SMC Zones markiert Fair Value Gaps (FVG) und Order Blocks (OB) im Chart ausschließlich auf Basis geschlossener Bars und zeigt standardmäßig nur die ungefüllten Zonen, die dem aktuellen Kurs am nächsten liegen. Hauptfunktionen FVG-Erkennung aus drei geschlossenen Kerzen, mit Mindestgrößen-Filter als Vielfaches der ATR und in Punkten. Order Blocks: die letzte Gegenkerze vor der Bewegung, die ein FVG erzeugt hat. Kein Repainting: Eine erschienene Zone verschiebt sich nicht und verschwindet nicht
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GoldGridBot – Gold-Grid-Expert-Advisor für MetaTrader 5
Wir entwickeln den GoldGridBot, einen Expert Advisor, der ausschließlich Gold (XAUUSD) nach einer festen, regelbasierten Grid-Mechanik handelt. Statt einer großen Richtungswette arbeitet er mit einem Raster aus mehreren Positionen und schließt sie gemeinsam, sobald das Gesamt-Gewinnziel erreicht ist.
• Drei Risikoprofile fest im EA: LOW, MEDIUM und HIGH – wählbar im Eingabefenster, keine Set-Dateien nötig
• HIGH (unsere Live-Einstellungen) muss ausdrücklich bestätigt werden, sonst handelt der EA mit MEDIUM
• Echtgeld-Live-Konto bei VT Markets (Cent-Konto), öffentlich verifiziert auf MyFxBook – inklusive Drawdown
• Kostenlose Demo-Version für Backtests im Strategietester
• Kauf, Aktivierung und Updates über den MQL5 Market
Kapital-Faustregel: das 1- bis 1,5-Fache des aktuellen Goldpreises je 0,01 Lot (LOW/MEDIUM). Auf einem Cent-Konto reichen 40–60 USD für den Einstieg.
Registrierte Nutzer unserer Webseite erhalten weitere Sets, Backtest- und Broker-Analysen sowie unseren Newsletter – kostenlos, auch ohne Kauf.
Risikohinweis: Grid-Systeme halten Verlustpositionen bewusst offen. In starken Trends kann der Drawdown stark ansteigen – bis zum Totalverlust. Vergangene Ergebnisse sind keine Garantie für die Zukunft. Setze nur Kapital ein, dessen Verlust du verkraften kannst.
Wir entwickeln den GoldGridBot, einen Expert Advisor, der ausschließlich Gold (XAUUSD) nach einer festen, regelbasierten Grid-Mechanik handelt. Statt einer großen Richtungswette arbeitet er mit einem Raster aus mehreren Positionen und schließt sie gemeinsam, sobald das Gesamt-Gewinnziel erreicht ist.
• Drei Risikoprofile fest im EA: LOW, MEDIUM und HIGH – wählbar im Eingabefenster, keine Set-Dateien nötig
• HIGH (unsere Live-Einstellungen) muss ausdrücklich bestätigt werden, sonst handelt der EA mit MEDIUM
• Echtgeld-Live-Konto bei VT Markets (Cent-Konto), öffentlich verifiziert auf MyFxBook – inklusive Drawdown
• Kostenlose Demo-Version für Backtests im Strategietester
• Kauf, Aktivierung und Updates über den MQL5 Market
Kapital-Faustregel: das 1- bis 1,5-Fache des aktuellen Goldpreises je 0,01 Lot (LOW/MEDIUM). Auf einem Cent-Konto reichen 40–60 USD für den Einstieg.
Registrierte Nutzer unserer Webseite erhalten weitere Sets, Backtest- und Broker-Analysen sowie unseren Newsletter – kostenlos, auch ohne Kauf.
Risikohinweis: Grid-Systeme halten Verlustpositionen bewusst offen. In starken Trends kann der Drawdown stark ansteigen – bis zum Totalverlust. Vergangene Ergebnisse sind keine Garantie für die Zukunft. Setze nur Kapital ein, dessen Verlust du verkraften kannst.
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GoldGridBot Starter ist ein Expert Advisor für MetaTrader 5, der eine Grid-Strategie auf XAUUSD mit einem festen, konservativen Profil handelt. Hauptfunktionen Feste Lotgröße von 0,01 pro Order und maximal 14 Trades pro Korb. Grid-Abstand von 150 Punkten (1,50 USD) zwischen den Orders. Ein gemeinsamer Korb-Take-Profit 100 Punkte (1,00 USD) über dem Durchschnittspreis bei Kaufkörben bzw. darunter bei Verkaufskörben. Einstieg nach einer Momentum-Bewegung von mindestens 0,3 % innerhalb von
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Gold Grid Risk Simulator berechnet, wie sich ein geplantes Buy- oder Sell-Grid auf Ihr Konto auswirkt: Drawdown, Margin-Level, Margin-Call-Preis, Stop-out-Preis und das Kapital, das das Grid benötigt. Hauptfunktionen Simuliert das Grid Stufe für Stufe ab einem Startpreis: Einstieg, Lot, kumulierte Lots, Durchschnittspreis, Basket-TP, schwebender Gewinn/Verlust, genutzte Margin, Equity und Margin-Level. Margin-Call- und Stop-out-Preis, exakt zwischen den Grid-Stufen berechnet, mit dem Abstand zum
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MTF Dashboard RSI ADX Volume ist ein kompaktes Panel im Hauptchartfenster, das RSI, ADX und das relative Tick-Volumen für mehrere Timeframes des aktuellen Symbols gleichzeitig anzeigt. Hauptfunktionen Eine Zeile pro aktiviertem Timeframe: standardmäßig M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4 und D1. Spalten TF, RSI, ADX, +DI, -DI, Trend und Vol %. Der Name des Timeframes wird nach seiner Ausrichtung eingefärbt: bullish, wenn +DI über -DI und RSI über 50 liegt, bearish, wenn -DI über +DI und RSI unter 50 liegt
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Volume Profile Sidebar zeichnet am Rand des Charts ein horizontales Volumen-nach-Preis-Histogramm und markiert den Point of Control (POC) und die Value Area. Hauptfunktionen Drei Bereichsmodi: sichtbarer Bereich, letzte N Bars oder aktueller Tag / aktuelle Session. POC-Zeile, Zeilen der Value Area (standardmäßig 70 %) und Zeilen außerhalb in getrennten Farben. Optionale Linien und Preisbeschriftungen für POC, Value Area High (VAH) und Value Area Low (VAL). Das Volumen jedes Bars wird über seine
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GoldGridBot ist ein Grid-Expert-Advisor für XAUUSD (Gold) in MetaTrader 5. Er wartet auf eine starke Momentum-Bewegung, steigt in Richtung des übergeordneten Trends ein und führt alle Positionen als einen Korb mit gemeinsamem Take Profit. So funktioniert er Trendfilter auf M15 und M5 (gleitende Durchschnitte) Einstieg nach einer Momentum-Umkehr auf M1 Nachkäufe im festen Abstand, wenn der Kurs gegen den Korb läuft Ein Take Profit für den ganzen Korb, gemessen vom Durchschnittspreis Tempo- und
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Worked example from my article "How a Gold Grid Works – and Why It Is Dangerous" (post below): five buys every 1.50 USD lower, one take profit for the whole basket 1.00 USD above the average price. A pullback to 3,998.00 closes all five trades together in profit. If price keeps falling instead, every level adds exposure – that is where the deep drawdown of a grid comes from.
Not investment advice. Trading grid systems can lead to a total loss.
Not investment advice. Trading grid systems can lead to a total loss.
Dennis Hoinkis
How a Gold Grid Works – and Why It Is Dangerous
Grid Expert Advisors for gold are among the most popular bots on MetaTrader 5. Their equity curves often look impressive: up month after month, with a win rate well above 70%. That is exactly what makes them dangerous if you don't understand what is happening under the hood. In this article I explain step by step how a gold grid works, why it wins so often and why it can still wipe out an account at some point. As an example I use the logic of our own grid EA and its three settings (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH), with real backtest numbers – including the bad ones.
WHAT IS A GRID EA?
A grid EA does not just open one position. When needed, it builds a whole basket of positions. If price moves against the first trade, the EA adds more trades at fixed distances. All positions belong together and are closed together. So the EA is not trying to get every single trade right. It is betting that price will eventually move back a little.
THE ENTRY: MOMENTUM AND TREND FILTER
Before a basket even starts, the market has to meet two conditions. The EA in this example trades XAUUSD (gold against the US dollar) only.
- Trend filter: a moving average (MA) 50 on M15 and an MA 20 on M5, plus a buffer of 0.05%. The EA only trades in the direction of the trend.
- Momentum: price must have moved at least 0.3% within no more than 71 M1 candles. Only then does the EA open the first trade.
- Pauses: after an entry there is a pause of 10 candles, after a closed basket it is 17 candles.
So the entry is not random. But even the best filter cannot predict whether price will keep going or turn around afterwards. And that is where the grid begins.
ADDING TRADES AT FIXED DISTANCES
If price moves against the basket, the EA adds another trade – every 150 points (1.50 USD in the gold price) on the LOW and MEDIUM settings, every 200 points on the HIGH setting. The number of levels is limited: at most 14 trades on LOW and at most 18 on MEDIUM and HIGH.
A WORKED EXAMPLE (see first image)
There is only one take profit for the entire basket: 100 points (1.00 USD) above the average price of all positions (below it for a sell basket). Let's say the EA buys gold at 4,000.00 USD with the same lot size on every level, and price falls:
Level - Buy price - Average price - Basket take profit
1 - 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 - 4,001.00
2 - 3,998.50 - 3,999.25 - 4,000.25
3 - 3,997.00 - 3,998.50 - 3,999.50
4 - 3,995.50 - 3,997.75 - 3,998.75
5 - 3,994.00 - 3,997.00 - 3,998.00
With every level the average price drops, and so does the target. After five levels price is at 3,994.00. For the whole basket to close in profit, gold only has to get back to 3,998.00 – a rise of 4 USD. The first trade at 4,000.00 even closes with a small loss, but the lower buys more than make up for it. The basket as a whole wins.
WHY THE WIN RATE IS SO HIGH
Gold moves constantly. A pullback of a few dollars almost always comes at some point. That is why most baskets close in profit. In our backtests (MT5 Strategy Tester, "every tick", XAUUSD, 01 Jan 2024 to 31 Oct 2026, starting with 3,000 USD, fixed 0.01 lot) it looks like this:
Setting - Final balance (backtest) - Max. equity drawdown - Profit factor - Trades / won
LOW - 17,767 USD - 52% - 1.54 - 13,488 / 77%
MEDIUM - 23,948 USD - 25% - 1.88 - 13,825 / 76%
76 to 77% winning trades sounds like an almost perfect system. But look at the column next to it: a maximum drawdown of 25% and 52% in the backtest. The high win rate is not a sign of safety. It is a consequence of how a grid is built.
WHY THE DRAWDOWN IS STRUCTURALLY HIGH
A grid does not take losses, it sits them out. Instead of closing a wrong trade with a stop loss, it adds more and waits. This has two consequences:
- Exposure grows with every level. At level 1 one position is open, at level 10 there are ten. Every further dollar against the basket now costs ten times as much.
- Profits are small, open losses can get large. A basket only earns 1 USD above its average price. A basket stuck deep in the red, on the other hand, puts heavy pressure on the account for as long as it stays open.
So the drawdown is not an accident, it is built in. Many small wins are paid for with rare but large hits.
WHEN ALL LEVELS ARE USED UP
It gets dangerous when price does not turn. On MEDIUM there are 17 gaps of 1.50 USD between the first and the 18th trade, which is 25.50 USD. On HIGH it is 17 x 2.00 = 34 USD. For gold, that is not an extreme move. Once the maximum number of trades is reached, the EA stops adding. If price keeps running, every open position loses with every dollar at the same time. The drawdown gets very deep. When the margin is no longer enough, the margin call comes, and finally the broker's stop-out. On aggressive settings that means losing the entire account.
EXAMPLE: THE HIGH SETTING AS A BACKTEST CHAIN (see second image)
How often this can happen is shown by our backtest of the HIGH setting. HIGH grows the lot size with the account (11% risk per grid level) and has no brakes. We ran the backtest as a chain: after every crash, a new backtest starts one day later with 3,000 USD again.
- 5 crashes in the backtest between 2024 and 2026: 18 Oct 2024, 13 May 2025, 23 Jul 2025, 04 Feb 2026 and 24 Mar 2026.
- Deposited: 18,000 USD (six starts of 3,000 USD each).
- Final balance: 73,147 USD, a net result of +55,147 USD.
- The entire gain comes from the last backtest run from 25 Mar 2026: it grew from 3,000 to 73,147 USD. Until then all five runs had been lost; on 24 Mar 2026 the chain stood at -15,000 USD.
The end result is a profit. But only because fresh money was added after every total loss and the last run happened to fall into the boom from March 2026. Anyone who had stopped after the second or third crash would simply have lost money. And nobody knows in advance which run will be the good one.
WHAT PROTECTIONS EXIST
A grid is not completely defenceless. On LOW and MEDIUM, the EA uses several brakes:
- Max trades: 14 on LOW, 18 on MEDIUM. The basket does not grow forever.
- Speed brake: if a basket reaches level 5 within 5 minutes, it is closed immediately. Moves that fast can be the start of a strong breakout.
- Time brake: if a basket has been open for more than 3 days, it is closed.
- Margin guard: no new order if the margin level would fall below 200% after the order. The basket must also be able to survive a 3% price gap. If the margin level drops below 100%, the EA closes the basket itself – before the broker does.
These brakes close baskets at a loss. That hurts, but at best it prevents a total loss. The HIGH setting deliberately has none of these brakes and no margin guard, and it can only be activated after explicit confirmation in the EA. It is built for maximum growth – with the full crash risk.
WHAT YOU SHOULD TAKE AWAY
1. Enough capital: as a rule of thumb, plan 1 to 1.5 times the gold price as capital per 0.01 lot. With gold at 4,000 USD, that is 4,000 to 6,000 USD. With less, the risk rises significantly. A cent account is an alternative for getting to know a grid EA.
2. Only money you don't need: never use money you need for rent, bills or savings.
3. Expect the crash: on aggressive settings a total loss is not the exception but part of the plan. Plan for it instead of hoping it won't happen.
4. Don't be dazzled by the win rate: always look at the maximum drawdown and at what happens when all levels are used up.
Not investment advice. Trading with leverage and grid systems can lead to a total loss. Backtests and past results are no guarantee of future performance.
Grid Expert Advisors for gold are among the most popular bots on MetaTrader 5. Their equity curves often look impressive: up month after month, with a win rate well above 70%. That is exactly what makes them dangerous if you don't understand what is happening under the hood. In this article I explain step by step how a gold grid works, why it wins so often and why it can still wipe out an account at some point. As an example I use the logic of our own grid EA and its three settings (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH), with real backtest numbers – including the bad ones.
WHAT IS A GRID EA?
A grid EA does not just open one position. When needed, it builds a whole basket of positions. If price moves against the first trade, the EA adds more trades at fixed distances. All positions belong together and are closed together. So the EA is not trying to get every single trade right. It is betting that price will eventually move back a little.
THE ENTRY: MOMENTUM AND TREND FILTER
Before a basket even starts, the market has to meet two conditions. The EA in this example trades XAUUSD (gold against the US dollar) only.
- Trend filter: a moving average (MA) 50 on M15 and an MA 20 on M5, plus a buffer of 0.05%. The EA only trades in the direction of the trend.
- Momentum: price must have moved at least 0.3% within no more than 71 M1 candles. Only then does the EA open the first trade.
- Pauses: after an entry there is a pause of 10 candles, after a closed basket it is 17 candles.
So the entry is not random. But even the best filter cannot predict whether price will keep going or turn around afterwards. And that is where the grid begins.
ADDING TRADES AT FIXED DISTANCES
If price moves against the basket, the EA adds another trade – every 150 points (1.50 USD in the gold price) on the LOW and MEDIUM settings, every 200 points on the HIGH setting. The number of levels is limited: at most 14 trades on LOW and at most 18 on MEDIUM and HIGH.
A WORKED EXAMPLE (see first image)
There is only one take profit for the entire basket: 100 points (1.00 USD) above the average price of all positions (below it for a sell basket). Let's say the EA buys gold at 4,000.00 USD with the same lot size on every level, and price falls:
Level - Buy price - Average price - Basket take profit
1 - 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 - 4,001.00
2 - 3,998.50 - 3,999.25 - 4,000.25
3 - 3,997.00 - 3,998.50 - 3,999.50
4 - 3,995.50 - 3,997.75 - 3,998.75
5 - 3,994.00 - 3,997.00 - 3,998.00
With every level the average price drops, and so does the target. After five levels price is at 3,994.00. For the whole basket to close in profit, gold only has to get back to 3,998.00 – a rise of 4 USD. The first trade at 4,000.00 even closes with a small loss, but the lower buys more than make up for it. The basket as a whole wins.
WHY THE WIN RATE IS SO HIGH
Gold moves constantly. A pullback of a few dollars almost always comes at some point. That is why most baskets close in profit. In our backtests (MT5 Strategy Tester, "every tick", XAUUSD, 01 Jan 2024 to 31 Oct 2026, starting with 3,000 USD, fixed 0.01 lot) it looks like this:
Setting - Final balance (backtest) - Max. equity drawdown - Profit factor - Trades / won
LOW - 17,767 USD - 52% - 1.54 - 13,488 / 77%
MEDIUM - 23,948 USD - 25% - 1.88 - 13,825 / 76%
76 to 77% winning trades sounds like an almost perfect system. But look at the column next to it: a maximum drawdown of 25% and 52% in the backtest. The high win rate is not a sign of safety. It is a consequence of how a grid is built.
WHY THE DRAWDOWN IS STRUCTURALLY HIGH
A grid does not take losses, it sits them out. Instead of closing a wrong trade with a stop loss, it adds more and waits. This has two consequences:
- Exposure grows with every level. At level 1 one position is open, at level 10 there are ten. Every further dollar against the basket now costs ten times as much.
- Profits are small, open losses can get large. A basket only earns 1 USD above its average price. A basket stuck deep in the red, on the other hand, puts heavy pressure on the account for as long as it stays open.
So the drawdown is not an accident, it is built in. Many small wins are paid for with rare but large hits.
WHEN ALL LEVELS ARE USED UP
It gets dangerous when price does not turn. On MEDIUM there are 17 gaps of 1.50 USD between the first and the 18th trade, which is 25.50 USD. On HIGH it is 17 x 2.00 = 34 USD. For gold, that is not an extreme move. Once the maximum number of trades is reached, the EA stops adding. If price keeps running, every open position loses with every dollar at the same time. The drawdown gets very deep. When the margin is no longer enough, the margin call comes, and finally the broker's stop-out. On aggressive settings that means losing the entire account.
EXAMPLE: THE HIGH SETTING AS A BACKTEST CHAIN (see second image)
How often this can happen is shown by our backtest of the HIGH setting. HIGH grows the lot size with the account (11% risk per grid level) and has no brakes. We ran the backtest as a chain: after every crash, a new backtest starts one day later with 3,000 USD again.
- 5 crashes in the backtest between 2024 and 2026: 18 Oct 2024, 13 May 2025, 23 Jul 2025, 04 Feb 2026 and 24 Mar 2026.
- Deposited: 18,000 USD (six starts of 3,000 USD each).
- Final balance: 73,147 USD, a net result of +55,147 USD.
- The entire gain comes from the last backtest run from 25 Mar 2026: it grew from 3,000 to 73,147 USD. Until then all five runs had been lost; on 24 Mar 2026 the chain stood at -15,000 USD.
The end result is a profit. But only because fresh money was added after every total loss and the last run happened to fall into the boom from March 2026. Anyone who had stopped after the second or third crash would simply have lost money. And nobody knows in advance which run will be the good one.
WHAT PROTECTIONS EXIST
A grid is not completely defenceless. On LOW and MEDIUM, the EA uses several brakes:
- Max trades: 14 on LOW, 18 on MEDIUM. The basket does not grow forever.
- Speed brake: if a basket reaches level 5 within 5 minutes, it is closed immediately. Moves that fast can be the start of a strong breakout.
- Time brake: if a basket has been open for more than 3 days, it is closed.
- Margin guard: no new order if the margin level would fall below 200% after the order. The basket must also be able to survive a 3% price gap. If the margin level drops below 100%, the EA closes the basket itself – before the broker does.
These brakes close baskets at a loss. That hurts, but at best it prevents a total loss. The HIGH setting deliberately has none of these brakes and no margin guard, and it can only be activated after explicit confirmation in the EA. It is built for maximum growth – with the full crash risk.
WHAT YOU SHOULD TAKE AWAY
1. Enough capital: as a rule of thumb, plan 1 to 1.5 times the gold price as capital per 0.01 lot. With gold at 4,000 USD, that is 4,000 to 6,000 USD. With less, the risk rises significantly. A cent account is an alternative for getting to know a grid EA.
2. Only money you don't need: never use money you need for rent, bills or savings.
3. Expect the crash: on aggressive settings a total loss is not the exception but part of the plan. Plan for it instead of hoping it won't happen.
4. Don't be dazzled by the win rate: always look at the maximum drawdown and at what happens when all levels are used up.
Not investment advice. Trading with leverage and grid systems can lead to a total loss. Backtests and past results are no guarantee of future performance.