Gold Impact Event Edge

Hello traders!

This EA is one I'm truly proud of.

It is designed EXCLUSIVELY for XAUUSD (Gold), combining two strategies into one: a NEWS strategy that captures the large price movements around U.S. economic data releases, and a WEEKEND-GAP strategy that captures the trend following the Monday opening gap. A [Trend-Following x Straddle] EA.

[Fully automated - no manual operation required]

Development took about 8 months. I worked on it almost every night, repeatedly testing and refining it until it was complete.

When backtesting an EA, there are points you absolutely must consider:

• Is it curve-fitted?
• Is it over-optimized?
• Does it perform proper internal P&L calculation (real-time margin calculation, etc.)?
• Does it account for slippage?
• Does it use real ticks?

There are many more, but if these are ignored, it's easy to build an EA that merely looks good. Those are just nice-looking but meaningless numbers.

I am selling this EA, but my real purpose is to use it for my own trading. Building an EA on meaningless numbers would only hurt me in the end. That's exactly why I built it so thoroughly.

This EA automatically adjusts lot size using compounding based on your balance. As your balance grows, the lot size grows as well (maximum 50 lots). The compounding feature can also be turned off as an option.

• TWO MAIN STRATEGIES

[1] Targeting the moments around economic releases It automatically retrieves the release times of major U.S. economic indicators (Unemployment Rate, ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI, etc.) from the MetaTrader 5 built-in economic calendar, and places straddle breakout orders to capture the sharp moves before and after the release. It does NOT rely on any external server or API.

[2] Targeting the moment right after the gap It captures the momentum of price movement following the price gap that occurs at the Monday open after the weekend.

• PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Backtest figures)

[Profit Factor 3.18]

Gross profit / gross loss. 1.0 is the break-even point, so 3.18 means "3.18 in profit for every 1 in loss." A PF above 1.5 is generally considered good and above 2.0 excellent, so 3.18 is a strong figure.

[Recovery Factor 7.02]

Gross profit / maximum drawdown. It shows how many times the largest decline was recovered in profit. A value above 3 is considered good, so 7.02 indicates high capital efficiency.

[Trades 317, Win rate 51.10%]

162 winning trades (51.10%) and 155 losing trades (48.90%). The win rate is just over 50%, but the PF of 3.18 is high because the strategy "wins big and loses small." In fact, the average winning trade is significantly larger than the average losing trade.

[Sharpe Ratio 6.28]

Return efficiency per unit of risk. A value above 1 is generally good and above 2 excellent, so 6.28 is a high level.

[Maximum Drawdown: 9.09% (balance) / 13.39% (equity)]

The largest temporary decline in funds. It stays around 10%, reflecting a design focused on risk management.

[Z-Score -0.55 (41.77%) - Stability of wins and losses]

The sequence of wins and losses shows no bias, indicating a stable characteristic where losing streaks are unlikely to persist.

• KEY FEATURES

• Designed exclusively for XAUUSD (Gold)

• Uses the MT5 built-in calendar; no external API or DLL

• Retrieves volatility (weekly range) every hour and automatically switches parameters to match market conditions

• Sets a stop loss on every position and continuously trails it from the highest price to pursue profit (no take-profit is used)

• Supports pyramiding (adding to positions) in the direction of profit

• No martingale or grid

• Compounding option included (can be toggled ON/OFF)

• Also includes a reverse (flip) function that activates depending on conditions

• RECOMMENDED ENVIRONMENT

• Symbol: XAUUSD (Gold)

• Timeframe: M15

• Account: a fast-execution account; VPS use is recommended

• Please enable economic calendar reception (Tools -> Options -> Server)

• Please set leverage and capital according to your own risk tolerance

• TEST CONDITIONS

• Symbol: XAUUSD (Gold)

• Period: January 2022 - June 2026

• Execution delay: 250 ms

• Model: every tick based on real ticks

• History quality: 99%

• IMPORTANT NOTES

The core of this EA, the news strategy, relies on the MT5 economic calendar. News-based trades may not be fully reproduced in backtests.

The backtest results shown are based on past testing and do not guarantee future profits. Trading involves risk. Please use only with surplus funds and under sufficient risk management.