Risk & Lot Settings

The MT5 product uses the risk and protection labels shown in the BananaEA-Auto MT5 Inputs tab.

Stress-Free Math

Account Balance ($)$50,000

Risk Per Trade (%)1%

Stop Loss Distance (pips)20 pips

Instrument / Market

Recommended Lot Size

2.5Lots

Cash at Risk (1R)

-$500.00

PC1 Target (3R)

+$1500.00

Bank 25%: +$375.00

Potential 23R Big Runner

+$11500.00

Stop moved to Breakeven (+1 pip buffer) after PC1 milestone.

☕ Immy's Doctrine: "A stop loss is an operational business expense, not a defeat. Let the EA do the sweating while you sip your tea."

Sample size rule: Execute this exact risk across 20 to 100 trades. Consistency beats prediction every time.

Lot Sizing

Input label	What it controls
Lot sizing method	How the EA calculates trade size. Choices include fixed lots, balance-percent risk, equity-percent risk, and account-currency risk.
Fixed lots, percent, or account-currency risk	The value used by the selected lot sizing method. For example, it can be a fixed lot size, a risk percent, or a currency amount.
Max lots per trade, 0 disables	Optional hard cap on lot size per trade.
Max risk percent cap, 0 disables	Optional cap on risk percentage per trade.

Start with small risk on demo, then confirm the calculated lot size in Strategy Tester before live use.

Input label	What it controls
Max open positions, 0 disables	Maximum total open positions across the portfolio.
Max pending orders, 0 disables	Maximum total pending orders across the portfolio.
Max positions per symbol	Maximum open positions for one symbol.
Max pending orders per symbol	Maximum pending orders for one symbol.
Max open trades when scale-in is enabled	Maximum open trades allowed when the scale-in gate mode permits additional entries.
Max counted signals per session, 0 disables	Limits how many signals can be counted during one session.
Max open portfolio risk percent	Optional cap on total open portfolio risk.

Input label	What it controls
Scale-in gate mode	Whether additional same-direction trades are allowed, and whether they must wait for break even or partial close progress.
Allow opposite hedging exposure	Allows opposite-direction exposure where the account model permits it.
Replace same-side pending order	Replaces an existing same-side pending order when a newer one is accepted.
Block new signals while symbol position exists	Stops additional signals on a symbol while a position is already open.

Input label	What it controls
Banana EA magic number	The identifier stamped on orders placed by this EA instance. Use a different Magic Number for independent charts or portfolios.

On multi-symbol or multi-chart setups, plan Magic Numbers before live use so one setup does not accidentally manage another setup's trades.