Astra Ares
- Experts
- Version: 1.0
- Activations: 5
Astra Ares
The higher-return member of the Astra family for gold (XAUUSD): more modules, a trend runner and a module for sideways markets.
Astra Ares is built on the same foundation as Astra Pact and adds two modules. The first one follows strong trends with a single position and a trailing stop, so that a large move can turn into a large gain instead of stopping at a fixed target. The second one trades only when gold has no clear trend, so the program keeps working in phases where trend systems usually wait.
Why Astra Ares
- Every trade has a stop. Trade groups are closed with a loss of no more than 2% of the balance. The trend runner has its own stop that only moves in favour of the trade, plus a backup stop on the broker server.
- Ready to use. The settings are fixed and were tested on more than six years of gold history: attach it to an XAUUSD chart and enable Algo Trading.
- News and calendar protection. No new trades around US employment, inflation and Federal Reserve announcements, on the US employment report day, on Friday evening and during the year-end holidays.
- At most two trade groups open at the same time; the trend runner has its own slot.
- Safe after a restart. It reads the trade history and rebuilds the trailing stop of an open trade.
- Status panel on the chart and a record of every trade in the Experts log and in MQL5\Files\AstraAres_journal.csv.
- No DLL and no web requests.
Backtest results (Strategy Tester simulation, not real trading)
MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester, MetaQuotes-Demo history, "1 minute OHLC" model, deposit 10,000 USD, leverage 1:100, no commission, January 2020 - October 2026:
- Net profit +562%, profit factor 1.28, maximum equity drawdown 30.6%, 7,009 trades, 68.3% of them in profit.
- By year: 2020 -1.4%, 2021 +16.6%, 2022 +12.5%, 2023 -12.3%, 2024 +43.5%, 2025 +138.0%, 2026 (to October) +70.8%.
- Same period with 1,000 EUR and leverage 1:15: net profit +559%, maximum equity drawdown 45.8%.
These are simulated results, not results of real trading. Past results do not guarantee future results.
Before you buy
- Higher return comes with higher risk on small accounts. With 1,000 EUR the drawdown reached 46% in the backtest, against 36% for Astra Pact. A small account can only trade the minimum lot, so each trade risks a larger share of the balance. The program was designed for 10,000 or more.
- The trend runner wins less than half of its trades: many small losses and a few large gains.
- Most of the profit came from years when gold was trending (2024-2026). 2020 and 2023 closed at a loss, and a losing period can last several months.
- The settings cannot be changed. This is intentional: the program runs exactly as it was tested.
- If you prefer smaller drawdowns to a higher return, choose Astra Pact.
Requirements
- Symbol XAUUSD (gold), 15-minute chart. Attach it to one chart only.
- Hedging account. On a netting account it uses one trade group at a time.
- Broker server time GMT+2 in winter and GMT+3 in summer (New York close), the most common setting for gold. With another server time the program still runs, but its timing differs from the tested one.
- Balance from 1,000 USD or EUR; 10,000 or more recommended. With small balances some entries are skipped on purpose when volatility is very high.
- Leverage 1:15 or higher.
- A low-spread broker and a VPS running 24 hours a day are recommended. Start on a demo account.
Order comments
Each order has a short comment, for example "ARES M4L2 T94 S75": module M4, position 2 of its group, target 94 pips and stop 75 pips from this entry (1 pip = 0.10 USD). The trend runner shows only the stop.
Support
Questions through private messages on MQL5.
