Tom Striker Gold
- Experts
- Version: 1.1
- Updated: 6 November 2026
- Activations: 10
LAUNCH PRICE: $199. The price goes up by $50 after every 10 copies sold, up to the final price of $449.
LIVE SIGNAL: https://www.mql5.com/en/signals/2398484 - a real account running this EA at the default risk (0.01 lot per $1,000).
Tom Striker Gold is a fully automated Expert Advisor for gold (XAUUSD) on MetaTrader 5. It runs eight breakout strategies that place stop orders beyond price levels on the H1 and H4 charts. Every trade has a stop loss and a take profit from the moment it is opened. No grid, no martingale, no averaging down.
HOW IT WORKS
Each strategy finds its own levels and places a stop order just beyond them, so a trade opens only when the price actually breaks out. Trades are then managed by a fake-out exit, a trailing stop, a trailing target and a break-even step. One entry per level: a strategy places no second order near a level while it already has an order or a position there, and lots do not grow after a loss.
THE 8 STRATEGIES
• Strategy 01 - Strategy 08, each with its own magic number and order comment (TSG S01 ... TSG S08)
• Each strategy can be switched on or off; risk can be set for all strategies at once or per strategy
RISK MANAGEMENT
• A stop loss and a take profit on every order, sent to the broker together with the order
• Maximum stop loss distance: $5 from the entry (input, default 5)
• Break-even: at +$5 profit the stop moves to the entry plus $0.50 (input, default 5)
• No grid, no martingale, no averaging down
• Drawdown protection (optional): a limit in % of balance or in money, with close all, close and stop, or alert only
• Safety checks before every order: trading session, free margin, symbol volume limit, stops and freeze levels
NEWS AND FRIDAY FILTERS (optional, all off by default)
• News filter: no new orders from N minutes before to N minutes after high and / or medium impact news of the chosen currencies. Waiting stop orders are removed during the pause; open positions stay managed. Default window 120 / 120 minutes; we suggest high impact and 15 - 30 minutes.
• NFP filter: no new orders on the server day of the USD Non-Farm Payrolls release.
• Friday switch: no new orders on Friday (server time).
• The news calendar comes from ForexFactory (allow https://nfs.faireconomy.media in Tools > Options > Expert Advisors) with the MT5 calendar as a fallback. News and NFP filters work in live trading only; the Friday switch also works in the Strategy Tester.
BACKTEST RESULTS (default inputs, $1,000 start)
2025 (1 Jan - 31 Dec, Dukascopy real ticks): net profit +$11,468, profit factor 4.44, maximum equity drawdown 14.01%, 649 trades.
2026 (1 Jan - 31 Oct, real broker ticks): net profit +$10,650, profit factor 4.20, maximum equity drawdown 13.97%, 559 trades.
Test model: every tick based on real ticks, 300 ms execution delay, leverage 1:500. The default lot is 0.01 per $1,000 of balance, so the lot grows with the balance and the profit compounds. The strategy settings were developed on this period, so these are not out-of-sample results. Past results do not guarantee future results.
RECOMMENDED SETTINGS
Risk is set with one number: 0.01 lot per $X of balance (Risk group). Backtest with a $10,000 start (maximum equity drawdown 2025 / 2026):
• 0.01 per $1,000 (default, aggressive): 15.4% / 14.4%
• 0.01 per $1,500: 10.6% / 10.0%
• 0.01 per $2,000 (balanced): 8.0% / 7.5%
• 0.01 per $3,000 (conservative): 4.9% / 5.0%
• 0.01 per $5,000 (low): 3.2% / 3.1%
Our recommendation: 0.01 lot per $1,000 - $2,000 for most accounts; 0.01 per $3,000 or more for capital preservation.
ON-CHART PANEL AND THEMES
The panel shows the EA status, the account, closed profit for today, week, month and in total, each strategy (ready, standby, in trade, paused, off) with its stop orders, floating and closed profit, and the state of the filters. Three themes for the panel and the chart: Striker Dark, Steel Blue and Light. The chart theme can be switched off and your own colours come back when the EA is removed.
REQUIREMENTS
• Symbol: XAUUSD (gold) only - any broker suffix (XAUUSD+, XAUUSD.m, GOLD ...). Any chart timeframe; attach the EA to one chart only.
• Hedging account required (the EA does not start on a netting account).
• Broker server time: GMT+2 / GMT+3 recommended, because the levels come from H4 candles.
• Minimum deposit: $1,000 at the default risk.
• Leverage: 1:100 or higher recommended.
• Low-spread (ECN / raw) account recommended; a VPS for uninterrupted 24/5 operation.
GETTING STARTED
1. Attach Tom Striker Gold to one XAUUSD chart (any timeframe).
2. Switch Algo Trading on and allow algo trading in the EA settings.
3. Set your risk in the Risk group (0.01 lot per $X) - see Recommended settings.
4. Optional: allow the news URL and switch the news filter on.
5. Run it on a VPS.
Backtest it yourself with "Every tick based on real ticks" on a hedging account; small differences to the figures above are normal (broker ticks, spread, commission, swap).
RISK WARNING
Every trade has a stop loss, but losing trades and losing months happen, and in fast markets or gaps a stop can fill worse than its price. In the backtests above the maximum equity drawdown at the default risk was 14.0%. Positions can stay open overnight and over the weekend. Use money you can afford to lose. Past results do not guarantee future results.
