v5.3: Monday morning stand-down until 07:00 server

Monday's pivots and ATR are built from Friday's session and the first
server hours are the thin Sunday-evening ET market — historically the
only losing weekday (-$121 across 204 trades vs all other days
positive). New CheckMondayStandDown() blocks new grids on Monday
before InpMondayStartHour (default 7 = midnight ET), and because it
sits above the daily pivot recalc, Monday's pivots/ATR are sampled at
the resume hour instead of the rollover. All 17 presets set
InpMondayStartHour=7. Trading week is now Mon 00:00 ET -> Fri 00:00 ET.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

OrdersEA_Smart_Grid_BO.mq5

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 #property copyright "Copyright 2024, Garfield Heron"
 #property link      "https://fetcherpay.com"
-#property version   "5.2"
+#property version   "5.3"
 
 #include <Trade\Trade.mqh>
 #include <Trade\PositionInfo.mqh>
 
-#define VERSION "Version 5.2 Smart Grid Breakout BO MT5"
+#define VERSION "Version 5.3 Smart Grid Breakout BO MT5"
 #define MAX_TRADES 600
 #define MAX_LOG_TRADES 1200
 
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ input string    WeekendSettings = "=== Weekend Protection ===";
 input bool      InpCloseBeforeWeekend = true;
 input int       InpWeekendCloseHour = 17;
 input bool      InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend = true;
+input int       InpMondayStartHour = 7;        // Monday: no new grids before this server hour (0 = off)
 
 //--- Trade Object
 CTrade         trade;
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ datetime lastWeeklyScan = 0;
 
 //--- Weekend Protection
 bool     weekendCloseExecuted = false;
+bool     mondayStandDownLogged = false;
 
 //--- Master one-shot (1.4)
 bool     masterShutdownDone = false;
@@ -451,6 +453,37 @@ bool CheckWeekendProtection()
    return true;
   }
 
+//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+//| Monday Morning Stand-Down (5.3)                                   |
+//| Sunday-evening ET liquidity is thin and the pivots/ATR are built  |
+//| from Friday's session — skip new grids until the configured       |
+//| Monday server hour. Blocking before the daily pivot recalc also   |
+//| defers the ATR sample to the resume hour instead of the rollover. |
+//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
+bool CheckMondayStandDown()
+  {
+   if(InpMondayStartHour <= 0) return true;
+   MqlDateTime dt;
+   TimeToStruct(TimeCurrent(), dt);
+
+   if(dt.day_of_week == MONDAY && dt.hour < InpMondayStartHour)
+     {
+      if(!mondayStandDownLogged)
+        {
+         PrintS("⏸ MONDAY STAND-DOWN — no new grids before " +
+                IntegerToString(InpMondayStartHour) + ":00 server");
+         mondayStandDownLogged = true;
+        }
+      return false;
+     }
+   if(mondayStandDownLogged)
+     {
+      PrintS("Monday stand-down over — normal trading resumed");
+      mondayStandDownLogged = false;
+     }
+   return true;
+  }
+
 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 //| Session Filter (4.1)                                             |
 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -1300,6 +1333,11 @@ void OnTick()
    if(!CheckWeekendProtection())
       return;
 
+   // --- Monday morning stand-down (5.3) — must stay above the pivot
+   // recalc so Monday's pivots/ATR are computed at the resume hour ---
+   if(!CheckMondayStandDown())
+      return;
+
    // --- GetOut mode ---
    if(GetOut != "N" && GetOut != "n")
      {

bo-audnzd.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=5.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444012

bo-audusd.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444005

bo-eurchf.set

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=5.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444010

bo-eurgbp.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=5.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444011

bo-eurjpy.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444009

bo-eurusd.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444001

bo-gbpjpy.set

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444004

bo-gbpusd.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444002

bo-major.set

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === Session Notes ===
 ; BO fires on breakout of daily pivot range (ATR-scaled)

bo-nzdusd.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444006

bo-steady.set

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=5.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === Session Notes ===
 ; Lower volatility = smaller moves but more frequent breakouts of ATR range

bo-usdcad.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444007

bo-usdchf.set

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444008

bo-usdjpy.set

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444003

bo-volatile.set

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === Session Notes ===
 ; GBPJPY/XAUUSD can gap 200+ pts — BO suits them well but cut losses fast

bo-xagusd.set

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444014

bo-xauusd.set

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ InpMaxWeeklyDrawdown=7.0
 InpCloseBeforeWeekend=true
 InpWeekendCloseHour=7
 InpCancelPendingBeforeWeekend=true
+InpMondayStartHour=7
 
 ; === EA Settings ===
 MagicNum=444013