Drawdown-Triggered Hedging for Losing Positions

Summary

The document describes an expert advisor that monitors an existing position and opens an opposite position when the original position’s loss exceeds a configured pip threshold. For a losing buy, it opens a sell of the same lot size. It then monitors that hedge and closes it if the hedge itself loses more than a second configured threshold.

The description provides the trigger sequence and position-sizing rule, and notes that a test-mode buy operation was added to demonstrate the behavior. It does not report backtest results, explain how the original position should be managed, or specify how the thresholds are chosen. Because the hedge can also lose, the procedure does not guarantee a reduction in total risk; its outcome depends on price movement, costs, and how the original position is handled.

Key ideas

• The advisor opens an opposite position when an existing position’s loss crosses a configured pip threshold.
• The hedge uses the same lot size as the position it offsets.
• The hedge is closed if its own loss exceeds a separate configured threshold.
• The document describes the mechanism but provides no performance evidence or threshold-selection method.

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