# DarvasBoxEA

Automates the Nicolas Darvas Box System with a rolling box and staircase entry mechanism.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/4242-darvasboxea
Record ID: 4242
Catalog rank: 41 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Price Action & Market Structure (E)
Source: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/24111
Evidence label (unverified): source_code

## Scope and limitations

These are machine-extracted research records, not verified trading systems. Catalog rank measures specification detail and claimed evidence, not profitability. The catalog extraction pipeline did not independently backtest these records. Its separate selected testing ledger does not validate the wider corpus. Rules, labels and parameters can be incomplete or wrong; consult the original source and its reuse terms.

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## Extraction warnings

Build warnings: DAILY_LOW_COUNT: daily-or-slower timeframe on a single instrument. Expect well under 100 trades in five years, so a backtest will rarely reach statistical significance on its own.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: any
- timeframes: D1
- sessions: any
- market_regime: any

## Indicators

No indicator stack recorded.

## Recorded long-entry rules

- new high not exceeded for 3 consecutive sessions
- volume during box period below InpBoxVolMult times longer-term average
- box height exceeds InpMinBoxATR times ATR
- breakout volume exceeds InpBreakVolMult times box average

## Recorded short-entry rules

- new low not exceeded for 3 consecutive sessions
- volume during box period below InpBoxVolMult times longer-term average
- box height exceeds InpMinBoxATR times ATR
- breakout volume exceeds InpBreakVolMult times box average

## Recorded exit rules

- price closes below the current box bottom
- no new box top within InpMaxBarsBetweenBoxes bars of the last breakout

## Recorded filters

- volume during box formation is quiet
- volume on breakout is expanded

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: below the box bottom by InpStopBuffer ATR units
- Take profit: not specified in the source
- Position sizing: risk per unit as percent of balance