Trade Manager Quick Guide - Cleaned
Trade Manager Quick Guide - Cleaned
Trade Manager Quick Guide - Cleaned
INSTALLATION
1. Download the Trade_Manager.ex4.
2. Go to your MetaTrader 4 platform → File → Open Data Folder
3. In this folder, go to MQL4 → Experts and copy the Trade_Manager.ex4 there. Restart
MetaTrader 4.
4. In MetaTrader 4, press CTRL + N. This will open Navigator window. Find the Trade_Manager
there. It will be under the Expert Advisors. Drag & drop it on a chart where you want to use it.
5. A window with indi settings will automatically open. Go to the “Common” tab and tick the
“Allow DLL imports”.
SETTINGS
Access settings by pressing F7
5. Lot_calculation_type: determines the amount from which your Risk gets calculated. It can be
either from Fixed amount, your Equity, or your Balance.
6. Risk_percent: default percentage of risk per trade. Can be adjusted easily from the Trade
Manager panel itself
7. Close_partly_lot: default number of Lots to close when you use the “Close Partly button”. This
can be adjusted easily from the Trade Manager panel itself.
8. Alert_distance: default distance (in pips) of an alert from Limit order trade entry line. You can
easily change the distance in your chart by dragging the Alert line up/down.
9. Alert_delay_minutes: if the price went over the Alert line over and over again, then it would
ring all the time. This parameter limits the time period between Alerts.
10. Risk_step: when you are adjusting Risk % straight from the Trade Manager, and if you do so
with those little up/down arrows, then this is the smallest step. 1 click = 1 step.
11. Risk_digits: how many decimals to use when setting your Risk %.
12. UseMaxRating, UseMediumRating, UseLowRating: those settings apply to the “Secure Limit
Orders” function. This function secures your Limit orders before, during and after macro news
release. MaxRating will protect your Limit Orders against the strongest macro news, Medium
will protect you from news with a medium impact, and LowRating will protect your Limits from
the weak news. Whether news is strong, medium, or weak is determined from
www.forexfactory.com.
13. Secure_limit_orders_min_before: determines how many minutes before macro news release
your Limit Orders will get withdrawn and secured.
14. Secure_limit_orders_min_after: determines when withdrawn/secured Limit Orders get placed
back on the chart after the macro news release.
15. Panel_scale: determines how big you want the Trade Manager pad (small, medium, big).