What's up, folks! Can't believe I'm doing this again.
This is the TOP 10 of completely FREE EAs on the market.
I did the TOP 10 thing last year, too — you may want to check it out.
Gold strategies dominate the FREE market. Some have no machine learning at all — and linear logic just doesn't work on Forex. Why Gold? Because users think Gold is the mother of all assets — it's Gold, for heaven's sake! Hence the popularity. Or they look at paid EAs, see everything is about Gold, and figure free ones must work too, as long as they're also about Gold.
I get why a bad EA can still appeal to people: it wipes the entire deposit at once, and that removes uncertainty. You instantly get a clear status. You're a loser, you lost everything — but it's certainty, and that's easier than uncertainty dragging on for weeks or longer.
Notice that almost all these strategies earn since their last update — but look at the drawdown: 50% in a month, or a bit more. That's just brutal. And that's after I already tried to reduce the risk.
All tests were performed on real ticks since the last EA update, with a deposit of 1000 USD.
So here's what I think. There's a solution! I believe I know the answer — which strategy actually earns: Live Candle! It was free for a while, it is paid now. I found the right combination of parameters — from candle shadows to logarithmic calculations, all fed into an ensemble of BiGRU and NHiTS networks. This isn't just another EA. It's a paradigm shift. This strategy is only at the beginning, but the progress is already visible. For now, you can look for a demo account on myfxbook.com. And this is just the start!
Next time I should probably put up a TOP 10 of free EAs that: 1) do not trade Gold and 2) do not use a grid.
And here come all grid EAs for trading Gold. Basically, a hall of shame:
1/ SafeScalperPro (bad)
2/ Gold Sniping (bad)
3/ SuperScalp Pro Auto Trader (bad from same author - Van Minh Nguyen)
4/ Grid Scalper MA MT5 EA (bad though it survived a year in the top)
5/ Surfer EA (bad)
6/ Diagonal Resistance EA (bad)
7/ XAUUSD 5 minute (bad)
8/ Supertrend G5 (bad from same author - Van Minh Nguyen)
9/ Gold Zone EA (bad)
10/ Apex Origin (the only one NOT for gold... bad)
1/ SafeScalperPro
Published February 2026, last update October 2026
47 reviews, avrg. score 3.89
Test on real ticks since last update: -61.20 Net Profit, 11.93% Drawdown
Pros:
- It trades. It's good.
Cons:
- Only losses on any period in history.
Conclusion: I could not quite figure out how this thing works. Users seem to believe gold EAs are the most valuable option right now. But this EA only seems to produce negative results. It doesn't generate any profit — not on any period in history! Honestly, how did it even end up at the top of the market? So many confusing settings and entry options, and zero profit. Whatever period, whatever timeframe — it just doesn't earn anything. Wild, right? If there's a specific set of settings I'm missing, just set sensible defaults so anyone can launch it and see the results right away.
2/ Gold Sniping
Published May 2026, last update October 2026
21 reviews, avrg. score 5.00
Test on real ticks since last update: 279.79 Net Profit, 51.75% Drawdown
Pros:
- Trades volatile Gold.
Cons:
- Only one symbol.
- It is a grid.
- A longer period (like half a year) always fails.
Conclusion: This one is basically a grid — and not a very professional one. Judging by the tiny file size, there isn't even a neural network in there. It's nonsense — linear logic just doesn't work on Forex. Even with the most minimal settings, drawdown hits close to 50%. It fails the 2023 test, the 2022 test... I didn't bother checking further back. I think users download it because: 1) it's free, and 2) while the market is ranging, they're over the moon. And later it doesn't matter — oh well, the EA let them down once and blew the account. It did "earn" for two whole months on the 15-minute chart, after all. Heh-heh.
3/ SuperScalp Pro Auto Trader
Published May 2026, last update October 2026
15 reviews, avrg. score 4.79
Test on real ticks since last update: 689.97 Net Profit, 44.47% Drawdown
Pros:
- Trades volatile Gold.
Cons:
- Only one symbol.
- It is a grid.
- A longer period (like half a year) always fails.
Conclusion: Same story as with 'Gold Sniping' — any period longer than six months ends in losses. No neural network, judging by the small file size. Trades are just based on a moving average crossover, and then it keeps piling on at every bar that repeats the move. Long story short, that's not a strategy — it's a mess. And sure, it will earn for a couple of months while the market is ranging. But once the range ends, it starts opening trades chaotically — and the account is wiped out in just a few days.
4/ Grid Scalper MA MT5 EA
Published March 2025, last update October 2026
131 reviews, avrg. score 4.49
Test on real ticks since last update: 190.21 Net Profit, 38.38% Drawdown
Pros:
- Trades volatile Gold.
Cons:
- Only one symbol.
- It is a grid.
- A longer period (like half a year) always fails.
Conclusion: Same story as the previous two... but with one difference: this little EA was in my review last year! Check it out. It was supposed to trade multiple symbols, but the author apparently switched to Gold. It was also top 10, so this thing has literally survived a whole year of suffering. In the reviews of this wonder, there are a few sensible points — that a grid is very dangerous, and you should listen to the people who lost everything. And that's when I realized how it works. Usually a strategy will drag out your pain and not take everything — keeping the balance afloat, so to speak. That uncertainty is really painful. But this thing just cuts it all off — and that's simpler. You're a loser, you lost everything — that's instant status, instant certainty. So why do people still like it? Because even if this thing loses everything, it loses it all at once — the whole deposit is gone in just a few days.
5/ Surfer EA
Published May 2026, last update October 2026
31 reviews, avrg. score 4.65
Test on real ticks since last update: 99.86 Net Profit, 54.84% Drawdown
Pros:
- Trades volatile Gold.
Cons:
- Really just a sawtooth going up and down all the way up to 2025.
Conclusion: Unlike the previous grid EAs, this one is well put together. It gets through its historical test quickly — which means the calculations inside are optimized. But it's still a grid. I tried the defaults — it really is just a sawtooth going up and down, and things get very sharp all the way up to 2025. It's possible the authors tuned it to the last year or two, because that seems to be a deliberate approach. They test on real ticks for literally the last year or two — go figure... What I don't get is that thing in the settings where the same settings are duplicated 6 times (!!). What's that even about?? And here's another fun one: the 'safe' variant that passes the test from 2020 earns a whole 10% with a 50% drawdown.
6/ Diagonal Resistance EA
Published July 2026, last update September 2026
25 reviews, avrg. score 4.76
Test on real ticks since last update: 438.42 Net Profit, 38.77% Drawdown
Pros:
- Trades volatile Gold.
Cons:
- No trades before 2024.
- Fails sharply at the start of 2025 with any settings.
Conclusion: Okay, this one is complete nonsense. There are no trades at all before 2024 — so how is anyone supposed to verify it? Guys, the future is just any prices. Here's the past — imagine it's also just any prices. However your strategy handles the past, that's how it should handle the future too. And this thing where news periods (days or hours?!?!) are hardcoded right into the EA's body — what's that even about?? Good grief — when there's important economic news, that's exactly when you should be trading! Rising volatility is the only way to make money.
7/ XAUUSD 5 minute
Published August 2025, last update September 2026
224 reviews, avrg. score 4.45
Test on real ticks since last update: 239.25 Net Profit, 26.83% Drawdown
Pros:
- Trades volatile Gold.
Cons:
- No profit before 2024. So no substantial period to verify the strategy.
- Different results on all ticks and real ticks. So apparently it is even worse, it is a tick strategy.
Conclusion: This is the same old thing that was tailored mainly to buy during the period when gold was strictly going up — from 2024 onward, or thereabouts. Before 2024, it can't earn anything at all. And what's even worse — it gives different results on 'all ticks' versus 'real ticks', which means it's a tick-based strategy. That's just wild — basically the author is deliberately rigging it. Download the manual and read it before using?!?! Is this an EA or what?? If it's an EA, please just set sensible defaults — launch it and see what you get. Otherwise, keep sitting there and polishing your unfinished strategy. No machine learning included.
8/ Supertrend G5
Published July 2025, last update September 2026
45 reviews, avrg. score 4.87
Test on real ticks since last update: 263.98 Net Profit, 50.38% Drawdown
Pros:
- Trades volatile Gold.
Cons:
- Another grid from the same author, not much different from 'SuperScalp Pro Auto Trader'.
- Basically no trading before 2024.
- Fails sharply since the start of 2026 — apparently when the Gold buy trend started stalling.
Conclusion: Yet another nonsense. How did this thing even make it to the top?!?! This EA doesn't earn anything at all from the start of 2026 — apparently right when the Gold buy trend ended. And before 2024, it can't earn anything either. So this thing can 'earn' for you on history from 2024–2025, and the rest of the time — nothing. How does it even cross your mind that this is a strategy?? Is this some kind of cry of despair — like, 'I can't produce any better'?!?!
9/ Gold Zone EA
Published December 2025, last update July 2026
61 reviews, avrg. score 4.12
Test on real ticks since last update: -756.35 Net Profit, 87.24% Drawdown
Pros:
- Trades many symbols.
Cons:
- No profit at all, whatever symbol, whatever timeframe.
Conclusion: This is probably the worst grid EA in the whole review. This thing doesn't even try to earn anything.
10/ Apex Origin
Published April 2026, last update September 2026
39 reviews, avrg. score 4.91
Test on real ticks since last update: 3.44 Net Profit, 0.47% Drawdown
Pros:
- Can trade many symbols.
Cons:
- Such tiny profits it makes you want to cry.
Conclusion: I was almost ready to be happy — finally, here's at least one good strategy that doesn't trade Gold... But no. It does trade more than Gold, but it still can't earn anything. It's another grid EA with no machine learning (judging by the tiny file size), and unfortunately not a very smart one. The flaw in this strategy is that on any period — even a single week — you can earn exactly as much as you risk. So there's really no edge here. In the end, trading since 2020 multiplies the deposit... and creates an 80% drawdown. No broker would let you trade with that kind of margin — it's nonsense. And I'm not even talking about the psychology of it.
