// ============================================================
// BREAKEVEN STOP — triggers if price moves X points within bars 3–5
// ============================================================


// ---- PARAMETERS (adjust to your instrument) ----
BreakevenPoints = 20   // Points/pips needed to trigger breakeven
MinBars = 3            // Earliest bar to check (from entry)
MaxBars = 5            // Latest bar to check (from entry)


// ---- TRACK BARS IN TRADE ----
IF NOT ONMARKET THEN
  barsInTrade = 0
  beTriggered = 0
  entryPrice  = 0
ELSIF barsInTrade = 0 THEN
  entryPrice  = TRADEPRICE(1)
  barsInTrade = 1
ELSE
  barsInTrade = barsInTrade + 1
ENDIF


// ---- CHECK FOR THE MOVE (within bars 3–5) ----
IF LONGONMARKET AND beTriggered = 0 THEN
  IF barsInTrade >= MinBars AND barsInTrade <= MaxBars THEN
    IF HIGH >= entryPrice + BreakevenPoints THEN
      beTriggered = 1
    ENDIF
  ENDIF
ELSIF SHORTONMARKET AND beTriggered = 0 THEN
  IF barsInTrade >= MinBars AND barsInTrade <= MaxBars THEN
    IF LOW <= entryPrice - BreakevenPoints THEN
      beTriggered = 1
    ENDIF
  ENDIF
ENDIF


// ---- PLACE THE BREAKEVEN STOP ORDER ----
IF beTriggered = 1 AND ONMARKET THEN
  SET STOP BREAKEVEN
ENDIF

How it works:

• BreakevenPoints – How many points price must move before breakeven triggers. Set this to match your instrument (e.g. 20 points on DAX, 10 pips on forex).
• MinBars / MaxBars – The window in which the move is checked. Set to 3 and 5, so the code only looks for the move between bar 3 and bar 5 after entry.
• barsInTrade – A counter that tracks how many bars have passed since the trade was opened. Resets to 0 when not in a trade.
• beTriggered – A latch variable. Once the conditions are met it flips to 1 and stays there for the rest of the trade, keeping the breakeven stop active.
• entryPrice – Captured from TRADEPRICE(1) on the first bar the trade is open. This is the level the stop gets moved to.

Key behaviours:

Works automatically for both long and short trades. For longs it checks the HIGH of each bar; for shorts it checks the LOW.

If the required move does not happen within bars 3 to 5, beTriggered stays 0 and no breakeven stop is placed. Your original stop remains in control.

Once beTriggered equals 1, the breakeven stop order is placed every bar until the trade closes, so it cannot be accidentally dropped.

To use this code, paste the block after your entry logic inside your existing ProRealCode trading system. Adjust BreakevenPoints to suit your instrument and timeframe.