NYOpenCandleEA
- Experts
- Version: 2.3
- Activations: 5
NY Open Candle EA: opening-range breakout for US100 / NAS100
A simple, transparent expert advisor that trades the direction of the 5-minute candle that opens at 9:30 New York time. One trade per day, fixed stop loss and take profit, no martingale, no grid, no averaging.
How it works
- It looks at the M5 candle that opens the US session (default 16:30 broker time, set the hour/minute for your broker).
- It enters in the direction of that candle only if the body is larger than the sum of its wicks and the tick volume is above 1.5 x its 20-bar average (both checks can be changed or switched off).
- Fixed stop and take profit in index points (default 30 / 120), optional break-even and profit lock, forced close at a chosen time (default 19:00 broker time).
- Risk per trade in money (lot size is calculated from the stop distance) or a fixed lot.
- Monthly loss and profit limits in account currency, optional spread limit.
- Optional filters, all OFF by default: H1 EMA trend filter and candle-size filter relative to ATR.
Honest test results
Strategy Tester, USTEC M5, default settings, risk 150 per trade, 2025: 65 trades, profit factor 1.25, 27.7% winning trades, max drawdown 18.9% of the balance. On 4 years of data (2023-2026, M1 bars, my own check) profit factor was around 1.3-1.4; year 2023 was close to zero. Losing series of 8 trades in a row happened. Past results do not guarantee future results, spreads and slippage at your broker will change them. No profit is guaranteed.
Setup
- Attach to a US100 / NAS100 chart (any timeframe, M5 recommended). The EA is made for index CFDs: on instruments with a price below 5000 it stays inactive unless you enable the override input.
- Check the broker time of the New York open on your server (volume peak of the 9:30 NY candle) and set InpCandleHour / InpCandleMinute and InpCloseHour accordingly.
- Test on your own broker's data before using it on a live account.
The product is a trading tool, not financial advice.
A simplified version of this strategy with fixed rules and without monthly limits is available on the Market as "New York Opening Candle". It is useful for trying the core idea before choosing the full version.
