Trend follower

The swiss knife for Day Traders

Developed by traders, for traders, Trend follower, SwingTrader and P/L optimizer are just a few examples of highly customizable Expert Advisor tools running on the Metatrader trading platform to assist in actively managing the traded funds, primarily to monitor and minimize risk exposure, while aiming at the desired profit target.
The above picture shows the TrendFollower EA in action: while analysing the daily trend of selected financial instruments, showing strategical chart information useful for the next trade, reporting all positions details and current overall Profit vs. Risk margin, it also takes care of trailing the set SL on the open positions and triggers new Traling Stops or closes positions as soon as the desired conditions are met, keeping user's inputs constantly alive for full control and real-time interaction. These are just a few example operations executed by the EA. For a full description of all available features, please refer to the user's manual or do not hesitate to contact us.
A full introduction, general trading coaching and live training sessions are offered free of charge on customer's request in order to explore the several options, optimize settings for each situation and exploit all benefits of our tools.

In the picture below you can see an example of a combination of the EA Trend Follower along with some of our in-house developed indicators and our keyboards while operating in a typical day trading session.

*Photo courtesy of a professional day trader using several of our products at once.

    Main features:
  • The EA tools are a professional aid to programmatically modify open positions (changing SL, TP, TS and closing)
  • Especially suited for a hedging trading style, thanks to target-oriented SL trailing functions
  • Risk management tool, allowing to keep an eye on the current max loss/profit and automating the TS
  • Primarily tailored to Day Trading, as all metrics and notifications are referred to the Daily P/L
  • Applicable on different financial instruments at the same time
  • Option to execute on all open positions or only selectively on the ones open contextually with the EA
  • Can be used on any traded security, as long as tick and trading events exist
  • Customizable with on-the-fly changeable parameters
  • Bracket orders and OCO feature
  • Voice feedback, allowing to monitor current situation with a powered off screen
  • Keyboard shortcuts on orders and position open/close, TP/SL nudge and rapid settings change
  • Informational panels directly on the Chart window for maximum control
  • Interactive buttons on chart, to manually close all selected positions in one go
  • Toggle buttons to switch between strategies: Normal, Threshold Profit and Low-Volatility mode
  • Limited recovery capabilities in case of failed order placement
  • Verbose log on most executed operations
  • Ability to move the target levels directly on the chart, for a fast and intuitive visual interaction
  • Ability to set the overall minimum profit value or price gap to start trailing from
  • Tools are client-side EA's. Once Metatrader is closed, the operation is interrupted. They can be used on a VPS though
  • Dynamically adjusting Break-even lines showing quickly the levels on the chart where to strategically place SL/TP levels
  • Suitable to different trading techniques: low-risk, aggressive, swing trades, long-term trends, day-trading, scalping, etc.
  • The EA can be left unattended once positions are open, as acoustic sounds will notify about important changes

*Accelerated 4-minute trading session running TrendFollower from the opening of 3 short positions on DAX CFD until automated closure, securing €177 of profit.

An example of great performances of our tools is provided below for the Swing trading strategy. The values are the untouched result of a 14-months backtest length performed on real historical tick data with a live trading account on Metatrader5:

Strategy Tester Report
Settings
Expert: SwingTrader2
Symbol: .DAX30
Period: M1 (2020.05.01 - 2021.07.02)
Currency: EUR
Initial Deposit: 10 000.00
Leverage: 1:100
Results
History Quality: 96% real ticks
Bars: 382989 Ticks: 12532919 Symbols: 1
Total Net Profit: 54 761.94 Balance Drawdown Absolute: 0.14 Equity Drawdown Absolute: 3 670.55
Gross Profit: 54 800.39 Balance Drawdown Maximal: 2.26 (0.00%) Equity Drawdown Maximal: 14 115.20 (58.09%)
Gross Loss: -38.45 Balance Drawdown Relative: 0.01% (0.56) Equity Drawdown Relative: 58.09% (14 115.20)
Profit Factor: 1 425.24 Expected Payoff: 402.94 Margin Level: 91.46%
Recovery Factor: 3.88 Sharpe Ratio: 1.71 Z-Score: 0.00 (0.00%)
AHPR: 1.0139 (1.39%) LR Correlation: 0.97 OnTester result: 0
GHPR: 1.0138 (1.38%) LR Standard Error: 3 681.19
Total Trades: 136 Short Trades (won %): 0 (0.00%) Long Trades (won %): 136 (100.00%)
Total Deals: 272 Profit Trades (% of total): 136 (100.00%) Loss Trades (% of total): 0 (0.00%)
Largest profit trade: 1 935.12 Largest loss trade: 0.00
Average profit trade: 402.94 Average loss trade: 0.00
Maximum consecutive wins ($): 136 (54 800.39) Maximum consecutive losses ($): 0 (0.00)
Maximal consecutive profit (count): 54 800.39 (136) Maximal consecutive loss (count): 0.00 (0)
Average consecutive wins: 136 Average consecutive losses: 0
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Correlation (Profits,MFE): 0.99 Correlation (Profits,MAE): -0.18 Correlation (MFE,MAE): -0.1858
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Minimal position holding time: 0:04:47 Maximal position holding time: 452:28:44 Average position holding time: 32:04:18
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Another example shows an optimal performance day of the TrendFollower tool when applying an active scalping trading technique and dedicated short-term/small profit with relatively high lots position settings. The trades here are again from Metatrader5 and result from a 3-hour live trading session on DAX index:

Trade History Report
Account: (EUR, 1:100, Hedge)
Broker: Raw Trading Ltd
Date: 2021.08.25 18:14
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Results
Total Net Profit: 2 864.25 Gross Profit: 3 743.00 Gross Loss: -878.75
Profit Factor: 4.26 Expected Payoff: 16.46
Recovery Factor: 9.48 Sharpe Ratio: 0.43
Balance Drawdown:
Balance Drawdown Absolute: 0.00 Balance Drawdown Maximal: 302.25 (4.75%) Balance Drawdown Relative: 4.75% (302.25)
Total Trades: 174 Short Trades (won %): 98 (91.84%) Long Trades (won %): 76 (86.84%)
Profit Trades (% of total): 156 (89.66%) Loss Trades (% of total): 18 (10.34%)
Largest profit trade: 112.50 Largest loss trade: -195.00
Average profit trade: 23.99 Average loss trade: -48.82
Maximum consecutive wins ($): 56 (1 200.00) Maximum consecutive losses ($): 6 (-302.25)
Maximal consecutive profit (count): 1 200.00 (56) Maximal consecutive loss (count): -302.25 (6)
Average consecutive wins: 17 Average consecutive losses: 2

Important disclaimer: The above performance results are reported solely for demonstration purposes. Past performance is not indicative of future results. No promise or guarantee of success or profitability has been made on this website. Trading financial instruments carries a high potential for capital loss. The use of these tools is therefore recommended for expert users only and discretion of use on real money accounts is left at their own risk and judgement.
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