# HITPositionManagerEA Specification

## 1. Overview

`HITPositionManagerEA.mq5` is the filled-position manager for positions created by `HITEntryEA.mq5`. It never creates new orders or pending orders. It is a retail hedging account EA and fails initialization on non-hedging accounts.

The managed set is limited to positions whose `POSITION_SYMBOL` equals `_Symbol` and whose `POSITION_MAGIC` equals `input_managed_magic_number`. Multiple tickets, split entries, and simultaneous buy/sell positions are managed independently.

## 2. Indicators

- No standard or custom indicators are used.
- SLTP management uses the current tick, each position's open price, SL, TP, open time, and symbol stop/freeze levels.
- High-volatility stop tightening uses M1/M3/M5/M10/M15 open prices and the current market price.

## 3. Parameters

- `input_managed_magic_number = 10001`: Magic number of positions to manage. It should match the entry EA's `input_entry_magic_number`.
- `input_slippage_points = 10`: Allowed deviation for closes and SL modifications.
- `input_position_close_after_h1_bars = 12`: Time-based close threshold in H1 bars. `0` disables it.
- `input_sltp_manager_enabled = false`: Master switch for SLTP management.
- `input_sltp_show_panel = true`: Shows the SLTP control panel.
- `input_sltp_use_breakeven = false`: Standard breakeven.
- `input_sltp_breakeven_trigger_pips = 30.0`: Profit threshold for standard breakeven.
- `input_sltp_breakeven_buffer_pips = 3.0`: Profit-side entry buffer used by standard breakeven.
- `input_sltp_use_elapsed_breakeven = false`: Elapsed-time breakeven.
- `input_sltp_elapsed_breakeven_hours = 4.0`: Holding time required before elapsed-time breakeven is allowed.
- `input_sltp_elapsed_breakeven_buffer_pips = 3.0`: Profit-side entry buffer used by elapsed-time breakeven.
- `input_sltp_use_active_trailing = false`: Active trailing.
- `input_sltp_active_breakeven_pips = 30.0`: Profit threshold that starts active trailing.
- `input_sltp_active_stop_loss_offset_pips = 5.0`: Initial locked profit offset from entry.
- `input_sltp_active_step_trigger_pips = 10.0`: Additional profit interval required for each SL step.
- `input_sltp_active_step_move_pips = 5.0`: SL movement added per completed step.
- `input_sltp_use_tp_progress_stop = false`: TP-progress stop.
- `input_sltp_tp_progress_trigger_percent = 70.0`: TP progress required before the SL lock is applied.
- `input_sltp_tp_progress_sl_lock_percent = 30.0`: Entry-to-TP distance percentage locked by SL.
- `input_sltp_use_high_volatility_limit = false`: High-volatility stop tightening.

## 4. Entry And Exit Conditions

- There are no entry conditions because this EA does not create orders.
- On every tick, the EA first evaluates ticket-based time exits and then applies SLTP management.
- Time exits close target tickets when `POSITION_TIME` is older than `input_position_close_after_h1_bars * PeriodSeconds(PERIOD_H1)` by using `CTrade::PositionClose(ticket)`.
- SLTP management applies only candidates that improve the current SL in the profit-protection direction, preserving the current TP with `CTrade::PositionModify(ticket, new_sl, current_tp)`.
- High-volatility stop tightening only accepts candidates that are at or beyond breakeven: at or above entry for BUY positions and at or below entry for SELL positions.

## 5. Risk Management

- All position processing uses `PositionGetTicket(i)` followed by `PositionSelectByTicket(ticket)`.
- Only positions matching `_Symbol` and `input_managed_magic_number` are touched.
- Different magic numbers, different symbols, and manual-position equivalents are ignored.
- Logs include ticket, symbol, magic, position type, trade retcode, and `GetLastError()`.
- Standard breakeven and active trailing cannot be enabled together; settings validation rejects that conflict.
- When `input_sltp_manager_enabled=false`, contradictory detailed SLTP settings do not stop the EA; time exits continue to run. Detailed settings are validated when SLTP management is enabled.

## 6. Unit Test Scope

- The production manager EA contains no test-only order creation.
- In the Strategy Tester, `HITPositionManagerTestHarness.mq5` seeds test BUY/SELL positions and a different-magic control position, then calls the same production manager classes.
- Test coverage targets same-symbol/same-magic multi-ticket handling, simultaneous buy/sell positions, magic mismatch exclusion, time exits, and SL updates.

## 7. Changelog

- 2026-06-14: Allowed the EA to continue time-exit management when SLTP master is off even if detailed SLTP settings conflict. Added breakeven protection to high-volatility stop tightening so loss-side SL candidates are discarded.
- 2026-06-13: Synchronized SLTP input defaults with `HIT-EA_refactor_ver6.mq5` and documented each default value.
- 2026-06-07: Split position-management responsibilities from `HIT-EA_refactor_ver6.mq5` and defined a hedging-account, ticket-based manager EA.