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Candle Pattern Breakout

by handiko

This MetaTrader 5 expert advisor executes a breakout strategy based on specific three-day candlestick patterns.

GitHub stars6
Forks1
Last update3 months ago7 Jun 2026
LicenceNone stated

Overview

Candle Pattern Breakout identifies sequences of 'Up' or 'Down' days to trigger pending orders above or below the previous day's range. The EA manages entries using Buy Stop and Sell Stop orders with a configurable liquidity distance to filter false signals. Risk management is handled through fixed lot sizes, explicit stop losses, and take profit levels derived from reward-to-risk ratios. It includes an expiration feature that cancels pending orders if the trend fails to materialize within a set timeframe.

Details

Author

handiko on GitHub

Type

Trading robot

Platform

MetaTrader 5 (MQL5)

Strategy

Breakout, Trend following

Markets

Forex

Timeframes

H4 and above

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.

Topics

algorithmic-tradingmql5mql5-strategytrading-algorithmstrading-strategies

Input parameters

Read from Candle Pattern Breakout - USDJPY.mq5. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.

NameTypeDefaultDescription
InpExpirationHoursint60Expiration Hours
InpLotdouble1.0Lot (fixed)
InpPendingDist1int200Liquidity Distance (points)
InpPattern1ENUM_CANDLE_PATTERNUDDCandle Pattern
InpRewardToRisk1double1.4Reward to Risk Ratio
InpStopLoss1int850StopLoss (points)
InpPendingDist2int250Liquidity Distance (points)
InpPattern2ENUM_CANDLE_PATTERNUDDCandle Pattern
InpRewardToRisk2double0.8Reward to Risk Ratio
InpStopLoss2int450StopLoss (points)

How to install it

  1. 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone handiko/Trading-Strategy-Development-Example from GitHub, and unzip it.
  2. 2Open the data folderIn MetaTrader choose File, then Open Data Folder, and go to MQL5/Experts.
  3. 3Copy the filesCopy the .mq5 file into Experts, and any .mqh files into the Include folder the code expects.
  4. 4Compile in MetaEditorOpen the file in MetaEditor and press Compile. Fix any missing includes the compiler reports.
  5. 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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