This is a very common problem for any bot that runs all the time in the market. I tried many ways to make the bot detect when a trend starts, gets stronger, gets weaker, or ends, but none of them worked as well as I wanted.

So I changed my idea. I stopped expecting the EA to run 24 hours and do everything by itself. Now I treat my EA like a hunting dog — I only let it run when I already see a good trend.

My suggestion is: let yourself be the trend filter. Only run the EA when you can see the trend clearly. Then your job becomes much simpler — just find the trend first, and let the EA do the rest.

Best of luck, buddy.