Isabelle is a sophisticated full- and semi-automated trading assistant for traders who want the best of both worlds: powerful automation and on-chart control. Run it fully automated with smart timing, volatility-adaptive grid logic, recovery mode, and virtual trailing profit management — or take the wheel with intuitive panels that let you pause, recover, and open/close positions manually.

What’s new in v5.0.0

• New Main Panel with extra analytics:
• • Side Lots Totals (Buy/Sell)
  • Live Swap Rates (long/short) with positive/negative coloring
  • Expanded profit readouts (Buy, Sell, Daily, Total)
• New Trade Filters
• • Center of Gravity (CoG) direction filter (optional)
  • RSI filter with timeframe and threshold controls (optional)
• General UX refinements, smoother on-chart visual updates, and performance-minded internals.

Why traders choose Isabelle

• Flexible by design: Isabelle’s inputs cover timing, grid spacing, dynamic pauses, filters, trailing, recovery, and UI — so you can configure it to match most trading styles: hands-off grid, disciplined mean-reversion, semi-manual scalping with automation assist, or recovery-focused session management.
• Precise visuals: On-chart BE/TP/SL/trailing lines plus clear profit panels keep you aware of risk and progress at a glance.
• Recovery aware: Toggle recovery or auto-arm it after a threshold. Reduce profit targets intelligently during challenging phases.
• Volatility adaptive: A smoothed Standard Deviation engine dynamically stretches or compresses the pause between entries to better match current market conditions.

Core capabilities

• Grid trading with configurable step, volume growth, maximum orders per side, and optional fixed SL.
• Dynamic Pause based on smoothed volatility (StdDev period + timeframe) with min/max bounds.
• Recovery Mode with four target behaviors: No change, Half, Divided by Positions, or Break-Even.
• Virtual Take Profit / Trailing Profit:
• • Fixed TP (points from net breakeven including commissions & swap), or
  • Virtual trailing that activates after target is reached.
• Filters & Safety:
• • Spread filter, trading window, optional CoG and RSI filters.
• On-chart control panels:
• • Profit summary (Buy/Sell/Daily/Total), Lots by side, Swap long/short
  • Manual BUY/SELL buttons, pause toggles, and recovery toggles.
• Visual overlays:
• • Auto-draw BE, TP activation, SL, and (when active) Trailing lines.

Demo note: The Store demo works in backtesting only to evaluate logic and UI. For live/forward testing you need a licensed build.

Suggested workflows

Hands-off grid:
Set trading hours, step distance, max orders, base lot & multiplier; enable dynamic pause; leave filters off or lightly biased.

Semi-manual control:
Disable seed orders, use the panel’s manual buttons to open initial direction(s), keep recovery available, and let trailing/TP manage exits.

Recovery-focused session:
Enable Auto Recovery after N positions, choose a reduced target behavior, and rely on visuals (BE/TP lines + panel) to supervise.

Risk reminder

Isabelle is a powerful tool. If misconfigured or used with high leverage, grid trading can produce large drawdowns or catastrophic losses. Always forward-test in demo, size conservatively, and use the filters/timing controls and recovery features thoughtfully.

Full parameter reference (v5.0.0)

All parameters below reflect the current source and defaults.

Identity / Licensing

• CBot Label (default: Isabelle.v5.0.0) — Groups positions/history for this instance. Change when running multiple copies.
• License Key — Required for licensed builds (not used in demo/full test builds).

Trade Parameters

• Seed Buy (default: ON) — Open first BUY automatically when allowed.
• Seed Sell (default: ON) — Open first SELL automatically when allowed.
• Start Time (UTC) (default: 00:00) — Earliest time to open new positions.
• End Time (UTC) (default: 23:59) — Latest time to open new positions.
• Max Orders (default: 500) — Per-side (BUY/SELL) open-position cap.
• Volume (lots) (default: 0.01) — Initial lot size for the first position per side.
• Lots Multiplier (default: 1.01) — Growth factor for each additional grid order (1.0 = fixed size).
• Max Volume (lots) (default: 0.02) — Hard cap per single order (after multiplier).
• Target Profit (points) (default: 50) — Distance from net BE to TP activation (10 points ≈ 1 pip on many symbols).
• Trailing Profit (points) (default: 0) — If 0: close at fixed TP; if >0: use virtual trailing of this size after TP activation.
• Stop Loss (points) (default: 0) — Optional fixed SL from weighted entry (0 = disabled).
• Max Spread (pips) (default: 1.0) — Block new orders if current spread ≥ this number (0 = disabled).

Grid Parameters

• Step (points) (default: 0) — Minimum distance from last entry to add another grid order (0 = no distance filter).
• Trading Hours Only (default: OFF) — If ON, grid/seed entries only occur within Start–End.

Pause Parameters

• Pause Between Orders (minutes) (default: 60) — Base cooldown per side; can be overridden by Dynamic Pause.

Dynamic Pause (Volatility Adaptive)

• StdDev Period (default: 20) — StdDev sampling length (0 = disabled).
• StdDev TimeFrame (default: Hour) — Bars timeframe for volatility sampling.
• Min Pause (minutes) (default: 20) — Lower bound on adaptive pause.
• Max Pause (minutes) (default: 240) — Upper bound on adaptive pause.

Filter Parameters (all optional)

• CoG Period (default: 50, 0 = off) — Requires CoG to slope in trade direction (Buy needs up-slope; Sell needs down-slope).
• RSI Period (default: 14, 0 = off) — RSI filtering based on the timeframe below.
• RSI TimeFrame (default: Hour) — RSI sampling timeframe.
• RSI Upper Level (default: 55) — Sell allowed only if RSI ≥ Upper (when RSI filter is on).
• RSI Lower Level (default: 45) — Buy allowed only if RSI ≤ Lower (when RSI filter is on).

Recovery Parameters

• Auto Recovery at Positions (default: 0 = off) — Auto-enable recovery after N open positions on a side.
• Lower Profit Target (default: No) — Behavior while in recovery:
• • No — Keep target unchanged
  • Half — TargetProfit / 2
  • DividedByPositions — TargetProfit / open positions (min 1 point)
  • BreakEven — Trigger exactly at BE (target becomes 0)

GUI / Visuals

• Enable Visual Updates (default: ON) — Draw BE/TP/SL/trailing lines and profit labels. Turn OFF for faster backtests.
• Visual Update Interval (ms) (default: 300) — Coalesces updates (0 = update every tick).
• Panel Offset from Top (px) (default: 5) — Vertical shift for top panel to avoid covering indicators.

Visuals & panels

• Main Panel (top-left)
  Buy/Sell Net Profit, Daily and Total Net Profit, Buy/Sell Lots, Swap Rate Long/Short with intuitive coloring.
• Trading Panel (bottom-left)
  Manual BUY/SELL, side pause toggles, recovery toggles, and live status feedback.
• Chart overlays
• • BE Line (net of commissions & swap)
  • TP Activation Line (from BE by TargetProfit)
  • Optional SL Line (from weighted entry)
  • Virtual Trailing Lines when trailing is active

Demo vs Licensed

• Demo build: Backtesting only. Use it to evaluate logic, UI, and performance under various configurations.
• Licensed build: Required for live or forward testing. Contact the author for license terms.

Getting started (quick recipe)

1. Backtest your symbol with Seed Buy/Sell ON, pick conservative Volume and Max Orders.
2. Set a Step and enable Dynamic Pause with sensible min/max.
3. Add RSI and/or CoG filters if you want directional selectivity.
4. Decide on Fixed TP vs Virtual Trailing (set Trailing Profit > 0).
5. Consider Recovery behavior and thresholds; test worst-case sequences.
6. Move to demo forward-test with the licensed build before going live.