Bad Robot Sample: Free MT5 Expert Advisor

Overview

Bad Robot Sample offers a comprehensive suite of trade management tools, including fixed tick-based stop loss and take profit levels, trailing stops, and break-even settings. Users can configure up to three partial exits to scale out of positions. Risk management is further enhanced by daily financial limits for both profit and loss. The EA operates within defined time windows and can optionally trail stops using previous candle extremes. The repository contains minimal documentation as it is presented as a template.

Moving average crossover entry logic

Three-stage partial profit taking

Daily financial loss and profit guards

Automated trailing stop and break-even

Time-based execution with interval support

Details

Author

cupidarrow0417 on GitHub

Type

Trading robot

Platform

MetaTrader 5 (MQL5)

Strategy

Indicator crossover

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

sample.mq5

Source

github.com/cupidarrow0417/sample.bad-robot

Input parameters

Read from sample.mq5. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.

Name	Type	Default	Description
`Secao1`	`string`	`###############`	### Definições Básicas ###
`HoraInicio`	`string`	`00:00`	Hora de início de execução da estratégia
`HoraFim`	`string`	`00:00`	Hora de término de execução da estratégia
`HoraInicioIntervalo`	`string`	`00:00`	Hora de início intervalo de execução da estratégia
`HoraFimIntervalo`	`string`	`00:00`	Hora de término intervalo de execução da estratégia
`FecharPosition`	`ENUM_LOGIC`	`0`	Fechar posições ao término de horario de execução?
`Volume`	`double`	`0`	Volume
`TipoUltimoPreco`	`ENUM_LAST_PRICE_TYPE`	`0`	Tipo de referência do ultimo preço
`Spread`	`int`	`0`	Spread para entrada na operação em ticks
`Secao2`	`string`	`###############`	### Alvos ###
`StopGainEmTicks`	`int`	`0`	Stop Gain em ticks
`StopLossEmTicks`	`int`	`0`	Stop Loss em ticks

Show all 40 inputs

Name	Type	Default	Description
`Secao3`	`string`	`###############`	### Gerenciamento de Stop ###
`IsStopNoCandleAnterior`	`ENUM_LOGIC`	`0`	Stop na máxima/ mínima do candle anterior?
`SpreadStopNoCandleAnterior`	`int`	`0`	Spread utilizado no ajuste em ticks
`WaitBreakEvenExecuted`	`ENUM_LOGIC`	`0`	Aguardar execução do break even?
`IsPeridoPersonalizadoStopNoCandleAnterior`	`ENUM_LOGIC`	`0`	Utilizar período personalizado?
`PeridoStopNoCandleAnterior`	`ENUM_TIMEFRAMES`	`0`	Período personalizado
`Secao4`	`string`	`###############`	### Trailing Stop ###
`IsTrailingStop`	`ENUM_LOGIC`	`0`	Ativar Trailing Stop?
`TrailingStopInicio`	`int`	`0`	Valor de inicio em ticks
`TrailingStop`	`int`	`0`	Valor de Ajuste do Trailing Stop em ticks
`Secao5`	`string`	`###############`	### Break-Even ###
`IsBreakEven`	`ENUM_LOGIC`	`0`	Ativar Break-Even?
`BreakEven`	`int`	`0`	Valor do break-even, zero é o ponto inicial em ticks
`BreakEvenInicio`	`int`	`0`	Valor de inicio em ticks
`Secao6`	`string`	`###############`	### Financeiro ###
`IsGerenciamentoFinanceiro`	`ENUM_LOGIC`	`0`	Ativar Gerenciamento Financeiro?
`MaximoLucroDiario`	`double`	`0`	Lucro máximo no dia
`MaximoPrejuizoDiario`	`double`	`0`	Prejuízo máximo no dia
`Secao7`	`string`	`###############`	### Realização de Parcial ###
`IsParcial`	`ENUM_LOGIC`	`0`	Ativar saída parcial?
`PrimeiraParcialVolume`	`double`	`0`	Volume da 1ª saída parcial
`PrimeiraParcialInicio`	`int`	`0`	Valor de inicio da 1ª saída parcial em ticks
`SegundaParcialVolume`	`double`	`0`	Volume da 2ª saída parcial
`SegundaParcialInicio`	`int`	`0`	Valor de inicio da 2ª saída parcial em ticks
`TerceiraParcialVolume`	`double`	`0`	Volume da 3ª saída parcial
`TerceiraParcialInicio`	`int`	`0`	Valor de inicio da 3ª saída parcial em ticks
`Secao8`	`string`	`###############`	### Indicadores ###
`SubSecao1`	`string`	`###############`	Cruzamento de Medias Moveis

How to install it

1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone cupidarrow0417/sample.bad-robot from GitHub, and unzip it.

2Open the data folderIn MetaTrader choose File, then Open Data Folder, and go to MQL5/Experts.

3Copy the filesCopy the .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.

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