Flip A
- Experts
- Version: 1.83
- Updated: 9 August 2026
- Activations: 5
Flip-A trades gold by reading one thing: how much the daily candle body dominates its full range. When the market leaves a clear direction, it enters with the trend. When the day is indecisive, it stays out.
And it trades one hour a day.
That single decision defines this robot. Across 28 months of data we measured results hour by hour, and one session concentrated the best performance with the lowest risk. The rest of the day the robot sits idle. That is not a limitation: it is the reason its balance barely retraces.
HOW IT DECIDES
The core measures daily candle strength as the ratio of body to total range. It only trades when that dominance exceeds the configured threshold and the body also reaches a minimum size that adapts to current volatility through ATR. It is not a fixed dollar value, which becomes meaningless when gold changes price level.
Entries are confirmed by M1 candle direction, with optional M5 and M15 validation, plus configurable fast and slow EMA, RSI, ADX and maximum spread filters.
THE THREE RULES THAT KEEP THE CURVE STABLE
1. One session per day. The allowed hours parameter takes a simple list. By default it trades only at 14:00 server time, the best of the ten profitable hours we measured.
2. A 1% daily target. Once the day reaches that gain, the robot stops opening positions until the next session. It gives up long winning streaks in exchange for not handing back what it made.
3. Reversal exit. If the reference candle turns around and starts dominating against the position, the reason to stay in is gone and the basket closes. This is what prevents being trapped for months.
POSITION MANAGEMENT
- Smart pyramiding: adds positions only when the previous one is already protected, either by accumulated profit or because trailing moved its stop into profit.
- Dynamic trailing: per position, collective over the basket floating profit, or both at once. Thresholds expressed as a percentage of balance, so they scale with the account.
- Automatic breakeven: moves the stop to entry plus a buffer once the trade accumulates enough profit.
RISK CONTROL
- Lot sizing by risk percentage or fixed, your choice.
- Adaptive risk: halves and then quarters position size as drawdown deepens, and pauses entries beyond the configured threshold.
- Margin level simulation before opening each position.
- Basket loss cap and daily loss limit.
- Total and net lot exposure control.
- News filter using the MetaTrader 5 economic calendar.
BACKTEST RESULTS
April 2024 to August 2026, XAUUSDc on Exness, 5,000 deposit, 1:100 leverage, "1 minute OHLC" model:
- Net profit: +2,953
- Profit factor: 3.138
- Sharpe ratio: 11.71
- Maximum equity drawdown: 7.26%
- Trades: 567
- Winning trades: 95.8%
- Maximum consecutive losses: 3
Across the 728 days of the period, the balance closed lower on 11 days.
Month-by-month validation, twelve independent months with capital reset to 5,000 each: 11 of 12 months profitable, a single losing month of -14, and maximum monthly drawdown of 4.18%.
WHY A SINGLE HOUR
We tested the ten most profitable hours separately, with identical settings. These are the results over the same period:
- 14:00 -> +2,953 (factor 3.14)
- 13:00 -> +2,057 (factor 1.84)
- 12:00 -> +1,332 (factor 2.33)
- 09:00 -> +1,182 (factor 3.74)
- 16:00 -> +1,178 (factor 2.10)
- 08:00 -> +893 (factor 2.79)
- 17:00 -> +949 (factor 1.78)
- 18:00 -> +648 (factor 1.49)
- 19:00 -> +238 (factor 1.16)
- 05:00 -> -15 (factor 0.99)
These hours refer to one specific broker server. If yours uses a different time zone, the optimal hour shifts by the same amount. Check the hours around the one indicated in the Strategy Tester before going live, and set the InpHorasPermitidas parameter accordingly.
USAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
- Symbol: XAUUSD or its equivalent on your broker (XAUUSDc, GOLD).
- Chart timeframe: irrelevant, the robot reads the daily candle on its own.
- Suggested minimum deposit: 1,000 units of account currency at 1% risk.
- Account type: hedging. Low spread recommended.
- Load the included preset and adjust the hour to your server before trading.
- The news filter requires the economic calendar downloaded in your terminal.
INPUT PARAMETERS
General
- Operating mode: traditional, one trade per day, or bidirectional
- Magic number, order comment and maximum deviation
- Point auto-adjustment for brokers with 3 or 5 decimals
Dominant candle strategy
- Reference candle timeframe (D1 by default)
- Minimum strength to open, as body over range percentage
- Minimum body measurement mode: absolute points, ATR multiple or price percentage
- Weakness exit when strength drops, with time and minimum range guards
Signal reversal exit
- Activation, minimum strength of the opposing candle, time and range guards
Momentum confirmation
- Confirmation with M1, M5 and M15 candles
- Number of consecutive candles in favour
Technical filters
- Fast and slow EMA with configurable timeframe
- RSI with overbought and oversold levels
- Maximum spread allowed to open
Smart pyramiding
- Maximum simultaneous positions and minimum distance between entries
- Require the previous position to be protected, with configurable minimum profit
- Optional controlled martingale with lot cap
- Basket close on target, in currency or balance percentage
Averaging recovery
- Activation, adverse distance, lot multiplier and maximum levels
- Recovered basket close target
- Option to respect the session filter in recovery as well
Risk management
- Lot sizing by risk percentage or fixed lot
- Optional real Stop Loss and per-position Take Profit
- Simulated minimum margin level before opening
- Maximum total and net lot exposure
Adaptive risk control
- Drawdown thresholds to halve and quarter position size
- Entry pause threshold
- Periodic equity peak reset
Market regime filter
- ADX with configurable period and minimum threshold
Basket loss cap
- Maximum basket loss, in currency or balance percentage
Dynamic trailing stop
- Per position, collective or both modes
- Trailing start, distance and step per position
- Collective trailing thresholds as balance percentage
Breakeven
- Activation after minimum profit and buffer above entry price
Daily control
- Daily profit target in currency or balance percentage
- Maximum daily loss with optional position closing
Sessions and news
- Trading start and end hour
- List of specific allowed hours, for example "14" or "8,9,13,14"
- List of specific allowed days
- Close at end of session and option to skip Fridays
- News filter using the MetaTrader 5 economic calendar
Panel
- Show or hide the information panel on the chart
DISCLAIMER
The results shown come from historical simulations on a single symbol and a single broker, over a period coinciding with a strong bull market in gold. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Test on a demo account long enough to verify behaviour on your broker, and never risk capital you cannot afford to lose.
