Trend Breakout Strategy EA

Trend Breakout Strategy EA

Trend Breakout Strategy EA (MT5)

Overview

Trend Breakout Strategy EA is an Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5 that trades price breakouts from consolidation ranges. It detects a recent trading range over a configurable lookback period and opens a position when price breaks beyond defined breakout levels. Trade size and exits can be configured as fixed values or volatility-based values.

Trading logic

• Range detection: the EA evaluates a price range over the Lookback Period.
• Breakout entry: a trade is opened when price breaks the range by a configurable threshold.
• Separate settings can be used for buy and sell breakout thresholds.

Filters (optional)

• ATR filter: allows entries only when volatility meets your selected conditions.
• EMA trend filter: can be used to restrict trades to the prevailing direction.

Risk and position sizing

• Fixed lot mode.
• Risk-percent mode: position size is calculated from the stop-loss distance and the selected risk percentage.

Stop loss and take profit

• Fixed SL/TP mode.
• ATR-based SL/TP mode: SL/TP can adapt to changing volatility conditions.

Trade management

• Trailing stop: can lock in profit according to your trailing settings (including ATR-based trailing, if enabled).
• Trade spacing: minimum time between trades can be configured.

Safety limits

• Daily loss limit (optional).
• Maximum consecutive losses limit (optional).

Recommended use

The default configuration is intended for XAUUSD on M15. If you use the EA on other symbols or timeframes, you should recalibrate the parameters (volatility, spread, and symbol specification differences can materially change behavior).

Important information

Trading involves risk. Strategy Tester results are not the same as live trading results. Spread, slippage, execution, swaps, and broker conditions can affect performance. Test on a demo account first and verify that the EA behavior matches your expectations before using it on a live account.