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Actions Reference

This page documents supported actions, required/optional parameters, and behavior across MT4/MT5.
Tip: These parameters correspond to raw text keys parsed by the backend (see Signal Format Reference) and the fields in Message Templates (UI builder).

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BUY / SELL

  • Purpose: Open market orders (or pending with TYPE/PRICE)
  • Required
    • SYMBOL
    • One of: VOL (lots) or RISK (percent of balance)
  • Optional
    • SL, TP with TPSLType=PRICE|PIPS
    • SLIP slippage (where supported)
    • COMMENT, MAGIC
    • For pending: TYPE=LIMIT|STOP and PRICE=<limit/stop price>
    • MT5 StopLimit: STOPLIMITPRICE
  • Behavior
    • TPSLType=PIPS: SL/TP are pip distances. MT4 handles broker-side conversion; MT5 converts to absolute prices before execution.
    • RISK: For MT4, lot sizing may be delegated to the broker when risk is provided. For MT5, the service computes lot size per-account.

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Examples

BUY, BTCUSDz, VOL=1
SELL, BTCUSDz, RISK=2, SL=5000, TPSLType=PIPS, SLIP=10
BUY, BTCUSDz, VOL=0.01, SL=5000, TP=10000, TPSLType=PIPS
BUY, BTCUSDz, VOL=1, SL=92994.65, TP=121517.26, TPSLType=PRICE, SLIP=10

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BUYLIMIT / SELLLIMIT / BUYSTOP / SELLSTOP (Pending)

  • Required
    • SYMBOL, PRICE
    • VOL or RISK
  • Optional
    • SL, TP, TPSLType=PRICE|PIPS, COMMENT, MAGIC, EXPIRATION
    • MT5 only: FILLPOLICY, EXPIRATIONTYPE, STOPLIMITPRICE (for StopLimit)

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Examples

BUYLIMIT, EURUSD, PRICE=1.0845, VOL=0.2, SL=20, TP=40, TPSLType=PIPS
SELLSTOP, XAUUSD, PRICE=2370.5, VOL=0.1, SL=10, TP=30, TPSLType=PIPS
BUYSTOPLIMIT, BTCUSDz, PRICE=117500.0, STOPLIMITPRICE=117450.0, VOL=0.05, SL=5000, TP=10000, TPSLType=PIPS

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MODIFY (Update SL/TP)

  • Purpose: Update SL/TP on existing open positions
  • Required
    • SYMBOL
    • At least one of: SL, TP
  • Optional
    • TPSLType=PRICE|PIPS
    • SIDE=BUY|SELL|ALL to target only buy, sell, or all positions on the symbol
    • SLIP, COMMENT, TICKET (advanced)
  • Behavior
    • Use message templates (Update SL/TP) for the most robust flow.

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Examples

MODIFY, BTCUSDz, SIDE=BUY, SL=10000, TP=20000, TPSLType=PIPS
MODIFY, BTCUSDz, SIDE=BUY, SL=92994.65, TP=121517.2, TPSLType=PRICE

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CLOSE (Full / Partial)

  • Purpose: Close open positions on a symbol
  • Required
    • SYMBOL
  • Optional
    • PERCENT=1..100 (omit or 100 = full close)
    • SIDE=BUY|SELL|ALL
    • SLIP, COMMENT, TICKET
  • Behavior
    • Partial close reduces volume. On MT4, a new remainder ticket appears; on MT5, the same position ID volume is reduced.
    • System processes the oldest open trade for the symbol (FIFO) per webhook account.

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Examples

CLOSE, BTCUSDz, SIDE=BUY, PERCENT=50
CLOSE, BTCUSDz

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CLOSEALL

  • Purpose: Close all open positions at once
  • Optional
    • SYMBOL to restrict to a specific symbol (or use ALL for all symbols)
  • Response includes:
    • Number of closed positions
    • Number of cancelled pending orders
    • Total profit/loss
    • All ticket numbers that were closed

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Examples

CLOSEALL
CLOSEALL, ALL
CLOSEALL, EURUSD

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Response Example

When CLOSEALL executes, the execution log shows: 
Closed 5 positions | Profit: +$0.12 | Tickets: 95052595, 95052594, 95052597...
Use CLOSEALL, ALL to close everything across all symbols, or specify a symbol to close only positions for that pair.

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Notes & Nuances

  • SL/TP units depend on TPSLType.
  • SLIP is primarily relevant for close operations and may be ignored by some connectors for market entries.
  • MT5 is position-based (simpler partial closes). MT4 is order-based (partial close yields a new ticket for the remainder).
  • For complex scenarios (multi-account symbol mapping, template reuse), prefer Message Templates in the UI, which generate a correct raw text command you can copy into your alerting platform.