CLOUDPips Hayate Setup Guide

This guide goes through Hayate's Inputs tab, group by group. Just starting? Load Default.set and change only RiskPercent: every default is the setting we backtested.

Start Hayate in 3 steps

Attach Hayate to an XAUUSD chart set to D1. The chart's timeframe only affects how the chart loads: Hayate reads the timeframes it needs by itself
Rented on cloudpips.io: paste your License Key (it starts with CPY-) into License_Key, the first row of the Inputs tab. It's in My licenses (bought on MQL5? skip this)
Load Default.set with Load in the Inputs tab (choose and download a preset)

Every signal the bot skips is printed in the Experts tab with the reason.

Your broker's time zone

Nothing to set. In live trading Hayate detects your broker's time zone by itself, and follows daylight-saving changes. When it starts, the Experts tab shows Broker time zone detected automatically: GMT+2. Nothing to set. (with your broker's number)

For a backtest only, set Server_GMT_Offset to the number the Experts tab showed (GMT+2 = 2), because the Strategy Tester can't detect it. If it's wrong, the backtest results are off

Every setting in the Inputs tab

In the same order as MT5's Inputs tab. Every default is the setting we backtested. If you change a strategy setting, run your own backtest first.

Setting	Default	What it does
`License_Key`	empty	Your License Key from cloudpips.io, pasted with no spaces before or after (rented version only; the MQL5 version doesn't have it)
`TradeDirection`	BOTH	Which side may trade: both, buy only, or sell only
`Server_GMT_Offset`	0	Backtest only. In live trading the bot detects your broker's time zone by itself (more)
Other settings in Daily Breakout	–	Each day Hayate sets a Buy and a Sell level that gold only reaches when it breaks clearly out of its normal range, then trades the first break. These set how far away the levels are, and the stop-loss distance. One trade at a time
`Max_Hold_Days`	1.0	The most trading days a trade is held; if the stop loss hasn't been hit by then, it closes. There's no fixed take profit
`Trend_MA_Days`	100	Trades only with the long-term trend: buys only in an uptrend, sells only in a downtrend; the side against the trend is skipped for the day (0 = off)
`Enable_Kaze_Filter`	true	Wind filter: trade only when the market is active enough, skipping signals in a quiet market. The current Kaze level is on the panel. Every Hayate backtest has it on
`Kaze_Min`	1.0	Minimum activity: 1.0 = as active as usual for that time of day. Higher = fewer trades
`Kaze_Require_Rising`	false	The activity must also be rising
`RiskPercent`	1.0	The main one to change. Risk per trade as a % of balance: roughly what a stop loss costs. Default.set uses 1, Aggressive.set 2. If the balance is so small that the lot falls below your broker's minimum, Hayate uses the minimum lot, so the real risk is higher (use a Cent account for small balances). Hayate's stop loss is wide, so a 1,000 USD account often trades the minimum lot
`Fixed_Lot`	0.0	A fixed lot size instead of `RiskPercent` (0 = use `RiskPercent`)
`Max_Lot`	0.0	The largest lot per trade (0 = no limit)
`Use_SL_TP`	true	Leave it at `true`: every trade has its own stop loss, as in every preset. `false` = an experimental basket mode: trades open without a stop loss and close only all together
`Basket_TP_Pct`	0.0	Basket mode only: close all trades when their open profit reaches this % of balance
`Basket_SL_Pct`	0.0	Basket mode only: close all trades when their open loss reaches this % of balance (0 = off)
`Max_Open_Positions`	0	Basket mode only: the most trades open at once (0 = no limit)
`Enable_EquityTP`	false	Close all positions at once when combined open profit reaches a target, then keep trading. It watches the whole account, so other bots' trades count too
`Internal_EquityTP_Pct`	0	The open-profit target as a % of balance
`Enable_TargetProfit`	false	Stop trading when profit reaches a target: Hayate closes all its trades and stops until you restart it from the panel
`TargetProfitPct`	0.0	The profit target as a %, from the balance at the start of the cycle
`Enable_DrawdownCut`	false	Emergency drawdown cut: close all trades and stop the bot. A last safety net; if you turn it on, set it at a level you can genuinely live with
`MaxDrawdownPct`	0.0	The open loss, as a % of balance, that triggers the cut
`Enable_DailySLLimit`	false	Stop for the rest of the day after a number of stop losses (days follow your broker's server time)
`Max_Daily_SL_Hits`	0	Most losing trades per day
`Enable_DailyTPLimit`	false	Stop for the rest of the day after a number of winners
`Max_Daily_TP_Hits`	0	Most winning trades per day
`Enable_DistanceFilter`	false	Don't open a new trade too close to an existing one
`Min_Distance_Points`	1000	Minimum distance from an open position (points)
`Draw_Levels_On_Chart`	true	Draw today's Buy and Sell levels on the chart
`Enable_WithdrawSim`	true	Show the withdrawal simulator box on the chart
`Withdraw_Profit_Pct`	50.0	% of each profitable day's profit to simulate withdrawing
`Magic_Number`	778822	Hayate's ID for its own trades, to tell them apart from others. Change it and the panel's figures start from zero

Changing settings while running

Double-click the EA's name in the top-right corner of the chart (or press F7)
Edit the values in the Inputs tab and press OK

Open trades stay open with their stop loss. On MQL5 Virtual Hosting, Migrate again after changing settings.

Capital and VPS

Minimum balance: 1,000 USD on a Standard account, or 10,000 USC on a Cent account ($100). See How much capital do I need?
VPS: recommended, so the bot looks after its trades 24/5. See Set Up a VPS
Swap: Hayate holds trades overnight, so your broker's swap affects results
Running Hayate with another CLOUDPips bot: use a Hedging account and set RiskPercent to 0.5 on each (or to the risk you can accept). See Can I run two bots on the same account?

Next step

Choose the preset that suits your account: Hayate Presets Compared (Default, Aggressive)