This repository provides a collection of Expert Advisors for MetaTrader 5 and Python trading scripts developed for an educational YouTube series. It features various technical indicator-based strategies, including MACD, Relative Strength Index, Stochastic, and Bollinger Bands. The included MQL5 files implement multi-ti
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Parallel Strategies
Parallel Strategies is a multi-strategy expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 that executes four independent trading systems concurrently.
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Last update8 years ago19 Nov 2017
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Overview
These systems include moving average crossovers, MACD breakouts, Heiken Ashi signals, and a combined Heiken-MACD approach. Each strategy operates with its own magic number for distinct management. The robot includes risk control settings for fixed lot sizes or dynamic percentage-based scaling. Additional features include a trailing stop, spread filtering, and a comprehensive weekly schedule to restrict trading to specific hours. Note that the default stop loss is set to zero.
- Four concurrent trading strategies
- Moving average and MACD breakout logic
- Percentage-based risk management
- Weekly time-of-day filters
- Trailing stop and spread protection
Details
Author
Pierre8r on GitHub
Type
Collection
Platform
MetaTrader 4 (MQL4) and MetaTrader 5 (MQL5)
Strategy
Indicator crossover, Multi-strategy, Trend following
Markets
Any symbol
Timeframes
Any timeframe
Risk profile
- Trades without a fixed stop loss
EA files
- Experts/MyMQL4/parallel_strategies/parallel_strategies.mq4
- Experts/Examples/MACD/MACD Sample.mq5
- Experts/Examples/ChartInChart/ChartInChart.mq5
- Experts/MyMQL4/MQL4 Book/shared.mq4
- Experts/MyMQL4/MQL4 Book/tradingexpert.mq4
- Experts/EA/my_first_ea/100/my_first_ea.mq5
- Experts/EA/my_first_ea/my_first_ea.mq5
- Experts/MyMQL4/a_informer/a_informer_V_01_00/a_informer.mq4
About 71 expert advisors in this repository. See them all on GitHub.
Input parameters
Read from parallel_strategies.mq4. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
expertinfo | string | Parallel Strategies EA | [ <EXPERT INFO> ] |
expdeveloper | string | https://www.mql5.com/en/users/rodoboss | By |
magicnumbers | string | ===========[ <MAGIC NUMBERS> ]========= | [ <MAGIC NUMBERS> ] |
Magic1 | int | 11 | Magic Number Strategy 1 |
Magic2 | int | 12 | Magic Number Strategy 2 |
Magic3 | int | 13 | Magic Number Strategy 3 |
Magic4 | int | 14 | Magic Number Strategy 4 |
Strategieslist | string | ===========[ <Strategies> ]========= | [ <List Strategies> ] |
usemovingcrossea | bool | true | USE moving cross Strategy ? |
mamethodes | ENUM_MA_METHOD | MODE_EMA | Fast Moving Average Methode |
mamethodes2 | ENUM_MA_METHOD | MODE_SMA | Slow Moving Average Methode |
usemacdbreakout | bool | true | USE Macd breakout Strategy ? |
Show all 40 inputs
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
useheikenahsiea | bool | true | USE Heiken Ashi Strategy ? |
useheikenashiandmacdea | bool | true | USE Heiken and MACD Strategy ? |
mm | string | ===========[ <Money Management> ]========= | [ <Money Management> ] |
exLots | double | 0.01 | Lot Size |
RiskMM | bool | false | Risk Management |
RiskPercent | double | 5 | Risk Percentage |
tm | string | ===========[ <Order Management> ]========= | [ <Order Management> ] |
exStopLoss | double | 00.0 | Stop Loss |
exTakeProfit | double | 00.0 | Take Profit |
exTrailingStop | double | 10.0 | Trailing Stop |
exmaxSpread | double | 30.0 | [Max Spread] |
WeekDays | string | ===========[ <WEEK DAYS> ]========= | [ <WEEK DAYS> ] |
exemple | string | ------- Hour settings: set to 24 for no limitations | |
Monday | bool | true | Monday Trade |
Monday_Start_Hour | int | 24 | Monday Start Hour |
Monday_Finish_Hour | int | 24 | Monday Finish Hour |
Tuesday | bool | true | Tuesday Trade |
Tuesday_Start_Hour | int | 24 | Tuesday Start Hour |
Tuesday_Finish_Hour | int | 24 | Tuesday Finish Hour |
Wednesday | bool | true | Wednesday Trade |
Wednesday_Start_Hour | int | 24 | Wednesday Start Hour |
Wednesday_Finish_Hour | int | 24 | Wednesday Finish Hour |
Thursday | bool | true | Thursday Trade |
Thursday_Start_Hour | int | 24 | Thursday Start Hour |
Thursday_Finish_Hour | int | 24 | Thursday Finish Hour |
Friday | bool | true | Friday Trade |
Friday_Start_Hour | int | 24 | Friday Start Hour |
Friday_Finish_Hour | int | 24 | Friday Finish Hour |
How to install it
- 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone Pierre8r/MQL5Test from GitHub, and unzip it.
- 2Open the data folderIn MetaTrader choose File, then Open Data Folder, and go to MQL4/Experts or MQL5/Experts.
- 3Copy the filesCopy the .mq4 / .mq5 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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