VR Black Box – modified “Swing” trading strategy

Review

The VR Black Box trading system is a powerful tool based on strictly following price movements. The program analyzes price fluctuations: when the price rises, the advisor is focused on buying a financial asset, and if Stop Loss is triggered, it changes the direction of trading to sell. The entire process is carried out automatically, without the participation of the trader.

One of the key features of VR Black Box is the ability to mask the true exit points from trades from real Stop Loss and Take Profit levels, which is especially important when working with unscrupulous brokers. This allows you to significantly increase trading efficiency.

The development of the trading robot was carried out over several years in real trading conditions. Constant updates, the introduction of new ideas and the use of trading indicators have turned VR Black Box into a unique and reliable algorithm that can impress both new and experienced traders. To evaluate the capabilities of the advisor, it is enough to install it on a demo account and observe the results for several days or weeks.

Features of the VR Black Box trading robot

• Trading algorithm following the price;
• Works on any financial instruments (Forex, CFD, Crypto, Metalls, Futures);
• Suitable for both beginners and professional traders;
• Not a large number of settings;
• Easy to installation and configuration, the program comes with text and video instructions;

• For the Trading-Go
market
• Supplied with archive containing versions for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5;
• When paying in the Trading-Go market (on this page), the second version is free;
• Can be used without payment on real accounts, free. Instructions;
• It is possible to use a trading robot on demo accounts without payment, without restrictions;
• Settings for the trading robot are in the archive with the trading robot;
• Works in the strategy tester;
• Installation instructions;

• For marketMql5.com
• Available for payment in the Mql5 market.com, each version is paid separately for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5;
• On demo, training and real accounts it works only after payment;
• Works in the strategy tester;
• Installation instructions;

Advantages

The Advisor has many advantages, among which are the following:

• Easy to set up;
• Suitable for both beginners and professionals;
• Able to accompany and control the positions of other advisers;
• Automatically takes into account commissions and swaps;
• Compatible with various financial instruments (Forex, cryptocurrencies, CFDs, futures, metals);
• Optimization is possible in the strategy tester;
• Works on any time intervals.

Included with the program are:

• Sets of installation files (set files) from the developer;
• Free updates of the program and instructions;
• Free technical support;
• Additional materials and files.

Algorithm of operation

When developing trading systems, the understanding inevitably comes that some of them are more resistant to market changes than others. With the accumulation of experience and knowledge, it is possible to improve each system. When creating the VR Black Box advisor, I sought to minimize risks and maximize profitability, using all my experience and knowledge. Although this system has not become the “Holy Grail” and still contains certain risks, at the moment it is one of the most stable.

• Early versions of the advisor used static Stop Loss and Take Profit levels, which limited the possibilities of reducing losses. The latest version added the function of pulling up the Stop Loss level following the current price, which made it possible to significantly reduce losses and increase profits when reaching the Take Profit goal. In addition, the following algorithms were introduced:
• Real and virtual trading modes. In real mode, the advisor sets real Take Profit and Stop Loss levels, which are recorded on the broker's server. The virtual mode involves setting increased real levels, and positions are closed forcibly several points earlier. This mode is useful if you do not want to disclose your closing levels to your broker.
• Price tracking algorithm (Trailing Stop), which allows you to move the loss fixation level following the price movement. This helps to significantly reduce losses and increase profits.
• Control over the spread size, which prevents trading operations at times of high volatility and significant spread widening.

For those who prefer manual trading, an advisor can be configured to transform losing trades into a positive state.

Profitability

Monitoring of the work of the adviser is updated twice a day at 09 00 and 21 00 GMT +3

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Recommendations

• If you plan to use the strategy tester to analyze the performance of the VR Black Box advisor, it is recommended to disable in the settings all elements related to the display of information on the chart. This will speed up the testing process and the results will be shown in the top left corner.
• The first test execution may take some time due to loading and synchronization of data on the financial instrument.
• To carry out tests, it is best to use the MetaTrader 5 terminal, since its strategy tester is much more powerful and efficient. Please note that development and updating of the MetaTrader 4 platform was stopped several years ago.
• It is important to consider the following when testing a program:
• The most reliable way to test the effectiveness of an advisor is to use it in real conditions. For an objective assessment, purchase a license for a short period and test the application on a demo or micro account.
• Strategy testers built into MetaTrader do not take into account factors such as spreads, commissions, delays (ping), requests for quotes (requotes), the actual speed of receipt of tick data and their quality. Therefore, the results obtained in testers cannot be considered accurate indicators of profitability or unprofitability.

Settings

Lot settings

• Lot calculation type - lot calculation method. Can be one of three options
• Fixed lot - fixed lot value. The lot value is specified in the "Starting lot value" setting
• Percentage lot - the lot is calculated as the specified percentage of the balance. The percentage value is specified in the "Starting lot value" setting
• Balance for minimum lot - the lot is calculated as a multiple of the specified amount, for example 0.01 for every 100 units of deposit. The value of the deposit amount is indicated in the "Starting lot value" setting
• Starting lot value - Starting value (lot, percentage, deposit amount)
• Maximum trading lot (0 - Disabled) - The maximum value allowed for trading by the robot.
• Lot multiplier - lot multiplier for subsequent positions.

Trading strategy

• Calculation type Martingale or Anti-Martingale - modes for increasing trading lots
• Martingale - a mode in which the lot increases after receiving a loss.
• Anti-Martingale - a mode in which the lot increases after receiving a profit.
• Type of stop levels Real or Virtual - method of setting stop levels
• Real - A mode in which the trading robot sets real levels and positions are executed at calculated stop levels.
• Virtual - A mode in which both real levels and virtual levels are set, positions are closed at virtual levels. In this mode, Real levels are set much further than specified in the settings, virtual levels are set strictly according to the settings of the trading robot. This way, the actual execution prices of the robot's stop orders are hidden.
• Type of trading strategy - type of trading strategy
• Buy and Sell at the same time - simultaneous trading of buy and sell positions. Two positions can be traded simultaneously.
• Buy and Sell alternately - alternate trading of buy and sell positions. Only one position can be involved in trading, either buying or selling.
• Randomly Buy or Sell - alternate trading of buy and sell positions. The type of trading position is determined randomly. Only one position can be involved in trading, either buying or selling.
• Buy only - trading positions only for purchase, positions for sale are not opened.
• Sell only - trading positions only for sell, buy positions are not opened.
• Trading on a new bar - setting up a trading robot that allows you to conduct trading operations only at the beginning of a new trading period.
• Type of delay between trades - type of delay in trading after receiving a loss, can be in the form of time and/or distance.
• Time AND distance - in this type of trading delay, the trading robot will wait for all time and distance conditions to be met.
• Time OR distance - in this type of trading delay, the trading robot will wait for one of the time or distance conditions to be met.
• Waiting time until next position (0 - Disabled) - The setting specifies the waiting time in seconds.
• * Distance to next position (0 - Disabled) - The setting specifies the expectation of trading in points.
• Mode for removing the last trade from a loss (Off - Disabled) - the setting allows the trader to bring a losing closed position using a trading robot into a positive result. To activate this mode you need to set the Serial number of positions (Magic Number) parameter to -1.

TP and SL settings

• * Take Profit size - size of potential profit in points.
• * Stop Loss size - size of potential loss in points.
• * Maximum spread (0 - Disabled) - Maximum spread, if the spread is greater than the specified one, the trading robot will work in standby mode.
• Stop trading balance amount (0 - Disabled) - setting to stop the trading robot if the profit or loss is greater than the specified one. To stop work on a loss, you should set a value with the - sign; to stop work on a profit, do not put the - sign.

Trailing stop settings

• * Trailing Stop size (0 - Disabled) - trailing stop size in points.

Other settings

• Display information (does not work in the tester) - the setting displays the information panel on the chart with the installed trading robot. Doesn't work in the strategy tester.
• Dashboard size - size of the information panel.
• Notifications to smartphone - enable push notifications on a smartphone in the MetaTrader terminal.
• Notifications in the terminal - enable Alert notifications in the MetaTrader terminal.
• Notifications by E-Mail - enable notifications to the e-mail address. (The MetaTrader terminal must be previously configured)
• Notifications in the Telegram channel - enable notifications in the telegram channel, read the instructions in the blog.
• Channel telegram name - name of the telegram channel.
• Telegram bot token - secret key - telegram bot token.
• Comments for positions - comments on the positions of the trading bot, masks can be used, read the instructions in the blog.
• Serial number of positions (Magic Number) - serial number for trading positions, so that the trading robot can distinguish its positions from others.
• * Slippage - sliding.
• * For prices like 0.12345 Example: 500"; Number of characters after (.) 5 - For 5-digit brokers
• * For prices like 0.1234 Example: 50"; Number of characters after (.) 4 - For 4-digit brokers

Video

Updates

What's in the archive

For MetaTrader 4

• VR-Black-Box-RU.ex4 - Russian Program File
• VR-Black-Box-EN.ex4 - English Program File

For MetaTrader 5

• VR-Black-Box-RU.ex5 - Russian Program File
• VR-Black-Box-EN.ex5 - English Program File