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Tracking Multiple Trading Robots by Magic Number in a Live P&L Dashboard

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Summary

The document describes a MetaTrader 5 dashboard for separating the results of multiple expert advisors running in one account. Each robot’s trades carry a numeric magic number, allowing the dashboard to group activity by strategy instead of relying on comments or ticket ranges. The proposed panel summarizes closed profit, deal counts, and comment fields for each identifier.

This grouping can make it easier to review strategy-level performance, spot drawdowns, maintain records, and decide whether to pause or fund a system. The usage note says to attach the compiled script or EA to a chart to display the table. However, the document supplies no code in the text, calculation details, treatment of open positions, or validation results. A P&L dashboard supports monitoring; it does not itself establish that a strategy is profitable or that capital allocation decisions will improve outcomes.

Key ideas

  • Magic numbers provide numeric identifiers for separating trades from multiple expert advisors.
  • The dashboard aggregates closed profit and deal counts by identifier.
  • Grouping results can simplify strategy monitoring and record keeping.
  • The text does not explain open-position accounting or provide validation evidence.

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