🔢 Cepheus EA MT5 – Complete Settings & Parameters Guide
Cepheus EA is a structured MetaTrader 5 Expert Advisor built around two configurable trading engines: Discipline and Loyalty. The configuration shown combines global risk management, high-impact USD news protection, holiday protection, Friday trading controls, spread filters, execution-realism settings, and a dedicated on-chart dashboard.
With Version 1.04, the EA is currently configured with the High (2.00%) master risk preset, separate Discipline and Loyalty risk ratios, live spread protection, and controlled execution parameters. The following guide explains every visible setting and its exact configured value from the provided settings panel.

🔄 Global EA Information
🔹 EA Name = Cepheus — Identifies the Expert Advisor as Cepheus.
🔹 Version = 1.04 — Specifies the installed EA version as 1.04.
🔄 Master Strategy Switches
🔹 [Discipline] Enable Discipline Engine = true — Enables the Discipline Engine, allowing this strategy module to operate.
🔹 [Loyalty] Enable Loyalty Engine = true — Enables the Loyalty Engine, allowing the second strategy module to operate.
🔄 Master Risk Management — Global Sizing
🔹 Master Lot Calculation Mode = Automatic (Preset) — Uses the EA's automatic preset-based position-sizing system.
🔹 Master Risk Preset (Default: High 2.00% Total) = High (2.00%) — Selects the High risk preset with a total configured risk level of 2.00%.
🔹 Custom Total Risk % per Trade Set = 2.0 — Sets the custom total risk parameter to 2.0% per trade set.
🔹 Discipline Risk Ratio (Default: 1) = 1.0 — Assigns a 1.0 risk ratio to the Discipline Engine.
🔹 Loyalty Risk Ratio (Default: 3 = 3x Discipline) = 3.0 — Assigns a 3.0 risk ratio to the Loyalty Engine, corresponding to the displayed default relationship of 3x Discipline.
🔹 Fixed Lot Size (If Fixed Lot Mode) = 0.01 — Uses 0.01 lot if the EA is switched to Fixed Lot calculation mode.
🔄 Global Shields & Protection
🔹 Enable High-Impact USD News Filter (Global) = true — Enables the global filter designed to restrict trading around high-impact USD news events.
🔹 Minutes to stop BEFORE high-impact news = 5 — Stops new trading 5 minutes before a high-impact USD news event.
🔹 Minutes to resume AFTER high-impact news = 5 — Allows trading to resume 5 minutes after a high-impact USD news event.
🔹 Enable Holiday Calendar Shield (Blocks Bank Holidays) = true — Enables the holiday-calendar protection that blocks trading during configured bank holidays.
🔹 Enable Global Daily Max Drawdown Protection = false — Disables the global daily maximum-drawdown protection in the current configuration.
🔹 Global Daily Max Drawdown % (Day Start Equity) = 3.0 — Defines the global daily drawdown threshold at 3.0% of day-start equity if the protection is enabled.
🔹 Enable Friday Trading Session Control = true — Enables dedicated controls for Friday trading hours.
🔹 Allow Trading on Fridays (false = Disable Entire Friday) = true — Allows trading on Friday rather than disabling Friday trading completely.
🔹 Friday Allowed Start Hour (Server Time 0-23) = 0 — Allows Friday trading to begin at server hour 0.
🔹 Friday Allowed End Hour / Cutoff (Server Time 0-23) = 22 — Sets the Friday trading cutoff at server hour 22.
🔄 Discipline Identification
🔹 [Discipline] Magic Number = 47512391 — Uses 47512391 as the unique Magic Number for identifying Discipline Engine trades.
🔹 [Discipline] Trade Comment = Cepheus Discipline — Assigns Cepheus Discipline as the trade comment for Discipline positions/orders.
🔄 Discipline Spread Protection
🔹 [Discipline] Enable Live Spread Protection = true — Enables live spread protection for the Discipline Engine.
🔹 [Discipline] Maximum Allowed Spread Points ($1.20) = 120 — Sets the maximum permitted spread to 120 points, with the panel indicating $1.20.
🔄 Loyalty Identification
🔹 [Loyalty] Magic Number = 47512392 — Uses 47512392 as the unique Magic Number for identifying Loyalty Engine trades.
🔹 [Loyalty] Trade Comment = Cepheus Loyalty — Assigns Cepheus Loyalty as the trade comment for Loyalty positions/orders.
🔄 Loyalty Spread Protection
🔹 [Loyalty] Enable Live Spread Protection = true — Enables live spread protection for the Loyalty Engine.
🔹 [Loyalty] Max Allowed Spread Points ($0.50) = 50 — Limits the maximum permitted spread to 50 points, with the panel indicating $0.50.
🔄 Backtesting & Execution Realism
🔹 Enable backtest execution simulation (tester only) = false — Disables the EA's execution simulation feature during Strategy Tester operation.
🔹 Execution delay on entries and exits (milliseconds) = 200 — Simulates a 200-millisecond execution delay for entries and exits when the simulation feature is active.
🔹 Execution delay on SL/TP modifications (milliseconds) = 10 — Sets a 10-millisecond simulated delay for Stop Loss and Take Profit modifications when applicable.
🔹 Slippage mode = Fixed (always the same number of points) — Uses fixed slippage rather than randomly varying slippage.
🔹 [Fixed] Slippage in points = 80 — Sets fixed simulated slippage to 80 points.
🔹 [Random] Minimum slippage in points = 50 — Defines 50 points as the minimum random-slippage value if Random mode is selected.
🔹 [Random] Maximum slippage in points = 150 — Defines 150 points as the maximum random-slippage value if Random mode is selected.
🔹 Apply slippage to the stop loss level (off = entry slippage only) = true — Applies the configured slippage logic to the Stop Loss level as well as the entry execution.
🔄 Visuals / Dashboard
🔹 Show Chart Dashboard HUD = true — Displays the Cepheus dashboard/HUD directly on the MT5 chart.
🔢 Complete Cepheus EA MT5 Configuration Summary
🔹 EA Name: Cepheus
🔹 Version: 1.04
🔹 Discipline Engine: true
🔹 Loyalty Engine: true
🔹 Master Lot Calculation Mode: Automatic (Preset)
🔹 Master Risk Preset: High (2.00%)
🔹 Custom Total Risk: 2.0%
🔹 Discipline Risk Ratio: 1.0
🔹 Loyalty Risk Ratio: 3.0
🔹 Fixed Lot Size: 0.01
🔹 High-Impact USD News Filter: true
🔹 News Pause Before: 5 minutes
🔹 News Resume After: 5 minutes
🔹 Holiday Calendar Shield: true
🔹 Global Daily Max Drawdown Protection: false
🔹 Global Daily Max Drawdown: 3.0%
🔹 Friday Session Control: true
🔹 Friday Trading: true
🔹 Friday Start Hour: 0
🔹 Friday End Hour/Cutoff: 22
🔹 Discipline Magic Number: 47512391
🔹 Discipline Trade Comment: Cepheus Discipline
🔹 Discipline Live Spread Protection: true
🔹 Discipline Maximum Spread: 120 points / $1.20
🔹 Loyalty Magic Number: 47512392
🔹 Loyalty Trade Comment: Cepheus Loyalty
🔹 Loyalty Live Spread Protection: true
🔹 Loyalty Maximum Spread: 50 points / $0.50
🔹 Backtest Execution Simulation: false
🔹 Entry/Exit Execution Delay: 200 milliseconds
🔹 SL/TP Modification Delay: 10 milliseconds
🔹 Slippage Mode: Fixed
🔹 Fixed Slippage: 80 points
🔹 Random Minimum Slippage: 50 points
🔹 Random Maximum Slippage: 150 points
🔹 Apply Slippage to Stop Loss: true
🔹 Chart Dashboard HUD: true
🔢 Understanding the Cepheus EA MT5 Configuration
The Cepheus EA MT5 configuration is structured around two active engines: Discipline and Loyalty. Both engines are enabled, but they use separate Magic Numbers and trade comments, making their trades independently identifiable.
The master risk system is configured to Automatic (Preset) with High (2.00%) risk. The Discipline Risk Ratio is 1.0, while the Loyalty Risk Ratio is 3.0, meaning the configured Loyalty risk ratio is three times the Discipline ratio.
The global protection layer is particularly important. High-impact USD news protection is enabled, with trading paused 5 minutes before and resumed 5 minutes after the event. The Holiday Calendar Shield is also active.
The global daily drawdown protection is currently disabled, even though its threshold is configured at 3.0% of day-start equity. Therefore, the value 3.0 should not be interpreted as an active daily drawdown restriction under the current configuration.
Both strategy engines have their own live spread filters. Discipline allows up to 120 points ($1.20), while Loyalty allows up to 50 points ($0.50).
For execution testing, the EA is configured for Fixed slippage of 80 points. The Random Slippage parameters of 50–150 points remain available but are not currently selected because the active Slippage Mode is Fixed.
🔢 Important Configuration Notes
🔹 High risk preset = 2.00% — The current Master Risk Preset is explicitly High (2.00%), so traders should evaluate whether this exposure is appropriate for their account.
🔹 Discipline and Loyalty have different spread limits — Discipline uses 120 points ($1.20), while Loyalty uses 50 points ($0.50).
🔹 Daily drawdown protection is disabled — The 3.0% Global Daily Max Drawdown value is configured but does not actively protect the account while Enable Global Daily Max Drawdown Protection = false.
🔹 Friday trading is enabled — Friday trading is permitted from server hour 0 through the configured cutoff at 22.
🔹 News protection is active — The EA pauses around high-impact USD news for 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after events.
🔹 Fixed slippage is active — The selected mode is Fixed, with 80 points. The 50–150 point Random Slippage range is therefore not the active slippage mode.
🔹 Backtest execution simulation is disabled — The execution-delay values of 200 ms and 10 ms are configured but the tester simulation itself is set to false.
🔹 Fixed Lot Size = 0.01 — This value is only relevant if the EA uses Fixed Lot Mode, while the current master calculation mode is Automatic (Preset).
🔢 Conclusion
Cepheus EA MT5 provides a multi-layered configuration structure combining Discipline and Loyalty strategy engines, automatic risk presets, spread protection, news filtering, holiday protection, Friday session controls, execution parameters, and dashboard visualization.
The supplied setup uses High (2.00%) master risk, with a 1.0 Discipline Risk Ratio and 3.0 Loyalty Risk Ratio. Both strategy engines are active and independently identified through Magic Numbers 47512391 and 47512392.
Protection is strengthened by an active high-impact USD news filter, a holiday calendar shield, and live spread controls. However, the Global Daily Max Drawdown Protection remains disabled, despite its configured threshold of 3.0%.
Overall, these settings give Cepheus EA MT5 a highly configurable framework for automated trading and risk control. Before deploying the EA on a live account, traders should validate the exact risk exposure, broker spread specifications, execution conditions, and Strategy Tester results. Past performance or backtesting does not guarantee future profitability.
🔢 FAQs
❓ What is the current risk setting of Cepheus EA MT5?
The EA uses Automatic (Preset) sizing with the High (2.00%) Master Risk Preset and a Custom Total Risk of 2.0%.
❓ Are both Cepheus strategy engines enabled?
Yes. Both the Discipline Engine = true and Loyalty Engine = true are enabled.
❓ What are the Magic Numbers for the two engines?
The Discipline Engine uses 47512391, while the Loyalty Engine uses 47512392.
❓ Does Cepheus EA MT5 stop trading around major news?
Yes. The High-Impact USD News Filter = true, with trading stopped 5 minutes before and resumed 5 minutes after high-impact news.
❓ What are the spread protection limits?
Discipline has a maximum allowed spread of 120 points ($1.20), while Loyalty has a maximum allowed spread of 50 points ($0.50).










