Pipsgrowth EX07007 MA

Pipsgrowth EX07007 MA is a triple-simple-moving-average crossover EA that lives or dies by a single concept: the three SMAs must line up in order, and they must be separated by a minimum pip distance before a trade is allowed. There is no regime filter, no news block, no session gate, no martingale, no grid, and no partial-close. The strategy is intentionally minimal — a pure trend signal with a small amount of anti-whipsaw filtering layered on top — which means the EA is portable across FX majors and metals and stays understandable after one read of the source.

Three iMA handles drive the entire decision. They are created in OnInit with iMA(symbol, period, period_MA, shift, MODE_SMA, PRICE_CLOSE) and bound to MA1 = period 9 shift 0, MA2 = period 14 shift 1, MA3 = period 29 shift 2. The default periods follow a fast/mid/slow cascade so MA1 reacts first, MA2 confirms, and MA3 sets the background direction. The shift values are non-zero on the slower two lines (1 bar back for MA2, 2 bars back for MA3), which delays their turn slightly and tightens the trend definition — the fast line has to outrun lines that are deliberately lagged, so a valid crossover has to be decisive enough to clear the gap. m_adjusted_point is computed from m_symbol.Point() times 1 or 10 depending on the symbol's digits (3- or 5-digit instruments get the ×10 adjustment), and ExtMAspread is then defined as InpMAspread (default 10 pips) multiplied by m_adjusted_point. The internal distance the three SMAs need between each other is therefore a real price gap, not a raw point count, which keeps the threshold consistent on XAUUSD (2-decimal quotes) and on EURUSD (5-decimal quotes).

Entry is mechanical. On every tick, OnTick() copies the current bar-0 value from each of the three iMA handles via iMAGet(), then evaluates two conditions in order. A long is allowed only when ma1_0 > ma2_0 + ExtMAspread AND ma2_0 > ma3_0 + ExtMAspread, with count_buys == 0. A short is the mirror: ma1_0 < ma2_0 − ExtMAspread AND ma2_0 < ma3_0 − ExtMAspread, with count_sells == 0. The two conditions together mean the fast line must be cleanly above the middle, the middle must be cleanly above the slow, and there must be no opposing position already open. After OpenBuy(0.0, 0.0) or OpenSell(0.0, 0.0) returns, the function exits immediately so the second side cannot fire on the same tick. Both OpenBuy and OpenSell pass 0.0 for sl and tp, which is intentional: the strategy does not use a hard stop or target on the order itself.

Exit logic is asymmetric against entry and is where the EA's risk control actually lives. The reverse close is triggered on a much smaller spread: an open BUY is closed via TryClose_EX07007 when ma1_0 < ma2_0 − ExtMAspread/2.0, and an open SELL is closed when ma1_0 > ma2_0 + ExtMAspread/2.0. The entry gate requires a full ExtMAspread between MA1 and MA2, but the exit gate fires at half that distance. The practical effect is that an open position stays in place through minor pullbacks (a fast line drifting back toward the middle, but not crossing it) and is closed the moment the structure actually breaks. There is no trailing stop, no breakeven move, and no time stop — the only path out of a trade is the spread-based MA1/MA2 reversal.

Position sizing is fixed at InpLots (default 0.1). CheckVolumeValue() runs in OnInit to ensure the lot value sits between m_symbol.LotsMin() and m_symbol.LotsMax() and is an exact multiple of m_symbol.LotsStep(); if the test fails, the EA refuses to start with INIT_PARAMETERS_INCORRECT. CTrade's CheckVolume is also called immediately before OrderSend to guard against insufficient margin, and m_trade.SetTypeFillingBySymbol picks the correct FILLING mode for the broker automatically. Slippage is set to 10 points through m_trade.SetDeviationInPoints(10), and the magic number 22207007 is set via SetExpertMagicNumber. The order comment is configurable through InpTradeComment.

Retry logic is built into three wrappers. TryClose_EX07007, TryClosePartial_EX07007, and TryModify_EX07007 each loop up to three times on TRADE_RETCODE_REQUOTE, TRADE_RETCODE_TIMEOUT, TRADE_RETCODE_PRICE_OFF, and TRADE_RETCODE_PRICE_CHANGED with a 200 ms Sleep between attempts (the modify wrapper sleeps 100 ms and only retries on REQUOTE/TIMEOUT). On any other retcode the loop breaks immediately. The wrappers are declared but only TryClose_EX07007 is wired into the live logic — there is no trailing or partial path that calls them in this build. That asymmetry is worth noting for anyone reading the code: the safety net exists for the path the EA actually uses.

The file header claims a twelve-layer architecture (regime, signal, entry, confirm, no-trade, capital cap, risk, sizing, manage, exit, scaling, OnTester) but the implementation is more compact. The actual layers that fire on every tick are: read MAs → scan positions → close any trade whose MA1/MA2 spread has collapsed → otherwise open a new direction if the spread has expanded. There is no session filter, no news blackout, no daily-loss guard, no equity-floor protection, no martingale, and no OnTester formula. Anyone expecting the full twelve-layer framework should be aware that this particular build delivers a stripped-down variant.

In practice, EX07007 is best used by a trader who wants a small, transparent signal source and is willing to handle portfolio-level risk themselves — for example, running it inside a multi-EA setup with an external risk cap, or paper-trading the signal as a screening tool. Because there is no per-trade stop, a market that gaps or trends hard against the entry will keep the position open until the SMA structure finally turns. A user who needs hard stops for prop-firm compliance should layer them externally, or choose a build in this family that wires SL/TP into OpenBuy/OpenSell (those parameters are 0.0 in this file and would need to be set in the source). For its intended use — clean three-line trend following on liquid instruments with a clear crossover definition — the EA is honest about what it does and easy to read.