Night Guard Instruction
Night guard package aims to protect trades opened during rollover period. The current version is able to close positions with specified symbol and magic numbers after a certain time of the day.
Installation
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Download and install Python 3.8.10 and tick the option Add Python 3.8 to PATH while installing.
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Open PowerShell and run the following command to install necessary python packages
py -m ensurepip --upgrade; py -m pip install -r requirement.txt
Configuration
There are two files that needs to be configured. Explanation of fields in Config.ini
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mt5_exe_path: Path to your mt5 terminal exe file
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server: The account trading server
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login: The account login
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password: The password
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TEST: 1 or 0, if its 1 then its in test mode, trades will NOT be closed, but rather records the profit as if it closes at stop time.
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NS_END_HOUR: Night ends hour, usually put 0
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NS_END_MINUTE: Night ends hour, usually put 58
Specifies which trades should be managed, is in symbol_stopT.csv
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Symbol: Symbol with the name same as in your MT5.
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StopT: Time to close open positions, it has form of HH:MM:SS
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Magics: Magic number of the positions
A list of Magic numbers. Put the magic numbers in filed
Magicsconnected by semi column ";", empty values means all the trades opened after 23:00.
How to use
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Open MT5 terminal and login to your trading account, enable Algo Trading and make sure EURUSD is listed on market watch.
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Open PowerShell, and change the working directory to NightGuard folder by
cd "path_to_NightGuard_directory" -
Run the command:
py main.py
It should print out your account information means it's working now. If want to exit, simply press Control+C
Report
After all the specified trades are closed each day, the position report will append to PositionReport.csv. If TEST is set to 1, the columns with leading ST_ will descript what if activate stop time closing, in live trading case.