Profit factor is gross profit divided by gross loss, counted trade by trade. The same division can be done on months instead: add up the months that closed positive, divide by the months that closed negative...

Why Would We Launch a Trading Signal With Only $25? There's a question I'm already getting about our new live signal. "If your systems are so good, why did you start with just $25?" Fair question. Here's the answer...

Hello, friends! I continue testing my new trading system - MY DIGITAL CALAVRY Yesterday, everything I earned on my first day of trading was offset by a large loss on GBPAUD. Then, with a few trades, I almost recouped that loss. Everything is as usual...

I build and sell the Gold line of EAs on the MQL5 Market, so this is a note from the seller side. Every entry these EAs place starts as a pending stop order. The order waits on the broker's trade server and becomes a position only if price reaches the level...

You want to trade gold, you've installed MetaTrader 5, and every tutorial assumes you already know what a lot is. This is how to trade gold on MT5 the way I'd do it if I started again today: on a demo account, one small trade at a time, with the numbers worked out before you click...

A trading journal works only if you fill it in the same way after every trade and read it once a week. Here is the minimum that pays off...

Largest one-day XAUUSD rise (2005–2024): +10.99% (17 Sep 2008). Largest fall: −9.06% (15 Apr 2013). Normal days are quiet: the median close-to-close move was 0.54%, and the median high-to-low range was 1.28%. Big days cluster: 6.5% of days moved 2% or more (about 1 in 15), 1...

Almost every robot and signal says it uses a stop-loss on every trade. That sentence is about intent. The account history is about what actually happened, and the two do not always agree...

A backtest that looks strong over the whole period can still be front-loaded: most of the return made in the first years, less in the recent ones. We checked this in the published MT5 backtests of 9 of our EAs...

This article is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice or an investment recommendation. Trading in financial markets carries a high risk of loss. Introduction Charts fill up slowly, and the reason depends on how you trade...

This article is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice or an investment recommendation. Trading in financial markets carries a high risk of loss. Introduction A backtest can look profitable and still lose money in live trading...

ONLY BUY STRATEGY – TREND-FOLLOWING WITH AUTO TRADER X This setup demonstrates a trend-following strategy using SMC EDGE v1.3 in combination with Auto Trader X on the XAUUSD M1 chart. The strategy focuses exclusively on BUY opportunities when the market shows strong bullish momentum...

AlgoTrade Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company researching automated gold trading. We publish daily public records of our live account results, including drawdown, so readers can assess risk independently...

Order Block Zones comes in two editions on the MT5 Market. The free edition is Order Block Zones and the paid one is Order Block Zones Pro . The short answer: start with the free edition...

The complete user guide for **ETF Portfolio Trader**, an Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5. It is available in four languages: English, German, Spanish and Polish...

Not another "AI" gold robot The Market is full of gold Expert Advisors with "AI" in the name. Open most of them up and you find the same three things: an indicator crossover, a grid that keeps adding trades while price runs against it, or a martingale that doubles the lot after every loss...

I invested 8000 USD in SHARK FX trading because this trading bot: It works on 17 different assets, providing excellent diversification! While some currency pairs are experiencing trading drawdowns, SHARK FX is profitable on others. A backtest from 2020-2026 shows excellent trading results...

Most EA buyers size their account from one number: the maximum drawdown in the backtest or the signal history. "Max DD 15%, so I'll be fine with a 20% stop." It feels conservative. It usually isn't, and the reason is simple arithmetic rather than anything wrong with the EA...

Synthetic indices trade 24/7, have no news and no gaps over the weekend, and offer dozens of symbols with very different personalities. That makes them an attractive target for an EA. It also makes them a trap...

Some months are busy and some are quiet. Does a busy month lose more often...