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Risk & protection · MT5
EddyTrader
EddyTrader is a risk management tool for MetaTrader 5 designed to enforce trading discipline through account-wide loss limits.
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Last update7 days ago16 Sep 2026
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Overview
EddyTrader monitors the total financial performance of the account regardless of the symbol or strategy. Once a user-defined maximum loss is reached, the expert advisor automatically closes all open positions, cancels pending orders, and blocks new activity for a specified duration. It features an interactive on-chart dashboard for real-time monitoring and parameter adjustment without needing to recompile code.
- Account-global equity protection
- Automated trade closure and order cancellation
- Configurable trading block duration
- Interactive on-chart HUD with compact mode
- Customizable slippage and scan intervals
Details
Author
hallanbrito on GitHub
Type
Risk & protection
Platform
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
Input Parameters
Read from EddyTrader.mq5. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
InpMaxLoss | double | 500.0 | Perda Máxima Inicial Padrão (Moeda da Conta, > 0.0) |
InpBlockDurationHours | int | 4 | Duração Contínua do Bloqueio (Horas, 1 a 168h) |
InpHudMode | ENUM_EDDY_HUD_MODE | EDDY_HUD_COMPACT | Modo Visual do Painel |
InpHudCorner | ENUM_BASE_CORNER | CORNER_LEFT_UPPER | Canto do Gráfico |
InpHudOffsetX | int | 20 | Distância Horizontal (X) em Pixels |
InpHudOffsetY | int | 10 | Distância Vertical Adicional (Y) em Pixels |
InpTimerIntervalMs | int | 500 | Intervalo de Varredura do Timer (Milissegundos, 50 a 5000) |
InpDeviationPoints | ulong | 10 | Desvio Máximo / Slippage Tolerado (Pontos, 0 a 500) |
How to Install It
- 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone hallanbrito/eddytrader 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.
- 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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