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This tutorial shows how Elder-Ray Index Expert Advisor (EA) can be used on charts of MT4 to Trade in Options.

Strategy Premise

The Elder-Ray Index is a technical indicator developed by Dr. Alexander Elder that measures the amount of buying and selling pressure in a market. This indicator consists of three separate indicators known as “bull power” and “bear power”, which are derived from a 13-period exponential moving average (EMA). The three indicators help traders determine the trend direction and isolate spots to enter and exit trades.

Strategy Logic

Long Entry: When Bulls Power is Stronger than Bears Power

Short Entry: When Bears Power is Stronger than Bulls Power

When  Strategy gives buy, it will send LE in Call and LX in Put. When Strategy gives sell, it will send LE in Put and LX in

MT4 Settings

To start Algo trading with Elder-Ray Index on MT4, simply follow the steps given below.

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1: Make sure you have completed Jump Start setup

2: Download zipped files from here and extract them. You will find two sub-folders: Experts and Include. The files in these sub-folders should be copied in your MT4 directory in the same folders. In MT4 Click on File => Open Data Folder=> Click on MQL4 => Experts folder. Copy-paste the downloaded file to the Expert folder.

3: For include files, In MT4 Click on File => Open Data Folder=> Click on MQL4 => Include folder. Copy-paste the downloaded file to the Include folder.

4: In MT4 => Tools => Expert Advisor => Check all option available as shown below.

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5: Go to navigator click on refresh to refresh indicator and expert advisor.

6: Now put Elder-Ray Index Expert Advisor on chart .

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7: Change the Input Parameters as per your Requirement. 

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8: Now put Both Bears Power and Bulls Power Indicator on the chart and Change the Parameter as per the Inputs Set in EA. 

Please note that the input parameters of EA and the indicator should be the same, or the signal generation will not match with the indicator.

Here are the Strategy Parameters

Strategy tagUse default STG1 unless trading in multiple strategies
PortThis should be same as API bridge port application will signal from same port
Base symbolPut the base symbol example “BANKNIFTY” here in which you want to place an order
ExpiryPut contract expiry here
Order typeSelect order type here from MARKET,LIMIT, SLL,SLM
InstrumentOPTIDX
Bears Averaging PeriodAverage candle Period for Bears Power
Bull Averaging PeriodAverage candle Period for Bulls Power