Pipsgrowth EX14013 Scalper

Pipsgrowth EX14013 MillionaireScalper is a five-confirmation, multi-handle scalping engine that opens positions only when Stochastic, KAMA, a candlestick pattern, optional divergence, and a market-regime classifier all agree. The EA is built around a strict additive logic: the first three conditions form the core signal, divergence tightens the entry, and the regime classifier blocks trades it considers unsafe. With 50 inputs across ten groups, this is one of the most configurable EAs in the EX14 family, but the live code is much narrower than the parameter dialog suggests — most of the SL/TP, trailing, and breakeven logic runs on ATR, not on the visible pip inputs.

The OnInit sequence builds five native indicator handles: iStochastic(5,3,3) on MODE_SMA / STO_LOWHIGH, iAMA configured as a KAMA with period 10, fast MA 2, slow MA 30 on PRICE_CLOSE, iATR(14), iADX(14), and a single iMA(100, MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE) used purely as a trend filter. Each of these has its own timeframe input (InpStochTimeframe, InpKAMATimeframe, InpATRTimeframe, InpADXTimeframe, InpMATimeframe), all default to 0 — and the MapTimeframeInt() helper returns PERIOD_H1 whenever the input is 0. That default fallback means every indicator runs on the H1 timeframe out of the box, regardless of the chart timeframe. M5 chart, H1 indicator stack: a deliberate higher-timeframe-filter design.

The signal chain on every tick is layered. First, the Stochastic must cross up below the buy level of 20 (main line crosses above signal line, both current and previous bars sit below 20) for a BUY, or cross down above the sell level of 80 for a SELL. If that fires, the EA checks whether Ask > KAMA (for buys) or Bid < KAMA (for sells) — KAMA is the adaptive trend baseline. Third, a candlestick pattern must confirm: any of the enabled Engulfing, Hammer, or Doji patterns on bar 0 (the Doji variants require the previous bar to be the opposite color). If all three pattern toggles are off, the EA skips the pattern gate. Fourth, the optional Stochastic divergence function scans the last 20 bars for a price-low / stoch-higher-low (or mirror) setup; if divergence detection is enabled, divergence must agree. Fifth, the regime classifier must place the market in TREND_UP or RANGE_CALM for buys, TREND_DOWN or RANGE_CALM for sells. Any one of those gates missing → no entry.

The GetMarketRegime() function reads ADX, +DI, -DI, and the 100-EMA. When ADX(14) exceeds the 25.0 trend threshold, the EA looks at both +DI/-DI and price-vs-MA slope. If +DI dominates with price above a rising MA, it returns TREND_UP; if -DI dominates with price below a falling MA, TREND_DOWN. When ADX is at or below 25, the EA classifies as ranging, and uses ATR to split that into RANGE_CALM (ATR < 20 points on a 5-digit broker = under 2 pips) or RANGE_VOLATILE. RANGE_VOLATILE is the only regime where CalculateLotSize cuts effective risk by 25% — the rest use full InpRiskPercent. The TREND_UP / TREND_DOWN / RANGE_CALM buckets are the tradeable zones; RANGE_VOLATILE and UNKNOWN are blocked at the entry gate.

Position sizing runs through CalculateLotSize(), which uses ATR × 1.5 as the assumed stop distance and divides balance × InpRiskPercent (default 1%) by the per-lot value. The lot is then floored to the symbol's _lotStep and clipped to _minLot / _maxLot. When InpUseRiskPercent is false, the EA falls back to the fixed InpFixedLots = 0.01. Each trade opens with a hardcoded deviation of 10 points and ORDER_FILLING_FOK.

The TP / SL sent to the broker at fill come from currentATR × InpATRTakeProfitMultiplier (default 2.0) and currentATR × InpATRStopLossMultiplier (default 1.5). The InpTakeProfitPips (100) and InpStopLossPips (50) inputs are visible in the dialog but are not what gets sent to the broker — the live SL/TP are always ATR-relative. The 2.0/1.5 defaults give roughly a 1.33:1 reward-to-risk ratio on every fill.

ManagePositions() handles the trade lifecycle. Breakeven fires once: if the SL hasn't been set yet (currentSL == 0) and the trade is at least InpBreakevenPips = 20 points in profit, the EA sets SL to entry + InpBreakevenOffsetPips = 5 points. After that one application, the SL is non-zero and the breakeven block never fires again. Trailing runs on every subsequent tick using currentATR × 1.5 as the distance, and only ratchets tighter — the code only modifies when the new level beats the current SL. The same InpTrailingStopPips input that gates the trailing block (50 points) acts as a kill switch, not a distance: trailing only enables when this input is greater than zero.

The session filter (InpEnableTradingSessions, default true) wraps a custom 8-hour window: InpStartHour = 9 to InpEndHour = 17, server time, with per-day toggles for Monday through Friday. Every tick outside the window calls CloseAllTradesIfOutsideSession(), which iterates positions and sends TRADE_ACTION_CLOSE_BY (a hedge-mode close that becomes a flat close on a netting account). This is the only time-based exit the EA has — there is no time-based bar exit, no session-specific TP, no Friday close-all.

The single largest safety control is the 10% drawdown kill switch. InpMaxDrawdown = 10.0 compares (initialBalance - currentEquity) / initialBalance against 10% on every tick. If breached, CheckMaxDrawdown() closes all open positions on the magic and calls ExpertRemove(), which permanently stops the EA on that chart. There is no reset, no soft-cap — the EA does not come back automatically. This is the only drawdown control the EA has; there is no daily loss limit, no per-trade trailing cap, no equity-curve filter.

Other capacity controls: InpMaxOpenTrades = 5 caps total open positions, and HasOpenPosition() blocks opening a second BUY or a second SELL while one is already on the same magic. The combination of single-direction + 5-max creates a soft pyramid: the EA can stack up to 5 buys or 5 sells, but cannot hedge. New-bar filtering, lot-step rounding, and max-lot clamping are all wired.

The audit reveals three defined-but-unused retry helpers at the bottom of the file — TryClose_EX14013, TryClosePartial_EX14013, and TryModify_EX14013 — each looping three times on REQUOTE / TIMEOUT / PRICE_OFF / PRICE_CHANGED before giving up. No live call site invokes them; OpenTrade, ModifyPosition, CloseAllTradesIfOutsideSession, and CheckMaxDrawdown all call OrderSend directly. The header advertises twelve layers (REGIME / SIGNAL / ENTRY / CONFIRM / NO-TRADE / CAPITAL CAP / RISK / SIZING / MANAGE / EXIT / SCALING / OnTester) but the actually-wired layers are eleven — SCALING is missing (no martingale, no scale-in, no grid) and OnTester is not implemented. Everything else is in the live code path.