ATS Gold Grade

SIX CHECKS. ONE GRADE.

Most breakout signals on gold lose money. This one is graded.

Every XAUUSD breakout on M15 is scored against six objective checks and gets a grade: A, B or C. You see the full trade plan (entry, stop, target, lot size), the six checks one by one, and how every past signal ended, written on your chart.

WHY A GRADE

We tested the same breakout on XAUUSD M15, May 2024 to September 2026, with the broker's real spread, a 2R target and one position at a time per grade, the same way the panel counts them. Taken on every signal, it loses money. Filtered by the grade, it holds up. The value is the filter, not the signal.

• Average result per trade: grade C -0.09R (229 trades), grade B +0.01R (275), grade A +0.17R (266)
• Grade A (4 or more checks of 6): profit factor 1.31, win rate 45%, about 9 signals a month
• Grade A was positive in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in 17 of 29 months
• On the half of the data never used to build the checks: grade A profit factor 1.45
• Two months kept aside until the very end (July-September 2026): all signals PF 0.89, grade A PF 1.40

THE SIX CHECKS (printed on the panel, one by one)

1. Direction is long
2. H1 averages aligned with the trade (EMA 50 against EMA 200)
3. Productive hour (server time, editable)
4. H1 ADX below 25
5. Breakout candle body below half of its range
6. Price more than 3 ATR away from the H1 average

Grade A = 4 or more, B = 3, C = 2 or less.

THE PANEL

• Grade with a six-cell score bar, direction, age of the setup and how it ended
• Profile buttons: Selective (target 2R, grade A only), Balanced (1.5R, grades A and B), Conservative (fixed 8 USD target)
• Trade plan: entry, stop, target, risk/reward and lot size from your balance and risk %
• The six checks with a green or grey mark
• Statistics by grade on your own chart: setups, targets hit, result in R. One position at a time, stop counted first, the same way it was tested
• Version, symbol, timeframe, profile and spread status in one line

ON THE CHART

• Arrow and grade letter on every graded setup
• The result of each past signal in R, written where it ended (+2.0R, -1.0R)
• The H1 bias line the engine reads: green while longs are allowed, red while shorts are
• Entry, stop and target with risk and reward boxes and the ratio written inside
• Boxed price tags on the right edge
• Countdown to the bar close and shading of the productive hours

ALERTS

Popup and push notification on a new setup: grade A only, A and B, or all.

FOR EA BUILDERS

Eight documented buffers readable with iCustom: H1 bias line and colour, direction, score, entry, stop, target, grade. The values are written on the bar that closed the breakout and never change.

NO REPAINT

Every level comes from closed bars only. A signal stays where it appeared.

GOOD TO KNOW (honest limits)

• Built and tested for XAUUSD on M15. On another timeframe the panel tells you.
• The edge came from the long side, in a period when gold rose strongly. If gold turns into a long downtrend, the checks have to be measured again.
• 266 grade A trades is a solid sample, not a huge one. The edge is modest: a win rate under 50% with a 2R target, so runs of 5-6 losses in a row are normal.
• Stops sit at the swing, so they are sometimes wide. Size from the stop (the panel does it for you) and make sure your account can carry them.
• Past results do not guarantee future results.
• Signals only. The indicator never opens, modifies or closes an order.

SETTINGS

Profile, breakout channel, swing for the stop, stop margin, H1 averages, history bars, maximum holding, productive hours, session window, what to draw, risk %, spread warning, panel position and theme, alerts.

Launch price for the first 20 copies. After that the price goes to 59 USD.

Trading involves risk. Test it on a demo account first.

Andy Trading Solutions