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Configuration Reference

As of v2.01, only 3 technical settings live in MT5 → EA Properties (F7). Everything else — colors, fonts, behavior toggles — is configured live, from the Settings panel (click the ⚙ icon in the Main Panel header), organized into 5 tabs: General, Display, Easy Order (EO), Order List (LO), and Trade Badges (TB). Changes apply instantly, no recompiling or reopening F7 needed, and persist automatically across MT5 restarts, EA updates, and removing/re-adding the EA.

Hover for help

Hovering over any setting in the Settings panel for about 1.5 seconds shows a short tooltip explaining what it does, in your selected language.

Upgrading from an older version?

If you're on a version before v2.00 and still see 45 items in F7, that's expected — they were consolidated into the Settings panel described below. Your existing values carry over automatically; nothing needs to be reconfigured.

F7 — EA Properties (3 settings)

These are the only settings you set before attaching the EA — they don't change while trading, so there's no benefit to a live control for them.

InpMagicNumber — EA magic number

Default: 202600201 Valid values: Any positive integer

A unique numeric identifier the EA stamps on every order it places. MT5 uses this number to distinguish orders from different EAs or manual trades.

Important

If you run more than one EA on the same account, each one must have a different magic number. Duplicate magic numbers cause EAs to interfere with each other's orders.

InpUpdateMs — Panel refresh interval

Default: 250 Valid values: 100 – 1000 (milliseconds)

Controls how often the panels refresh their data (prices, P&L, positions). Lower values make the panels feel more responsive but use more CPU.

Value Feel
100 Very smooth, higher CPU usage
250 Recommended — good balance
500 Slightly delayed but very light

InpFeedbackMs — Confirmation message duration

Default: 250 Valid values: 500 – 5000 (milliseconds)

After placing an order, the EA shows a brief confirmation at the bottom of the Easy Order panel — a green ✓ Order placed or red ✗ Error - see log. This setting controls how many milliseconds that message stays visible before returning to the normal placement button.

Value Feel
500 Quick flash
1500 Comfortable reading time (recommended)
3000 Stays visible for 3 seconds

Settings Panel — General tab

Reset Settings

Full-width button at the top of the tab. Resets every setting in every tab back to its factory default — including all colors, font scales, and behavior toggles. Does not affect open positions or pending orders.

Language

Default: English Valid values: EN, ES, PT, RU

Sets the language used across all panels (Main Panel, Easy Order, Order List, Candle Timer, and the Settings panel itself). Changes apply instantly.

Include Pending Orders on Close All

Default: off

When enabled, the Close All action also cancels pending orders, not just open positions.

Include Commissions with Breakeven

Default: off

When enabled, moving a position to breakeven (BE) accounts for round-trip commission costs, placing the SL slightly beyond the raw entry price so the position closes at true breakeven after fees.

Candle Timer: Secondary Timeframes

Default: on

Shows 2 extra rows in the Candle Timer widget for higher timeframes, in addition to the current chart's timeframe. Turn off to show only the current timeframe's countdown.

Settings Panel — Display tab

Font scales and visual density for each panel, adjustable independently.

Panel / List / EO / Candle Timer Font Scale

Valid range: 0.7 – 2.0 (varies slightly per panel)

Each panel has its own font scale stepper, so you can make the Order List larger and readable without also enlarging the Main Panel, for example.

Value Use case
0.7–0.9 Compact — fits more content on a small chart
1.0–1.2 Normal to slightly larger (most defaults)
1.3–2.0 Large — high-resolution monitors or accessibility

Candle Timer Opacity

Default: 85% Valid range: 10% – 100%

Controls how transparent the Candle Timer's background/frame is, so it can blend with the chart behind it. Only affects the background — the countdown text and progress bar always stay fully opaque for readability.

Candle Timer Display

Default: Number and progress bar Valid values: Number only, Progress bar only, Number and progress bar

Controls what each row of the Candle Timer displays.

Icon Style

Default: System font Valid values: System font, Vector

Controls how small icons (like the ⚙ Settings icon) are drawn:

  • System font — uses a built-in Windows icon font for a sharper, more polished look. Works correctly for the vast majority of users.
  • Vector — a simple hand-drawn style that doesn't depend on any specific font, guaranteed to work on any operating system.

Tip

If an icon ever appears as an empty box instead of a symbol (most likely if you're running MT5 on Mac or Linux), switch this setting to Vector.

Settings Panel — Easy Order (EO) tab

Three collapsible subsections: General, Manual, and Individual Colors — only one can be expanded at a time.

General → Max Slippage

Default: 0 (disabled) Valid range: 0 – 100,000 points

Protects against price moving significantly between when you click Place Order and when the broker executes it — applies to both Manual and One-Click modes. If price moves more than this many points during that window, the order is aborted.

Tip

Leave at 0 for most cases. Enable it (e.g. 5–10 pts) when trading during high-impact news events where price can spike unpredictably.

Manual → EO Labels: left side

Default: off (labels on the right)

Controls which side of the chart the SL/TP/Entry line labels appear on. Change this if labels overlap with your chart indicators or price action on either side.

Manual → SL/TP Buffer

Default: 0 points Valid range: 0 – 100,000 points

Adds extra points on top of the broker's minimum SL/TP distance for Manual mode only (draggable lines) — One-Click mode doesn't use this.

When to use this

If you frequently see "Invalid stops" errors when placing orders (MT5 error 10016), increase this value in small steps (try 3 or 5).

Manual → Badge Font Size, Line Width, Line Style, Show Stops Zone

Same settings as before the migration to the Settings panel — font size (0=auto), line width (1–5), line style (cycles through solid/dash/dot/dash-dot), and the shaded minimum-stops-zone overlay. See Easy Order for details on how these affect the draggable lines.

Individual Colors (EO)

New collapsible subsection. Controls the 8 colors used by Easy Order's lines, badges, and the direction toggle button (⇅) — SL/TP/Entry for both BUY and SELL, the invalid- position color, and the direction button.

  • Reset Colors — first item in the subsection. Resets only Saturation, Brightness, and these 8 colors back to their originals. Does not touch Max Slippage, SL/TP Buffer, or any other EO setting.
  • Saturation / Brightness — two sliders shared across all 8 colors. Moving them re-derives each color from its current hue at the new Saturation/Brightness.
  • 8 color rows, each with a palette of 15 swatches (12 evenly-spaced hues, plus black/white/gray). Clicking a swatch sets that specific color.

Why isn't my color highlighted?

A swatch shows a highlighted border only when it's an exact match for the color currently in use — never an approximation. The factory-default colors were chosen for their look, not to align perfectly with the palette's 12 fixed hues, so one or more may not show as "selected" even though they're the real, unmodified default. This is intentional — the panel never shows a highlight it can't guarantee is accurate.

One-Click defaults

Default volume, SL, and TP for One-Click mode are not in the Settings panel — edit them directly in the Easy Order / One-Click panel itself (the stepper next to Volume, and the SL/TP fields in the "Activate" section). They're remembered automatically.

Settings Panel — Order List (LO) tab

Include Commissions in Risk

Default: off

When enabled, the risk percentage shown for each position/order factors in round-trip commission costs, not just the raw SL distance.

Reverse Mode

Default: off (Option A)

Controls how the Reverse action places the new Stop Loss. When enabled (Option B), the new position's SL is placed at the original entry price instead of the default calculation.

SL/TP/Entry Proximity

Default: 0.15% Valid range: 0.05% – 1.0%

Controls when an SL, TP or Entry badge is highlighted as "near price" in the Order List — when the current price is within this distance of a level, it's visually highlighted as a warning that it may be hit soon.

Tip

Use a smaller value for tight scalping strategies and a larger value for swing trading where price typically has more room to move.

Confirm Close All

Default: on

When enabled, the Close All button requires two clicks to execute — the first click arms it, the second confirms.

Warning

Disabling this means a single click immediately closes all open positions and pending orders. Use with caution.

Sound: Close All / Sound: Individual Close

Default: both on

Plays an audio alert when the Close All action runs, and/or when an individual position or order is closed via the Order List's action buttons.

Settings Panel — Trade Badges (TB) tab

Two collapsible subsections: General and Individual Colors.

General → Show Badges

Default: on

Master switch for all chart badges — SL, TP, and Entry overlays shown next to every open position and pending order.

General → SL / TP Badge ATR Multiplier

Default: 1.5 (SL), 2.5 (TP) Valid range: 0.5 – 5.0 (SL) / 0.5 – 6.0 (TP)

When you click the +SL or +TP quick-action button on a badge, the EA places the level at a distance of N × ATR(14) from the current price.

Example: If ATR(14) = 20 pts and the SL multiplier is 1.5, the SL is placed 20 × 1.5 = 30 pts from the current price.

Tip

Use a smaller multiplier for tight SLs on low-volatility instruments, and a larger one for volatile instruments like Gold or indices.

Individual Colors (TB)

Same system as EO's Individual Colors (above): Reset Colors button, shared Saturation/ Brightness sliders, and 8 color rows (Entry Buy/Sell, Entry Pending Buy/Sell, SL, SL Pending, TP, TP Pending) each with a 15-swatch palette. See the note above about why a color might not show as "selected" — same exact-match rule applies here.

Candle Timer position & visibility

The Candle Timer widget itself isn't in the Settings panel — drag it anywhere on the chart, and show/hide it from the CT button in the Main Panel's Quick Actions row (or the mini menu when minimized). Its position, visibility, and secondary timeframes are all remembered automatically, same as everything else.