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Robust Expert Advisor Template for Signal-Based Trade Management

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Summary

This document outlines an expert advisor (EA) template for applying user-defined long and short entry signals while managing open trades. Users supply entry logic through separate signal functions. The template is described as placing one buy or sell order when only one direction is signaled, and taking no position when both directions trigger. It closes a trade when its take-profit or stop-loss level is reached, or when an opposite signal prompts a reversal. The stated purpose also includes handling terminal interruptions such as crashes or lost connections, though the document gives no implementation details for that recovery behavior.

An example uses CCI and RSI thresholds to illustrate how signals might be constructed; the author explicitly characterizes those conditions as arbitrary demonstration logic. The document recommends compatibility with brokers using four- or five-digit quotes and advises testing on a demo account. It provides no performance results, detailed risk controls, or evidence that the sample rules are profitable. The template describes operational trade handling rather than a validated trading strategy, so its example signals should not be treated as investment guidance.

Key ideas

  • The EA accepts user-defined long and short conditions through separate signal functions.
  • It is designed to avoid opening a trade when long and short signals occur together.
  • Take-profit, stop-loss, and opposite-direction signals are described as exit triggers.
  • The CCI and RSI example is illustrative and is not presented as a tested strategy.
  • The document recommends demo testing and gives no evidence of profitability.

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