This collection for MetaTrader 4 contains over eighty expert advisors and scripts primarily focused on Bollinger Band breakout strategies. The repository includes numerous variations for fixed lot sizes and specific money management settings. The included logic covers price action relative to moving averages and volati
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MQL4 Learning Collection
This repository contains a collection of MetaTrader 4 expert advisors developed for educational purposes and backtesting practice.
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Last update10 years ago16 Mar 2016
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Overview
MQL4 Learning Collection features several distinct trading strategies, including moving average crossovers, stochastic counter-trend setups, and pending order breakouts. The included scripts demonstrate essential MQL4 functions such as dynamic lot sizing based on account equity, stop loss and take profit management, and basic error handling. While the README is minimal, the code provides various templates for order execution and trade management for users learning to build automated systems.
- Moving average crossover logic
- Dynamic equity-based lot sizing
- Stochastic counter-trend entries
- Pending order breakout module
Details
Author
izzoh on GitHub
Type
Collection
Platform
MetaTrader 4 (MQL4)
Strategy
Indicator crossover, Mean reversion, 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
- book-code/Experts/Advanced.mq4
- book-code/Experts/Advanced Pending.mq4
- book-code2/Experts/Mql4Book/Simple Expert Advisor.mq4
- book-code2/Experts/Mql4Book/Moving Average Cross.mq4
- book-code2/Experts/Mql4Book/Pending Breakout.mq4
- book-code2/Experts/Mql4Book/Expert Advisor Template.mq4
- book-code/Experts/Simple Pending.mq4
- book-code2/Experts/Mql4Book/Stochastic Counter Trend.mq4
- book-code/Experts/Simple.mq4
- book-code2/Experts/Mql4Book/Simple Expert Advisor with Functions.mq4
About 11 expert advisors in this repository. See them all on GitHub.
Input parameters
Read from Advanced.mq4. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
DynamicLotSize | bool | true | |
EquityPercent | double | 2 | |
FixedLotSize | double | 0.1 | |
StopLoss | double | 50 | |
TakeProfit | double | 100 | |
Slippage | int | 5 | |
MagicNumber | int | 123 | |
FastMAPeriod | int | 10 | |
SlowMAPeriod | int | 20 |
How to install it
- 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone izzoh/expert_advisors 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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