//+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| EURUSD breakout v0.30 | //+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright © 2005, TraderSeven/Matt Kennel" #property link "TraderSeven@gmx.net" // \\|// +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ \\|// // ( o o ) |T|r|a|d|e|r|S|e|v|e|n| ( o o ) // ~~~~oOOo~(_)~oOOo~~~~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~~~~oOOo~(_)~oOOo~~~~ // Run on EUR/USD M15 // // If there was a small range during the EU session then there is a trading opportunity during the US session. // //----------------------- USER INPUT // // --- Numerous programming problems fixed by Matt Kennel ("Doctor Chaos"), now executes trades // Not yet profitable. extern int Local_start_hour_EU_session = 6; extern int Local_end_hour_EU_session = 12; extern int Local_start_hour_US_session = 12; extern int Local_end_hour_US_session = 16; extern int SmallEUSessionPips = 30; extern bool Trade_on_Monday = false; extern int TakeProfit=15; extern int Lots=1; //----------------------- MAIN PROGRAM LOOP int start() { int slip=3; int Stoploss=12; // in pips static double TopRange,LowRange; static bool bought,sold,smallsession,sessionfound; // static variables will be retained over calls. if (Hour() ==0) { //reset for a new day at midnight. TopRange = 0; LowRange = 0; bought = false; // we allow only one buy and one sell per day. sold = false; sessionfound = false; } bool TradeDayOK = (DayOfWeek() >= 1) && (DayOfWeek() <= 5); // M-F, not sat or sun. if ((DayOfWeek() == 1) && (Trade_on_Monday==false)) TradeDayOK = false; // it may be a good idea to also avoid NFP days, first thursday in any month. if(TradeDayOK) { if ((sessionfound == false) && (Hour() == Local_start_hour_US_session)) { // first time through, compute EU session highs and lows. TopRange=High[Highest(NULL,0,MODE_HIGH,24,1)]; // 24 M15 bars during EU session LowRange=Low[Lowest(NULL,0,MODE_LOW,24,1)]; // 24 M15 bars during EU session if ((TopRange-LowRange) <= SmallEUSessionPips*Point) smallsession = true; else smallsession = false; sessionfound = true; Print("Identified new EU session + ["+LowRange+","+TopRange+"]"+" DayOfYear()="+DayOfYear()+" small? "+smallsession); } if(sessionfound && smallsession && (Hour()>=Local_start_hour_US_session) && (Hour() (TopRange+Point*3) )) { OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,slip,Ask-(Stoploss*Point),Ask+(TakeProfit*Point),0,0,Blue); bought = true; } if ((sold == false) && (High[1]< (LowRange-Point*3) )) { OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,slip,Bid+(Stoploss*Point),Bid-(TakeProfit*Point),0,0,Red); sold = true; } } // end if in 2nd US time. }// end if small session } }