TRADE PANEL — build the trade on the chart, then place it

This bot places no trades of its own. It reads no signals and predicts

nothing. You decide where the trade goes; the panel does the arithmetic and

guards the two things that cost most: the wrong position size, and a losing

day that is allowed to keep running.

PRE-ORDER — THE TRADE BEFORE THE TRADE

Switch Pre-Order on and three lines appear on the chart: entry, stop and

target. Nothing has been sent yet. You drag them to where the trade belongs,

and everything recalculates while you drag — the lot size, the risk, the

amount at each line, the reward-to-risk ratio.

The entry line follows the market until you touch it for the first time. From

then on it stays at your level. That matters for the size: the stop distance

is measured from the ENTRY LINE, not from the current price, so the lots fit

the trade you are planning and not the one the market happens to offer right

now.

When it looks right, you click BUY or SELL and exactly what you drew is sent.

PENDING ORDERS, WITHOUT CHOOSING THE TYPE

Turn on Entry Order and the same click places a pending order at the entry

line instead of a market order. You never choose between stop and limit — the

geometry decides, and the button says in advance what your click will produce:

BUY LMT or BUY STP. The label appears only after you have moved the line,

because before that the line sits at the market and the spread alone would

already suggest an answer to a question you have not asked yet.

While your order rests, the lines stay live. Drag one and the order follows —

entry, stop and target, sent once you let go, never during the movement. Only

this panel's own order is ever touched, never one you placed yourself in

cTrader. RESET pulls the entry line back to the market and cancels the order.

Once you are filled, cTrader draws the real stop and target of the position.

The preview lines step aside so they do not cover them, and the numbers you

typed stay — switch Pre-Order back on for the next trade and the lines return

at the same distances.

EVERYTHING IS NET

Spread and commission are counted into the lot calculation, into the amounts

on the lines and into the break-even stop. The number you read is the number

your account will see. On symbols not quoted in your account currency the

platform's own converter is used — and when no rate can be had, the panel

shows a question mark rather than a wrong number.

Targets can be set in pips or as a reward-to-risk multiple, gross or net. Net

places the target further out so that your ratio survives the costs: with a

10 pip stop, 3 pips of cost and R = 2, the target goes to 29 pips, not 20.

THE DAY'S LIMIT LATCHES

Set a daily loss limit and the panel locks the day when it is reached,

counting realised and open loss across the whole account. The lock survives a

restart, a reload, and even setting the limit back to zero. It ends with the

next trading day, not before. Optionally it closes everything and cancels this

panel's pending orders.

NO PERMISSIONS NEEDED

The bot needs no access rights at all. It writes no files and loads no

indicators. It calculates and it draws, nothing else.

PRE-ORDER

• Entry, stop and target as draggable lines — the whole trade visible before

anything is sent

• Size, risk, amounts and R recalculate while you drag

• The entry line follows the market until you touch it, then stays at your level

• Stop distance is measured from the entry line, so the lots fit your level and

not the current price

• One click sends exactly what you drew

• Optional: pending order at the entry line instead of a market order

• Limit or stop is decided by the geometry — the button shows BUY LMT or BUY STP

before you press it

• Dragging a line updates a resting order: entry, stop and target, on release

• Only this panel's own order is ever changed, never one you placed yourself

• RESET returns the entry line to the market and cancels the order

• Preview lines step aside when the position opens, and return with the same

distances for the next trade

SIZE AND COST

• Position size from risk and stop distance, or a fixed lot — switchable live

• Risk is the TOTAL cost of a stop out: price loss plus spread plus commission

• Commission charged once or on both sides, your choice

• Amounts converted to your account currency; a question mark instead of a wrong

number when no rate is available

• Labels on the lines: net amount, pips, and R multiple on the target

TARGET AND STOP

• Target as a pip distance or as a reward-to-risk multiple

• R:R gross, or net — the net target sits further out so the ratio survives costs

• Break even by amount, by pips or by R multiple

• Break-even stop at the entry, or at true zero including spread and commission

PROTECTION

• Daily loss limit for the whole account, realised plus open

• The lock latches: survives restart, reload and a limit set back to zero

• Optional close-all and cancel of this panel's pending orders when the day locks

• Two sanity checks always on: stop and target must match the direction, and the

stop may not sit further away than your risk allows

PANEL

• Full layout or compact (BUY, SELL, CLOSE ALL), switched with one button

• Eight panel positions, free width, font size, and every colour configurable

• Line labels movable from the chart middle out past the last candle; they hold

their position when you zoom

• Refresh rate adjustable; one cycle costs about 30 ms

• No access rights required — no file access, no indicator loading

TRADE PANEL — complete guide

This bot places no trades of its own. It reads no signals and predicts

nothing. You decide where the trade goes; the panel does the arithmetic, draws

the order on the chart, and guards the two things that cost most: the wrong

position size, and a losing day that is allowed to keep running.

Everything it shows is NET. Spread and commission are counted into the lot

calculation, into the amounts on the lines and into the break-even stop. On

symbols not quoted in your account currency the platform's own converter is

used — and when no rate can be had, the panel shows a question mark rather

than a wrong number.

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THE PANEL

Full layout, top to bottom:

Risk (your currency) what a stop out may cost you in total

Stop (pips) distance from the entry line

Lots (calculated) the result — or your own number in fixed-lot mode

PRE-ORDER preview lines on or off, with the layout arrow

BUY / SELL sends the trade

CLOSE / ↻ / ⇄ close all, reset the lines, mirror the arrangement

sizing toggle risk-based or fixed lot

Compact layout: PRE-ORDER, BUY, SELL, CLOSE ALL. Nothing else. The preview

lines carry the stop and target, so nothing is lost — only the numbers are

hidden. Switch between the two with the arrow next to PRE-ORDER.

↻ RESET pulls the entry line back to the market and cancels a pending

order placed from this panel

⇄ SHIFT mirrors stop and target to the other side. The panel assumes

long; one press builds the short arrangement

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HOW A TRADE IS BUILT

Switch Pre-Order on and three lines appear: entry, stop and target. Nothing

has been sent. You drag them to where the trade belongs, and everything

recalculates while you drag — lots, risk, the amount at each line, the ratio.

The entry line follows the market until you touch it for the first time. From

then on it stays at your level. That matters for the size: the stop distance

is always measured from the ENTRY LINE, not from the current price, so the

lots fit the trade you are planning and not the one the market happens to

offer right now.

When it looks right, you click BUY or SELL and exactly what you drew is sent.

With Entry Order switched on, the same click places a pending order at the

entry line instead. You never choose between stop and limit — the geometry

decides, and the button says in advance what your click will produce: BUY LMT

or BUY STP. That label appears only after you have moved the line, because

before that the line sits at the market and the spread alone would already

suggest an answer to a question you have not asked yet.

While the order rests, the lines stay live: drag one and the order follows.

Once you are filled, cTrader draws the real stop and target of the position,

and the preview lines step aside so they do not cover them.

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1. PANEL

Show Order Panel (on)

Draws the panel. Switching it off keeps the bot running — the lines, the

daily loss limit and the break-even stop all keep working. Useful on a

second chart where you only want the protection.

Panel Layout (Full)

Starting layout only. Switch it later with the arrow button next to

PRE-ORDER — a layout is a matter of view and should not need a dialog.

Refresh Interval (ms) (200)

How often lines and figures are redrawn. One cycle costs about 30 ms on a

normal machine, so 200 ms uses about 15 percent of the thread. Lower values

look tempting but do not help: the screen only redraws every 16 ms anyway,

and below about 50 ms your button presses start queuing behind the

recalculation.

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2. POSITION SIZE

Sizing Mode (Risk based)

Risk based derives the lots from your risk amount and the stop distance.

Fixed lot uses the number you type. Starting value only — the button at the

bottom of the panel switches it live.

Lot Size (fixed mode) (0.01)

The lots used in fixed-lot mode. A calculated lot number is never silently

carried into this field.

Default Risk (account currency) (50)

What a stop out may cost you in TOTAL — price loss plus spread plus

commission, not just the price distance. The lots follow from it.

Default Stop (pips) (10)

The stop distance. With preview lines on, the LINE is the truth and this

field follows it.

Commission Sides (2)

Most brokers charge on entry and on exit. Set 1 if yours charges once.

This feeds every net figure in the panel.

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3. TARGET

Default Take Profit (pips) (10)

Target distance in pips. 0 means no target at all, and then no target line

is drawn — you pull one in by hand if you want it.

Target R:R (0 = off) (0)

Above 0 the target hangs on the stop: target distance = stop distance times

this number. THE RATIO ALWAYS WINS — while it is above 0, the pip value

above is ignored. It is not lost: set the ratio back to 0 and your pip value

applies again. Without a stop there is no ratio to refer to, and the panel

shows a dash.

Drag the target line by hand and the panel adopts the ratio you just set as

the new working value. cTrader cannot write it back into the dialog, so the

field keeps your original number.

Target R:R Basis (Gross)

Gross is pure geometry: target = stop times ratio. What reaches your account

is less, because costs come off the profit and go onto the risk.

Net places the target far enough out that your ratio survives the costs.

With a 10 pip stop, 3 pips of cost and R = 2, that is 29 pips instead of 20.

This setting also decides what R means for the break-even trigger in

group 5.

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4. PRE-ORDER

Entry Order (pending) (off)

A pending order at the entry line instead of a market order. Both trade

buttons stay grey until you have dragged the line, because until then there

is no level to work from. Deliberately a dialog setting and not a panel

button: whether you trade at market or at a level is a decision you make

once, not in the heat of the moment.

Drag Updates Pending Order (on)

While your order rests, dragging a line changes the order itself — entry,

stop and target. The change is sent when you let go, not during the

movement. Only orders placed from this panel are touched, never one you

placed yourself in the cTrader window. Switch it off if you do not want a

mouse movement on the chart to reach your broker.

Pre-Order Active On Start (on)

Whether the preview lines are there when the bot starts. The PRE-ORDER

button switches them later.

Pre-Order Off After Entry (on)

Once a position is open, cTrader draws its real stop and target lines. The

preview lines sit at almost the same place and would cover them, so they are

removed. Your typed values stay, so switching Pre-Order back on for the next

trade recreates the lines at the same distances. A pending order keeps its

lines until it fills.

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5. RISK & TRADE MANAGEMENT

Daily Loss Limit (0 = off) (0)

The most you are willing to lose today, as a fixed amount in your account

currency. It covers the WHOLE ACCOUNT, not just this chart, and it counts

realised and open loss together — otherwise the limit could be dodged by

letting losers run, which is exactly when it matters most. A winning day

counts as a loss of zero, never negative.

When the limit is reached, BUY and SELL are locked and the panel states why.

THE LOCK LATCHES:

· it stays even if an open loss recovers afterwards

· it survives Apply, a restart of the bot and closing cTrader

· it is released only by RAISING this value, or by the broker's next

trading day

Close All On Daily Loss (off)

Also closes every open position and cancels this panel's pending orders when

the limit is hit, and keeps doing so while the day is locked. Off by default

on purpose: this reaches into running trades and should be switched on

deliberately. Without it, the limit only prevents NEW trades.

Break Even Trigger (Off)

When the stop is pulled to break even.

Amount from a fixed amount in account currency, net of commission

and swap

R_multiple from a multiple of the risk, taken from the position's current

stop plus costs. Whether that R counts costs is decided by

Target R:R Basis in group 3

Pips from a pure price gain, independent of size

A position without a stop has no R, so nothing happens there.

Break Even Trigger Value (1.5)

The threshold. Its unit follows the trigger above: currency, multiple, or

pips.

Break Even Stop Level (incl. spread and commission)

WHERE the stop goes — this applies to all three triggers.

Without costs exactly the entry price. Being stopped there still leaves

spread and commission as a loss: gross zero, net a minus

Incl. costs far enough beyond the entry that being stopped out really

comes to zero

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6. ORDER LINES

Show Entry Line (on)

Only the drawing is switched off. The line itself always exists — it is the

reference every distance is measured from, and the whole lot calculation

hangs on it. In Entry Order mode it stays visible regardless, because there

it is the level you drag.

Entry Line Color (black) / Stop Line Color (red) / Take Profit Line Color

(green)

The first two digits of each value are the opacity.

Order Line Thickness (3)

1 to 5.

Order Line Style (Dashed)

The style of all three lines. They are told apart by colour, not by stroke,

which keeps the chart calm. Takes effect when the lines are created: after

Apply, or by switching Pre-Order off and on.

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7. LINE LABELS

Show Line Labels (SL / TP) (on)

Master switch for the text beside the stop and target lines.

Show Amount On Lines (on)

What the planned trade really costs or earns at exactly that price, in your

account currency, NET. At the stop the costs are added on — you lose more

than the price distance. At the target they come off. The plain price amount

would be too optimistic, so it is not what you see.

Show Pips On Lines (on)

The distance from the entry. Shown even when no amount can be calculated,

for instance when no conversion rate is available.

Show R Multiple On Lines (off)

The reward-to-risk ratio, on the TARGET line only — at the stop it is 1 R by

definition. Always the NET ratio, because costs hit twice: off the profit

and onto the risk. With tight stops the difference is considerable: a

geometric 2.0 R can be 1.4 R net. That is precisely what you want to see

before you click.

Label Shift (1 = chart middle) (12)

Where the labels sit. 1 puts them in the middle of the chart, 11 at the

right edge of the bars, higher values out into the free space beyond. One

step is 5 percent of the visible width, so the labels hold their position

when you zoom.

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8. PANEL APPEARANCE

Panel Position (Top centre)

Eight fixed anchors. cTrader positions interface elements by alignment, not

by coordinates, so the panel cannot be dragged with the mouse.

Panel Width (170) / Panel Font Size (10.5)

Labels are drawn one step smaller than the input fields.

Panel Background Color (BE14181E)

The first two digits are the opacity:

BE the default — the candles shimmer through

FF fully opaque

00 invisible, only the buttons stand on the chart

A colour rather than a yes/no switch, so the panel can also be matched to a

light chart scheme.

Panel Border Color (78FFFFFF)

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9. BUTTON COLOURS

Sell, Buy, Reset, Shift, Close, Pre-Order and Sizing button colours, plus the

button text colour. They apply to both layouts. A locked button is additionally

dimmed by cTrader, but its colour stays recognisable.

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ALWAYS ON

Two checks cannot be switched off, because they are about your own input and

not about any trading opinion:

· stop and target must match the direction of the trade

· the stop may not sit further away than your entered risk allows

NO PERMISSIONS NEEDED

The bot needs no access rights at all. It writes no files and loads no

indicators. It calculates and it draws, nothing else. Whatever is left of a

rejected order is printed to the bot instance's log in cTrader.