Teodor Jackson
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Just came to my mind:
The EA may be using Lot Normalization algorithm.
It checks for broker requirements like minimal lot and lot increment and adjusts initial lot size. This is similar to rounding.
But in most of examples I saw it's poorly implemented - it doesn't handle extremes properly.
In effect if your broker minimal lot is 1 it will adjust anything bellow 1 to 1.
While this should result in no trade.
Again - the answer is in the logs. You need both of them.
What is the exact name of the EA actually? I mean commercial name.
BTW: after you found this unfortunate trade, did you backtest the EA over the same pair and the fatal period to check if it repeats the lot size pattern?
The EA may be using Lot Normalization algorithm.
It checks for broker requirements like minimal lot and lot increment and adjusts initial lot size. This is similar to rounding.
But in most of examples I saw it's poorly implemented - it doesn't handle extremes properly.
In effect if your broker minimal lot is 1 it will adjust anything bellow 1 to 1.
While this should result in no trade.
Again - the answer is in the logs. You need both of them.
What is the exact name of the EA actually? I mean commercial name.
BTW: after you found this unfortunate trade, did you backtest the EA over the same pair and the fatal period to check if it repeats the lot size pattern?
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