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EA Overview
Big Blue works by placing entries on the high and low points of the previous candle after the opening of a new candle on the daily chart. A time based stop is primarily used to close trades. The time based stop can be set in seconds, minutes or hours. The EA performs according to the parameters enabled within its properties, each described below. All features of the EA must be optimizable within the mt4 strategy tester. Pip # entries will be entered as simple numbers such as 15 or 30, rather than full prices such as 0.00150 or 0.00300.
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Enable Active Monitoring:(True/False)
//If enabled, the EA will actively monitor and open/close trades with a market order once the entry, target profit or stop loss point has been hit.
If disabled, the EA will instead place hard buy stops, sell stops, buy limits and sell limit orders into mt4 to enter and exit trades.//
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Entry Offset: (+ or - Pips)
//Entry Offset will move entry's in either a positive or negative direction depending on its value. For instance, with an entry offset of 5 pips, a buy entry would be 5 pips above the previous days high, and a sell entry would be 5 pips below the previous days low. The inverse would occur if a negative value such as -5 is entered.//
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Use Account %:(1-100)
//The parameter "Use Account %" will determine how much of the account to use when opening a single trade, up to the maximum margin allowed. For example, 100% would open the maximum position possible for the account size and leverage available. 10% would use just 1/10 that amount and so on.//
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Target Profit %:(1-100)
//The target profit parameter closes the trade once the account has grown by the percentage input here.//
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Use Timed Stop Loss:(True/False)
Close in Profit Trades:(True/False)
Time Units:(Seconds/Minutes/Hours)
Amount of Time:(#)
//If enabled, position will be closed after a set amount of time has passed. If "Close in Profit Trades" is set to false, in profit trades will be ignored and closed only once they hit either their profit target or return to their break even point. "Time Units" will be a selectable drop-down menu that will allow the user to choose between seconds, minutes or hours. "Amount of Time" will set the amount of time before the trade is closed, based off the units selected in the previous dropdown menu.//
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Use Fixed Stop Loss:(True-False)
Stop Loss %:(1-100)
//The "Use Fixed Stop Loss" box will allow this parameter to be enabled and disabled. If enabled, the trade will be closed if it draws down the account by the amount entered in "Stop Loss %".//
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Reverse All Entries(True/False)
//If enabled, all entries are reversed. For instance, buy stops placed on the previous days high will instead be sell limit orders. Sell stops placed at the previous days low will instead be buy limits. Profit targets and stop losses will be reversed accordingly based on the new direction of the trade.//
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Skip Sunday: (True/False)
//If True, the EA will start trading at the close of the Sunday daily candle and avoid placing any trades beforehand.//
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Close by EOD Friday:(True/False)
//If True, all pending orders will be closed at 3pm on Friday. Any active trades will remain open until 4:30pm, or when closed by either their timed stop loss, fixed stop loss or profit target.//
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Enable Market Hours Filter:(True/False)
Starting Hour:(#) (am/pm)
Ending Hour:(#) (am/pm)
If enabled, the EA will only open trades between the selected range of hours. Time format will be Standard time format. (2:00am, 5:00pm etc.) A separate drop down menu will allow the selection of am or pm to define the starting and ending hour that trades may be opened. Any trades that are open at the end of the range will be ignored and function how they normally would if the market hours filter was not active.
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Enable Break Even Range:(True/False)
Break Even if Within: (Pips)
//If enabled, the EA will set the trade to break even if price moves within the set distance from the profit target. For instance, if we have a profit target of 1.15500 and a "Break Even if Within" of 10, the trade will be set to break even once it reaches 1.55400.//
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Enable Multiple Entries:(True/False)
//If enabled, multiple entries are placed above or below the initial entry point. Each trade will be sized with the "Use Account %" parameter set in the EA. If not enough margin is available, only the number of trades available to be opened will be entered. For example, if Number of Extra Entries is set to 5, and Use Account % is set to %25, only 4 of the Extra Entries will be opened.//
Number of Extra Entries:(#)
//This number decides how many extra entries will be placed and potentially entered.//
Profit Target per Entry:(%)
//This setting determines the distance each subsequent entry will be from the last. For example, if set at 5%, each subsequent trade entry will be placed at the last trades close plus the distance entered in "Entry Padding", and it's profit target will be set at a distance equal to the amount needed to increase the account by 5%.//
Entry Padding:(# pips)
//Naturally, without any buffer between our entries and exits, our orders may overlap at the same point and not get filled. This number will simply offset each entry from the last by a set amount of pips. For example, an entry of 5 will move subsequent entries 5 pips past the previous trades profit target.//
Scaling Profit Target:(#, must be decimal base. For example, 1.5, 2.5 etc.)
//This number will multiply the profit target for each subsequent entry by a certain amount. For example, let's assume "Profit Target per Entry" generates a 10 pip profit target. With a Scaling Profit Target of 2.0, the first trade will remain at 10 pips, but next trades profit target will be set at 20 pips, the next at 40, and the next at 80 etc. Basically, this is a multiplier to increase the distance between each profit target.//
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Enable MA Filter:(True/False)
Fully Above/Below:,(True/False)
Consecutive # of Bars:(#)
MA Period:(#)
MA Type:(Simple/Exponential/Weighted/Smooth)
MA Offset:(+-#)
If enabled, trades are filtered based on which side of the set moving average they are on. Fully Above/Below determines if the full candle including wicks must be completely above or below the moving average to enter a trade. Consecutive # of Bars determines the number of bars in a row that must meet this requirement for a trade to be considered. MA period, type and Offset are the feature sets found in common charting packages.
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Enable Bar Color Filter:(True/False)
Minimum Bar Size:(# pips)
Consecutive # of Bars:(#)
//If enabled, orders will only be opened in the direction of the last candles movement. Minimum Bar Size determines the minimum distance in pip movement at the close of the candle for it to be considered either an up or down candle. Consecutive # of Bars indicates the number of successive bars with the same direction of movement that must exist before a trade is considered. For instance, if set to 1, only the last candle will be analyzed. If set to 3, the 3 previous candles will be analyzed and must have each moved in the same direction by at least the set Minimum Bar Size for a trade to be considered.//
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Enable New High/Low Filter:(True/False)
Minimum Distance:(# pips)
Consecutive # of Bars:(#)
If enabled, the previous candle(s) must have closed at a new high or low greater than the minimum distance of pips set. For instance, if a Minimum Distance of 10 pips is set, the previous bar must have moved and closed 10 pips further than the previous high or low. Consecutive # of Bars determines how many bars in a row must meet these requirements before a trade is considered.
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Enable Close Filter:(True/False)
Bottom Range:(%)
Top Range:(%)
Consecutive # of Bars:(#)
//If enabled, only bars which have closed between the set percentage range of their high or low wicks will be considered for trading. Bottom and Top Range are both percentages meant to determine what range of a candles wick will allow a trade to be considered. For instance, if Bottom Range was set to 50% and Top Range was set to 75%, the candle would have to close a minimum of half it's wick length in either direction, but equal to or less than 75% the length of its wick, also in either direction. Consecutive# of Bars determines how many bars in a row must meet these requirements before a trade is considered//
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This EA will need to be coded as efficiently as possible, including the use of detailed comments and proper and clean formatting so that it may be developed or modified further if needed once time has passed. The source code will need to be provided at the end of the project, including an .ex4 file and an .mq4 file.