//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| DayTrading.mq4 | //| Copyright © 2005, NazFunds Company | //| http://www.nazfunds.com | //| Translated/updated to MT4: Turcol | //| Use it on 5 min charts with 20/pips profit limit | //| Do not place any stop loss. No worries, check the results | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright © 2005, NazFunds Company" #property link "http://www.nazfunds.com" #include extern double lots = 1.0; // extern double trailingStop = 15; // trail stop in points extern double takeProfit = 20; // recomended no more than 20 extern double stopLoss = 0; // do not use s/l extern double slippage = 3; // Could be higher with some brokers extern string nameEA = "DayTrading"; // To "easy read" which EA place an specific order extern int magicEA = 19000; // Magic EA identifier. Allows for several co-existing EA with different input values double macdHistCurrent, macdHistPrevious, macdSignalCurrent, macdSignalPrevious; double stochHistCurrent, stochHistPrevious, stochSignalCurrent, stochSignalPrevious; double sarCurrent, sarPrevious, momCurrent, momPrevious; double realTP, realSL; bool isBuying = false, isSelling = false, isClosing = false; int cnt, ticket; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| expert initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int init() { return(0); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| expert deinitialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int deinit() { return(0); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| expert start function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int start() { // Check for invalid bars and takeprofit if(Bars < 200) { Print("Not enough bars for this strategy - ", nameEA); return(0); } calculateIndicators(); // Calculate indicators' value // Control open trades int totalOrders = OrdersTotal(); int numPos = 0; for(cnt=0; cnt 0) { // Check trailing stop if(Bid-OrderOpenPrice() > trailingStop*Point) { if(OrderStopLoss() < (Bid - trailingStop*Point)) { OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Bid-trailingStop*Point,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Blue); prtAlert("Day Trading: Modifying BUY order"); } } } } else { // Check sold trade for close signal if(isBuying || isClosing) { OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),Ask,slippage,Violet); prtAlert("Day Trading: Closing SELL order"); } if(trailingStop > 0) { // Control trailing stop if(OrderOpenPrice() - Ask > trailingStop*Point) { if(OrderStopLoss() == 0 || OrderStopLoss() > Ask + trailingStop*Point) { OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Ask+trailingStop*Point,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Red); prtAlert("Day Trading: Modifying SELL order"); } } } } } } // If there is no open trade for this pair and this EA if(numPos < 1) { if(AccountFreeMargin() < 1000*lots) { Print("Not enough money to trade ", lots, " lots. Strategy:", nameEA); return(0); } if(isBuying && !isSelling && !isClosing) { // Check for BUY entry signal if(stopLoss > 0) realSL = Ask - stopLoss * Point; if(takeProfit > 0) realTP = Ask + takeProfit * Point; ticket = OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,lots,Ask,slippage,realSL,realTP,nameEA+" - Magic: "+magicEA+" ",magicEA,0,Red); // Buy if(ticket < 0) { Print("OrderSend (" + nameEA + ") failed with error #" + GetLastError() + " --> " + ErrorDescription(GetLastError())); } else { prtAlert("Day Trading: Buying"); } } if(isSelling && !isBuying && !isClosing) { // Check for SELL entry signal if(stopLoss > 0) realSL = Bid + stopLoss * Point; if(takeProfit > 0) realTP = Bid - takeProfit * Point; ticket = OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,lots,Bid,slippage,realSL,realTP,nameEA+" - Magic: "+magicEA+" ",magicEA,0,Red); // Sell if(ticket < 0) { Print("OrderSend (" + nameEA + ") failed with error #" + GetLastError() + " --> " + ErrorDescription(GetLastError())); } else { prtAlert("Day Trading: Selling"); } } } return(0); } void calculateIndicators() { // Calculate indicators' value macdHistCurrent = iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_OPEN,MODE_MAIN,0); macdHistPrevious = iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_OPEN,MODE_MAIN,1); macdSignalCurrent = iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_OPEN,MODE_SIGNAL,0); macdSignalPrevious = iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_OPEN,MODE_SIGNAL,1); stochHistCurrent = iStochastic(NULL,0,5,3,3,MODE_SMA,0,MODE_MAIN,0); stochHistPrevious = iStochastic(NULL,0,5,3,3,MODE_SMA,0,MODE_MAIN,1); stochSignalCurrent = iStochastic(NULL,0,5,3,3,MODE_SMA,0,MODE_SIGNAL,0); stochSignalPrevious = iStochastic(NULL,0,5,3,3,MODE_SMA,0,MODE_SIGNAL,1); sarCurrent = iSAR(NULL,0,0.02,0.2,0); // Parabolic Sar Current sarPrevious = iSAR(NULL,0,0.02,0.2,1); // Parabolic Sar Previuos momCurrent = iMomentum(NULL,0,14,PRICE_OPEN,0); // Momentum Current momPrevious = iMomentum(NULL,0,14,PRICE_OPEN,1); // Momentum Previous // Check for BUY, SELL, and CLOSE signal isBuying = (sarCurrent<=Ask && sarPrevious>sarCurrent && momCurrent<100 && macdHistCurrent=Bid && sarPrevious100 && macdHistCurrent>macdSignalCurrent && stochHistCurrent>60); isClosing = false; } void prtAlert(string str = "") { Print(Symbol() + " - " + str); Alert(Symbol() + " - " + str); SpeechText(addSpaces(Symbol()) + " - " + str,SPEECH_ENGLISH); // SendMail(Symbol(),str); } string addSpaces(string str = "") { int length = StringLen(str); string sp = ""; for(int i=0; i