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Moving Average Envelope Expert Advisor .mq5 file for $299

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This Expert Advisor in .mq5 format has fully commented code to let you test, customize, and automate moving average envelope trading in MetaTrader 5. This system uses a moving average and a percentage above and below that average to create an envelope. Positions are entered when the price equals or breaks out of the envelope while positions are closed when the price returns to the moving average line.

A quick visual example to show approximate entry and exit areas (arrows manually added):
Moving Average Envelope EA Example
Note: The default input values are not optimized. Adjust the inputs to find the optimized combination for your risk tolerance and to maximize profitability. Trend Following systems are designed around long term probabilities. Although Trend Following systems have lower win rates, profitability comes from large trends as Trend Following cuts losses short and lets winners run. Test on a portfolio of symbols as profits from trending symbols will offset the small losses and provide profits when other symbols are not trending.

Customizable Variables

Markets

Trade on any pair and any timeframe. Place the expert advisor on a chart and it will use the currency pair and timeframe of the chart. Choppy and sideways markets will cause more whipsaws while markets that trend will produce more profitable trades.

Entry

Using the moving average envelope, entries occur when the price touches or breaks to the outside of the upper or lower envelope. The position is added as soon as the price equals or breaks the envelope and does not wait until the following bar. Long positions are entered when the price equals or goes above the top moving average envelope. Short positions are entered when the price equals or goes below the bottom moving average envelope. If you set the Max Unit variable above 1, additional entries will occur and pyramid in ATR increments specified by the ATR between Pyramids variable.

Position Sizing

This expert advisor uses Percent Volatility position sizing. Verify the tick value, minimum and maximum lot sizes, size of lot increments, etc to confirm each position will not exceed your set risk percentage. Using the stop level, if the position is stopped out, the position size is calculated to only lose the amount risked through the Risk Percent variable. The calculation looks at how many dollars are at risk, how many pips are in the distance from the entry to the stop and the value of that distance.

Stop

The stop is set using multiples of the ATR. Basing the stop on the ATR allows the stop to be placed out of the normal price range and account for volatility. If you choose 2 times the 14 day ATR, the stop on long positions would happen if the price touches or goes below the entry price minus ( 2 * ATR ). The stop on short positions would occur if the price touches or goes above the entry price plus ( 2 * ATR ). The stop is set when the position is entered. The stop accounts for gaps in price and is not set as a pending order. A position is only stopped out if the price reaches or exceeds the stop level. If you use the pyramiding option, the stop will change to be in line with the latest entry price when a new position is added.

Exit

Positions are exited when the price goes to the opposite side of the middle moving average. For long positions, the exit occurs when the price goes below the moving average. For short positions, the exit occurs when the price goes above the moving average.

Delivery

Once you complete checkout through Paypal, you will receive an automated email with the download link. The email will go to the email address that is on file with Paypal - make sure Paypal has your current and correct email address. The download link will be active for 24 hours so please download as soon as you get the link. The expert advisor comes as the MQL5 code so you will have to save it in the correct folder, read through the notes in the code, and compile it. After compiling it, start testing and finding your profitable variables. Use the installation tips page to get the file saved and compiled so you can start testing today.