Product overview
Aurum Cipher is an Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5 oriented toward a selective, systematic trend-following style rather than high-frequency scalping. It does not use grid trading, martingale position sizing, or deliberate hold-and-hope mechanics. Signals require a closed candle before evaluation; entries aim at continuation-style setups when trend context and internal filters align.
Live deployment: this Expert Advisor runs on the author’s real account under a published signal—for reference only; not investment advice.
Trading philosophy
The design favors selective participation: many marginal setups are skipped by design. Signal frequency depends on symbol, volatility, session filters, news blocking, and the timeframe you choose. There is no promise of win rate or profit; outcomes vary with market conditions and broker conditions.
Core approach
The engine uses a layered moving-average framework for trend context, together with internal volatility and structure filters to reduce noise in sideways phases. Exact formulas and thresholds are fixed in this Market build and are not disclosed here. User-facing inputs emphasize execution, risk, and scheduling rather than core research parameters, which helps avoid casual overfitting of hidden rules.
Execution
All entries are sent as market orders. You can cap maximum slippage in points via inputs.
Optimization scope
Default parameters are primarily calibrated and tested for XAUUSD on M5. This release does not include official ready-made presets for other symbols; guidance or presets for additional instruments may appear in future updates.
Gold-specific entry filters (read before live use)
Three user-adjustable inputs control how strictly price structure must align before entries: MA slope filter, minimum fast MA slope vs previous bar (points), and minimum mid MA slope vs previous bar (points). Their defaults are chosen for how Point and typical volatility behave on gold in MetaTrader 5. Other symbols—majors, crosses, or metals—differ in tick geometry and typical range, so applying these same numeric thresholds directly will structurally break the entry logic.
Recommendation Run first on XAUUSD (M5) with defaults. On any non-gold symbol, re-calibrate and backtest those three settings yourself; do not expect gold defaults to survive unchanged.
Risk and trade management
You can size positions either by risk percent of equity versus the distance from entry to the initial stop loss, or by a fixed lot amount that is normalized to the symbol’s minimum, maximum, and step. Stop placement supports modes based on the signal candle or a swing-based reference, plus an optional buffer. Take profit follows a reward-to-risk multiple versus initial risk (default near 1.5R; adjustable where exposed).
Note: fixed-lot mode does not rescale risk when stop distance changes; monitor margin and acceptable loss per trade yourself.
After price reaches about one times initial risk, several breakeven modes are available: move stop to breakeven, partial close with trailing logic including bar-based trailing and engulfing-style exit handling, or breakeven plus price-based trailing, as implemented in the product.
Time and calendar filters
Session filters let you allow new entries only within broker-server windows for Asia, London, and New York, with independent start and end times to the minute.
A fixed quiet window maps Beijing time (UTC+8) from 02:00 to 08:00 to block new entries during that interval, subject to broker server mapping in the implementation.
Optional integration with the terminal economic calendar can block new entries around high-importance releases for currencies you list (for example USD), with configurable minutes before and after. Availability depends on terminal calendar data.
Weekend handling can flatten positions at a Friday cut-off time on broker server time and optionally stop new entries before that time.
What you can configure
Typical inputs include signal timeframe (M5, M15, M30, or H1), long and short permission, magic number, slippage, lot sizing mode (risk percent or fixed lot) with the corresponding value, optional trend-related filters where exposed, stop mode and buffer, reward-to-risk, breakeven mode and offset, session switches and times, news block settings, chart objects, and optional tester visuals.
Testing and deployment suggestions
Please validate in the Strategy Tester and on demo or small risk live accounts using your broker’s symbols, spreads, and execution. The core logic was primarily designed and optimized for gold (XAUUSD) on lower timeframes such as M5; this is not a hard-coded limitation of the EA unless your published build states otherwise. Latency and spread materially affect market orders.
Screenshots (gallery order: first image on the product page through the tenth)
These images come from the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester and the EA inputs dialog. They are examples only and do not guarantee future performance. This gallery does not replace the product logo; upload the logo separately in the Market logo field.
Screenshot 1: Strategy Tester Settings tab: Expert Advisor under test, symbol (for example XAUUSD), chart period used for the run, tick-generation mode (such as every tick based on real ticks), initial deposit, leverage, and other tester options visible in the capture.
Screenshot 2: Strategy Tester Graph tab for that same run: balance and equity curves (and related tester chart elements).
Screenshot 3: Strategy Tester Report tab for that same run: performance summary and distribution views (such as profits by hour, weekday, or month), as shown in the capture.
Screenshot 4: Strategy Tester Inputs tab: full list of EA inputs used for testing.
Screenshot 5: Strategy Tester Graph tab for a second example backtest configuration.
Screenshot 6: Strategy Tester Report tab for that second configuration.
Screenshot 7: Strategy Tester Graph tab for a third example backtest configuration.
Screenshot 8: Strategy Tester Report tab for that third configuration.
Screenshot 9: Strategy Tester Graph tab for a fourth example backtest configuration.
Screenshot 10: Strategy Tester Report tab for that fourth configuration.
Symbols, timeframes, deposits, leverage, and reported metrics differ between runs; repeat validation on your own terminal and broker conditions before any live use.
Important notes
Past tests do not guarantee future results. Trading involves risk of loss. Slippage, spread, swaps, margin, minimum stops level, and connectivity affect live trading. Align session hours with your broker’s server time.
Support
Technical questions and bug reports are handled through MQL5 Messages and the product comments only.
