Ustec Trend Runner: Free MT5 Expert Advisor

Overview

Ustec Trend Runner employs a trend-following logic using Exponential Moving Average crossovers and ADX filters to identify entries on the M5 timeframe during specific trading sessions. Risk is managed through ATR-based dynamic stop losses, fixed risk-reward targets, and daily trade limits. The repository includes Python tooling for robustness analysis and documents that while the strategy showed specific positive windows, it failed long-term validation across multi-year backtests.

EMA crossover trend identification

ADX volatility and strength filtering

ATR-based dynamic stop loss

Session-based trading window controls

Daily trade frequency limits

Details

Author

RicardoBarato on GitHub

Type

Trading robot

Platform

MetaTrader 5 (MQL5)

Strategy

Trend following, Indicator crossover

Markets

Indices

Timeframes

M1-M5, M15-H1

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

src/mql5/USTEC_TrendRunner_v0_4_safety_public.mq5

Topics

algorithmic-tradingbacktestingmetatrader5mql5nasdaqpythonquantitative-researchresearch-archiverisk-managementrobustness-testing

Source

github.com/RicardoBarato/ea-ustec-lab

Input parameters

Read from USTEC_TrendRunner_v0_4_safety_public.mq5. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.

Name	Type	Default
`InpStrategyLabel`	`string`	`USTEC TrendRunner v0_4 safety public research`
`InpRiskPercent`	`double`	`0.50`
`InpMaxSpreadPoints`	`int`	`300`
`InpAtrPeriod`	`int`	`14`
`InpAdxPeriod`	`int`	`14`
`InpMinAdx`	`double`	`22.0`
`InpTrendTimeframe`	`ENUM_TIMEFRAMES`	`PERIOD_M15`
`InpFastEmaPeriod`	`int`	`21`
`InpSlowEmaPeriod`	`int`	`55`
`InpStopAtrMultiplier`	`double`	`2.0`
`InpTargetRiskMultiple`	`double`	`2.8`
`InpSessionStartHour`	`int`	`14`

Show all 25 inputs

Name	Type	Default
`InpSessionEndHour`	`int`	`17`
`InpMaxTradesPerDay`	`int`	`2`
`InpCooldownBarsAfterLoss`	`int`	`20`
`InpMinBarsBetweenTrades`	`int`	`8`
`InpMagicNumber`	`ulong`	`8801004`
`InpDeviationPoints`	`int`	`30`
`InpAllowLong`	`bool`	`true`
`InpAllowShort`	`bool`	`false`
`InpExpectedSymbolContains`	`string`	`USTEC`
`InpExpectedTimeframe`	`ENUM_TIMEFRAMES`	`PERIOD_M5`
`InpAllowSymbolOverride`	`bool`	`false`
`InpAllowTimeframeOverride`	`bool`	`false`
`InpMaxActualRiskMultiplier`	`double`	`1.05`

How to install it

1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone RicardoBarato/ea-ustec-lab from GitHub, and unzip it.

2Open the data folderIn MetaTrader choose File, then Open Data Folder, and go to MQL5/Experts.

3Copy the filesCopy the .mq5 file into Experts.

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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