Eckardt Adaptive Algo
- Experts
- Version: 1.22
- Activations: 5
Eckardt Adaptive Algo for MetaTrader 5
Eckardt Adaptive Algo is an automated Expert Advisor designed to adapt its trading logic to different market conditions.
The EA can identify trending, ranging and breakout conditions. It combines technical confirmation with automatic position sizing, spread protection and account-level risk limits.
The EA trades the symbol of the chart on which it is attached. The default signal timeframe is M15 and can be changed in the inputs.
Main Features
- Automatic market-mode selection: switches between trend, breakout and mean-reversion logic.
- Four strategy modes: Auto, Trend, Breakout and Mean Reversion.
- Trend detection: uses fast and slow exponential moving averages together with ADX confirmation.
- Momentum confirmation: uses RSI to filter weak or overextended entries.
- Breakout detection: checks recent market highs and lows before opening a position.
- Mean-reversion entries: uses Bollinger Bands, RSI and ADX during ranging markets.
- ATR-based protection: Stop Loss, Take Profit, Break Even and Trailing Stop adapt to current volatility.
- Risk-based lot calculation: position size is calculated from account equity and Stop Loss distance.
- Automatic margin control: verifies available margin before sending an order.
- Flexible account support: adjusts position size for different balances and leverage settings.
- Minimum-volume protection: skips a signal if the account cannot safely support the broker’s minimum lot.
- Spread filter: blocks new trades when the spread exceeds the selected limit.
- Daily loss protection: stops opening new trades when the daily equity-loss limit is reached.
- Equity drawdown protection: prevents new entries after the configured maximum drawdown.
- Broker stop validation: respects Stop Level, Freeze Level, Tick Size and the current Bid/Ask prices.
- Break-even management: can move the Stop Loss to the entry price after sufficient profit.
- ATR trailing stop: follows profitable positions while respecting broker restrictions.
- Buy and Sell controls: either trade direction can be enabled or disabled.
- Single-position option: can limit the EA to one position per symbol and Magic Number.
- No Martingale: the EA does not multiply lot size after a loss.
- No Grid recovery: the EA does not open recovery grids to compensate for losing trades.
Strategy Modes
- Auto: the EA evaluates market strength and automatically chooses breakout, trend or mean-reversion logic.
- Trend: searches for entries in the direction of the dominant EMA trend.
- Breakout: searches for confirmed breaks of recent highs or lows.
- Mean Reversion: searches for potential reversals near Bollinger Band extremes during lower-trend conditions.
Input Parameters
General
- InpMode: selects Auto, Trend, Breakout or Mean-Reversion strategy mode.
- InpSignalTF: timeframe used to calculate signals. Default: M15.
- InpMagic: unique Magic Number used to identify the EA’s positions.
- InpAllowBuy: enables or disables Buy positions.
- InpAllowSell: enables or disables Sell positions.
- InpOnePositionOnly: limits the EA to one active position on the current symbol.
- InpSlippagePoints: maximum permitted order-price deviation in points.
Risk Protection
- InpRiskPercent: percentage of account equity risked per trade. Default: 0.50%.
- InpMaxDailyLossPercent: daily equity-loss limit. The EA stops opening new positions after this limit is reached.
- InpMaxEquityDrawdownPercent: maximum equity drawdown measured from the equity recorded when the EA starts.
- InpMaxSpreadPoints: maximum spread permitted for opening a new trade.
- InpMinLot: minimum lot size permitted by the EA.
- InpMaxLot: maximum lot size permitted by the EA. Default: 0.30 lots.
- InpMaxMarginUsePercent: maximum percentage of available free margin that may be used for a new trade.
Indicators
- InpFastEMA: period of the fast exponential moving average.
- InpSlowEMA: period of the slow exponential moving average.
- InpRSIPeriod: RSI calculation period.
- InpATRPeriod: ATR calculation period used for volatility-based protection.
- InpADXPeriod: ADX calculation period.
- InpADXTrendLevel: minimum ADX level used to classify trending conditions.
- InpBandsPeriod: Bollinger Bands calculation period.
- InpBandsDeviation: Bollinger Bands deviation value.
- InpBreakoutBars: number of completed candles used to identify recent breakout levels.
Stops and Exits
- InpStopATR: Stop Loss distance expressed as an ATR multiplier.
- InpTakeATR: Take Profit distance expressed as an ATR multiplier.
- InpUseBreakEven: enables or disables automatic break-even protection.
- InpBreakEvenATR: profit distance, measured in ATR, required before moving the Stop Loss to break even.
- InpUseTrailing: enables or disables the ATR trailing stop.
- InpTrailATR: trailing-stop activation and distance expressed as an ATR multiplier.
- InpStopSafetyPoints: additional safety distance added to the broker’s minimum Stop and Freeze levels.
- InpMinModifyStepPoints: minimum Stop Loss change required before sending another modification request.
Recommended Use
- Attach the EA to one chart for every symbol you want to test.
- Use a different Magic Number when running different settings on the same symbol.
- Start with the default settings.
- Test the EA in the Strategy Tester using real ticks and realistic spreads.
- Run it on a demo account before considering live trading.
- Do not optimize settings using only net profit. Also review drawdown, profit factor, number of trades and result stability.
Important Information
The EA can operate with different balances and leverage settings. However, it cannot open a trade when the available margin is lower than the margin required for the broker’s minimum lot size. In this situation, the signal is skipped without sending an invalid order.
No trading system can guarantee profits. Historical or simulated results do not guarantee future performance. Market conditions, spread, execution speed, symbol specifications and broker settings can affect the results.
Always test the EA on a demo account first and use risk settings appropriate for your account.
