This script, named "AutoSLTP," is designed to automatically manage the Stop Loss (SL) and Take Profit (TP) levels for your open trades in the MetaTrader platform. Think of it as a tool that helps you protect your profits and limit your losses.
Here's how it works:
1. **Configuration File:** The script relies on a text file ("AutoSLTP.txt") located in a specific folder. This file contains the instructions for how the Stop Loss and Take Profit should be set for different trading instruments (like EURUSD, GBPJPY, etc.).
2. **File Format:** The text file needs to be formatted in a specific way. Each line in the file represents a rule for a particular currency pair. The script expects each line to follow this format:
`currency_pair*trade_type*stop_loss*take_profit`
* `currency_pair`: The trading instrument, e.g., "EURUSD".
* `trade_type`: The type of trade: "POSITION\_TYPE\_BUY" for buy orders or "POSITION\_TYPE\_SELL" for sell orders.
* `stop_loss`: The desired Stop Loss level in *pips*. Pips are a standard unit of measurement in forex trading.
* `take_profit`: The desired Take Profit level in *pips*.
For example, a line like `EURUSD*POSITION_TYPE_BUY*50*100` would tell the script to set the Stop Loss for any open EURUSD buy orders to 50 pips and the Take Profit to 100 pips.
3. **Initialization:** When the script starts, it reads the "AutoSLTP.txt" file, line by line. It parses each line, breaking it down into the four parts mentioned above (currency pair, trade type, Stop Loss, Take Profit). It stores these settings in its memory for later use. If the file cannot be opened, or any of the parameters are wrong, then the script will fail to load.
4. **Tick-by-Tick Monitoring:** The script then continuously monitors the market price movement (every "tick"). It checks if any open trades exist. It ignores any price updates that occur within 10 miliseconds of the previous one.
5. **Position Evaluation:** For each open trade, the script does the following:
* It identifies the currency pair and the type of trade (buy or sell).
* It searches its stored settings (from the "AutoSLTP.txt" file) to see if there's a matching rule for this currency pair and trade type.
* If a matching rule is found, it retrieves the Stop Loss and Take Profit values (in pips) from that rule.
* If the rule isn't found, the script moves on to the next open trade and ignores the current trade.
6. **Trailing Stop Logic:** For the trades where a matching rule is found, the script calculates the new Stop Loss and Take Profit prices based on the *current* market price and the pip values specified in the rules. It then attempts to *modify* the trade.
* For buy orders, it checks if the calculated stop loss is lower than the current price, and sets it if it is. Also it will set the take profit at the appropriate level if it has increased.
* For sell orders, it checks if the calculated stop loss is higher than the current price, and sets it if it is. It also sets the take profit at the appropriate level if it has decreased.
7. **Trade Modification:** The script sends a request to the trading platform to modify the open trade, setting the Stop Loss and Take Profit to the calculated prices. The script also prints any errors or successes.
8. **Looping:** This entire process (monitoring, position evaluation, trailing stop) repeats continuously, ensuring that the Stop Loss and Take Profit levels are automatically adjusted based on the rules defined in the "AutoSLTP.txt" file.
In essence, this script automates the process of setting and adjusting Stop Loss and Take Profit levels for your trades according to predefined rules, helping you to manage risk and secure profits more efficiently.
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s t r i n g s y m b o l _ n a m e ; / / s y m b o l n a m e
E N U M _ P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E p o s _ t y p e ; / / p o s i t i o n t y p e
u s h o r t s t o p _ l o s s ; / / s t o p l o s s ( i n p i p s )
u s h o r t t a k e _ p r o f i t ; / / t a k e p r o f i t ( i n p i p s )
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S T R U C T _ S L T P a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p [ ] ;
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i n t O n I n i t ( )
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/ / - - - I t f r e e s u p a b u f f e r o f a n y d y n a m i c a r r a y a n d s e t s t h e s i z e o f t h e z e r o d i m e n s i o n t o 0 .
A r r a y F r e e ( a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p ) ;
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i f ( ! m _ f i l e _ t x t . O p e n ( " A u t o S L T P / / A u t o S L T P . t x t " , F I L E _ R E A D ) )
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P r i n t ( " E r r o r o p e n \ " A u t o S L T P / / A u t o S L T P . t x t \ " # " , G e t L a s t E r r o r ( ) ) ;
r e t u r n ( I N I T _ F A I L E D ) ;
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P r i n t ( " T e l l : " , m _ f i l e _ t x t . T e l l ( ) ) ;
s t r i n g s e p = " * " ; / / A s e p a r a t o r a s a c h a r a c t e r
u s h o r t u _ s e p ; / / T h e c o d e o f t h e s e p a r a t o r c h a r a c t e r
/ / - - - G e t t h e s e p a r a t o r c o d e
u _ s e p = S t r i n g G e t C h a r a c t e r ( s e p , 0 ) ;
w h i l e ( ! m _ f i l e _ t x t . I s E n d i n g ( ) )
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/ / - - - r e a d a n d p r i n t t h e s t r i n g
s t r i n g t o _ s p l i t = m _ f i l e _ t x t . R e a d S t r i n g ( ) ;
P r i n t ( t o _ s p l i t ) ;
s t r i n g r e s u l t [ ] ; / / A n a r r a y t o g e t s t r i n g s
/ / - - - S p l i t t h e s t r i n g t o s u b s t r i n g s
i n t k = S t r i n g S p l i t ( t o _ s p l i t , u _ s e p , r e s u l t ) ;
i f ( k ! = 4 )
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P r i n t ( " E r r o r : W r o n g n u m b e r o f p a r a m e t e r s " ) ;
r e t u r n ( I N I T _ F A I L E D ) ;
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P r i n t F o r m a t ( " S t r i n g s o b t a i n e d : % d . U s e d s e p a r a t o r ' % s ' w i t h t h e c o d e % d " , k , s e p , u _ s e p ) ;
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i f ( k > 0 )
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f o r ( i n t i = 0 ; i < k ; i + + )
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P r i n t F o r m a t ( " r e s u l t [ % d ] = \ " % s \ " " , i , r e s u l t [ i ] ) ;
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s t r i n g t e m p _ s y m b o l _ n a m e = r e s u l t [ 0 ] ;
i f ( ! m _ s y m b o l . N a m e ( t e m p _ s y m b o l _ n a m e ) ) / / s e t s s y m b o l n a m e
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P r i n t ( " E r r o r : W r o n g p a r a m e t e r \ " S y m b o l N a m e \ " " ) ;
r e t u r n ( I N I T _ F A I L E D ) ;
}
E N U M _ P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E t e m p _ p o s _ t y p e = - 1 ;
s t r i n g t x t = r e s u l t [ 1 ] ;
i f ( t x t = = " P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E _ B U Y " )
t e m p _ p o s _ t y p e = P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E _ B U Y ;
e l s e i f ( t x t = = " P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E _ S E L L " )
t e m p _ p o s _ t y p e = P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E _ S E L L ;
e l s e
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P r i n t ( " E r r o r : W r o n g p a r a m e t e r \ " P o s i t i o n T y p e \ " " ) ;
r e t u r n ( I N I T _ F A I L E D ) ;
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u s h o r t t e m p _ s t o p _ l o s s = 0 ;
l o n g s l _ l o n g = S t r i n g T o I n t e g e r ( r e s u l t [ 2 ] ) ;
i f ( s l _ l o n g < 0 | | s l _ l o n g = = 0 )
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P r i n t ( " E r r o r : W r o n g p a r a m e t e r \ " S t o p L o s s \ " " ) ;
r e t u r n ( I N I T _ F A I L E D ) ;
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t e m p _ s t o p _ l o s s = ( u s h o r t ) s l _ l o n g ;
u s h o r t t e m p _ t a k e _ p r o f i t = 0 ;
l o n g t p _ l o n g = S t r i n g T o I n t e g e r ( r e s u l t [ 3 ] ) ;
i f ( t p _ l o n g < 0 | | t p _ l o n g = = 0 )
{
P r i n t ( " E r r o r : W r o n g p a r a m e t e r \ " T a k e P r o f i t \ " " ) ;
r e t u r n ( I N I T _ F A I L E D ) ;
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t e m p _ t a k e _ p r o f i t = ( u s h o r t ) t p _ l o n g ;
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i n t s i z e = A r r a y S i z e ( a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p ) ;
A r r a y R e s i z e ( a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p , s i z e + 1 ) ;
a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p [ s i z e ] . s y m b o l _ n a m e = t e m p _ s y m b o l _ n a m e ;
a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p [ s i z e ] . p o s _ t y p e = t e m p _ p o s _ t y p e ;
a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p [ s i z e ] . s t o p _ l o s s = t e m p _ s t o p _ l o s s ;
a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p [ s i z e ] . t a k e _ p r o f i t = t e m p _ t a k e _ p r o f i t ;
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m _ f i l e _ t x t . C l o s e ( ) ;
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r e t u r n ( I N I T _ S U C C E E D E D ) ;
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v o i d O n D e i n i t ( c o n s t i n t r e a s o n )
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m _ f i l e _ t x t . C l o s e ( ) ;
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v o i d O n T i c k ( )
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s t a t i c d a t e t i m e p r e v _ t i m e = 0 ;
d a t e t i m e t i m e _ c u r r e n t = T i m e C u r r e n t ( ) ;
i f ( t i m e _ c u r r e n t - p r e v _ t i m e < 1 0 )
r e t u r n ;
p r e v _ t i m e = t i m e _ c u r r e n t ;
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f o r ( i n t i = P o s i t i o n s T o t a l ( ) - 1 ; i > = 0 ; i - - )
i f ( m _ p o s i t i o n . S e l e c t B y I n d e x ( i ) ) / / s e l e c t s t h e p o s i t i o n b y i n d e x f o r f u r t h e r a c c e s s t o i t s p r o p e r t i e s
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s t r i n g s y m b o l _ n a m e = m _ p o s i t i o n . S y m b o l ( ) ;
E N U M _ P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E p o s _ t y p e = m _ p o s i t i o n . P o s i t i o n T y p e ( ) ;
u s h o r t s t o p _ l o s s = 0 ; / / s t o p l o s s ( i n p i p s )
u s h o r t t a k e _ p r o f i t = 0 ; / / t a k e p r o f i t ( i n p i p s )
b o o l s e a r c h = f a l s e ;
f o r ( i n t j = 0 ; j < A r r a y S i z e ( a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p ) ; j + + )
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i f ( s y m b o l _ n a m e = = a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p [ j ] . s y m b o l _ n a m e )
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s t o p _ l o s s = a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p [ j ] . s t o p _ l o s s ;
t a k e _ p r o f i t = a r r _ s t r u c t _ s l t p [ j ] . t a k e _ p r o f i t ;
s e a r c h = t r u e ;
b r e a k ;
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i f ( ! s e a r c h )
c o n t i n u e ;
i f ( m _ p o s i t i o n . P o s i t i o n T y p e ( ) = = P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E _ B U Y )
T r a i l i n g ( s y m b o l _ n a m e , s t o p _ l o s s , t a k e _ p r o f i t ) ;
i f ( m _ p o s i t i o n . P o s i t i o n T y p e ( ) = = P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E _ S E L L )
T r a i l i n g ( s y m b o l _ n a m e , s t o p _ l o s s , t a k e _ p r o f i t ) ;
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v o i d T r a i l i n g ( c o n s t s t r i n g s y m b o l , c o n s t u s h o r t s l , c o n s t u s h o r t t p )
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d o u b l e m _ a d j u s t e d _ p o i n t ; / / p o i n t v a l u e a d j u s t e d f o r 3 o r 5 p o i n t s
i f ( ! m _ s y m b o l . N a m e ( s y m b o l ) ) / / s e t s s y m b o l n a m e
r e t u r n ;
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i n t d i g i t s _ a d j u s t = 1 ;
i f ( m _ s y m b o l . D i g i t s ( ) = = 3 | | m _ s y m b o l . D i g i t s ( ) = = 5 )
d i g i t s _ a d j u s t = 1 0 ;
m _ a d j u s t e d _ p o i n t = m _ s y m b o l . P o i n t ( ) * d i g i t s _ a d j u s t ;
d o u b l e E x t S t o p L o s s = s l * m _ a d j u s t e d _ p o i n t ;
d o u b l e E x t T a k e P r o f i t = t p * m _ a d j u s t e d _ p o i n t ;
i f ( m _ p o s i t i o n . P o s i t i o n T y p e ( ) = = P O S I T I O N _ T Y P E _ B U Y )
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d o u b l e n e w _ s l = m _ p o s i t i o n . S t o p L o s s ( ) ;
d o u b l e n e w _ t p = m _ p o s i t i o n . T a k e P r o f i t ( ) ;
i f ( m _ p o s i t i o n . S t o p L o s s ( ) < m _ p o s i t i o n . P r i c e C u r r e n t ( ) - E x t S t o p L o s s )
n e w _ s l = m _ s y m b o l . N o r m a l i z e P r i c e ( m _ p o s i t i o n . P r i c e C u r r e n t ( ) - E x t S t o p L o s s ) ;
i f ( m _ p o s i t i o n . T a k e P r o f i t ( ) < m _ p o s i t i o n . P r i c e C u r r e n t ( ) + E x t T a k e P r o f i t )
n e w _ t p = m _ s y m b o l . N o r m a l i z e P r i c e ( m _ p o s i t i o n . P r i c e C u r r e n t ( ) + E x t T a k e P r o f i t ) ;
i f ( ! m _ t r a d e . P o s i t i o n M o d i f y ( m _ p o s i t i o n . T i c k e t ( ) , n e w _ s l , n e w _ t p ) )
P r i n t ( " M o d i f y " , m _ p o s i t i o n . T i c k e t ( ) ,
" P o s i t i o n - > f a l s e . R e s u l t R e t c o d e : " , m _ t r a d e . R e s u l t R e t c o d e ( ) ,
" , d e s c r i p t i o n o f r e s u l t : " , m _ t r a d e . R e s u l t R e t c o d e D e s c r i p t i o n ( ) ) ;
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e l s e
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d o u b l e n e w _ s l = m _ p o s i t i o n . S t o p L o s s ( ) ;
d o u b l e n e w _ t p = m _ p o s i t i o n . T a k e P r o f i t ( ) ;
i f ( m _ p o s i t i o n . S t o p L o s s ( ) > m _ p o s i t i o n . P r i c e C u r r e n t ( ) + E x t S t o p L o s s | | m _ p o s i t i o n . S t o p L o s s ( ) = = 0 )
n e w _ s l = m _ s y m b o l . N o r m a l i z e P r i c e ( m _ p o s i t i o n . P r i c e C u r r e n t ( ) + E x t S t o p L o s s ) ;
i f ( m _ p o s i t i o n . T a k e P r o f i t ( ) > m _ p o s i t i o n . P r i c e C u r r e n t ( ) - E x t T a k e P r o f i t )
n e w _ t p = m _ s y m b o l . N o r m a l i z e P r i c e ( m _ p o s i t i o n . P r i c e C u r r e n t ( ) - E x t T a k e P r o f i t ) ;
i f ( ! m _ t r a d e . P o s i t i o n M o d i f y ( m _ p o s i t i o n . T i c k e t ( ) , n e w _ s l , n e w _ t p ) )
P r i n t ( " M o d i f y " , m _ p o s i t i o n . T i c k e t ( ) ,
" P o s i t i o n - > f a l s e . R e s u l t R e t c o d e : " , m _ t r a d e . R e s u l t R e t c o d e ( ) ,
" , d e s c r i p t i o n o f r e s u l t : " , m _ t r a d e . R e s u l t R e t c o d e D e s c r i p t i o n ( ) ) ;
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