Raptor 3: Wider Stop

The exact change

A new input carries the stop distance, defaulting to 1.0x ATR. The two stop placements use it instead of the hard-coded 0.5x, for both long and short setups.

input double InpStopAtrMult = 1.0;   // stop distance in ATR (P2C used 0.5)
...
s.sl = rates[3].low  - atr * InpStopAtrMult;   // BUY
s.sl = rates[3].high + atr * InpStopAtrMult;   // SELL

Risk stays 1% per trade: R-based position sizing and the 1.5R / 3.0R targets scale automatically against the wider stop.

Verification · 2026-09-30

Single-variable confirmed. Token-by-token diff against P2C: the new input plus the two stop lines are the only behavior changes. Everything else is identical.

Source review: no issues found. In-house token diff plus brace/paren/bracket balance and entry-point checks (exactly one OnInit, one OnTick) found zero behavior drift across all 752 lines. Not a MetaEditor compile, that still needs F7 on a real terminal.

Status: compiled and backtested 2026-10-01. Verdict: extinct.

What it does

• BUY setups place the stop at rates[3].low - 1.0 x ATR instead of 0.5 x ATR.
• SELL setups place the stop at rates[3].high + 1.0 x ATR instead of 0.5 x ATR.

Hypothesis

P2C took full stop-outs on 69% of its trades; the 0.5 ATR stop sits inside normal H1 noise. Widening the stop to 1.0 ATR gives the 1.5R / 3R structure room to breathe. R targets and 1% risk adjust automatically.

Unchanged from P2C

Pattern geometry, bar-shape and RSI filters, pullback zone, D1/H4 bias logic, detector, entries, 1.5R / 3.0R targets, 75% partial, runner, breakeven +0.1R, scale-in, 1% risk, 12-bar pending expiry, 21:00 cutoff, 3% daily loss halt, max setups. If P2F wins where P2C lost, it is purely the stop distance.

Identity and safety

File

Blackfish_EA_P2F.mq5

Base

P2C (Blackfish_EA_P2C.mq5). P2B abandoned.

Magic number

20260932

Trading gates

InpLiveTrading = false, InpAllowOrders = false (defaults)

Demo only

No live trading. No real money.

Experiment status

Backtest results · 2026-10-01

EURUSD H1, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-22, every tick based on real ticks. Tester gates InpLiveTrading=true, InpAllowOrders=true.

Total trades

135

Win rate

37.78%

Profit factor

0.74

Net

-18.32%

Max drawdown

23.62%

Gates passed

0 of 5

Verdict: extinct. The stop-distance hypothesis is eliminated. The wider stop lifted win rate but enlarged losses; every gate still fails.

Download

Complete .mq5 source. Compile in MetaEditor before attaching to any chart.