Automated Trading - Framework. I'm finding through continued automated MetaTrader 4 system programming that my expert advisors are taking the same form and shape.

autoTradingFramework.mq4

INIT
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|_ remove pending orders
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|  |_ error alert
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|_ reset charts
|_ reset global variables


START
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| |_ process every tick
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|    |_ check open trades
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|       |_  manage trailing stops
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|           |_ error alert
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|_  process every nth-bar (period)
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    |_ check entry gates
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    |  |_  pre-trade
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    |  |   |_ check existing trades
    |  |   |_ check existing orders
    |  |   |_ check portfolio drawdown
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    |  |_ money management
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    |  |  |_ calculate initial stop loss
    |  |  |_ calculate expiry time
    |  |  |_ calculate position size
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    |  |     |_ check margin / cash available
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    |  |_  pre-order
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    |  |   |_ check order distance from market (for stop entry orders)
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    |  |   |  |_ if too close, change order to an "at market" order
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    |  |   |_ check global switch (has previous tick been here?)
    |  |   |_ check if trade context is free
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    |  |_ order placement
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    |     |_ error alert
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    |_ reporting (email)
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       |_ open trades
       |_ closed trades


DEINIT
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|_ error alert