- You place the stop where it needs to be - where the reason for the trade is no longer valid. E.g. trading a support bounce the stop goes below the support.
- Account Balance * percent/100 = RISK = OrderLots * (|OrderOpenPrice - OrderStopLoss| * DeltaPerLot + CommissionPerLot) (Note OOP-OSL includes the SPREAD, and DeltaPerLot is usually around $10/pip)
- Do NOT use TickValue by itself - DeltaPerLot
- You must normalize lots properly and check against min and max.
- You must also check FreeMargin to avoid stop out
Thanks WHRoeder...
- Account Balance * percent/100 = RISK = OrderLots * (|OrderOpenPrice - OrderStopLoss| * DeltaPerLot + CommissionPerLot) (Note OOP-OSL includes the SPREAD, and DeltaPerLot is usually around $10/pip)
I try with the following values on EURUSD and works fine
- Risk = $ 5 USD
- Open Price = 1.12317
- StopLoss = 1.12337
- Tick Value = 1
- Tick Size = 0.00001
- DeltaPerLot = 1 / 0.00001 = 100000
- Broker Commision: $ 7
- Lot = 5 * ( |1.12317 - 1.12337| * 100000 + 7) = 135
The Lot calculation gives me a value of 135 lots, Can you please check if the formula is wrong ?
--- EDITED ---
think i found it... I just change the * to / and the calculation gives me 0.18 lot.... And test the formula in a couple of pairs and works fine! Include USDJPY that with my old formula does not works.
Thank you for your help!
Here my new Function... It's growing ;-D:
extern double LotFix=0.01; // If not Auto Managed, use fixed lot extern double RiskAutoManaged=true; extern double Risk=0.5; // 0.5% extern double BrokerComm=7; // Broker Commission double point; int OnInit(){ point = _Point; if( _Digits==3 || _Digits==5 ) point *=10; return(INIT_SUCCEEDED); } void OnTick() { // To Compute a lot RefreshRates(); double price=Ask; double SL = NormalizeDouble(price-StopLoss*point, _Digits); double lot=LotFix; if( RiskAutoManaged==true ){ lot=MMComputeRisk(Risk, MathAbs(price-SL), BrokerComm); } MessageBox( "My lot is: ", lot); // Etc... } double MMComputeRisk(double RiskPercent, double sl, double comm) { double MMBalance, MMRiskMoney; double MMMaxLot=MarketInfo( _Symbol, MODE_MAXLOT ); double MMMinLot=MarketInfo( _Symbol, MODE_MINLOT ); double MMLotStep= MarketInfo( _Symbol, MODE_LOTSTEP ); double MMTickValue = MarketInfo( _Symbol, MODE_TICKVALUE); double MMTickSize = MarketInfo( _Symbol, MODE_TICKSIZE); int lotdigits=0; do { lotdigits++; MMLotStep*=10; }while(MMLotStep<1); MMBalance = MathMin(AccountBalance(), AccountEquity()); MMRiskMoney=MMBalance*RiskPercent/100; double lot = MMRiskMoney / ( sl * ( MMTickValue / MMTickSize ) + comm ); lot=NormalizeDouble( MathFloor(lot*MathPow(10,lotdigits))/MathPow(10,lotdigits), lotdigits ); if( lot > MMMaxLot ){ lot=MMMaxLot; } if( lot < MMMinLot ){ lot=MMMinLot; } return NormalizeDouble( lot, lotdigits ); }
Hello...
Test it in couple of assets in ICMarket Trie ECN account with Forex Majors, Forex Minors, Forex Exotics and Metals and works fine!
But, the calculation is not fine in CFD Indexes, i can put 20, 200 or 2000 PIPs of StopLoss but results only 1 lot calculated...
Hello again.
As i say, this code do not works for CFD indexes, mas for me it's fine because just use it in forex...
I need just more one tip...
I need to caculate a profit/loss in a amount of pips of an asset. How can i do this ?
I try to do someting like this:
double MMTickValue = MarketInfo( _Symbol, MODE_TICKVALUE); double MMTickSize = MarketInfo( _Symbol, MODE_TICKSIZE); double MyLot = 0.25; double TargetPips=2; double point = _Point; if( _Digits==3 || _Digits==5 ) point *=10; // Compute my Profit/Loss based on PIPs i need double result = MyLot * TargetPips * point * ( MMTickValue / MMTickSize ); Print("My Result: ", result);
It's that?! or i miss something?
- You place the stop where it needs to be - where the reason for the trade is no longer valid. E.g. trading a support bounce the stop goes below the support.
- Account Balance * percent/100 = RISK = OrderLots * (|OrderOpenPrice - OrderStopLoss| * DeltaPerLot + CommissionPerLot) (Note OOP-OSL includes the SPREAD, and DeltaPerLot is usually around $10/pip)
- Do NOT use TickValue by itself - DeltaPerLot
- You must normalize lots properly and check against min and max.
- You must also check FreeMargin to avoid stop out
Yes, except for the spread.
Then it's fine... i just need to compute a minimum profit to close trade... based on this calculation and number of trades.. if the calculation is ok... for me it's done!
Thanks!
Wemerson Guimaraes #:
Thanks WHRoeder...
I try with the following values on EURUSD and works fine
- Risk = $ 5 USD
- Open Price = 1.12317
- StopLoss = 1.12337
- Tick Value = 1
- Tick Size = 0.00001
- DeltaPerLot = 1 / 0.00001 = 100000
- Broker Commision: $ 7
- Lot = 5 * ( |1.12317 - 1.12337| * 100000 + 7) = 135
The Lot calculation gives me a value of 135 lots, Can you please check if the formula is wrong ?
--- EDITED ---
think i found it... I just change the * to / and the calculation gives me 0.18 lot.... And test the formula in a couple of pairs and works fine! Include USDJPY that with my old formula does not works.
Thank you for your help!
Here my new Function... It's growing ;-D:
Dear Wemerson Guimaraes,
I need this indicator with the same functions, so Can you share this Indicator ?
Many thanks,
Hung Tran
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Hi all.
I need to calculate the lot size based on a fixed amount of the account base currency and a StopLoss. But I need to remove the amount charged by the commission on ECN brokers.
For EURUSD 5 Digit works fine... but not for other pair like USDJPY
Then i do this:
EXAMPLE #1 ( Without Commission )
- InvestMoney = 5.00 USD
- SL_PIPs = 2 PIPs
- BrokerComm = 0 USD
MyLot will result in 0.25 lotsIf my order closes on StopLoss, i will lost:
EXAMPLE #2 ( With Broker Commission )
MyLot will result in 0.18 lots
If my order closes on StopLoss, i will lost:
Here, if lot goes to 0.19 or more the Total Loss will be greater than $ 5,00... Then the result of 0.18 lots s fine!
As i say earlier, for EURUSD 5 Digit is working... and other USD pairs... but not for all, for example USDJPY 3 digit... results a value below tha 0.01 then is rounded to minimum of 0.01.
Can you help me to improve this function?