SMC Zones marque sur le graphique les Fair Value Gaps (FVG) et les Order Blocks (OB) à partir des seules barres clôturées et n'affiche par défaut que les zones non comblées les plus proches du prix actuel. Fonctions principales Détection des FVG à partir de trois bougies clôturées, avec un filtre de taille minimale en multiples de l'ATR et en points. Order blocks : la dernière bougie opposée avant le mouvement qui a créé un FVG. Pas de repaint : une zone apparue ne se déplace pas et ne disparaît
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GoldGridBot – Expert Advisor de grille sur l'or pour MetaTrader 5
Nous développons GoldGridBot, un Expert Advisor qui trade exclusivement l'or (XAUUSD) selon un mécanisme de grille fixe et basé sur des règles. Au lieu d'un seul gros pari directionnel, il travaille avec une grille de plusieurs positions et les clôture ensemble dès que l'objectif de profit global est atteint.
• Trois profils de risque intégrés à l'EA : LOW, MEDIUM et HIGH – sélectionnables dans la fenêtre des paramètres, sans fichier set
• HIGH (nos réglages live) doit être confirmé explicitement, sinon l'EA trade en MEDIUM
• Compte réel live chez VT Markets (compte cent), vérifié publiquement sur MyFxBook – drawdown compris
• Version démo gratuite pour le backtest dans le testeur de stratégie
• Achat, activation et mises à jour via le MQL5 Market
Règle de capital : 1 à 1,5 × le prix actuel de l'or par 0,01 lot (LOW/MEDIUM). Sur un compte cent, 40 à 60 USD suffisent pour commencer.
Les utilisateurs inscrits sur notre site reçoivent des sets supplémentaires, des analyses de backtest et de brokers ainsi que notre newsletter – gratuitement, même sans achat.
Avertissement sur les risques : les systèmes de grille maintiennent volontairement des positions perdantes ouvertes. En forte tendance, le drawdown peut fortement augmenter, jusqu'à la perte totale du capital. Les performances passées ne garantissent pas les résultats futurs. N'investissez que l'argent que vous pouvez vous permettre de perdre.
Nous développons GoldGridBot, un Expert Advisor qui trade exclusivement l'or (XAUUSD) selon un mécanisme de grille fixe et basé sur des règles. Au lieu d'un seul gros pari directionnel, il travaille avec une grille de plusieurs positions et les clôture ensemble dès que l'objectif de profit global est atteint.
• Trois profils de risque intégrés à l'EA : LOW, MEDIUM et HIGH – sélectionnables dans la fenêtre des paramètres, sans fichier set
• HIGH (nos réglages live) doit être confirmé explicitement, sinon l'EA trade en MEDIUM
• Compte réel live chez VT Markets (compte cent), vérifié publiquement sur MyFxBook – drawdown compris
• Version démo gratuite pour le backtest dans le testeur de stratégie
• Achat, activation et mises à jour via le MQL5 Market
Règle de capital : 1 à 1,5 × le prix actuel de l'or par 0,01 lot (LOW/MEDIUM). Sur un compte cent, 40 à 60 USD suffisent pour commencer.
Les utilisateurs inscrits sur notre site reçoivent des sets supplémentaires, des analyses de backtest et de brokers ainsi que notre newsletter – gratuitement, même sans achat.
Avertissement sur les risques : les systèmes de grille maintiennent volontairement des positions perdantes ouvertes. En forte tendance, le drawdown peut fortement augmenter, jusqu'à la perte totale du capital. Les performances passées ne garantissent pas les résultats futurs. N'investissez que l'argent que vous pouvez vous permettre de perdre.
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GoldGridBot Starter est un Expert Advisor pour MetaTrader 5 qui applique une stratégie de grille sur XAUUSD avec un profil fixe et prudent. Fonctions principales Lot fixe de 0,01 par ordre et au maximum 14 trades par panier. Espacement de la grille de 150 points (1,50 USD) entre les ordres. Un take profit commun au panier, 100 points (1,00 USD) au-dessus du prix moyen pour les paniers d’achat ou en dessous pour les paniers de vente. Entrée après un mouvement de momentum d’au moins 0,3 % en 71
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Gold Grid Risk Simulator calcule l'effet d'une grille d'achat ou de vente prévue sur votre compte : drawdown, niveau de marge, prix de margin call, prix de stop out et capital nécessaire à la grille. Fonctions principales Simule la grille niveau par niveau à partir d'un prix de départ : entrée, lot, lots cumulés, prix moyen, basket TP, P/L latent, marge utilisée, equity et niveau de marge. Prix de margin call et de stop out, calculés exactement entre les niveaux de la grille, avec la distance au
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MTF Dashboard RSI ADX Volume est un panneau compact dans la fenêtre principale du graphique qui affiche simultanément le RSI, l'ADX et le volume de ticks relatif sur plusieurs unités de temps du symbole actuel. Fonctions principales Une ligne par unité de temps activée : par défaut M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4 et D1. Colonnes TF, RSI, ADX, +DI, -DI, Trend et Vol %. Le nom de l'unité de temps est coloré selon son biais : haussier lorsque +DI est au-dessus de -DI et le RSI au-dessus de 50, baissier
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Volume Profile Sidebar dessine sur le côté du graphique un histogramme horizontal du volume par prix et marque le Point of Control (POC) et la Value Area. Fonctions principales Trois modes de plage : zone visible, N dernières barres, ou jour / session en cours. Ligne du POC, lignes de la Value Area (70 % par défaut) et lignes extérieures dans des couleurs distinctes. Lignes et étiquettes de prix optionnelles pour le POC, la Value Area High (VAH) et la Value Area Low (VAL). Le volume de chaque
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GoldGridBot is a grid Expert Advisor for XAUUSD (gold) on MetaTrader 5. It waits for a strong momentum move, enters in the direction of the higher-timeframe trend and manages all positions as one basket with a common take profit. How it works Trend filter on M15 and M5 (moving averages) Entry after a momentum reversal on M1 Grid re-entries at a fixed distance when the price moves against the basket One take profit for the whole basket, measured from the average entry price Speed brake and time
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Worked example from my article "How a Gold Grid Works – and Why It Is Dangerous" (post below): five buys every 1.50 USD lower, one take profit for the whole basket 1.00 USD above the average price. A pullback to 3,998.00 closes all five trades together in profit. If price keeps falling instead, every level adds exposure – that is where the deep drawdown of a grid comes from.
Not investment advice. Trading grid systems can lead to a total loss.
Not investment advice. Trading grid systems can lead to a total loss.
Dennis Hoinkis
How a Gold Grid Works – and Why It Is Dangerous
Grid Expert Advisors for gold are among the most popular bots on MetaTrader 5. Their equity curves often look impressive: up month after month, with a win rate well above 70%. That is exactly what makes them dangerous if you don't understand what is happening under the hood. In this article I explain step by step how a gold grid works, why it wins so often and why it can still wipe out an account at some point. As an example I use the logic of our own grid EA and its three settings (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH), with real backtest numbers – including the bad ones.
WHAT IS A GRID EA?
A grid EA does not just open one position. When needed, it builds a whole basket of positions. If price moves against the first trade, the EA adds more trades at fixed distances. All positions belong together and are closed together. So the EA is not trying to get every single trade right. It is betting that price will eventually move back a little.
THE ENTRY: MOMENTUM AND TREND FILTER
Before a basket even starts, the market has to meet two conditions. The EA in this example trades XAUUSD (gold against the US dollar) only.
- Trend filter: a moving average (MA) 50 on M15 and an MA 20 on M5, plus a buffer of 0.05%. The EA only trades in the direction of the trend.
- Momentum: price must have moved at least 0.3% within no more than 71 M1 candles. Only then does the EA open the first trade.
- Pauses: after an entry there is a pause of 10 candles, after a closed basket it is 17 candles.
So the entry is not random. But even the best filter cannot predict whether price will keep going or turn around afterwards. And that is where the grid begins.
ADDING TRADES AT FIXED DISTANCES
If price moves against the basket, the EA adds another trade – every 150 points (1.50 USD in the gold price) on the LOW and MEDIUM settings, every 200 points on the HIGH setting. The number of levels is limited: at most 14 trades on LOW and at most 18 on MEDIUM and HIGH.
A WORKED EXAMPLE (see first image)
There is only one take profit for the entire basket: 100 points (1.00 USD) above the average price of all positions (below it for a sell basket). Let's say the EA buys gold at 4,000.00 USD with the same lot size on every level, and price falls:
Level - Buy price - Average price - Basket take profit
1 - 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 - 4,001.00
2 - 3,998.50 - 3,999.25 - 4,000.25
3 - 3,997.00 - 3,998.50 - 3,999.50
4 - 3,995.50 - 3,997.75 - 3,998.75
5 - 3,994.00 - 3,997.00 - 3,998.00
With every level the average price drops, and so does the target. After five levels price is at 3,994.00. For the whole basket to close in profit, gold only has to get back to 3,998.00 – a rise of 4 USD. The first trade at 4,000.00 even closes with a small loss, but the lower buys more than make up for it. The basket as a whole wins.
WHY THE WIN RATE IS SO HIGH
Gold moves constantly. A pullback of a few dollars almost always comes at some point. That is why most baskets close in profit. In our backtests (MT5 Strategy Tester, "every tick", XAUUSD, 01 Jan 2024 to 31 Oct 2026, starting with 3,000 USD, fixed 0.01 lot) it looks like this:
Setting - Final balance (backtest) - Max. equity drawdown - Profit factor - Trades / won
LOW - 17,767 USD - 52% - 1.54 - 13,488 / 77%
MEDIUM - 23,948 USD - 25% - 1.88 - 13,825 / 76%
76 to 77% winning trades sounds like an almost perfect system. But look at the column next to it: a maximum drawdown of 25% and 52% in the backtest. The high win rate is not a sign of safety. It is a consequence of how a grid is built.
WHY THE DRAWDOWN IS STRUCTURALLY HIGH
A grid does not take losses, it sits them out. Instead of closing a wrong trade with a stop loss, it adds more and waits. This has two consequences:
- Exposure grows with every level. At level 1 one position is open, at level 10 there are ten. Every further dollar against the basket now costs ten times as much.
- Profits are small, open losses can get large. A basket only earns 1 USD above its average price. A basket stuck deep in the red, on the other hand, puts heavy pressure on the account for as long as it stays open.
So the drawdown is not an accident, it is built in. Many small wins are paid for with rare but large hits.
WHEN ALL LEVELS ARE USED UP
It gets dangerous when price does not turn. On MEDIUM there are 17 gaps of 1.50 USD between the first and the 18th trade, which is 25.50 USD. On HIGH it is 17 x 2.00 = 34 USD. For gold, that is not an extreme move. Once the maximum number of trades is reached, the EA stops adding. If price keeps running, every open position loses with every dollar at the same time. The drawdown gets very deep. When the margin is no longer enough, the margin call comes, and finally the broker's stop-out. On aggressive settings that means losing the entire account.
EXAMPLE: THE HIGH SETTING AS A BACKTEST CHAIN (see second image)
How often this can happen is shown by our backtest of the HIGH setting. HIGH grows the lot size with the account (11% risk per grid level) and has no brakes. We ran the backtest as a chain: after every crash, a new backtest starts one day later with 3,000 USD again.
- 5 crashes in the backtest between 2024 and 2026: 18 Oct 2024, 13 May 2025, 23 Jul 2025, 04 Feb 2026 and 24 Mar 2026.
- Deposited: 18,000 USD (six starts of 3,000 USD each).
- Final balance: 73,147 USD, a net result of +55,147 USD.
- The entire gain comes from the last backtest run from 25 Mar 2026: it grew from 3,000 to 73,147 USD. Until then all five runs had been lost; on 24 Mar 2026 the chain stood at -15,000 USD.
The end result is a profit. But only because fresh money was added after every total loss and the last run happened to fall into the boom from March 2026. Anyone who had stopped after the second or third crash would simply have lost money. And nobody knows in advance which run will be the good one.
WHAT PROTECTIONS EXIST
A grid is not completely defenceless. On LOW and MEDIUM, the EA uses several brakes:
- Max trades: 14 on LOW, 18 on MEDIUM. The basket does not grow forever.
- Speed brake: if a basket reaches level 5 within 5 minutes, it is closed immediately. Moves that fast can be the start of a strong breakout.
- Time brake: if a basket has been open for more than 3 days, it is closed.
- Margin guard: no new order if the margin level would fall below 200% after the order. The basket must also be able to survive a 3% price gap. If the margin level drops below 100%, the EA closes the basket itself – before the broker does.
These brakes close baskets at a loss. That hurts, but at best it prevents a total loss. The HIGH setting deliberately has none of these brakes and no margin guard, and it can only be activated after explicit confirmation in the EA. It is built for maximum growth – with the full crash risk.
WHAT YOU SHOULD TAKE AWAY
1. Enough capital: as a rule of thumb, plan 1 to 1.5 times the gold price as capital per 0.01 lot. With gold at 4,000 USD, that is 4,000 to 6,000 USD. With less, the risk rises significantly. A cent account is an alternative for getting to know a grid EA.
2. Only money you don't need: never use money you need for rent, bills or savings.
3. Expect the crash: on aggressive settings a total loss is not the exception but part of the plan. Plan for it instead of hoping it won't happen.
4. Don't be dazzled by the win rate: always look at the maximum drawdown and at what happens when all levels are used up.
Not investment advice. Trading with leverage and grid systems can lead to a total loss. Backtests and past results are no guarantee of future performance.
Grid Expert Advisors for gold are among the most popular bots on MetaTrader 5. Their equity curves often look impressive: up month after month, with a win rate well above 70%. That is exactly what makes them dangerous if you don't understand what is happening under the hood. In this article I explain step by step how a gold grid works, why it wins so often and why it can still wipe out an account at some point. As an example I use the logic of our own grid EA and its three settings (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH), with real backtest numbers – including the bad ones.
WHAT IS A GRID EA?
A grid EA does not just open one position. When needed, it builds a whole basket of positions. If price moves against the first trade, the EA adds more trades at fixed distances. All positions belong together and are closed together. So the EA is not trying to get every single trade right. It is betting that price will eventually move back a little.
THE ENTRY: MOMENTUM AND TREND FILTER
Before a basket even starts, the market has to meet two conditions. The EA in this example trades XAUUSD (gold against the US dollar) only.
- Trend filter: a moving average (MA) 50 on M15 and an MA 20 on M5, plus a buffer of 0.05%. The EA only trades in the direction of the trend.
- Momentum: price must have moved at least 0.3% within no more than 71 M1 candles. Only then does the EA open the first trade.
- Pauses: after an entry there is a pause of 10 candles, after a closed basket it is 17 candles.
So the entry is not random. But even the best filter cannot predict whether price will keep going or turn around afterwards. And that is where the grid begins.
ADDING TRADES AT FIXED DISTANCES
If price moves against the basket, the EA adds another trade – every 150 points (1.50 USD in the gold price) on the LOW and MEDIUM settings, every 200 points on the HIGH setting. The number of levels is limited: at most 14 trades on LOW and at most 18 on MEDIUM and HIGH.
A WORKED EXAMPLE (see first image)
There is only one take profit for the entire basket: 100 points (1.00 USD) above the average price of all positions (below it for a sell basket). Let's say the EA buys gold at 4,000.00 USD with the same lot size on every level, and price falls:
Level - Buy price - Average price - Basket take profit
1 - 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 - 4,001.00
2 - 3,998.50 - 3,999.25 - 4,000.25
3 - 3,997.00 - 3,998.50 - 3,999.50
4 - 3,995.50 - 3,997.75 - 3,998.75
5 - 3,994.00 - 3,997.00 - 3,998.00
With every level the average price drops, and so does the target. After five levels price is at 3,994.00. For the whole basket to close in profit, gold only has to get back to 3,998.00 – a rise of 4 USD. The first trade at 4,000.00 even closes with a small loss, but the lower buys more than make up for it. The basket as a whole wins.
WHY THE WIN RATE IS SO HIGH
Gold moves constantly. A pullback of a few dollars almost always comes at some point. That is why most baskets close in profit. In our backtests (MT5 Strategy Tester, "every tick", XAUUSD, 01 Jan 2024 to 31 Oct 2026, starting with 3,000 USD, fixed 0.01 lot) it looks like this:
Setting - Final balance (backtest) - Max. equity drawdown - Profit factor - Trades / won
LOW - 17,767 USD - 52% - 1.54 - 13,488 / 77%
MEDIUM - 23,948 USD - 25% - 1.88 - 13,825 / 76%
76 to 77% winning trades sounds like an almost perfect system. But look at the column next to it: a maximum drawdown of 25% and 52% in the backtest. The high win rate is not a sign of safety. It is a consequence of how a grid is built.
WHY THE DRAWDOWN IS STRUCTURALLY HIGH
A grid does not take losses, it sits them out. Instead of closing a wrong trade with a stop loss, it adds more and waits. This has two consequences:
- Exposure grows with every level. At level 1 one position is open, at level 10 there are ten. Every further dollar against the basket now costs ten times as much.
- Profits are small, open losses can get large. A basket only earns 1 USD above its average price. A basket stuck deep in the red, on the other hand, puts heavy pressure on the account for as long as it stays open.
So the drawdown is not an accident, it is built in. Many small wins are paid for with rare but large hits.
WHEN ALL LEVELS ARE USED UP
It gets dangerous when price does not turn. On MEDIUM there are 17 gaps of 1.50 USD between the first and the 18th trade, which is 25.50 USD. On HIGH it is 17 x 2.00 = 34 USD. For gold, that is not an extreme move. Once the maximum number of trades is reached, the EA stops adding. If price keeps running, every open position loses with every dollar at the same time. The drawdown gets very deep. When the margin is no longer enough, the margin call comes, and finally the broker's stop-out. On aggressive settings that means losing the entire account.
EXAMPLE: THE HIGH SETTING AS A BACKTEST CHAIN (see second image)
How often this can happen is shown by our backtest of the HIGH setting. HIGH grows the lot size with the account (11% risk per grid level) and has no brakes. We ran the backtest as a chain: after every crash, a new backtest starts one day later with 3,000 USD again.
- 5 crashes in the backtest between 2024 and 2026: 18 Oct 2024, 13 May 2025, 23 Jul 2025, 04 Feb 2026 and 24 Mar 2026.
- Deposited: 18,000 USD (six starts of 3,000 USD each).
- Final balance: 73,147 USD, a net result of +55,147 USD.
- The entire gain comes from the last backtest run from 25 Mar 2026: it grew from 3,000 to 73,147 USD. Until then all five runs had been lost; on 24 Mar 2026 the chain stood at -15,000 USD.
The end result is a profit. But only because fresh money was added after every total loss and the last run happened to fall into the boom from March 2026. Anyone who had stopped after the second or third crash would simply have lost money. And nobody knows in advance which run will be the good one.
WHAT PROTECTIONS EXIST
A grid is not completely defenceless. On LOW and MEDIUM, the EA uses several brakes:
- Max trades: 14 on LOW, 18 on MEDIUM. The basket does not grow forever.
- Speed brake: if a basket reaches level 5 within 5 minutes, it is closed immediately. Moves that fast can be the start of a strong breakout.
- Time brake: if a basket has been open for more than 3 days, it is closed.
- Margin guard: no new order if the margin level would fall below 200% after the order. The basket must also be able to survive a 3% price gap. If the margin level drops below 100%, the EA closes the basket itself – before the broker does.
These brakes close baskets at a loss. That hurts, but at best it prevents a total loss. The HIGH setting deliberately has none of these brakes and no margin guard, and it can only be activated after explicit confirmation in the EA. It is built for maximum growth – with the full crash risk.
WHAT YOU SHOULD TAKE AWAY
1. Enough capital: as a rule of thumb, plan 1 to 1.5 times the gold price as capital per 0.01 lot. With gold at 4,000 USD, that is 4,000 to 6,000 USD. With less, the risk rises significantly. A cent account is an alternative for getting to know a grid EA.
2. Only money you don't need: never use money you need for rent, bills or savings.
3. Expect the crash: on aggressive settings a total loss is not the exception but part of the plan. Plan for it instead of hoping it won't happen.
4. Don't be dazzled by the win rate: always look at the maximum drawdown and at what happens when all levels are used up.
Not investment advice. Trading with leverage and grid systems can lead to a total loss. Backtests and past results are no guarantee of future performance.