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🔴 SELL with Automatic Risk-Based Volume

Risk management method: opens SELL market order with automatic volume calculation based on risk amount and SL distance. All-in-one position sizing + execution.

API Information:

  • Sugar method: MT5Sugar.sellByRisk(String symbol, double stopLossPoints, double riskAmount, double takeProfitPoints)
  • Underlying methods:
  • calculateVolume() - calculate position size
  • sellMarket() - place order
  • getPoint(), symbolInfoTick() - get current prices
  • Source: MT5Sugar convenience layer

🔽 Input

Parameter Type Required Description
symbol String ✅ Symbol name (e.g., "EURUSD")
stopLossPoints double ✅ SL distance in points
riskAmount double ✅ Risk amount in account currency
takeProfitPoints double ✅ TP distance in points (0 = no TP)

⬆️ Output

Returns: long - Order ticket number

Throws: ApiExceptionMT5 if order fails

Execution: 1. Calculates volume using calculateVolume() 2. Gets current Bid price 3. Calculates SL price: Bid + (stopLossPoints × point) 4. Calculates TP price: Bid - (takeProfitPoints × point) (if > 0) 5. Places SELL market order

💬 Just the essentials

  • What it is. SELL order with auto-calculated volume from $ risk.
  • Why you need it. One-step risk-managed entry - no manual calculations.
  • Use case. Consistent $ risk per trade (e.g., always risk $50).

🔗 Usage Examples

1) Simple SELL with $50 risk

String symbol = "EURUSD";
double riskAmount = 50.0;   // Risk $50
int slPoints = 50;          // 50 points SL
int tpPoints = 100;         // 100 points TP

long ticket = sugar.sellByRisk(symbol, slPoints, riskAmount, tpPoints);

System.out.printf("✅ SELL order placed: #%d%n", ticket);
System.out.printf("   Risk: $%.2f | SL: %d points | TP: %d points%n",
    riskAmount, slPoints, tpPoints);

2) SELL with 2% account risk

String symbol = "GBPUSD";
double balance = sugar.getBalance();
double riskPercent = 2.0;
double riskAmount = balance * (riskPercent / 100.0);

long ticket = sugar.sellByRisk(symbol, 100, riskAmount, 200);

System.out.printf("✅ SELL with 2%% risk:%n");
System.out.printf("   Balance: $%.2f%n", balance);
System.out.printf("   Risk: $%.2f (%.1f%%)%n", riskAmount, riskPercent);
System.out.printf("   Ticket: #%d%n", ticket);

3) SELL without TP (manual exit)

long ticket = sugar.sellByRisk("USDJPY", 50, 100.0, 0);

System.out.printf("✅ SELL: #%d | Risk $100 | No TP (manual exit)%n", ticket);

📌 Important Notes

  • Volume calculation: Automatic based on risk and SL points
  • SL placement: Bid + (stopLossPoints × point)
  • TP placement: Bid - (takeProfitPoints × point) (if > 0)
  • Pass 0 for TP: If you don't want automatic TP

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