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3. If price moves against the trade by the original SL distance, recovery mode is activated instead of closing the trade.
4. The original TP is removed and the position is managed as a basket.
I reverted that idea. Now, the Grid follows the original closing rules and only add the Grid trading with them.
It allows to us every gentle Gird with 1-2 additions and small dollar Take Profit.
Uploaded Expert Advisor Polus v1.1
It fixes a bug with SL and TP when Grid is enabled (in currency and points).
You can use SL and TP in points (as in the original expert) and in currency from the Grid settings with Grid or not.
If the Grid is enabled, but you set "Gird maximum total positions" = 1, it uses the Grid's SL and TP in currency without adding to the position.
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It is Expert Advisor Plus because I intend to add other features to it, which are only valuable for testing in the MetaTrader's tester.
Like:
- repeating entry signal in case of an error (for example, midnight trade interruption due to swaps calculations)
- averaging of profitable positions (Pyramiding)
- possibly Higher time frame indicators for entry filters.
- ...
Any ideas are welcomed!
Does it work if I upload the EA in EA Studio and then I extract it in MT5 by flag on the grid option ?
> Does it work if I upload the EA in EA Studio and then I extract it in MT5 by flag on the grid option?
Yes, it works.
You can import any strategy and export a Grid export (Expert Advisor Plus)
By default, the Grid is off, and the strategy should work as original.
Uploaded Expert Advisor Polus v1.2
It fixes Grid Stop Loss in currency.
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Dollar Stop Loss and Take Profit works very well in my tests. they are not set to the positions but monitored at every tick. If the strategy makes total floating profit greater than the currency TP or lower than the currency SL, the Expert closes all positions.
If Pair close is enabled, the expert close the last position and only 0.01 lots from the first one on Currency Take Profit.
Great!
Will import my EAs “Ready for Live” which run on incubators, then will export them with the grid active and will benchmark the results with the sourcing EAs into the incubators.
Let’s see !
Thx
> Does it work if I upload the EA in EA Studio and then I extract it in MT5 by flag on the grid option?
Yes, it works.
You can import any strategy and export a Grid export (Expert Advisor Plus)
By default, the Grid is off, and the strategy should work as original.
Uploaded Expert Advisor Polus v1.3
I reconsidered the Grid's SL and TP behavior again and reverted it to follow strictly the original strategy.
Now the Grid uses the original entry pips SL and TP for all additional entries. In a result, the new positions are in the limits of the original strategy's protections.
(The previous version of the Grid Expert was using SL and TP calculated according to the average position price).
Trade Safe!
Okay, when can we test it?
Hi Popov,
Here is the my plan to evaluate the Grid version properly.
RfL (Ready for Live) are the EAs that already passed our full workflow filters and are currently production-grade.
PwL (Promotion Watchlist) are close-to-ready EAs still under validation before live promotion.
Test approach:
1. Import all current RfL and PwL into EA Studio (approx 50 EAs in total)
2. Export the Grid version
3. Run controlled backtests and compare PF, DD, win rate, and exposure behavior.
4. Run a 3–6 month parallel forward incubation (Original vs Grid).
5. Compare expectancy, drawdown stability, and exposure consistency.
6. Adopt Grid only if it improves distribution without increasing structural risk.
The objective is not just higher win rate, but better risk distribution with controlled downside.
All data will be progressively published here.
Just let me know when I can start to be effective across time and resources (MT4, demo accounts, VPs).
Thx
Uploaded Expert Advisor Polus v1.4
This version includes updated algorithm for pair-closing of the Grid positions at currency take profit.
Now, the Grid is able to close the first open position (complete or partial) with one or more of the latest positions if they together make profit equal or higher than the "Grid Take Profit (currency)". This feature shows lower Drawdown on my tests.
> Okay, when can we test it?
It is public now. You can download the "Expert Advisor Plus for MT5" from the Strategy Editor.
> 1. Import all current RfL and PwL into EA Studio (approx 50 EAs in total)
> 2. Export the Grid version
The Expert Advisor Plus works as the ordinary Experts exported from EA Studio by default.
The Grid has to be turned on. The Expert must be tested, and the Grid properties must be adjusted carefully in the MetaTrader's Strategy Tester.
> Just let me know when I can start to be effective across time and resources (MT4, demo accounts, VPs).
I consider this Expert as feature complete now.
I'll write the documentation this weekend.
The Expert Advisor Plus is written in MQL5 and works in MetaTrader 5 only.
MetaTrader 4 is effectively removed from the MetaQuotes' website and the MQL4 documentation is removed also. I cannot maintain MT4 Experts anymore.
Please test the Grid feature carefully and share your experience.
Happy Gridding!
Hello, Traders,
Here is the documentation of Expert Advisor Plus and the Grid functionality.
Have a great weekend!
Hello, Traders,
I uploaded Expert Advisor Plus v1.5
It fixes a bug in the Grid's distance input parameters. It is written that the values are in pips, but actually they were in points. Now I fixed it by correctly convert the pips to points for the markets with 3 and 5 digits.
This fix immediately reduces the Grid's equity drawdown simply because it adds less entries and makes them further apart 
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