Account Protector is a risk management expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 and 5 designed to monitor account health and prevent excessive drawdowns. It allows users to set specific triggers based on floating profit or loss, equity levels, free margin, spread, or daily performance. When these conditions are met, the EA auto
Risk & protection · MT4 · MT5
AutoTrading Scheduler
This expert advisor provides automated schedule management for the MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms.
GitHub stars55
Forks24
Last update6 months ago2 Mar 2026
LicenceApache-2.0
Latest release1.056 months ago
Overview
AutoTrading Scheduler allows users to define specific time windows for each day of the week to toggle the platform's global AutoTrading status. Beyond simple scheduling, the utility can close active positions and delete pending orders before disabling automated trading. It includes configuration options for magic number filtering, support for local or server time, and notification alerts via terminal, email, or push messages. The tool serves to restrict trading activity to specific sessions or events.
- Weekly scheduling for each day of the week
- Automatic closing of positions and pending orders
- Filtering by magic numbers to exclude specific trades
- Integrated visual panel with dark mode support
- Alert notifications via native, email, and push channels
Details
Author
EarnForex on GitHub
Type
Risk & protection
Platform
MetaTrader 4 (MQL4) and MetaTrader 5 (MQL5)
Markets
Any symbol
Timeframes
Any timeframe
Risk profile
No grid, martingale or hedging logic was found in its code or README. That says nothing about how it performs: backtest it first.
EA files
Topics
mt5expert-advisormql5mql4mt4tradingmetatradermetatrader-4metatrader-5forex-market
Input parameters
Read from AutoTrading Scheduler.mq5. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
EnableNativeAlerts | bool | false | |
EnableEmailAlerts | bool | false | |
EnablePushAlerts | bool | false | |
DefaultTurnedOn | bool | false | Default state of the scheduler: ON or OFF |
DefaultTime | ENUM_TIME_TYPE | Local | Default time type |
DefaultMonday | string | | Default enabled Monday periods |
DefaultTuesday | string | | Default enabled Tuesday periods |
DefaultWednesday | string | | Default enabled Wednesday periods |
DefaultThursday | string | | Default enabled Thursday periods |
DefaultFriday | string | | Default enabled Friday periods |
DefaultSaturday | string | | Default enabled Saturday periods |
DefaultSunday | string | | Default enabled Sunday periods |
Show all 25 inputs
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
DefaultClosePos | bool | false | Close all trades before turning AutoTrading OFF? |
DefaultEnforce | bool | true | Always enforce schedule? |
DefaultAllowDeny | ENUM_ALLOWDENY | ALLOWDENY_ALLOW | Schedule for allowing or denying AutoTrading? |
Slippage | int | 2 | Slippage |
ScheduleFile | string | | ScheduleFile (optional) |
WaitForNoPositions | bool | false | Switch A/T off only when there are no open positions? |
WaitForNoOrders | bool | false | Switch A/T off only when there are no pending orders? |
MagicNumbersFilter | string | | Magic numbers filter |
IgnoreMagicNumbers | bool | false | Ignore trades with above-listed magic numbers |
AsyncMode | bool | false | AsyncMode: If true, trades are closed in async mode |
WhatToClose | ENUM_WHAT_TO_CLOSE | WTC_ALL | If attempting to close trades, what to close? |
DarkMode | bool | false | DarkMode: Enable dark mode for a less bright panel. |
AutoDetectDarkMode | bool | true | AutoDetectDarkMode: Dark/light mode will be autodetected. |
How to install it
- 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone EarnForex/AutoTrading-Scheduler from GitHub, and unzip it.
- 2Open the data folderIn MetaTrader choose File, then Open Data Folder, and go to MQL4/Experts or MQL5/Experts.
- 3Copy the filesCopy the .mq4 / .mq5 file into Experts, and any .mqh files into the Include folder the code expects.
- 4Compile in MetaEditorOpen the file in MetaEditor and press Compile. Fix any missing includes the compiler reports.
- 5Test before you tradeRun it in the Strategy Tester, then attach it to a demo chart and allow algorithmic trading.
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this EA, and the summary above was generated automatically from its README and code. ForexR lists only repositories with readable source code and never hosts files. Read the code, backtest it and use a demo account first; automated trading can lose money quickly.
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