Acceleration/Deceleration Oscillator Signals and History-Based Position Sizing

Summary

This expert advisor uses the Acceleration/Deceleration oscillator to generate buy and sell signals. It evaluates the indicator when a new bar appears and allows only one open position at a time, which supports both hedging and netting account modes. The listed rules combine the oscillator’s sign, changes across recent bars, and crossings of the zero line to identify potential entries.

Position size is calculated from recent trading history, with a maximum-risk percentage and a decrease factor among the inputs. The document describes the broad signal structure but omits the actual order-handling code in several places, so exact entry behavior and risk calculations cannot be reconstructed. It gives no backtest, performance results, exit rules, or evidence that the signals are profitable; the material should be read as a strategy outline rather than a validated system.

Key ideas

• The advisor checks the oscillator only when a new bar appears.
• It uses oscillator direction, sign, and zero-line crossings to form buy and sell signals.
• Only one position is held at a time, allowing use with hedging or netting accounts.
• Position size depends on recent trading history and risk-related parameters.
• Missing code and performance evidence limit assessment of the strategy.

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