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555741

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The ID this leg stamps on its own orders so it never touches positions it did not open. All four legs carry different numbers; change one only if another EA on the same account uses the same value.

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3

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How far (in pips) a market order may fill from the requested price before it is rejected. 3 is a working default for USD/JPY and does not affect the backtest.

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true

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Allows at most one entry per M1 bar for this leg. The published record was measured with this on.

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0.1

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Fixed lot each leg opens with. One input drives them all, so the balance between legs is preserved whatever you set. The record was measured with every leg at 0.1 on a $10,000 account.

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25

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Fixed stop distance in pips for the Tokyo-fix sell leg. Part of the measured record — changing it changes the strategy.

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25

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Fixed target distance in pips for the Tokyo-fix sell leg. Part of the measured record — changing it changes the strategy.

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true

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Treats the last business day of the month as a gotobi day as well, which is how Japanese settlement practice works. Measured with this on.

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1

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This leg never holds more than one position at a time. The ceiling across all four legs is set separately by PortfolioMaxOpenPositions.

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30

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Blocks a new entry when the spread (in points) is wider than this. Raise it if your broker is wider than the one the record was measured on; lowering it will skip trades the record contains.

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255.0

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Minutes-of-day marker this leg uses to close on the clock rather than on a signal. Part of the record.

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0

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★ Must match YOUR broker's server clock. Every leg enters at a fixed time of day, so if this is wrong the entry window lands on the wrong hour. 0 suits a UTC+0 server, which is what the record used.

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0

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★ The same as the winter offset but for daylight-saving months. Set both to your server's actual offset.

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0

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Which daylight-saving calendar to follow when switching between the two offsets — 0 = US, 1 = EU, 2 = none. The record was generated with the US switch dates.

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329643

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The ID this leg stamps on its own orders so it never touches positions it did not open. All four legs carry different numbers; change one only if another EA on the same account uses the same value.

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3

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How far (in pips) a market order may fill from the requested price before it is rejected. 3 is a working default for USD/JPY and does not affect the backtest.

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true

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Allows at most one entry per M1 bar for this leg. The published record was measured with this on.

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100

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Fixed stop distance in pips for the Tokyo-fix buy leg. Part of the measured record — changing it changes the strategy.

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100

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Fixed target distance in pips for the Tokyo-fix buy leg. Part of the measured record — changing it changes the strategy.

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true

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Treats the last business day of the month as a gotobi day as well, which is how Japanese settlement practice works. Measured with this on.

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1

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1 means the leg enters the afternoon before a gotobi day rather than on the day itself — it is positioned before the flow, not during it.

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1

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This leg never holds more than one position at a time. The ceiling across all four legs is set separately by PortfolioMaxOpenPositions.

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30

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Blocks a new entry when the spread (in points) is wider than this. Raise it if your broker is wider than the one the record was measured on; lowering it will skip trades the record contains.

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54.0

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Minutes-of-day marker this leg uses to close on the clock rather than on a signal. Part of the record.

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0

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★ Must match YOUR broker's server clock. Every leg enters at a fixed time of day, so if this is wrong the entry window lands on the wrong hour. 0 suits a UTC+0 server, which is what the record used.

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0

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★ The same as the winter offset but for daylight-saving months. Set both to your server's actual offset.

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0

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Which daylight-saving calendar to follow when switching between the two offsets — 0 = US, 1 = EU, 2 = none. The record was generated with the US switch dates.

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672836

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The ID this leg stamps on its own orders so it never touches positions it did not open. All four legs carry different numbers; change one only if another EA on the same account uses the same value.

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3

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How far (in pips) a market order may fill from the requested price before it is rejected. 3 is a working default for USD/JPY and does not affect the backtest.

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true

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Allows at most one entry per M1 bar for this leg. The published record was measured with this on.

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80

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Fixed stop distance in pips for the month-end leg. Part of the measured record — changing it changes the strategy.

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100

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Fixed target distance in pips for the month-end leg. Part of the measured record — changing it changes the strategy.

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24,25,26,27,28,29

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The month-end window: this leg only opens on the 24th through the 29th. Comma-separated day numbers.

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1

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This leg never holds more than one position at a time. The ceiling across all four legs is set separately by PortfolioMaxOpenPositions.

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20

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Blocks a new entry when the spread (in points) is wider than this. Raise it if your broker is wider than the one the record was measured on; lowering it will skip trades the record contains.

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1500.0

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Minutes-of-day marker this leg uses to close on the clock rather than on a signal. Part of the record.

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0

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★ Must match YOUR broker's server clock. Every leg enters at a fixed time of day, so if this is wrong the entry window lands on the wrong hour. 0 suits a UTC+0 server, which is what the record used.

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0

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★ The same as the winter offset but for daylight-saving months. Set both to your server's actual offset.

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0

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Which daylight-saving calendar to follow when switching between the two offsets — 0 = US, 1 = EU, 2 = none. The record was generated with the US switch dates.

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357802

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The ID this leg stamps on its own orders so it never touches positions it did not open. All four legs carry different numbers; change one only if another EA on the same account uses the same value.

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3

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How far (in pips) a market order may fill from the requested price before it is rejected. 3 is a working default for USD/JPY and does not affect the backtest.

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true

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Allows at most one entry per M1 bar for this leg. The published record was measured with this on.

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80

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Fixed stop distance in pips for the second month-end leg. Part of the measured record — changing it changes the strategy.

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100

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Fixed target distance in pips for the second month-end leg. Part of the measured record — changing it changes the strategy.

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24,25,26,27,28,29

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The month-end window: this leg only opens on the 24th through the 29th. Comma-separated day numbers.

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1

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This leg never holds more than one position at a time. The ceiling across all four legs is set separately by PortfolioMaxOpenPositions.

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20

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Blocks a new entry when the spread (in points) is wider than this. Raise it if your broker is wider than the one the record was measured on; lowering it will skip trades the record contains.

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1500.0

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Minutes-of-day marker this leg uses to close on the clock rather than on a signal. Part of the record.

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0

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★ Must match YOUR broker's server clock. Every leg enters at a fixed time of day, so if this is wrong the entry window lands on the wrong hour. 0 suits a UTC+0 server, which is what the record used.

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0

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★ The same as the winter offset but for daylight-saving months. Set both to your server's actual offset.

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0

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Which daylight-saving calendar to follow when switching between the two offsets — 0 = US, 1 = EU, 2 = none. The record was generated with the US switch dates.

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0.0

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Halts all four legs if account drawdown from peak equity reaches this percent. 0 = off, which is how the record was measured.

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3

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★ The ceiling across all four legs — this is what makes the EA a portfolio rather than four separate EAs. 3 was the measured setting, and the record reaches it: counting the tester's own deal order, three positions were open at once on 116 occasions and two on 306. Size the account for three open positions, not two.

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0.0

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Blocks new entries once the combined open volume reaches this. 0 = off (measured setting).

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-1

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Optional session window applied on top of the legs' own times. -1 = off (measured setting); the legs already carry their own fixed windows.

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0

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Minute part of the optional session window. Only used when the start hour is set.

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-1

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End of the optional session window, exclusive. -1 = off (measured setting).

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0

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Minute part of the optional session end. Only used when the end hour is set.

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Comma list of weekdays that block new entries (0 = Sunday). Empty = none, which is the measured setting.

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0

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A spread ceiling applied across all legs, on top of each leg's own. 0 = off (measured setting).

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0.0

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Closes every leg when total floating profit reaches this amount in account currency. 0 = off.

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0.0

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Closes every leg when total floating loss reaches this amount (positive number). 0 = off.

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0

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Force-closes any of this EA's positions older than this many hours. 0 = off — the legs already close on their own clocks.

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0.0

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Halts all legs for the rest of the day once realised loss reaches this. 0 = off (measured setting).

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0.0

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Same as the daily limit but for the week, starting Monday 00:00. 0 = off.

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0.0

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Same as the daily limit but for the calendar month. 0 = off.

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0

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Halts all legs for the rest of the day after this many losing trades in a row. 0 = off.

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0.0

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Moves a position's stop to entry once it is this many pips in profit. 0 = off, which is how the record was measured — the legs rely on their fixed stops and clock exits instead.

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1.0

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Extra pips beyond entry to lock in when the break-even move happens. Only used when the trigger is on.