CHANGE LOG - RunwiseFX EA

V8.47 (2025/05/21)

• Fixed issue where Strategy Tester would not work with indicator inputs involving strings that required our String/Number Combination Wizard

V8.46 (2025/05/14)

• Updated to ensure open trades are included when system looks to see open time of last trade, e.g. used by minimum trade gap filter.

V8.45 (2025/04/17)

• Fixed profit calculation for library rules, like daily profit/loss targets, with commission calculation

V8.44 (2025/04/15)

• Added EA inupt Obscure_applyMinMaxOffsetToSLInRuleMode to allow applying of any configured min/max/offset to SL when in RULE mode

V8.43 (2025/04/08)

• Improved profit calculation for library rules, like daily profit/loss targets, to take into consideration commission charges

V8.42 (2025/03/25)

• Improvements for Windows and Mobile app. IMPORTANT: If upgrade to this version of the EA then must upgrade to latest version of the Windows app and mobile app, if you use those. Changes to Windows/mobile app:
  • Fixed issue where rule GUI controls could not be update per trade index (magic number)
  • Added B and S flags to trade index selection list so can which indexes have trade open. Also shows lowercase b and s if pending order set.
  • Added magic number to list of trades.
  • Fixed issue where not all EAs were being displayed on first attempt when access EAs tab.

V8.41 (2025/03/25)

• Improved logging if no free trade index is found when receive signal

V8.40 (2025/03/19)

• Fixed issue with updating rule GUI controls on per trade index basis from Windows/Mobile app, when in multi-trade mode

V8.39 (2025/03/17)

• Updated OBJ:TextStatic to allow an E flag to be specified, in order to do exact label object name match.

V8.38 (2025/03/12)

• Added EA input, which allows signals of different number of TPs to be handled. Still make sure CONFIG | Take Profit is set to maximum number of TP levels that are expected. New functionality will automatically calculate Exit %'s to scales out of the trade with final TP being 100% close.
• Added refresh of internal trade data if third party trade close detected, e.g broker SL/TP hit. This makes sure that filters that use that this data have an up-to-date picture.
• Fixed issue where only first indicator was being included in optimization results CSV file (runwiseFX_optimResults.csv).

V8.37 (2025/03/03)

• Added EA input StratBuild_optimResultsAllInProfit to output all optimization runs that were in profit.
• Added EA input StratBuild_optimResultsOnlyOutputChanges to say if should only output items that have changed when outputting optimization results.
• Added EA input Obscure_masterSlaveAutoSendCheckFilters to say if should check filters before sending auto trade from master to slave(s).
• Added EA input Obscure_masterSlaveAutoSendCheckMaxTickets to say if should check max tickets before sending auto trade from master to slave(s).

V8.36b (2025/02/27)

• Added support for sending tick box clicks, edit box changes and select list changes from Master to Slave when in multi-account mode. This also included adding extra bit masks for EA input Obscure_masterSlaveSendMask to say if this should be permitted or not.
• Add extra option to CONFIG | Rule GUI Controls to say if item should be sent/received when in Master/Slave mode, respectively.
• Add extra option to CONFIG | Rule GUI Controls to say if should use item comment (text after hyphen) as value in rules for selection lists. This replaces EA input Obscure_ruleListItemToUseCommentText, which didn't allow this to set per GUI control.
• Added EA input Obscure_blockManualTradeCloseOnExitFilters which allows manual close to be blocked if configured exit filters aren't in agreement. Exit filters can be found the 'Filters - Exit' section of our library. The block includes close from Master when in Slave mode, as Master/Slave if for manual trades.
• Improved handling if broker returns Margin Required of 0, which was blocking trading
• Add support for trade comment to be set per trade index in the configuration file

V8.35 (2025/02/22)

• Added new EA input Func_tradesProfitUseCloseTime which if set true will get functions tradesInProfit, tradesNum and tradesProfit to use close time rather than open time when determining trades that fall within the requested time window. This affects filters like f-mdtp.

V8.34 (2025/02/21)

• Fixed issue where close all trades would attempt to close broker pending orders, resulting in error log

V8.33 (2025/02/19)

• If activate EA or manually Refresh License then will activate/refresh other products on the same license, e.g. indicators. Saves having to activate each product individually.

V8.32b (2025/02/11)

• Fixed issue when sending signal to EA for processing, where was being sent to multiple charts
• Fixed issue when automatically calculating stop loss based on Fractals

V8.31 (2025/02/09)

• Fixed issue where indicators crossing with other indicators wasn't working if Indicator Name box was blank
• Added support for pending (PND) auto entry mode with signals, where will set pending order instead of market order on signal trade open, e.g. from Telegram, MetaTrader/TradingView alerts
• Added new function f.inTradeTime which allows a more flexible check if in trading hours, where can put 8:00-11:00;14:00-17:00 etc. Used in filter f-dth.

V8.30 (2025/02/02)

• Improved logging when executing signals from the Windows app

V8.29 (2025/01/24)

• Fixed issue with OBJ:RectPrice

V8.28 (2025/01/20)

• Improved OBJ:RectPrice to permit price inside rectangle to be checked, via new I flag
• Improved OBJ:Color to permit object description, i.e. text if TEXT object, to be checked, in addition to color, via new D flag

V8.27 (2025/01/17)

• Improved logging of signal execution outcome to include account number
• Fixed cosmetic issue where TP target line wasn't showing dashed when active for fixed lots scale-in

V8.26 (2025/01/09)

• Fixed visual issue when displaying pip value per lot and micro lot in CONFIG | Risk/Lots.
• Improved 'margin required' code for MT5 to the latest recommended code.

V8.25 (2025/01/04)

• Added EA input Obscure_snapToTickSize which if set to -1 will snap SL/TP and pending lines to the tick size from the broker, as lines are moved on the chart. Can set other values for the snap, or 0 to use the MetaTrader default.

V8.24 (2025/01/03)

• Added ability to handle signals that are to close a trade, i.e. exit signals. A new option of 'CS - Close Same Direction (i.e. exit signal)' has been added to 'Action to Take On Signal' selection list. Create a new signal Reference ID for exit and use this option together with 'Text Required in Signal' setting to pick up on close signal. Don't forget to make sure signal reference ID that handles entry is set to exclude the close text via 'Text to Exclude'.

V8.23 (2025/01/01)

• Added EA input StratBuild_optimResultsInProfitOnly to allow just profitable optimization results to be outputted.

V8.22 (2024/12/19)

• Added EA inputs StratBuild_optimResultsConsecWinLoss and StratBuild_optimResultsWinRate, which allow additional optimization result details to be outputted for consecutive wins/losses and win rate, retrospectively.

V8.21 (2024/12/18)

• Added output file to show what was changed during optimization runs, in CSV format. The file is called runwiseFX_optimResults.csv and appears in the MQL4|5\files folder of your MetaTrader data folder.

V8.20 (2024/12/09)

• Added OBJ:RectPrice to signal trade when price dropped to support rectangle for buy or risen to resistance rectangle for sell.
• Added RAISE-RULE stop loss adjustment setting, available on take profit target. This allows SL to be raised to previous take profit target and then set to RULE mode, i.e. where SL comes from loaded library rule.

V8.19 (2024/12/09)

• Allowed Indicator Name to be blank in CONFIG | Indicators to Capture. This can necessary if capturing SL/TP from objects and not interested in buy/sell indication.

V8.18 (2024/11/26)

• Added EA input Obscure_blockClicksAfterGUIcreateMS that allows clicks to be ignored for a short time if GUI re-created, e.g. on panel move, Lines button press, etc. This was added a user had a system that was sending spurious mouse clicks just after re-create. Input is in milliseconds, e.g. set to 1000 if get this problem. Note, reinstalling MetaTrader may fix properly.

V8.17 (2024/11/15)

• Added support of 'Max Trades' and Trade Comment setting for signals.

V8.16 (2024/11/10)

• Added support m-hedg rule, which needed operands to look at opposite trade open status, current profit and lot size.

V8.15 (2024/11/9)

• Added consideration of auto entry mode for signals, so can for example, set SL & TP but not trade.
• Added Trade Index as a field that can be set when actioning signals in our Windows app, so can set which trade index will handle signal.

V8.14 (2024/11/05)

• Fixed issue where could get index out bounds error when optimizing in rare circumstances.
• Added option of setting EA input Comms_App_Machine to blank to turn off communication with our Windows app, e.g. prevent it receiving automated signals.

V8.13 (2024/10/27)

• Fixed issue in f.tradesNum and f.tradesProfitPrct functions, used in some of our filters, as was failing to exclude other magic numbers to what was configured.

V8.12 (2024/10/25)

• Improved OBJ:Arrow to allow arrows to be checked that they have a valid price via a ^ flag. This is useful for indicators that sometimes show arrows with invalid price, i.e. not visible on the chart, which need to be ignored.

V8.11 (2024/10/23)

• Fixed issue with CONFIG | Advanced | Master/Slave Auto/External... options, where wasn't possible to configure per trade index.
• Fixed issue with CONFIG | Advanced | Master/Slave Auto/External... close, where wasn't sending close due to external event, e.g. close via terminal/MetaTrader mobile app.

V8.10 (2024/10/20)

• Added EA input Obscure_advLabelMoveWithChart which will keep the SL/TP/pending line labels visible if scroll back the chart. This makes it easier to set those lines to previous price action.

V8.9 (2024/10/11)

• Added support for setting Main_lotsMin EA input to -2. This will mean if calculated lots is below minimum allowed by broker then will set lots to that minimum.

V8.8 (2024/10/6)

• Added new rule logic functions of f.iLowestBullish and f.iHighestBearish, intended for setting SL based on price action of bullish candles for buy and bearish candles for sell.

V8.7 (2024/10/2)

• Added support for exit filters and added new 'Filter - Exit' section in the library. This allows trade close to be blocked based on filter criteria, e.g. block exit until peak pip profit achieved. Also added EA input Obscure_exitFilterAdditionalScope that allows additional scope to be added to exit filters, i.e. where not just exit rules blocked, e.g. indicators gone opposite, but also SL, TP, etc.

V8.6 (2024/09/27)

• Added support for adding tick box to panel to say if filters should be checked for manual trades.

V8.5b (2024/09/13)

• Added EA input Obscure_blockManualTradesOnFiltersEtc that allows manual trades to be blocked, say if filters not in agreement our outside trade hours. Can help with trade discipline.

V8.4 (2024/09/12)

• Changed default of EA input News_strategyTesterAllow to a new 'Auto' setting, so by default will load news events from CSV file if found.
• Added value to CONFIG Stats/Optimization pop-up to report number of CSV items loaded. Shown in cyan colored text at the bottom of the pop-up. Will get set after activated statistics.

V8.3 (2024/09/11)

• Fixed remaining issue when back testing with news using our built-in stats and user supplied CSV file.

V8.2 (2024/09/08)

• Fixed issue with the last release where back testing with news using our built-in stats wasn't working at the weekend, i.e. when market was closed.

V8.1 (2024/09/05)

• Fixed issue with OBJ:ColorStatic when less than 100% was required for color match