Lisa EURUSD Breakout – Parameters Overview

Session

• Session Preset (Tokyo / London / NewYork / Overlap_LondonNY / Custom)
  Determines the time window used to build the box.
• Session Start / Session End (HH:mm)
  Start/end of the box window in the selected time base. Applies when Custom (or to override).
• Session Time Base (UTC / CustomOffset)
  Defines how Start/End are interpreted. With CustomOffset, an offset to UTC is applied.
• Custom Offset (UTC±H)
  Offset in hours relative to UTC (e.g., 3 for UTC+3). Internally, time is converted to UTC as (local − offset).

Tip: Use London for a clean European session. For local hours, switch to CustomOffset and set your UTC shift.

Breakout

• Entry Offset (pips)
  Extra pips added beyond the box high/low to reduce false breaks (typical 2–5 pips on EURUSD).
• Min Range (pips) / Max Range (pips)
  Acceptable box size. Days outside this range are skipped (helps avoid noise/abnormal days).
• Max Spread (pips)
  Maximum tolerated spread at order placement time (e.g., 1.0–2.5 for EURUSD).
• Side Mode (Both / OnlyBuy / OnlySell)
  Which sides are allowed for the breakout.

SL/TP (Unified Interface)

• SL Mode (Box / FixedPips)
  • Box: SL at the opposite box boundary + ~1 pip buffer.
  • FixedPips: constant SL distance from entry in pips.
• SL Value (contextual)
  Used when FixedPips (e.g., 12–20 pips). Ignored in Box mode.
• TP Mode (RR / FixedPips / BoxMultiple)
  • RR: TP = TpValue × SL.
  • FixedPips: TP is a fixed pip distance.
  • BoxMultiple: TP = TpValue × box size.
• TP Value (contextual)
  Multiplier or pips depending on TP mode: RR (multiplier), FixedPips (pips), BoxMultiple (box multiplier).

Starter suggestion: SL = FixedPips (15) and TP = RR (1.5).
Prefer geometry? Use SL = Box and TP = BoxMultiple (0.8–1.2).

Volume (Position Sizing)

Lisa supports three position sizing modes. Your choice here does not change the breakout logic — it only changes how big each pending order will be.

• Volume Mode (FixedLots / RiskPercentEquityBySL / MarginPercentEquity)
  Select how order volume is calculated:
  • FixedLots – uses a constant lot size.
  • RiskPercentEquityBySL – sizes the position by risk per trade using the current Stop Loss distance (in pips).
  • MarginPercentEquity – sizes the position by a target share of equity allocated to estimated margin (exposure control, not SL-risk).
• Fixed Lot (lots) (used in FixedLots mode)
  The bot places orders with exactly this lot size (converted to units and normalized to broker steps).
• Risk % of Equity (by SL) (used in RiskPercentEquityBySL mode)
  This is the “proper” %-risk sizing: the bot calculates volume so that if Stop Loss is hit, the loss is approximately N% of current Equity.
  The bot always has a valid SL distance:
  • With SL Mode = FixedPips, SL distance is SL Value, clamped to a minimum of 1 pip.
  • With SL Mode = Box, SL distance is calculated from the session box (behind the opposite boundary + a small buffer), so it’s always > 0 in normal conditions.
  Example (EUR account, EURUSD):
  Equity = €1,000
  Risk = 10% ⇒ risk budget ≈ €100
  Stop Loss = 25 pips
  For EURUSD, 1.00 lot is roughly €9–€10 per pip (depends slightly on the EURUSD rate).
  That means a 25-pip SL on 1 lot is about €225–€250 risk.
  So the expected position size is around €100 / (€225–€250) ≈ 0.40–0.45 lots, which is roughly 40,000–45,000 units (exact value may vary slightly due to contract specs and volume-step rounding).
• Margin % of Equity (used in MarginPercentEquity mode)
  This mode targets a fixed portion of equity to be used as estimated margin for one order. It helps keep exposure/leverage behavior consistent, but it’s not the same as risk-by-SL: two trades with the same margin usage can have very different loss at SL depending on the Stop Loss distance and market contract value.

Note: All volume modes are still subject to the bot’s margin safety rules (e.g., Min Free Margin After Order). If the “what-if” margin check fails, the bot will reduce volume or skip placing the order, depending on your risk settings.

Order management

• Order Expiry (hours)
  Per-order lifetime. If not triggered in time, the pending order expires automatically.
• Cancel After (h) from SessionEnd
  Post-session cleanup: N hours after the session end, cancel all remaining pendings and end the trading day.
  Different from Order Expiry (per-order timer) — this is a session-based global broom.
• Cancel Opposite On Fill
  OCO behavior: when one side fills, cancel the opposite side.

Position management

• Enable Trailing / Trail Trigger (pips) / Trail Step (pips)
  Enables trailing stop with activation distance and step.
• Enable Partial Close / Partial @ +pips / Partial %
  Partial exit once profit reaches the specified pips (e.g., close 51% at +17 pips).

Risk management

• Max Daily Floating DD (%)
  Daily floating drawdown guard: if Equity vs Balance drops below −N%, flatten all bot positions and pendings for the day.
• Min Free Margin After Order (%)
  Pre-placement what-if margin check, as if the pending order had already filled. If free margin after < N%, block placement.
• Stop cBot Equity DD from Start (%)
  Equity circuit breaker: if Equity ≤ StartEquity × (1 − N%), flatten everything and latch the bot (no more trading until restart).