Trailing stop with a minimum step (anti-spam)
Moves the SL only when the improvement exceeds a minimum step — avoids flooding the server with one-point modifications on every tick, a classic cause of request banning.
Prerequisites
MetaTrader 5, CTrade
MQL5
void TrailWithStep(ulong ticket, double distPoints, double stepPoints)
{
if(!PositionSelectByTicket(ticket)) return;
long type = PositionGetInteger(POSITION_TYPE);
double sl = PositionGetDouble(POSITION_SL);
double tp = PositionGetDouble(POSITION_TP);
if(type == POSITION_TYPE_BUY)
{
double bid = SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol, SYMBOL_BID);
double newSL = NormalizeDouble(bid - distPoints * _Point, _Digits);
// On ne bouge que si le gain de SL vaut au moins stepPoints
if(newSL - sl >= stepPoints * _Point)
trade.PositionModify(ticket, newSL, tp);
}
else
{
double ask = SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol, SYMBOL_ASK);
double newSL = NormalizeDouble(ask + distPoints * _Point, _Digits);
if(sl == 0.0 || sl - newSL >= stepPoints * _Point)
trade.PositionModify(ticket, newSL, tp);
}
}Result
2026.06.10 11:15:02.330 TrailStep (XAUUSD,M5) #812446102 SELL : newSL 2381.45, gain 8 pts < step 50 -> ignoré 2026.06.10 11:16:33.518 TrailStep (XAUUSD,M5) #812446102 SELL : gain 22 pts < step 50 -> ignoré 2026.06.10 11:18:47.812 TrailStep (XAUUSD,M5) #812446102 SELL : SL 2382.10 -> 2381.20 (avancée 90 pts) 2026.06.10 11:18:47.860 TrailStep (XAUUSD,M5) PositionModify OK — 1 requête serveur en 4 minutes au lieu de 240
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