Array Breakout — Start here: read this before judging the results after one or two weeks
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Array Breakout X Gold — Start here: read this before judging the results after one or two weeks
This page is written for anyone who has just installed the EA, or is deciding whether to. It covers three things: what you should see on day one, what looks strange but is normal, and how to judge the results the right way.
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1. Day one: what you should see
Drag the EA onto a gold H1 chart and switch on Algo Trading. The panel on the chart shows "ARRAY BREAKOUT X GOLD", your balance, the risk level, and one row for every strategy.
- The LADDER line says which balance unlocks the next strategy.
- The RISK line says how many strategies are open and how far an account of your size has fallen before with them.
- Each row shows READY, PENDING or IN TRADE. A row your balance has not reached yet shows UNLOCK BALANCE with the amount. That is not an error.
If you attach the EA while the market is closed, the panel says "waiting for first tick". The figures appear when the market opens.
If you attached the EA while the Algo Trading button was still off, there is no need to remove and re-attach it. It places its orders the moment you switch the button on.
If Telegram is switched on, one Connected message arrives straight away. If it does not, the Experts tab tells you why (see https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/776651).
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2. Things that look strange but are normal
No trades for several days — normal. Each strategy waits for its own breakout; none of them trades every day.
Only one or two strategies trading on a small account — normal. The EA opens more as the balance grows.
Pending orders far from price — normal. Some strategies watch the large levels of a long timeframe.
Many cancelled orders in the history — normal. Pending orders that price did not reach in time are cancelled and placed again. It costs nothing.
A pending order disappears by itself and comes back — normal. The EA withdraws an order the account could not carry at that moment and places it again later.
No new trades around a major announcement — normal. The EA steps aside by itself; open trades carry on to their own stop and target.
No alert messages although there are pending orders — normal. Messages are sent only when a trade opens and when it closes.
All pending orders vanish the moment the EA is removed — normal and intended. Open trades are not touched and keep their SL/TP. Always remove the EA while the Algo Trading button is still on.
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3. One or two weeks tells you nothing yet
This is a breakout system. In months when gold trends, the team makes money. In months when gold is stuck in a range, it takes several small losses in a row. None of this means the system is broken:
- several losses in a row
- a losing day or a losing week
- some strategies negative while others are positive
- a bad month followed by a good one
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4. What the history shows, and what it does not
We tested on real ticks in one continuous run from January 2016 to October 2026. From 500 USD on the Medium risk level at 0.01 lot, every calendar year ended in profit, and the deepest stretch was equity falling 15.85% below its peak. In Auto lot on the same settings it was 16.68%.
Every year with its own figures: https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/776757
Backtests are evidence, not a promise. The market ahead need not look like the last ten years, and live trading has slippage, commission and server response time that the tester does not, so live results differ from test results.
Buyers receive every Strategy Tester report file in full, to open in their own MetaTrader 5 and check trade by trade.
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5. Choosing the risk level
- Low (the default): strategies open latest, drawdowns are smallest.
- Medium and High: the same strategies open earlier, drawdowns are deeper.
- Boost: for small accounts that accept large swings. The lot in Auto grows fastest and so does the drawdown.
A higher level does not change which trades are taken. It changes how soon and how large. Start on Low, watch a few weeks, then decide.
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6. How to judge it the right way
- Judge it in months, not days.
- Compare with the yearly figures. Has the stretch you are in happened before?
- Do not close trades by hand. A manual close breaks that strategy's exit logic, and the result is no longer the system's result.
- Do not raise the risk level to win back a loss.
- If something looks wrong, send the Experts and Journal logs for that day in a private message.
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7. After you buy, message us
Send a private message on MQL5 after purchase and you will receive:
- every test report file in full
- the complete manual
Public chat — questions welcome before you buy: https://www.mql5.com/en/messages/039ba4cf484bdd01
Broker, account and VPS setup: https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/776651
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*Trading gold on margin carries a high level of risk and is not suitable for everyone. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Array Breakout X Gold is a software product, not investment advice.*
