How do you backtest your gold EAs?

Phan Van Khoa 2026.07.31 06:35

Built-in MT5 Strategy Tester only

67% (4)
Tester + third-party tools (e.g. Python, tick data)

0% (0)
I rely mostly on forward/demo testing

33% (2)

Total voters: 8

Daniel-gheorghe Muresan 2026.08.01 07:27 #1

My question is why people build EA's to trade only gold?

Nattanan Ekeda 2026.08.01 09:06 #2

I only trust backtests using “Every tick based on real ticks” in MT5.
Default tick modelling often looks much better than what happens in live trading, especially on XAUUSD.

My usual workflow is:

Backtest with Every tick based on real ticks
Test over multiple years
Check different brokers and spreads
Then validate everything on a demo or prop account before going live.

If an EA can’t survive real tick testing, I don’t consider it production-ready.

I’ve been developing a breakout EA for XAUUSD with this testing approach. If anyone is interested, you can check my profile for more details.

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