GoldDetectorMT4

Strategy Overview

Gold Detector 2026 is a systematic 5-minute scalping strategy for XAUUSD (gold), built around momentum confirmation rather than raw breakout chasing. Every entry requires several independent conditions to align before a trade is placed — no single indicator triggers a signal on its own.

Core entry logic:

• Trend bias from EMA alignment on a higher timeframe, confirmed by RSI positioning on the entry timeframe
• ADX-based momentum filter, requiring the trend to be actively building rather than fading, with a minimum threshold before a trend is considered tradeable at all
• A directional-candle requirement — the signal bar's body must exceed a set fraction of average volatility, filtering out small drift bars with no real conviction
• A candle-shape confirmation layer on top of that: signal bars with an oversized rejection wick, or an abnormally large single-bar body, are rejected outright — both are more often stop-hunt spikes or liquidity sweeps than genuine continuation

Position sizing: Fixed lot sizing, scaled to account balance. No martingale, no size escalation after losses — position size is constant regardless of recent trade outcomes. Two operating modes: a single-position mode (one trade at a time) or a two-position mode with a modestly smaller second lot, never more than two concurrent positions.

Risk management, applied on every trade:

• ATR-scaled stop-loss and take-profit at a fixed risk:reward ratio (stop distance adapts to current volatility rather than using static point values)
• A trailing/breakeven mechanism plus a separate profit-lock ratchet that protects a percentage of a trade's peak floating profit in dollar terms, not just price distance
• Daily loss limit (percentage-based, with a fixed dollar floor so small accounts aren't tripped by ordinary single-day variance) and an optional daily profit target
• A same-day consecutive-loss pause: two losses within a short window triggers a multi-hour trading pause, independent of any single stop-loss
• Session-timing guards (overnight flat, weekend close), a news-event blackout window, and an optional churn guard that pauses trading after repeated near-breakeven stop-outs

Instrument & timeframe: XAUUSD, M5 chart, short average hold time consistent with a scalping approach — expect a meaningful number of trades per week, not a low-frequency swing system.

Risk Disclosure

Gold is a volatile instrument, and scalping strategies by nature take frequent, smaller-risk trades rather than fewer, larger ones — the return profile and drawdown character are different from a swing or position-trading approach. Past performance, whether backtested or from a live track record, does not guarantee future results. Subscribers should size their copied risk according to their own account and risk tolerance, not assume the signal provider's account size or settings apply to their own.