UTA Gold Scalper

LIVE SIGNAL (real account, 100% EA, no manual trades):

https://www.mql5.com/en/signals/2396674

- Default settings, except BRAKE = 500 for a ~$1,000 account

- Leverage 1:500, IUX Markets

- The signal is new. Judge it over weeks and months, not days. - Note: the drawdown of 27-28 Oct 2026 happened while the account ran test builds; a counter-trend basket was cut at its surrender point (-$418). v2.20 hedges such baskets at the 4th grid level instead (same night in the tester: locked at about -$67). The signal runs the published v2.20 from 29 Oct 2026.

UTA Gold Scalper is an automated trading system for XAUUSD (Gold) on MetaTrader 5, M5 timeframe.

The EA uses a multi-strategy decision framework. Instead of relying on one entry method, it reads trend, momentum, pullback, mean-reversion, breakout and support/resistance conditions across several timeframes, and only trades when the market regime and signal confidence agree. Counter-trend entries are skipped when the overall multi-timeframe trend is strongly against them.

HOW THE BASKET AND RECOVERY SYSTEM WORKS

1. Main basket - small entries (0.01 start lot) with basket trailing profit and a breakeven exit.

2. Hedge - when the trend turns against the main basket, it is fully hedged so the loss stops growing.

3. Recovery basket (REC1) - one recovery basket trades to repay the hedged loss. When it reaches its target, the whole chain (main + hedge + recovery) is closed together. Counter-trend recovery baskets add at most 2 normal layers.

4. Survival layer - if the price runs 5 x ATR beyond the newest order, one extra order (2x lot) brings the break-even closer.

5. Survival cut - if the price then runs another 5 x ATR, the EA gives up and closes the chain: a defined, limited loss instead of an open-ended drawdown.

6. Trend cut - if the survival layer is due while the overall multi-timeframe trend is 100% against the basket, the chain is closed at once instead.

7. BRAKE - if the floating loss of all orders reaches -BRAKE (default $1,000), no new layers are added and the chain is frozen. Later profit repays it step by step. At most one frozen set is kept.

KEY FEATURES

- Multi-strategy analysis with market-regime detection

- Hedge + single recovery basket with defined surrender points (survival cut, trend cut)

- Breakeven exit for the main basket, safe handling of market-closed periods and price gaps

- Margin guard, spread filter, symbol volume-limit protection

- Weekend / session-close handling

- Real-time dashboard: account, decision matrix, strategy scores, timeframe trend strength, baskets, hedge state and risk limits

- Manual BUY / SELL / CLOSE ALL buttons

BACKTEST (XAUUSD M5, Jan - Sep 2026, v2.18)

Every tick based on real ticks, 100 ms execution delay, $3,000 deposit, 0.01 start lot, default settings:

- Net profit: +$3,634 (+121%)

- Max equity drawdown: $800 (13.4%)

- Max balance drawdown: $626 (10.5%)

- Profit factor: 1.17  |  Trades: 2,662

See the screenshots for the equity curve.

RECOMMENDED SETTINGS

- Symbol: XAUUSD (Gold), timeframe M5

- Account type: HEDGING (netting accounts are not supported)

- Recommended deposit: $3,000 per 0.01 start lot with BRAKE = 1000 (default)

- Smaller accounts (about $1,000): set BRAKE = 500. The risk relative to the balance is higher.

- Leverage: 1:100 or higher

- Low-spread broker and a VPS running 24/5 are strongly recommended

- Default settings are the tested settings. After updating from an older version, press "Reset" in the Inputs tab.

IMPORTANT - RISK

This EA uses hedging and grid-style recovery. Recovery layers increase the lot size by 1.3x per layer (capped at 0.09 lot per layer) and the survival layer doubles the newest lot. During strong one-way moves the floating drawdown can be large, and a survival cut closes the chain at a loss (in testing, the worst floating loss was about -$600). Do not run it on a smaller balance than recommended, and only trade money you can afford to lose.

Backtest results do not guarantee future results. Test on a demo account first.