Array Breakout — Broker, account and VPS: get it right from day one
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Array Breakout X — Broker, account and VPS: get it right from day one
However good an EA is, it can only do what the account allows. This page tells you what the account needs and how to check that it is set up correctly.
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1. What the account needs
| | Must be |
|---|---|
| Platform | MetaTrader 5 |
| Account type | Hedging (not Netting) |
| Pricing type | ECN / RAW / Low Spread |
| Leverage on gold | 1:500 recommended |
| Symbol | your broker's gold, whatever it is called |
| Cent account | supported |
About symbol names: the EA reads the symbol's own currencies rather than guessing from the name. XAUUSD, XAUUSD.a, XAUUSDm, XAUUSD#, GOLD and Gold_i all work.
Chart timeframe: attach it to an H1 chart, as tested.
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2. Leverage — the thing that matters most
Ask your broker for 1:500 on gold before anything else.
Many brokers set gold leverage separately from the account leverage. The account may say 1:500 while gold actually gets less. The EA measures the gold leverage the broker really gives, from the margin the broker requires, and prints it in the Experts tab at start-up. If it is below about 1:450 there is a warning (the system still works).
Below 1:500 the system still works, but each trade ties up more margin, so a small account has less room.
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3. Cent accounts
The EA detects by itself whether the account is a cent account and converts every figure for you on the panel and in the log messages. Nothing to set.
Worth knowing: a cent account does not lower the risk. 50,000 cents is 500 dollars all the same.
If your broker offers lots finer than 0.01 on a cent account, the EA supports it. The details are in the manual.
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4. VPS
Any VPS anywhere. A 200–300 ms ping is fine.
Why: orders, stop loss and take profit sit on the broker's server. The EA does not depend on millisecond speed.
What a VPS really gives you is uninterrupted operation, 24/5 — if the computer is switched off, the EA stops; open trades still have their stop and target on the server, but the trailing stop no longer moves.
Before long runs on your own PC: set Windows Update so it cannot restart the machine midway.
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5. Installation
1. Open a gold chart on H1
2. Drag Array Breakout X from the Navigator onto the chart
3. On the Common tab tick Allow Algo Trading and press OK
4. Check that the Algo Trading button on the toolbar is green
5. Check the panel shows "ARRAY BREAKOUT X 1.0" and a row for every strategy
The defaults are the recommended settings. The one choice that is yours is the risk level; Low is the default.
When you stop or remove the EA, remove it from the chart while the Algo Trading button is still on. The EA withdraws all of its own pending orders in under a second. Open trades are not touched and keep their SL/TP; you decide whether to close them yourself or let them finish at SL/TP.
One chart, one copy, per account. All the strategies are inside one EA. Do not attach two copies to the same account, and do not run it beside an older Array Breakout version on the same account.
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6. Telegram (optional)
The EA can send its report to Telegram. First the terminal has to be allowed to send messages out:
Tools → Options → Expert Advisors → Allow WebRequest for listed URL, then add `https://api.telegram.org`
This permission is per terminal. If you move to a new machine or a new VPS, you have to do it again.
Once it is set up correctly, one Connected message arrives as soon as you attach the EA. If it does not, the Experts tab tells you why.
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7. Prop firm accounts
Switch on Prop firm mode and set the daily loss stop to a percentage inside your firm's own limit, with room to spare. When the day's loss reaches it, the EA closes everything and waits for the next server day. The panel shows the stop line. Check your firm's rules yourself; the EA does not know them.
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8. If something looks wrong
The EA loads but never places a trade — check the Algo Trading button on the toolbar, and the Allow Algo Trading tick on the EA's Common tab. If the button is off, the EA has loaded successfully and is waiting; the moment you switch the button on it places its orders. No need to remove and re-attach.
The EA was removed with the Algo Trading button off and pending orders were left behind — with the button off, MT5 does not let the EA send any request, including the request to cancel pending orders. The EA raises an alert telling you the fix: Trade tab → right-click → Bulk Operations → Delete All Pending Orders removes them all in one click (this command deletes every pending order on the account).
The log says the account is not allowed to trade — logged in with the Investor password, an expired demo, or an account the broker has closed. Try New Order by hand: if the Buy/Sell buttons cannot be pressed, it is the account, not the EA.
Some trades, but fewer than expected — look at the panel. Rows showing UNLOCK BALANCE are strategies your balance has not reached yet. There is no minimum balance; a small account simply starts with fewer.
Still unsure — send the Experts and Journal logs for that day in a private message.
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9. Next
- Read before judging the results: https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/776650
- Results, year by year: https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/776757
- Public chat: https://www.mql5.com/en/messages/039ba4cf484bdd01
- After purchase, send a private message to receive every test report file in full, and the manual
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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 is a software product, not investment advice.*
