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An EURJPY H1 Expert Advisor Based on a Semaphore Arrow Indicator

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Summary

This document describes an Expert Advisor that makes trade decisions when the The_20s_v020 semaphore indicator displays an arrow with the appropriate direction and color. It requires the compiled indicator file to be installed in the platform’s indicator directory. A supporting trading library is mentioned for handling brokers with nonzero spreads and for opening positions with stop-loss and take-profit settings.

The cited test concerns EURJPY on the one-hour chart in 2013 and uses the Expert Advisor’s default inputs. Stop loss and take profit were not used in those tests. The text refers to charts of deal history and testing results but provides no numerical performance measures or details sufficient to assess robustness. The approach therefore depends on an external indicator and leaves signal rules and evidence largely unspecified.

Key ideas

  • The Expert Advisor enters trades based on the direction and color of semaphore indicator arrows.
  • The system requires a separately compiled indicator file to be installed in the trading platform.
  • The described EURJPY one-hour test used default inputs and omitted stop loss and take profit.
  • The document references results charts but gives no numerical performance evidence.

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ForexTechnical indicatorsBacktesting

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