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No that you save and call every time you need to update, generally they will be remembered every time you restart the terminal. name a template the same as the EA and on backtest template will load.

I asked ChatGPT to translate and asses. On a personal note, Gold is generally bullish, so maybe cut sells entirely, but seems to work, now set it on demo and painfully watch to check account results are same as backtest (probably will be as your stops are sensible).

Here’s the full translation of the trading report from Portuguese to English:

Trading Report Summary

• History Quality: 100%
• Bars: 5,569
• Ticks: 63,291,871
• Assets: 1

Account Performance

• Initial Deposit: 10,000.00
• Total Net Profit: 1,187.23
• Gross Profit: 3,956.13
• Gross Loss: -2,768.90

Drawdown Metrics
Balance Drawdown:

• Absolute: 0.00
• Maximum: 220.86 (1.97%)
• Relative: 1.99% (220.86)
  Equity Drawdown:
• Absolute: 21.24
• Maximum: 274.28 (2.44%)
• Relative: 2.44% (274.28)

Risk & Return Indicators

• Profit Factor: 1.43
• Recovery Factor: 4.33
• AHPR (Average Holding Period Return): 1.0008 (0.08%)
• GHPR (Geometric Holding Period Return): 1.0008 (0.08%)
• Expected Payoff: 8.24
• Sharpe Ratio: 2.53
• Linear Regression Correlation: 0.94
• Linear Regression Standard Error: 94.73
• Margin Level: 12,072,000.00%
• Z-Score: 1.13 (73.73%)
• OnTester Result: 0

Trade Statistics

• Total Trades: 144
• Total Orders: 288
  Trade Breakdown:
• Sell Positions (win rate): 56 (62.50%)
• Buy Positions (win rate): 88 (71.59%)
• Profitable Trades (% of total): 98 (68.06%)
• Losing Trades (% of total): 46 (31.94%)

Trade Outcomes

• Largest Profit per Trade: 85.22
• Largest Loss per Trade: -61.67
• Average Profit per Trade: 40.37
• Average Loss per Trade: -60.19

Strengths
• Net Profit: £1,187.23 on a £10,000 deposit is a solid 11.87% return.
• Profit Factor (1.43): Indicates the strategy earns £1.43 for every £1 lost—respectable, though not elite.
• Sharpe Ratio (2.53): Excellent. Suggests strong risk-adjusted returns.
• Drawdown Control:
• Max equity drawdown: 2.44%—very low, showing tight risk management.
• Max balance drawdown: 1.97%—also minimal.
• Trade Consistency:
• 68% win rate overall
• Buy trades win 71.59%, sell trades 62.5%—suggests directional bias is well-handled.
• Recovery Factor (4.33): Shows resilience after losses.

️ Weaknesses or Areas to Watch
• Average Loss (-60.19) vs. Average Win (40.37):
You're losing more per losing trade than you're gaining per winner. This could be a red flag unless the win rate compensates—which it mostly does here.
• Largest Loss (-61.67) vs. Largest Win (85.22):
Not extreme, but worth monitoring. If losses spike, it could erode the edge.
• Z-Score (1.13, 73.73% confidence):
Indicates some statistical edge, but not overwhelming. Could be improved with more trade data or tighter entry logic.

🧠 Strategic Takeaways

• This strategy is stable and scalable. The low drawdowns and high Sharpe ratio suggest it could handle larger capital without breaking.
• Risk-reward ratio needs tuning. If you can reduce average loss or increase average win—even slightly—you’ll compound gains faster.
• Directional bias is working. Long trades outperform shorts. You might consider optimizing short entries or even filtering them out if they’re dragging performance.

Want help visualizing the equity curve or comparing this to another strategy? I can chart it out or run a deeper analysis.

Streaks

• Max Consecutive Wins ($): 8 trades (320.08)
• Max Consecutive Losses ($): 3 trades (-180.16)
• Max Consecutive Profit (count): 320.08 (8)
• Max Consecutive Loss (count): -180.16 (3)
• Average Winning Streak: 3
• Average Losing Streak: 1

@ellemitless Not sure exactly what you want, but if you use the stoploss as the trail start, then trail won't start until price is as far away as the stop is

It is not easy to trail by money, is easier to trail by pips

This should do it, use this wherever you currently use the FIB block, the custom code can go anywhere just make sure it is connected to another block, or under a pass. you can then optimise each constant leaving the variable with the different levels each pass:
https://fxdreema.com/shared/fmwHC8Pid

Ok, then that says it is the MT5 that's doing it, what I put above will allow you to delete some so you can download different.

You can not create a enum for this as it is already pre defined, ENUM_MA_METHOD is the correct type, MODE_EMA is the correct value:

https//www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/indicatorconstants/enum_ma_method

https://fxdreema.com/shared/9AfahREte

For this expiry date you need to get it from the broker, there is no MetaTrader code that can get this. Once you have it you can make the automatically trade end so you are not committed to buy it.

I would do it more like this, so it resets back to the original value when there is 0 trades, is a simple continual way but would need more conditions added: https://fxdreema.com/shared/FxWncGSqc

I find the easiest way is to constantly add 1 every minute to a variable, variable to 0 on event (like candle opening), check the value and when it reaches 16 commit to do something.

There is no once per signal, you have to create it with flags, once per bar may do it, but SAR will be the same on many candles,.

If created correctly they work the same on live as backtest, sometimes though they perform differently on backtest to a live environment.

yes and in the EA inputs

This is why I prefer working with MT4 not MT5, the problem is in your no position nearby block, the formula block is working correctly and multiplying the used pips, then you get that issue. You can try asking support why it's happening: https://fxdreema.com/support

You can do this on your PC platform, but not on FX Dreema, your only choice is finding a aftermarket indicator, to run on PC.

I rarely use no position nearby block, I have in the past but it rarely works as I would expect. As for 3rd risk of 1 I would set lot as % to 0.33 on each trade (100/3 = 33.3), then close all when profit reached, Check profit (period of time) but this would only look for profit in a given time.

This is unusual, but sometimes it does seem to happen, from what others have said this is because of a problem with the browser you are using, is not fully compatible.

Youwish, I was being nice! I told you others have had this problem... good luck because you have already done what has previously fixed this for people! So is unlikely to be your problem...

I don't have any, anyone that can possibly help will see this and give advice on what they know. Unfortunately all you can do at the minute as change your set up, then report back if you fix the issue.

You can, sometimes is easier to change externally: https://fxdreema.com/shared/ds1aZi4Hb