Enhanced Equity Stop with Cooldown for cTrader

A sophisticated modification of Acronew's Equity Stop with advanced features and improved UI.

Overview

This enhanced version offers a streamlined interface with consolidated components and additional features for better trade management. The UI has been optimized by grouping related components together, resulting in a more efficient use of space.

Key Features

🎯 Automated Risk Management

• Auto Stop Loss & Take Profit
  • Default protective measures: 150 pips stop loss and 100 pips take profit
  • Configurable: Can be adjusted by dragging to desired levels during active trades
  • Optional: Can be disabled via checkbox

💹 Position Management

• Dynamic Position Sizing
  • Multiplier buttons: 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x, 50x
  • Example: With base lot size 10 and 50x multiplier, creates additional 40 lots market order
  • Increase/Decrease buttons for base lot size (supports martingale strategy)
  • Direct Buy/Sell execution at selected lot size

🔄 Retry Mechanism

• Allows re-entry after initial equity stop loss
• Automatically adjusts profit target to account for previous losses
• Trading restricted once last chance threshold is reached
• Trading resumes after cooldown period

⏲️ Cooldown System

• Features
  • Customizable cooldown duration
  • Automatic closure of active trades during cooldown
  • Persistent timer (continues even after application restart)
  • Saved settings across sessions
  • Triggered by equity stop (loss or target)

🎚️ Trigger Modes

1. Per Trade Mode

• Individual trade monitoring
• Triggers when single trade loss exceeds equity stop value
• Example Scenario:
  • Equity Stop: 20
  • Single trade loss: 25
  • Result: Triggers cooldown, halts trading

2. Per Session Mode

• Monitors cumulative session performance
• Considers total PnL across all trades
• Example Scenario:
  • Multiple trades: -10, -5, -7 (Total: -22)
  • Equity Stop: 20
  • Result: Triggers cooldown when total PnL exceeds threshold

Technical Notes

• Optimized for "USTEC" instrument (configurable)
• Stop Loss and Take Profit measured in pips
• Settings persistence across sessions

Known Issues

Cooldown Reset Bug:

• During cooldown: Trading halted for entire session
• Issue: Timer incorrectly restarts after completion
• Workaround: Start new session after cooldown
• Resolution: Timer functions normally in new session