🔢 DudeAlpha EA MT5 Settings Guide
DudeAlpha EA is an automated trading system built around a structured grid-trading framework with configurable position sizing, basket profit management, floating-loss protection, grid-level limits, account drawdown controls, spread filtering, session scheduling, and remote-control functionality. Its settings provide traders with detailed control over how grid positions are opened, managed, protected, and displayed on the MT5 chart.

🔄 Grid Settings
🔹 Grid Distance ($): 2.0 — Defines the monetary distance used between successive grid entries.
🔹 Base Lot Size: 0.01 — Sets the initial/base position size at 0.01 lots.
🔹 Lot Increment Per Tier: 0.01 — Increases the lot size by 0.01 for each configured lot tier.
🔹 Levels Per Lot Tier: 5 — Allows 5 grid levels within each lot-size tier before the next tier is applied.
🔹 Basket Take Profit ($): 50.0 — Sets the basket-level profit target at $50.0.
🔹 Restart Delay After Close (sec): 0 — Sets the restart delay to 0 seconds, allowing the EA to restart immediately after a basket closes.
🔹 Min Seconds Between Grid Opens: 5 — Requires at least 5 seconds between new grid-position openings.
🔹 Max Slippage Per Trade (points): 30 — Limits permitted execution slippage to 30 points per trade.
🔄 Safety Features
🔹 Enable Max Floating Loss BUY: false — Disables the maximum floating-loss protection specifically for Buy positions.
🔹 Max Floating Loss BUY ($): -200.0 — Defines the Buy floating-loss threshold at -$200.0 if the protection is enabled.
🔹 Enable Max Floating Loss SELL: false — Disables the maximum floating-loss protection specifically for Sell positions.
🔹 Max Floating Loss SELL ($): -200.0 — Defines the Sell floating-loss threshold at -$200.0 if the protection is enabled.
🔹 Enable Max Grid Level Limit: false — Disables the maximum grid-level restriction.
🔹 Max Grid Levels (if enabled): 50 — Limits the grid to a maximum of 50 levels when the corresponding protection is activated.
🔹 Enable Max Lot Cap Per Trade: false — Disables the maximum lot-size cap per individual trade.
🔹 Max Lot Per Trade (if enabled): 1.0 — Sets the maximum individual trade size to 1.0 lot when the cap is enabled.
🔹 Enable Daily Profit Target: false — Disables the daily profit-target function.
🔹 Daily Profit Target ($): 500.0 — Sets the potential daily profit target at $500.0 if enabled.
🔹 Enable Daily Drawdown Limit: false — Disables the daily drawdown protection.
🔹 Daily Drawdown Limit ($): 300.0 — Sets the daily drawdown threshold at $300.0 if the feature is enabled.
🔹 Enable Max Account Drawdown %: false — Disables maximum account drawdown percentage protection.
🔹 Max Drawdown % From Balance: 20.0 — Sets the maximum account drawdown threshold to 20.0% when enabled.
🔄 Spread Filter
🔹 Enable Spread Filter: false — Disables spread-based trading restrictions in the current configuration.
🔹 Max Allowed Spread (points): 50 — Sets the maximum permitted spread to 50 points when the spread filter is activated.
🔄 Session Filter
🔹 Enable Session Filter: false — Disables the trading-session time restriction.
🔹 Session Start (Server HH:MM): 13:00 — Defines the configured session start at 13:00 server time.
🔹 Session End (Server HH:MM): 22:00 — Defines the configured session end at 22:00 server time.
🔄 Display Settings
🔹 Show Dashboard: true — Displays the EA's trading dashboard on the MT5 chart.
🔹 Show Grid Entry Lines: true — Displays visual lines representing the grid entry levels.
🔹 Hide MT5 trade/history lines (fixes lines over dashboard): true — Hides standard MT5 trade and history lines to prevent them from interfering with the EA dashboard.
🔄 Remote Control
🔹 Enable Remote Control (phone dashboard): false — Disables remote control through the phone dashboard.
🔹 Sync Interval (seconds): 15 — Sets the remote-control synchronization interval to 15 seconds when remote control is enabled.
🔢 Key Configuration Summary
🔹 Grid Distance: 2.0 — Monetary spacing between grid entries.
🔹 Base Lot: 0.01 — Starting lot size for the grid.
🔹 Lot Increment: 0.01 — Lot-size increase per tier.
🔹 Levels Per Tier: 5 — Five grid levels are assigned to each lot tier.
🔹 Basket Take Profit: $50.0 — Target profit for the overall basket.
🔹 Grid Opening Interval: 5 seconds — Minimum delay between grid entries.
🔹 Maximum Slippage: 30 points — Execution-slippage limit per trade.
🔹 Maximum Grid Levels: 50 — Configured upper grid-level limit, currently disabled.
🔹 Maximum Lot Per Trade: 1.0 — Configured lot cap, currently disabled.
🔹 Daily Profit Target: $500.0 — Configured target, currently disabled.
🔹 Daily Drawdown Limit: $300.0 — Configured loss limit, currently disabled.
🔹 Maximum Account Drawdown: 20.0% — Configured account-level drawdown threshold, currently disabled.
🔹 Maximum Spread: 50 points — Configured spread threshold, currently disabled.
🔹 Trading Session: 13:00–22:00 — Configured server-time session, currently disabled.
🔹 Dashboard: true — Chart dashboard is enabled.
🔹 Grid Entry Lines: true — Grid levels are displayed on the chart.
🔹 Remote Control: false — Phone-based remote control is currently disabled.
🔢 Conclusion
DudeAlpha EA MT5 offers a comprehensive grid-management architecture with granular controls over grid spacing, lot progression, basket profit targets, execution conditions, account protection, spread filtering, trading sessions, chart visualization, and remote connectivity.
The supplied configuration starts with a 0.01 lot base size, increases the lot by 0.01 per tier, and applies 5 levels per lot tier. The basket target is set to $50.0, while grid entries require at least 5 seconds between openings and permit up to 30 points of slippage.
Several important safety mechanisms are configured but currently disabled, including the $200.0 Buy/Sell floating-loss limits, 50-level grid limit, 1.0-lot cap, $500.0 daily profit target, $300.0 daily drawdown limit, 20.0% account drawdown limit, and 50-point spread filter.
For live trading, traders should carefully evaluate the implications of grid accumulation and progressive lot sizing. The numerical settings should be tested against the chosen symbol, broker contract specifications, account balance, leverage, and acceptable drawdown before deployment.
🔢 FAQs
❓ What is the base lot size of DudeAlpha EA MT5?
The configured Base Lot Size is 0.01 lots.
❓ How does the lot tier system work?
The EA uses Lot Increment Per Tier = 0.01 and Levels Per Lot Tier = 5, meaning the lot size can increase by 0.01 after each group of 5 grid levels.
❓ What is the basket Take Profit?
The Basket Take Profit is $50.0, meaning the configured basket-level profit target is 50 monetary units.
❓ Are the account protection features currently enabled?
No. The maximum floating-loss, grid-level, lot-cap, daily-profit, daily-drawdown, and account-drawdown protections shown are all set to false.
❓ What trading session is configured for DudeAlpha EA MT5?
The configured session runs from 13:00 to 22:00 server time, but Enable Session Filter = false, so this time restriction is not currently active.








