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MQL4: My Money Management
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| My Money Management.mq4 |
//| Ryan Sheehy, CurrencySecrets.com |
//| http://www.currencysecrets.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Ryan Sheehy, CurrencySecrets.com"
#property link "http://www.currencysecrets.com"
//--- input parameters
extern double xRiskPerTrade=1; // $ amount of risked per trade
extern int xTimeFrame=PERIOD_H4;
extern double xSlip=5; // max slip allowed for orders
datetime now;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//----
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert start function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
//----
// 1. Check if there are pending OPEN orders that have been manually placed
// 2. Amend the manually placed orders to display the correct position size
// amount for their trades
// 3. Flag newly placed order with correct position size as a non-manually
// placed trade.
bool flag;
for ( int i = 0; i < OrdersTotal(); i++ ) {
if ( OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES) ) {
// the assumption will be that new manual orders have a MagicNumber of 0
if ( OrderMagicNumber() == 0 && OrderCloseTime() == 0 ) {
// find the Limit & Stop pending orders
if ( OrderType() != OP_BUY || OrderType() != OP_SELL ) {
if ( reorder(OrderSymbol(), OrderOpenPrice(), OrderStopLoss(), OrderTakeProfit(), OrderType()) > 0 ) {
// remove current order as new ticket has been issued
OrderDelete(OrderTicket());
}
}
}
// if there is a closer swing point we need to reposition our trade
// we only want to do this when there has been a change of bar
flag = false;
if ( OrderMagicNumber() == 1 && OrderCloseTime() == 0 && now != iTime(OrderSymbol(), xTimeFrame, 0) ) {
now = iTime(OrderSymbol(), xTimeFrame, 0);
if ( OrderType() == OP_BUYLIMIT || OrderType() == OP_BUYSTOP ) {
if ( getStopLoss(OrderSymbol(),OrderType(),OrderOpenPrice()) > OrderStopLoss() ) {
flag = true;
}
} else if ( OrderType() == OP_SELLLIMIT || OrderType() == OP_SELLSTOP ) {
if ( getStopLoss(OrderSymbol(), OrderType(), OrderOpenPrice()) < OrderStopLoss() ) {
flag = true;
}
}
if ( flag ) {
if ( reorder(OrderSymbol(), OrderOpenPrice(), 0, OrderTakeProfit(), OrderType()) > 0 ) {
OrderDelete(OrderTicket());
}
}
}
}
}
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
/*
* Check orders placed and apply better risk management by checking qty ordered
* and stop loss placed
* @param sym string Symbol of currency
* @param entry double Entry price of order
* @param stop double Stop loss of order
* @param tp double Target Profit of order
* @param ord int OrderType() = OP_BUYLIMIT, OP_BUYSTOP, OP_SELLLIMIT, OP_SELLSTOP
* @return int Ticket number of newly placed order
*/
int reorder(string sym, double entry, double stop, double tp, int ord) {
// check if order already has an attached stop loss, if not get one!
if ( stop == 0 ) {
stop = getStopLoss(sym, ord, entry);
}
// calculate position size
double qty = calcPositionSize(sym, entry, stop);
// insert new order
return( OrderSend(sym, ord, qty, entry, xSlip, stop, tp, 0, 1, 0) );
}
/*
* Calculates the position size of the trade based upon entry price and stop
* loss and amount to risk.
* @param sym string Symbol of currency
* @param entry double Entry price of the order
* @param stop double Stop loss of the order
* @return double Quantity of order
*/
double calcPositionSize(string sym, double entry, double stop) {
double dist = MathAbs( entry - stop ) + (MarketInfo(sym, MODE_SPREAD) * MarketInfo(sym, MODE_POINT));
int dec = MathLog(1 / MarketInfo( Symbol(), MODE_LOTSTEP )) / MathLog(10);
double qty = NormalizeDouble((xRiskPerTrade / dist) * MarketInfo(sym, MODE_POINT), dec);
return( qty );
}
/*
* Get the price of the Stop Loss according to last swing price.
* @param sym string Symbol of currency being analysed
* @param ord int OrderType() = OP_BUYLIMIT, OP_BUYSTOP, OP_SELLLIMIT, OP_SELLSTOP
* @param entry double Entry price of the order
* @return double Last swing point
*/
double getStopLoss(string sym, int ord, double entry) {
int bars = iBars(sym, xTimeFrame);
double stop;
int dir;
if ( ord == OP_BUYLIMIT || ord == OP_BUYSTOP ) {
dir = 1;
} else if ( ord == OP_SELLLIMIT || ord == OP_SELLSTOP ) {
dir = -1;
}
// do NOT use 0 as the current bar is still evolving!
for ( int i = 1; i < bars; i++ ) {
if ( dir == -1 && iHigh(sym, xTimeFrame, i) < iHigh(sym, xTimeFrame, i+1) &&
iHigh(sym, xTimeFrame, i+1) >= iHigh(sym, xTimeFrame, i+2) &&
iHigh(sym, xTimeFrame, i+1) > entry ) {
stop = iHigh(sym, xTimeFrame, i+1);
break;
}
if ( dir == 1 && iLow(sym, xTimeFrame, i) > iLow(sym, xTimeFrame, i+1) &&
iLow(sym, xTimeFrame, i+1) <= iLow(sym, xTimeFrame, i+2) &&
iLow(sym, xTimeFrame, i+1) < entry ) {
stop = iLow(sym, xTimeFrame, i+1);
break;
}
}
return ( stop );
}
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