Kastor Metatrader EA Collection: Free MT4 Expert Advisor

Overview

The primary component is a moving average crossover robot that opens positions based on trend direction. It features risk management tools including percentage-based stop losses, take profits, and trailing stops, as well as an equity protection mechanism. The repository also includes a martingale-based EA, a multi-pair position closer, and a trading trainer. Advanced options allow for position averaging and trade scheduling to filter sessions.

Moving average crossover strategy with trend bias

Percentage-based risk management and equity protection

Averaging and position scaling with step multipliers

Integrated trade scheduling for specific days and hours

Includes martingale and multi-pair management utilities

Details

Author

matthewkastor on GitHub

Type

Collection

Platform

MetaTrader 4 (MQL4)

Strategy

Indicator crossover, Martingale, Grid, Trend following

Markets

Forex

Timeframes

Any timeframe

Risk profile

Uses martingale lot scaling: losses can grow fast
Opens a grid of orders: exposure builds up in a trend

EA files

Topics

forexforex-tradingmetatraderexpert-advisorsalgo-tradingeducationexperimentalmt4mql4automated-trading

Source

github.com/matthewkastor/Metatrader

Input parameters

Read from MA Crossover.mq4. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.

Name	Type	Default
`Allowed_Trade_Direction`	`ENUM_ALLOWED_TRADE_DIRECTION`	`2`
`HedgingAllowed`	`bool`	`false`
`Hidden_Tp_Sl`	`bool`	`false`
`Leverage_Per_Position`	`double`	`10`
`StopLoss_Percent`	`double`	`0`
`Trailing_StopLoss_Percent`	`double`	`0`
`TakeProfit_Percent`	`double`	`0`
`Slippage`	`int`	`10`
`Minimum_Free_Equity_Percent`	`int`	`50`
`Close_All_At_Minimum_Free_Equity_Reached`	`bool`	`true`
`Average_Up`	`bool`	`false`
`Average_Down`	`bool`	`false`

Show all 27 inputs

Name	Type	Default	Description
`Averaging_Step_Size_Percent`	`double`	`0`
`Averaging_Down_Step_Multiplier`	`double`	`1`
`Close_All_At_MA_Crossover`	`bool`	`true`
`MA_Timeframe_Previous`	`ENUM_TIMEFRAMES`	`1440`
`MA_Timeframe_Current`	`ENUM_TIMEFRAMES`	`1440`
`MA_Period_Previous_Add`	`int`	`10`
`MA_Period_Current`	`int`	`42`
`MA_Shift_Previous`	`int`	`2`
`MA_Shift_Current`	`int`	`0`
`MA_Method`	`ENUM_MA_METHOD`	`0`
`MA_Applied_Price`	`ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE`	`1`
`Start_Day`	`ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK`	`1`	Start Day
`End_Day`	`ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK`	`5`	End Day
`Start_Time`	`string`	`00:00`	Start Time
`End_Time`	`string`	`24:00`	End Time

How to install it

1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone matthewkastor/Metatrader 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.

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