Semi-Automatic Grid Trading with Directional Profit Closures

Summary

The document describes a semi-automatic expert advisor that opens positions as price moves by configured steps: an upward move triggers a sell and a downward move triggers a buy. This creates separate buy and sell grids. The trader can close each side or all positions manually, or set an automatic closure once a specified profit target is reached. Lot sizes and step distances can be adjusted in the trading window, with settings and button states retained after a restart.

The operating method relies on the trader choosing a suitable profit target for one direction, then waiting for the other side to reach its target. The text recommends testing the tool in visual mode and says parameter optimization is unnecessary, but it gives no backtest results, risk controls, or guidance for choosing steps and targets. Grid positions can accumulate as prices trend, so the described closure process alone does not establish that losses are bounded or that the approach is profitable.

Key ideas

• The advisor opens sell positions after upward price steps and buy positions after downward steps.
• Buy and sell grids can be closed separately or together, manually or at configured profit targets.
• Position size and step distance are adjustable from the trading panel, and settings persist across restarts.
• The text offers no performance evidence or explicit protection against losses from sustained price moves.

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