## Overview

NAS100 Trading Robot v2 is a professional-grade, fully automated trend-following cBot designed specifically for trading the NASDAQ 100 index on the cTrader platform. It combines **live market regime detection** with **multi-indicator confluence** to identify high-probability trend entries on the M15 timeframe, while employing robust risk management to protect your capital.

The robot only trades when the market is truly trending — automatically stepping aside during ranging or volatile conditions — making it a disciplined, rules-based system you can trust to run unattended.

## Key Features

### Live Market Regime Detection

The robot continuously classifies the market into one of four states:

| Regime | Condition | Behavior |

| **Strong Trend** | ADX ≥ strong threshold | Full position size, all signals active including Momentum Burst |

| **Weak Trend** | ADX between thresholds | Reduced position size (70%), standard signals |

| **Ranging** | ADX below threshold | **No trading** — stays flat |

| **Volatile** | ATR spike / whipsaw detected | **No trading** — stays flat |

This prevents the most common cause of losses in trend-following systems: **trading in choppy, directionless markets.**

### Three Distinct Entry Signals

1. **EMA Crossover** — Catches the beginning of new trends when the fast EMA crosses the medium EMA, confirmed by full indicator confluence.

2. **Pullback** — Enters on retracements to the medium EMA within a trending market, buying dips in uptrends and selling rallies in downtrends.

3. **Momentum Burst** — Fires only in strong trends when MACD histogram shows accelerating momentum across three consecutive bars.

Each signal requires **all of the following confirmations** before entering:

- Triple EMA alignment (Fast > Medium > Slow for longs, reversed for shorts)

- H1 EMA(100) higher-timeframe directional filter

- ADX above threshold with DI+/DI- directional confirmation

- MACD histogram agreement

- Stochastic K/D confirmation (with overbought/oversold filtering)

- RSI within acceptable range (not overbought/oversold)

- Candle direction confirmation (bullish close for longs, bearish for shorts)

### Advanced Risk Management

- **ATR-Based Stop Loss** — Dynamic stop loss calculated as a multiple of the 14-period ATR, adapting to current volatility.

- **Configurable Risk:Reward Ratio** — Set your preferred R:R from 1:1 up to 1:6.

- **Percentage-Based Position Sizing** — Risk a fixed percentage of equity per trade, automatically calculating the correct volume.

- **Regime-Adaptive Sizing** — Automatically reduces position size by 30% in weak trends.

- **Maximum Open Positions** — Hard cap on concurrent trades (default: 2).

- **Daily Trade Limit** — Maximum of 8 trades per day to prevent overtrading.

- **Daily Loss Limit** — Automatically stops trading if daily drawdown reaches 3% of starting equity.

- **Consecutive Loss Protection** — Pauses after 3 consecutive losing trades to avoid tilt-driven losses.

### Intelligent Trade Management

- **ATR-Based Trailing Stop** — Activates at a configurable ATR distance, then trails at a tighter ATR distance to lock in profits.

- **Break-Even Protection** — Moves stop loss to break-even (+ spread) once price has moved a defined ATR multiple in your favor.

- **Automatic Partial Close** — Closes 50% of position volume once profit reaches 1.5× ATR, securing gains while letting the remainder run.

### Session Control

- Trades only during US market hours (default: 09:30–16:00 EST).

- Configurable start and end hours to match your preferred trading window.

- Timezone-aware using Eastern Standard Time.

## 18 Fully Optimizable Parameters