Gold Rebound EMA Pyramid

Product name

Gold Rebound EMA Pyramid

Short description (for listing preview)

Trend-following Expert Advisor for XAUUSD M15. Triple EMA alignment, EMA19 rebound entries, ATR anti-range filter, RSI-based pyramiding, smart exhaustion exit, automatic breakeven and EMA trailing stop. Every trade is protected by a stop loss.

Full description

Gold Rebound EMA Pyramid is a fully automated trend-following Expert Advisor designed for XAUUSD (Gold) on the M15 timeframe.

The strategy is built on a simple and transparent idea: trade only in the direction of an established trend, enter on pullbacks, and let a disciplined exit engine manage the position. There is no martingale, no grid, no averaging against the trend, and no hidden logic. Every position is opened with a hard stop loss.

How it works

1. Trend identification — The EA trades only when the EMA19, EMA38 and EMA209 are fully aligned (bullish or bearish stack). No alignment, no trade.
2. Entry on rebound — A position is opened when price pulls back to the EMA19 and closes back on the trend side, confirming the rebound.
3. ATR anti-range filter — Entries are allowed only when the current ATR is above its own moving average, which keeps the EA out of low-volatility ranging markets where false rebounds are common. This filter is self-adaptive: it compares volatility to its own recent history rather than to a fixed threshold.
4. RSI pyramiding — In a running trend, up to two additional positions can be added on confirmed pullbacks, but only when the RSI is in a neutral zone (45–55 by default). Position sizes are degressive (1.00 / 0.75 / 0.50 ratio) so the largest exposure is always the earliest, best-priced entry.
5. Exit engine — Each position starts with a percentage-based stop loss. Once the trade moves favorably by a configurable trigger, the stop is moved to breakeven plus a small buffer; from there, the position is trailed along the EMA19 until the trend ends. The EA does not use a fixed take profit: exits are driven by the market structure itself.
6. Smart Exhaustion Exit — When the RSI reaches an extreme zone (75/25 by default) and a reversal candle pattern appears (shooting star / hammer or engulfing candle), the EA secures open profits immediately instead of waiting for the trailing stop to be hit. This exit is deliberately calibrated to trigger rarely — only at genuine climax reversals. In comparative 3-year real-tick tests, this module cut the maximum equity drawdown by roughly a quarter while increasing net profit, compared to the same strategy without it.

Backtest results (Strategy Tester, FTMO data, 100 % real ticks)

3-year test — 06.2023 to 06.2026, USD, 100,000 deposit, default settings (fixed lots 1.00 / 0.75 / 0.50):

• Net profit: +220,403 USD
• Profit factor: 1.21
• Maximum equity drawdown: 21.8 %
• Maximum balance drawdown: 20.0 %
• Recovery factor: 4.51
• Total trades: 2,123 (win rate 52.3 %)
• Average win +1,131 USD / average loss −1,018 USD
• Largest single loss: −5,789 USD (hard stop loss always in place)
• Steady equity curve (LR correlation 0.89)

Year-by-year breakdown (each period tested separately, FTMO real ticks, 100,000 USD deposit):

• 2023 (Jun–Dec): +13,018 USD | profit factor 1.13 | equity drawdown 20.6 %
• 2024 (full year): +29,919 USD | profit factor 1.12 | equity drawdown 22.2 %
• 2025 (full year): +50,673 USD | profit factor 1.13 | equity drawdown 26.4 %
• 2026 (Jan–Jun): +125,126 USD | profit factor 1.41 | equity drawdown 22.0 %

All four periods are profitable, but honesty matters: the first half of 2026 alone accounts for about 57 % of the three-year profit, driven by an exceptionally directional gold trend. A realistic expectation is the behaviour of the full years — a profit factor around 1.12 with drawdowns of 20 to 26 % — not the figures of that single semester.

Backtest reports and the .set file are available in the Comments tab. Past performance in the Strategy Tester does not guarantee future results.

Key features

• Symbol: XAUUSD — Timeframe: M15 (M5 configurable)
• Every trade protected by a stop loss — no martingale, no grid
• Self-adaptive ATR range filter
• Smart exhaustion exit on climax reversals (fully configurable, can be disabled)
• Degressive pyramiding, maximum 3 positions
• Automatic breakeven + EMA19 trailing stop
• Volume normalization, stop-level validation and margin checks for compatibility with any broker
• Real-time on-chart panel showing trend bias, RSI, ATR filter state, exhaustion signal and open positions
• Clean, transparent rule-based logic — no neural network black box

Recommendations

• Account: hedging account, leverage 1:100 or higher
• Recommended deposit: adapt lot sizes to your capital; the default lot sizes (1.00 / 0.75 / 0.50) correspond to the 100,000 USD backtest account — reduce them proportionally for smaller accounts (e.g. 0.10 / 0.07 / 0.05 for a 10,000 USD account)
• VPS recommended for 24/5 operation
• Run the free demo in the Strategy Tester before purchasing

Risk warning

Trading leveraged products involves substantial risk of loss. Drawdown periods are a normal part of this strategy's behavior: the 3-year backtest included series of up to 18 consecutive losing trades and a maximum equity drawdown of 21.8 %. Never trade with money you cannot afford to lose, and always test on a demo account first.

Support

Questions and suggestions are welcome in the Comments tab — I answer personally and aim to reply quickly. Contact me at desat.trading@gmail.com and desat.trading@yahoo.com