalping strategy for trading breakthroughs. The EA is based on a breakthrough of a channel formed on a specified interval. Wave Hunter uses trailing and breakeven after reaching a few points of profit, thus cutting a possible loss. Wave Hunter always has a fixed stop loss. At the same time, the take profit is unlimited, deals are closed based on a different principle. Trading strategy of the Expert Advisor is the use of the regularity in the

2016.08.26

The most popular forum topics:

FOREX - Trends, forecasts and implications 2016 60 new comments
Machine learning in trading: theory, models, practice and algo-trading 37 new comments
Table of all trades. Accessed via MQL5 26 new comments

2016.08.26

Bestsellers in the Market:

Pro Pips by Sergey Rozhnov

499.00

The Expert Advisor adapts to any symbol with any spread. This is not a scalper and not arbitration. The algorithm uses averaging positions. Proven to work on real account (see screenshots). The robot supports simultaneous work with any number of characters. Good for rebate. Use it on M15. For more information and recommendations, see below. The EA each tick calculates the direction and amount and, on this basis, opening and closing positions. Stop loss is the option "Regenerate after DD,%" - res

PipFinite Trend Laser by Karlo Wilson Vendiola

88.00

The Pioneer Of Trend Detection! A Powerful Indicator That Avoids Whipsaws And Uncertain Market Noise. Functions mainly as a filter to help you trade in the direction of the trend. It works in any pair or timeframe. Features Advanced trend detection software using complex algorithms that can be used as the supporting tool or system. Unique trend detection that avoids whipsaws and uncertain market noise Analyzes statistics of maximum profits and calculates possible targets for the next signal Fl

Scalping SAR OsMA AUDUSD by Sebastian Furmanek

19.00

This Expert Advisor is based on combination of Parabolic SAR and Moving Average of Oscillator(OsMA). Currency : AUDUSD ( I designed EA for AUDUSD, but it can work on other currency as well) Timeframe : H1 is optimal for AUDUSD but if you want to have more trades M15 and M30 is also permissible. Parameters SignalMail - if You want to receive notifications select true EachTickMode False: EA may open position only once at one bar, when new bar is just opened (safe) True: EA may execute a order pe

Silicon Raptor by Cutting Edge Forex LLC

199.00

Advanced scalping EA that profits from retracements of price extremes in the market. Once the market moves, if liquidity is available (monitored by advanced spread gateway), Raptor strikes and scalps a few pips as the market heads back towards it's origin. It doesn't have to retrace very far. These retracements happen around the clock on all major pairs. Single, dependable, strategy with many options making it easy to customize to particular needs. Every variable is exposed allowing easy tuning.

Be Free mt4 by Ramil Minniakhmetov

30.00

This grid Expert Advisor covers loss-making deals by profitable ones. Virtual take profit and stop loss are used. The trading robot works on any symbol with default settings. However, you can also perform an optimization. Recommended timeframe - М15. Real operation monitoring as well as my other products can be found here: https://www.mql5.com/en/users/mechanic/seller Inputs The product works both on 4 and 5-digit quotes. Specify values in points like for 5 decimal places in the input paramete

2016.08.26

20 new topics on forum:

and 17 more...

2016.08.26

There are more than 81 860 topics available on forum

2016.08.26

Published article "False trigger protection for Trading Robot".

Profitability of trading systems is defined not only by logic and precision of analyzing the financial instrument dynamics, but also by the quality of the performance algorithm of this logic. False trigger is typical for low quality performance of the main logic of a trading robot. Ways of solving the specified problem are considered in this article.

2016.08.26

Published article "Graphical Interfaces IX: The Progress Bar and Line Chart Controls (Chapter 2)".

The second chapter of the part nine is dedicated to the progress bar and line chart controls. As always, there will be detailed examples provided to reveal how these controls can be used in custom MQL applications.

2016.08.25

24 new topics on forum:

and 21 more...

2016.08.25

The most popular forum topics:

FOREX - Trends, forecasts and implications 2016 112 new comments
Elite indicators :) 30 new comments
Machine learning in trading: theory, models, practice and algo-trading 30 new comments

2016.08.25

The most downloaded free products:

Market Hours MT4 by Frederick Langemark

FREE

No matter which session(s) you trade or what time zone your broker is in, just attach the Market Hours indicator and get an easy to understand display of which session(s) are currently active. No set up is necessary, as the GMT Offset is automatically determined for extreme ease of use. Plus, scroll back through the chart to see which session your particular strategy performs best in, with no need to worry about what time each bar is. It couldn’t be any easier to visualize each session of the Fo

XOATRHIST by Ainur Sharipov

FREE

This is one of my first indicators. Slightly improved. The indicator is based on point and figure chart, but their period is equal to ATR indicator values. Parameters: ATRPeriod - ATR period for calculation of steps. XOPips - manual pararmetr, ATR ignoring. Note: The indicator uses closes price, thus it is recommended to consider completed bars. There is a more visual, with the display of lines on the chart and alerts, paid version of XOatrline

Cross lines by Andrey Frolov

FREE

Trend indicator. Designed for long-term trading. It is recommended to use on a chart with the M30 timeframe or higher. When the red line crossed the green line from below, and the green line, respectively, crosses from above, then it is a buy signal. When the green line crossed the red line from below, and the red line, respectively, crosses from above, then it is a sell signal. Parameters Line period - period of the indicator. (The greater the period, the more long-term the signal)

TrendGuider by Hamed Dehghani

FREE

Trend Guider indicator work with price trend and resistance/support Line to detect best buy and sell opportunities. This indicator use moving average and price pattern actions to find latest and power full resistance and support lines and then guide trader to start trade in direction and use last active support as buy trades stop loss and last active resistance as sell trades stop loss. Never has not repaint signals. Input Parameters Are: Weak Power Signal = true/flase : if you enable it , indic

Line Alerts by Alexandr Gavrilin

FREE

This product is a line touch indicator - works with trend and horizontal lines. The tool is a good assistant for the traders use various levels in trading. When price approaches a level, the indicator produces a sound alert and (or) notifies in a pop-up message, or via push notifications. It supports horizontal and diagonal lines that are commonly used by traders. The notification includes a symbol name, timeframe, line name and the current price at the moment of touching. Please watch the attac

2016.08.25

Bestsellers in the Market:

Visit our all-new Stein Investments Welcome Page to get the latest information, updates and trading strategies. Do you want to become a constantly profitable 5-star forex trader? Then get our Stein Investments trading tools and send us a screenshot to get your personal invitation to our exclusive trading chat with 500+ members. FX Trend displays the trend direction, duration, intensity and the resulting trend rating for all time frames in real time. You'll see at a glance at which di

49.00

Compact Scalper is an Expert Adviser (EA) totally automatic that works by a little period of time each day. It has an advanced algorithm that use the price like the principal indicator. Our system has a preset Stop Loss and Take Profit, but Its principal close system is, the dynamic close, considers the price where the order was opened and the subsequent behavior of the price, closing the orders when the conditions leave to be the appropriate. Each broker has its operation therefore can not act

100.00

Expert Advisor designed for news trading. The news are downloaded from the Forex Factory, Investing.com, myfxbook.com websites. Make sure to add the URL to the terminal settings. The EA should be attached to each currency chart. In the Symbol News field, set the currency symbol for searching news in the calendar. Example: if the EA is attached to the AUDUSD chart, set Symbol News to AUD; if USDCAD, Symbol News - CAD, XAUUSD Symbol News - USD, and so on. Change the magic number for each chart, an

30.00

Autolock by Aleksey Semenov

50.00

Autolock Expert Advisor is based on the mathematical system with no indicators. The first order direction is specified in the settings, then the algorithm sets to work. The main operation principle - no averaging till the opposite order is closed by trailing. The EA uses averaging with martingale, trailing and stop orders. The product can be used as an assistant - select NOTRADE as the frist order type and magic = 0. Settings First order type – first order type. martingale mode – martingale t

Hot Point AUTO by Sergey Rozhnov

149.00

The EA consists of 100 virtual Prototype-4 EAs with different settings. The outcome of calculations is the resulting lot. The idea behind the virtual strategies is that in case any of the virtual strategies is "wiped", the entire deposit is not, it is only decreased by 1/100, i.e. 1% (when using Risk=5000, VirtualBalance=5000). It is possible to set the lot size to start opening positions, the step and the maximum number of opened lots and positions using the settings of the EA. The Expert Advis

2016.08.24

Bestsellers in the Market:

Pipfinite creates unique, high quality and affordable trading tools. Our tools may or may not work for you, so we strongly suggest to try the Demo Version for MT4 first. Please test the indicator prior to purchasing to determine if it works for you. We want your good reviews, so hurry up and test it for free...we hope you will find it useful. Combo Volt Impulse with Trend Laser Strategy: Confirm signals with trend Watch Video: (Click Here) Volt Impulse with Volume Critical Strategy: Confirm re

88.00

The Stalker EA by Keith Nielsen

99.00

The STALKER works by waiting for when the market starts moving quickly and then pounces with quick acting trades. It does this by placing pending buy and sell stop orders above and below the current market price and regularly updates these orders regularly to ensure no false triggers. If the market has a sudden move in any direction, one of these trades will be triggered and the money management system kicks into place to complete the trade. For the next x minutes it then goes into attack mode w

Visit our all-new Stein Investments Welcome Page to get the latest information, updates and trading strategies. Do you want to become a constantly profitable 5-star forex trader? Then get our Stein Investments trading tools and send us a screenshot to get your personal invitation to our exclusive trading chat with 500+ members. FX Trend displays the trend direction, duration, intensity and the resulting trend rating for all time frames in real time. You'll see at a glance at which di

49.00

Trend Hunter by Andrey Tatarinov

79.99

Trend Hunter is a trend following Forex indicator. The indicator follows the trend steadily without changing the signal in case of inconsiderable trend line breakouts. The indicator never redraws. An entry signal appears after a bar is closed. Trend Hunter is a fair indicator. Hover your mouse over the indicator signal to display the potential profit of the signal. For trading with a short StopLoss , additional indicator signals are provided when moving along the trend. Trend Hunter Scanner help

Compact Scalper is an Expert Adviser (EA) totally automatic that works by a little period of time each day. It has an advanced algorithm that use the price like the principal indicator. Our system has a preset Stop Loss and Take Profit, but Its principal close system is, the dynamic close, considers the price where the order was opened and the subsequent behavior of the price, closing the orders when the conditions leave to be the appropriate. Each broker has its operation therefore can not act

100.00

2016.08.24

The most popular forum topics:

FOREX - Trends, forecasts and implications 2016 145 new comments
Machine learning in trading: theory, models, practice and algo-trading 31 new comments
Errors, bugs, questions 27 new comments

2016.08.24

24 new topics on forum:

and 21 more...

2016.08.23

The most popular forum topics:

FOREX - Trends, forecasts and implications 2016 155 new comments
Errors, bugs, questions 53 new comments
Questions from Beginners MQL5 MT5 MetaTrader 5 46 new comments

2016.08.23

Most read articles this month

MetaTrader 4 on Mac OS

Apple products have become very popular. MetaQuotes Software Corp. attentively follows the progress of the IT industry and has already released the special mobile applications for iOS-based devices - MetaTrader 4 for iPhone and MetaTrader 5 for iPhone.There are many topics on the MQL4.community forum, where people are seeking a solution for running MetaTrader 4 under the Mac OS operating system. In this article, you will find out how to work in MetaTrader 4 via the Apple's popular operating system.

LifeHack for Traders: Indicators of Balance, Drawdown, Load and Ticks during Testing

How to make the testing process more visual? The answer is simple: you need to use one or more indicators in the Strategy Tester, including a tick indicator, an indicator of balance and equity, an indicator of drawdown and deposit load. This solution will help you visually track the nature of ticks, balance and equity changes, as well as drawdown and deposit load.

Universal Expert Advisor: Integration with Standard MetaTrader Modules of Signals (Part 7)

This part of the article describes the possibilities of the CStrategy engine integration with the signal modules included into the standard library in MetaTrader. The article describes how to work with signals, as well as how to create custom strategies on their basis.

2016.08.23

Most downloaded source codes this month

Elliott Wave Oscillator An oscillator to help you confirm your Elliott waves counting (doesn't count the waves automatically)
Renko Live Charts v4.13 Trade using Renko Boxes in MetaTrader 4.
Elliott Waves Indicator The indicator helps to use the Elliott waves, as described in the book "Trade Chaos" by Bill Williams.

2016.08.23

29 new topics on forum:

and 26 more...

2016.08.23

There are more than 81 790 topics available on forum

2016.08.23

Bestsellers in the Market:

Silicon Raptor by Cutting Edge Forex LLC

199.00

Advanced scalping EA that profits from retracements of price extremes in the market. Once the market moves, if liquidity is available (monitored by advanced spread gateway), Raptor strikes and scalps a few pips as the market heads back towards it's origin. It doesn't have to retrace very far. These retracements happen around the clock on all major pairs. Single, dependable, strategy with many options making it easy to customize to particular needs. Every variable is exposed allowing easy tuning.

Visit our all-new Stein Investments Welcome Page to get the latest information, updates and trading strategies. Do you want to become a constantly profitable 5-star forex trader? Then get our Stein Investments trading tools and send us a screenshot to get your personal invitation to our exclusive trading chat with 500+ members. FX Trend displays the trend direction, duration, intensity and the resulting trend rating for all time frames in real time. You'll see at a glance at which di

49.00

News Robot MT4 by Andrey Tatarinov

99.99

News Robot 4.0 During the release of economic news, the price can overcome tens of points only in the first minute after the release. It is very risky to trade manually during high volatility , as it is difficult to quickly respond to rapidly changing quotes and actual data of a news release. To trade on the news, you need to draw up a scenario in advance , set the maximum risk . Use a specialized professional robot to trade on news. News Robot implements your news trading strategy using bo

Expert Advisor designed for news trading. The news are downloaded from the Forex Factory, Investing.com, myfxbook.com websites. Make sure to add the URL to the terminal settings. The EA should be attached to each currency chart. In the Symbol News field, set the currency symbol for searching news in the calendar. Example: if the EA is attached to the AUDUSD chart, set Symbol News to AUD; if USDCAD, Symbol News - CAD, XAUUSD Symbol News - USD, and so on. Change the magic number for each chart, an

30.00

Pipfinite creates unique, high quality and affordable trading tools. Our tools may or may not work for you, so we strongly suggest to try the Demo Version for MT4 first. Please test the indicator prior to purchasing to determine if it works for you. We want your good reviews, so hurry up and test it for free...we hope you will find it useful. Combo Volt Impulse with Trend Laser Strategy: Confirm signals with trend Watch Video: (Click Here) Volt Impulse with Volume Critical Strategy: Confirm re

88.00

2016.08.23

Published article "Graphical Interfaces IX: The Color Picker Control (Chapter 1)".

With this article we begin chapter nine of series of articles dedicated to creating graphical interfaces in MetaTrader trading terminals. It consists of two chapters where new elements of controls and interface, such as color picker, color button, progress bar and line chart are presented.

2016.08.23

Published article "Cross-Platform Expert Advisor: Reuse of Components from the MQL5 Standard Library".

There exists some components in the MQL5 Standard Library that may prove to be useful in the MQL4 version of cross-platform expert advisors. This article deals with a method of making certain components of the MQL5 Standard Library compatible with the MQL4 compiler.

2016.08.23

Published article "LifeHack for trader: four backtests are better than one".

Before the first single test, every trader faces the same question — "Which of the four modes to use?" Each of the provided modes has its advantages and features, so we will do it the easy way - run all four modes at once with a single button! The article shows how to use the Win API and a little magic to see all four testing chart at the same time.

2016.08.23

1 new signal now available for subscription:

Pips daily

-38% 17958 trades

Growth:	-37.78	%
Equity:	3.70	EUR
Balance:	5.18	EUR

2016.08.22

18 new topics on forum:

and 15 more...

2016.08.22

Bestsellers in the Market:

Compact Scalper is an Expert Adviser (EA) totally automatic that works by a little period of time each day. It has an advanced algorithm that use the price like the principal indicator. Our system has a preset Stop Loss and Take Profit, but Its principal close system is, the dynamic close, considers the price where the order was opened and the subsequent behavior of the price, closing the orders when the conditions leave to be the appropriate. Each broker has its operation therefore can not act

100.00

Smart scalper by Olga Kochergenko

99.00

SMART SCALPER is a fully automated scalper EA which trades based on breakthroughs of local price extremums. Each open position is protected by a hidden stop order managed by an advanced modification algorithm to minimize possible drawdown. Profit is locked using a smart multistage strategy allowing to significantly increase the EA profitability. The Expert Advisor allows you to trade a fixed lot, as well as includes the money management unit for automatic lot calculation based on the preset risk