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How to Reproduce the FT XAUUSD Edge Historical Test in MetaTrader 5

29 September 2026, 15:02
Ranel Fatkhullin
Ranel Fatkhullin
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Why reproducibility matters

A backtest screenshot by itself is not enough to evaluate an Expert Advisor. A more useful approach is to know the test environment and repeat the test using your own broker's data.

This post documents the historical test configuration currently used to evaluate FT XAUUSD Edge MT5.

Test environment

  • Broker data: RoboForex-Pro, Build 6182
  • Symbol: XAUUSD
  • Timeframe: H4
  • Period: 2020.01.06 to 2026.09.11
  • Initial deposit: 250.00 USD
  • Leverage: 1:100
  • History quality: 98%
  • Bars: 10,296
  • Ticks: 340,105,742
  • Model: Every tick based on real ticks

Core configuration

  • Channel period: 365
  • ATR period: 14
  • Initial Stop Loss: 1.0 ATR
  • Trailing Stop: 1.0 ATR
  • Take Profit mode: off
  • Risk-based position sizing: enabled
  • Maximum lot cap: 25.0
  • Minimum projected margin level: 150%
  • Margin stress distance: 1.25x initial stop distance
  • Maximum margin use: 95%
  • Two-sided OCO behavior: enabled
  • Magic number: 116000

Historical report results

  • Total net profit: 2,111,296.90 USD
  • Gross profit: 3,103,335.23 USD
  • Gross loss: -992,038.33 USD
  • Profit Factor: 3.13
  • Expected Payoff: 8,215.16 USD
  • Recovery Factor: 4.17
  • Sharpe Ratio: 3.52
  • Total trades: 257
  • Total deals: 514
  • Profit trades: 117 (45.53%)
  • Loss trades: 140 (54.47%)
  • Long trades: 201, with 46.27% profitable
  • Short trades: 56, with 42.86% profitable

The largest historical winning trade in this report was 515,175.00 USD and the largest historical losing trade was -159,100.00 USD.

The drawdown must be read together with the return

  • Balance drawdown relative: 91.35%
  • Equity drawdown relative: 93.65%
  • Margin level: 159.45%

This is essential context. The 250 USD report is an aggressive historical stress-style run, not a recommended account size or a promise that a small live account can reproduce the same path.

How to repeat the test

  1. Open Strategy Tester with Ctrl+R.
  2. Select FT XAUUSD Edge MT5.
  3. Select your broker's XAUUSD symbol.
  4. Set the timeframe to H4.
  5. Choose Every tick based on real ticks.
  6. Use the same date range if your broker has the required history.
  7. Set leverage and deposit to the values you want to evaluate.
  8. Run the test and export the complete report.

Your results can differ because XAUUSD quotations, spread, swap, commission, contract size, volume limits and execution assumptions vary between brokers.

What to compare

  • number of trades;
  • Profit Factor;
  • balance and equity drawdown;
  • largest loss;
  • average profit versus average loss;
  • shape of the equity curve;
  • long stagnant periods;
  • broker execution conditions.

Product page: FT XAUUSD Edge MT5 on MQL5 Market

Risk notice: All statistics in this article are historical Strategy Tester results. They are not live performance and do not predict future returns.

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