This is the full user manual for Holy Cow, the XAUUSD Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5 that sits out the early part of a move and trades only the stretched end of it. It is a free PDF, attached at the end of this post and updated with each new version of the EA.
The manual is written for owners of the EA and for anyone who wants to understand it before buying. It explains how the account can be lost as plainly as it explains the setup.
What is inside
| 01 | Introduction | What the EA is, what it is not, and who it suits |
| 02 | Risk: read this first | How the account can be lost, what lowers the risk and what does not remove it |
| 03 | Quick start | From an empty terminal to a running chart in six steps |
| 04 | How Holy Cow trades | The Market Stretch meter and what happens once a move is fully stretched |
| 05 | The panel | Every figure, status light and row on the dashboard |
| 06 | Lot size and minimum balance | How orders are sized, and what happens on a small account |
| 07 | Filters: news, hours and pauses | When the EA may start tracking a move, and the two optional pauses |
| 08 | Input reference | Every input, group by group, with its default and what it does |
| 09 | Simulation | One basket from start to finish, and what the same trade costs when it goes deep |
| 10 | Backtesting | How to run an honest test in the Strategy Tester and how to read it |
| 11 | Tips | Habits for money, broker, terminal and settings |
| 12 | Troubleshooting and log messages | A checklist for "why is it not trading?" and what the Experts log says |
| 13 | Questions and answers | Short answers to the questions asked most often |
| 14 | Milestones | How the EA got here, and what changed in the latest version |
Sample pages
The product
- Holy Cow: the trading EA.
Risk warning
Holy Cow is a martingale-type EA. Once it is in a trade, lot size grows with every added order, and it uses no stop loss by default. A strong one-directional move can lose the entire account. It trades rarely, and it is for money that can be lost completely. Past performance, backtests included, does not guarantee future results. Nothing in the manual or in this post is financial advice.
Download
The manual is attached to this post as a PDF. Questions about the manual are welcome in the comments of this post or on the product page.
