This MetaTrader 5 expert advisor implements a box breakout strategy designed for the foreign exchange market. The robot identifies price ranges during specific time windows and enters trades upon a breakout. It features a trend filter using fast and slow moving averages to align entries with broader market direction. R
Trading robot · MT4
FaSt EA
FaSt is an automated trading robot for MetaTrader 4 that determines entries based on price extremes and trend direction indicators.
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Last update3 years ago18 Sep 2023
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Overview
The system employs Average True Range (ATR) to calculate dynamic stop loss and take profit levels, ensuring volatility-adjusted risk control. It includes multiple signal filters, trailing stop functionality, and the ability to close positions before weekends or major news events. Users can configure money management through percentage-based risk settings. The EA is designed with various optimization parameters for backtesting, though the provided documentation is minimal.
- ATR-based volatility-adjusted stop loss and take profit
- Multiple trend calculation and signal filtering modes
- Automatic position closure for weekends and news events
- Integrated trailing stop and opposite signal logic
- Configurable money management with percentage-based risk
Details
Author
Hohlas on GitHub
Type
Trading robot
Platform
MetaTrader 4 (MQL4)
Strategy
Trend following, Breakout
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
Source
Input parameters
Read from FA$T230.522.mq4. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
BackTest | short | 0 | |
Opt_Trades | short | 5 | Opt_Trades Влияет только на оптимизацию, остальные параметры и на опт ина бэктест |
RF_ | float | 0 | RF_ При оптимизация? |
PF_ | float | 1 | PF_ резы с ? |
MO_ | float | 0 | MO_ множитель спреда, т.е. MO=MO_ * Spred |
Risk | float | 1 | Risk процент депо в сделке (на реале задается в файле #.csv) Если в настройка? |
MM | char | 1 | MM 1..4 см. ММ: |
Real | bool | false | Real |
CustMax | char | 0 | 0-Bal, 1-RF, 2-iRF, 3-MO/SD - максимизируемый при оптимизации параметр |
SkipPer | string | | пропустить период при оптимизации |
Mod | char | 2 | Mod=2.. Modification |
z1 | string | - S I G N A L S - |
Show all 40 inputs
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
HL | char | 1 | HL=1..6 расчет экстремумов HL |
HLk | char | 1 | HLk=1..8 переменная для расчета HL |
TR | char | 1 | TR=-8..8 расчет направления тренда |
TRk | char | 1 | TRk=1..9 переменная для расчета тренда |
IN | char | 1 | IN=-8..8 виды в? |
Ik | char | 1 | Ik=1..9 переменная для фильтра в? |
z2 | string | - I N P U T S - | |
Del | char | 1 | Del=0..2 удаление отложников 0=не трогаем; 1=при появлении нового сигнала удаляем; 2=при появлении нового сигнала удаля |
BrkBck | char | 0 | BrkBck=-5..5 откат после пробоя |
Inv | char | 0 | Inv=0..1 инвертирование тренда Up=!Up Dn=!Dn |
D | char | -2 | D=-5..5 дельта к ценам в? |
Iprice | char | 1 | Iprice=1..4 цена в? |
S | char | 6 | S=-4..6 S*ATR либо за пик на S*ATR |
P | char | 5 | P=-6..8 P=(P+1)^2/10*ATR, при Р==0 без таргета |
z3 | string | - O U T P U T S - | |
PM1 | char | 2 | PM1=-3..3 приближение профита при каждом откате. <0~не ближе MaxFromBuy |
PM2 | char | 3 | PM2=0..4 если цена провалится от максимальнодостигнутого на xATR, выставляется тейк на максимальнодостигнутый уровень |
Tk | char | 1 | Tk=-4..4 -1~STOP, 1~HI/LO, >1~H-Tk*ATR, <-1~пик дальше ATR*Tk |
TS | char | 0 | TS=0..1 0~трал со стопа, 1~от в? |
Out | char | 0 | Out=0..1 появление противоположного сигнала |
OTr | char | 0 | OTr=-1..1 пропадание сигнала тренда / появление противоположного |
Oprc | char | 1 | Oprc=1..3 цена вы? |
OD | char | 1 | OD=0..3 OD*ATR/2 прибавка к цене вы? |
Oprf | char | 2 | Oprf=-3..3 тейк не ближе FIBO(Oprf) 0 0.5 1 2 3 5 |
Wknd | char | 0 | Wknd=0..2 закрытие поз 1-FOMC, 2-Weekend |
z4 | string | - A T R - | |
A | char | 15 | A=7..28 (7) кол-во баров для долгосрочной ATR (49,196,784 баров) |
a | char | 5 | a=3..6 (1) кол-во баров для краткосрочной atr |
How to install it
- 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone Hohlas/FaSt from GitHub, and unzip it.
- 2Open the data folderIn MetaTrader choose File, then Open Data Folder, and go to MQL4/Experts.
- 3Copy the filesCopy the .mq4 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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