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Envelopes
Envelopes place two bands a fixed percentage above and below a moving average. Unlike Bollinger Bands the width never adapts, which makes them predictable, easy to reason about, and a clean way to express 'price has gone too far' as a single number you control.
- Template settings
- 20 / 0.10%
- Bands
- Upper / Lower
- Width
- Fixed percentage
Ilustrativo — datos sintéticos, no una cotización en vivo.
What Envelopes tell you
An envelope says price is more than X percent away from its own average. That is a simpler statement than a Bollinger touch, because the distance does not change when volatility does — which is a weakness in a market that speeds up, and a strength when you want a rule whose meaning stays fixed.
- Price at the upper line: it is X% above its own average
- Price at the lower line: X% below
- The width never adapts — the same touch means the same distance in every regime
- 1 Average the applied price over N bars
- 2 Add and subtract a fixed percentage
- 3 Compare price to the two resulting lines
Mostrar la fórmula y detalles de cálculo
Envelopes are the simplest possible channel — a moving average plus and minus a fixed proportion:
- Compute a moving average of the applied price over the period, using the chosen method.
- Raise it by the deviation percentage to get UPPER_LINE, buffer 0:
UPPER = MA × (1 + D/100). - Lower it by the same percentage to get LOWER_LINE, buffer 1:
LOWER = MA × (1 − D/100).
Because the width is a proportion of the average rather than of measured dispersion, the channel scales with price but not with volatility. On a market whose price doubles, the envelope widens proportionally; on a market whose range doubles at the same price, it does not move at all. That single difference is what separates envelopes from Bollinger Bands, and it is the reason the deviation setting has to be chosen per instrument rather than copied.
In MQL5 the call is iEnvelopes(symbol, period, ma_period, ma_shift, ma_method, applied_price, deviation) and it returns a handle to two buffers — upper and lower only, with no middle line. Both ma_method and applied_price are real arguments, so the underlying average is as configurable as a standalone moving average.
Señales
Las señales distintivas y testeables que ofrece Envelopes — y el régimen adecuado para cada una.
Return to the Middle
Listo en BuilderEnvelope Breakout
Listo en BuilderWidth Calibration
Interpretación manualImplementación en MT5
Lo que MetaTrader 5 calcula y dibuja realmente: la referencia de cada regla de esta página.
Búferes
| Índice | Búfer | Dibujado en MT5 como | Qué contiene |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | UPPER_LINE | Line | The moving average raised by the deviation percentage. |
| 1 | LOWER_LINE | Line | The same average lowered by the same percentage. Note that iEnvelopes does not publish the middle line — you add a separate MA if a rule needs it. |
Notas de la plataforma
Funciona mejor / usar con cuidado
Ningún indicador tiene ventaja universal. Aquí es donde Envelopes ayuda — y donde engaña.
Funciona mejor
- Ranging markets
- Instruments with stable volatility
- When you want a fixed, explainable distance
- With a trend filter attached
Usar con cuidado
- Markets whose volatility changes regime
- One width across different instruments
- Touches as standalone entries
- Optimised widths without validation
Crear una estrategia Envelopes
Conecta la señal a las reglas de entrada y salida, luego exporta un EA MT5 compilable — sin código.
- Lower envelope (20, 0.10%)
- Upper envelope (20, 0.10%)
- Bid below the lower line → Open Buy · SL 30 / TP 60
- Bid above the upper line → Open Sell
Combinar Envelopes con otros indicadores
Un indicador raramente se sostiene solo. Estas combinaciones cubren los puntos ciegos de Envelopes.
Envelopes + RSI
- Bid below lower envelope
- RSI < 30
- Buy
No single-flow template pairs Envelopes with RSI — the portfolio template that holds both runs them as separate legs. Start from Envelope Reversal and add an RSI node with a Compare at 30.
Abrir el Builder →Envelopes + ADX
- ADX < 20
- Bid below lower envelope
- Buy
No single-flow template pairs Envelopes with ADX. Start from Envelope Reversal and add an ADX node with a Compare below 20.
Abrir el Builder →Envelopes + ATR
- Bid below lower envelope
- ATR sets the stop distance
- Buy
No single-flow template pairs Envelopes with ATR. Add an ATR node feeding a risk-based lot or stop node.
Abrir el Builder →Parámetros
Valores iniciales para validar en tu propio par y temporalidad — no son configuraciones garantizadas.
| Parámetro | Valor predeterminado | Rango de prueba sugerido | Qué hace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 20 | 10–50 | Window for the underlying moving average. Sets where the centre of the channel sits and how fast it follows price. |
| Deviation | 0.1 | 0.05–1.0 | Half-width of the channel as a percentage of the average. This is the number that decides how often price touches, and it is instrument-specific — 0.1% is meaningful on a major FX pair and trivial on an index. |
| Method | SMA | SMA / EMA / SMMA / LWMA | How the centre average is weighted. Same ENUM_MA_METHOD choices as a plain moving average. |
| Applied price | Close | Close / Open / High / Low / Median / Typical / Weighted | Price series the centre average runs on. iEnvelopes accepts any ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE value. |
Ajustes preestablecidos iniciales
Tight 20 / 0.05% Frequent touches, scalping horizon
Template baseline 20 / 0.10% The Builder template's setting
Wide 20 / 0.50% Rare, larger excursions
Ejemplos de mercado
Dónde Envelopes funciona, dónde falla y cómo un filtro cambia el resultado.
Fade inside a stable range
Price stretches to the lower line in a quiet session and returns to the average — the case a fixed-width channel describes best.
Volatility outgrows the channel
The session's range doubles and price spends the whole day outside the upper line. Every touch is a sell signal and every one of them is early.
Trend filter changes the direction
With a strength filter attached, the same upper-line touches are traded through rather than faded once a trend is confirmed — one level, two rules, selected by regime.
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FAQ
- Envelopes or Bollinger Bands?
- They answer different questions. Bollinger asks 'is price unusual relative to current volatility', because its width is a multiple of measured deviation. Envelopes ask 'is price more than X percent from its average', full stop. If you want a rule whose meaning is fixed and explainable, use envelopes; if you want one that adapts as the market speeds up, use Bollinger.
- What deviation percentage should I use?
- There is no portable number — it depends entirely on the instrument. A 0.1% envelope is a meaningful distance on EUR/USD and noise on a volatile index. Start from the instrument's own typical daily range, pick a width that produces a sensible number of touches, then test it. Copying a percentage across symbols is the fastest way to get a channel that never touches or never stops touching.
- Where is the middle line?
- iEnvelopes does not publish one. It returns only UPPER_LINE (buffer 0) and LOWER_LINE (buffer 1). If a rule needs the centre — to exit a fade at the mean, for instance — add a separate moving-average node with the same period, method and applied price.
- Should I fade the envelope or trade through it?
- Both work in their own regime, and they are opposites. Fading assumes price returns to the average, which holds in a range. Trading through assumes the break continues, which holds in a trend. Attach a regime filter and let it choose, rather than running both and hoping.
- Can I build an Envelopes EA without coding?
- Yes. The Envelope Reversal template wires both bands against a Price node with period, method, deviation and applied price exposed as EA inputs, so you can compile, backtest and optimise it per pair without writing MQL5. Choosing the width for a new instrument is the part a template cannot do for you.
- How should I validate settings before going live?
- Backtest on quality tick data first, then run the EA on a demo account before risking money. When optimising, hold back data the search never saw and prefer settings that stay profitable across periods over the single in-sample peak — chasing that peak is overfitting the noise. No default or preset here is a performance promise; every value is a starting point to re-validate on your own pair and broker.
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