Pyramid Trading

Core Management Parameters

Volume Calculation Methods

This is one of the most important settings as it determines how your Pyramid Target scales with position size:

The Volume Calculation method determines how the EA calculates the profit target for your pyramid strategy. This is crucial because it affects how difficult it becomes to reach your target as you add more trades. The EA uses the selected method to calculate a weighted target price that all trades in the strategy will exit at simultaneously.

Trailing Management

These parameters control dynamic exit targets that move favorably with price:

Trailing Management allows your pyramid's exit target to move dynamically with favorable price movement, protecting profits while still allowing for additional gains. When enabled, instead of a fixed target price, the EA maintains a target that "trails" behind the most favorable price by a specified distance. This means if price moves strongly in your favor, your exit target moves up with it, but if price retraces, the target stays at the best level achieved.

How it works: The EA monitors the most favorable price reached and maintains the target at [Best Price - Trailing Distance]. The target only moves favorably - it never moves against you. The Trailing Step prevents excessive updates by only moving the target when price has moved at least that distance.

Entry Control Features

Additional controls that affect how and when new pyramid entries are allowed:

Entry Control Features provide sophisticated filters and rules that govern when and how new trades can be added to your pyramid strategy. These features help maintain strategy coherence and implement specific trading methodologies.

Direction Lock ensures all trades in a strategy move in the same direction - once you have a BUY trade, only additional BUY trades are allowed. Separate Buy/Sell Pyramids treats BUY and SELL trades as independent strategies even with the same comment, each with their own targets. DCA Filter implements dollar-cost averaging by only allowing new entries at better prices than previous trades, ensuring each addition improves your average entry price.

Profit Overlap System

Advanced risk management using profits from closed trades to fund new entries:

The Profit Overlap System is an advanced risk management feature that uses profits from winning trades within a strategy to offset losses from losing trades. This creates a dynamic "profit buffer" that can help sustain longer-term strategies even when some individual trades go against you.

How it works: Once your strategy reaches the Overlap Threshold number of trades, the EA monitors for profitable trades. When a profitable trade is closed, a percentage of its profit (set by Overlap Profit %) is allocated to offset losses from other trades in the same strategy. This effectively allows you to "reinvest" profits to support the overall strategy's success.

Level Structure Parameters

These settings control the basic framework of how levels are spaced and how many trades can be placed at each level:

Level Structure Parameters define the fundamental architecture of your pyramid - how far apart price levels are, how many trades can be placed at each level, and how these parameters evolve as you move further from your initial entry. The EA uses these settings to determine when new entry opportunities arise and how aggressive your scaling becomes.

Level Size sets the base pip distance between levels. Level Size Multiplier progressively increases this distance at higher levels (e.g., 1.5x means level distances grow: 20, 30, 45, 67.5 pips). Trade Limit Per Level caps how many positions can be opened at each price level, while Lot Size Multiplier scales position sizes larger as levels increase.

Level Calculation Logic

The EA continuously monitors price movement and calculates which "level" the current price represents relative to your strategy's initial entry. This level system determines when new trades can be added and how the pyramid structure evolves. The EA maintains a reference price for each level and updates it as new levels are reached.

Understanding the progression: Level 0 is your initial entry point. When price moves favorably (with your trade direction) by the Level Size distance, you reach Level -1, -2, etc. When price moves unfavorably (against your position), you reach Level 1, 2, 3, etc. Each time a new level is reached, the EA resets its reference point, creating dynamic entry opportunities.

• Level 0: Initial entry level where the first trade was placed

• Favorable Movement: When price moves WITH your trade direction by Level Size distance, level decreases (Level -1, -2, etc.)

• Unfavorable Movement: When price moves AGAINST your trade direction, level increases (Level 1, 2, 3, etc.)

• Level Reference Update: Each time a new level is reached, the "last level price" resets to current price

Position Sizing Control

These parameters determine how position sizes scale as you move to higher levels in your pyramid:

Position Sizing Control manages how your trade volumes scale across different pyramid levels. This is crucial for risk management and determines whether your pyramid becomes more aggressive or maintains consistent exposure as you add trades.

Lot Size Multiplier increases position sizes at each level (e.g., 1.5x means: Level 0 = 0.1 lots, Level 1 = 0.15 lots, Level 2 = 0.225 lots). Multiply All Level Trades determines whether this multiplier applies to all trades at a level or just the first trade - when enabled, if you have 3 trades at Level 1, all three get the 1.5x multiplier.

Progressive Limit Management

Advanced feature that allows more aggressive pyramiding by automatically increasing the number of allowed trades at specified level intervals:

Progressive Limit Management automatically increases the number of trades allowed at each level as your pyramid grows larger. This creates a system where higher levels (further from initial entry) can accommodate more trades, allowing for increasingly aggressive scaling when markets move against your position.

How to configure: Set Trade Limit Increase to how many additional trades you want to allow, and Limit Increase After to the level interval. For example, with Trade Limit = 2, Increase = 1, After = 3 levels, you get: Levels 0-2 allow 2 trades each, Levels 3-5 allow 3 trades each, Levels 6-8 allow 4 trades each, and so on. This creates a progressive scaling strategy that becomes more aggressive at extreme levels.

Example 1: Basic Trend Following Pyramid

Setup: EURUSD uptrend, Level Size: 15 pips, Pyramid Target: 30 pips, Total Volume calculation

Result: Weighted breakeven ≈ 1.2019, Combined target = 1.2049 (30 pips from breakeven)

Example 2: Counter-Trend Recovery Pyramid

Setup: GBPUSD short position moving against, Level Size: 25 pips, Initial Volume calculation

Result: Despite first trade being -25 pips, overall strategy profits when price reaches 1.2970 due to volume-weighted targeting.