Trading robot · MT5

MintyGrid

by adamjbradley

MintyGrid is an automated trading robot for MetaTrader 5 that employs a grid-based strategy without relying on technical indicators or market averages.

High risk

GitHub stars1
Forks0
Last update3 years ago12 Apr 2023
LicenceNone stated

Overview

MintyGrid enters positions immediately and manages losing trades by layering additional orders at specific intervals. The expert advisor utilizes martingale and reverse-martingale lot scaling to recover from drawdowns during market swings. Risk management includes configurable lot multipliers and dynamic profit targets based on account margin. It supports simultaneous multi-symbol trading. The developer highlights its aggressive nature and notes that it typically operates without a hard stop loss.

Details

Author

adamjbradley on GitHub

Type

Trading robot

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
  • Holds opposite positions at once
  • Trades without a fixed stop loss

Input Parameters

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

NameTypeDefaultDescription
riskTypeRiskTypeDynamicWhether to use fixed or dynamic risk
riskBaseRiskBaseMarginFactor to base risk on when using dynamic risk
riskFactordouble10.0Fixed lot size or dynamic risk factor
stopLossdouble0.00Percentage of price to be used as stop loss (0 to disable)
profitTypeRiskTypeDynamicWhether to use fixed or dynamic profit
profitBaseRiskBaseMarginFactor to base profit on when using dynamic profit
profitFactordouble10.0Fixed profit in deposit currency or dynamic profit factor
profitManyPairsDeviserdouble0.00Factor to divide total profit by for all symbol profit
gridStepMaxint10Maximum amount of grid steps per direction
gridStepBreakEvenint3Try break even on grid step (0 to disable)
gridStepMovementdouble0.03Step price movement percentage
gridStepMultiplierdouble3.33Step price movement multiplier (0 to disable)
Show all 21 inputs
NameTypeDefaultDescription
gridReverseStepMultiplierdouble1.00Reverse price movement multiplier (0 to disable)
gridStepProfitMultiplierdouble1.00Step profit multiplier (0 to disable)
gridStepLotMultiplierdouble2.00Step martingale lot multiplier (0 to disable)
gridReverseLotDeviserdouble1.50Reverse martingale lot deviser (0 to disable)
buybooltrueWhether to enable buy trades
sellbooltrueWhether to enable sell trades
currencyPairsstringEURUSD,EURGBP,GBPUSDSymbols to trade comma seperated
showCommentbooltrueShow table, disable for faster testing
magicNumberint901239Magic number

How to Install It

  1. 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone adamjbradley/MintyGrid 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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