Gold Cross Sniper

Snipe the Golden Cross on Gold. Every Time.

Gold Cross Sniper EA is a fully automated MetaTrader 5 Expert Advisor engineered specifically for trading XAUUSD (Gold) on the M5 timeframe. It is built on one of the most reliable and time-tested concepts in technical analysis — the EMA50/EMA200 trend cross, commonly known as the Golden Cross — and combines it with RSI midline confirmation, spread filtering, session awareness, and a professional on-chart dashboard to deliver a complete, disciplined scalping system.

This is not a grid, not a martingale, not a hedging experiment. It is a clean, single-entry, trend-following scalper with fixed stop loss, fixed take profit, and intelligent trade management. Every trade is protected. Every entry is filtered. Every decision is logged.

Gold Cross Sniper EA was designed for traders who want consistency, transparency, and full control over their risk — without needing to sit in front of the chart all day.

The Strategy Behind the Name

Gold Cross Sniper EA trades the intersection of three classic, proven signals:

1. The EMA50 / EMA200 Golden Cross — The core trigger. When the fast EMA (50) crosses above the slow EMA (200), the EA reads a bullish trend shift. When it crosses below, it reads a bearish trend shift. This is the same signal institutional and professional traders have used for decades to identify trend reversals and continuations.

2. RSI Midline Confirmation — The sniper filter. The EA does not fire on every cross. It waits for the RSI(14) to confirm the direction by closing above 50 for buys or below 50 for sells. This single filter eliminates a large percentage of false crosses that plague raw EMA systems.

3. Price vs. Slow EMA Position — The directional bias check. The EA only takes longs when price is above the EMA200 and only takes shorts when price is below the EMA200. This keeps the EA trading in alignment with the dominant trend and prevents counter-trend entries during choppy conditions.

The result is a system that trades less often but with far higher quality. It snipes. It does not spray.

How a Trade is Executed

When a signal fires:

• The EA places a single market order at the current bid/ask.

• A fixed Stop Loss in points is attached immediately, calculated to respect the broker's minimum stop distance and freeze levels.

• A fixed Take Profit in points is attached at a ratio of 1:2 by default (300 SL points / 600 TP points).

• A magic number and custom order comment are assigned so you can track every trade the EA makes.

• Every parameter — spread, session, trend bias, RSI value, EMA separation, and margin — is validated before the order is sent.

If any filter rejects the signal, the trade is skipped and logged. The EA never forces a trade.

Trade Management: Trailing Stop

Gold Cross Sniper EA does not just open trades and hope. It actively manages them with a step-based trailing stop.

• Once a trade reaches a configurable profit threshold (default 200 points), the EA begins trailing the stop loss behind price.

• The trail moves in fixed steps (default 100 points), locking in profit as the move extends.

• The EA includes multiple safety retries: if the broker rejects a stop modification due to price changes or invalid stops, the EA recalculates and retries up to three times.

• A minimum improvement filter prevents the EA from spamming the broker with micro-adjustments that don't meaningfully protect profit.

The trailing engine is battle-tested. It respects broker stop levels, spread, freeze levels, and tick size on every modification.

Built-In Filters: Why This EA Doesn't Overtrade

Gold Cross Sniper EA is protected by a full suite of filters. Each one exists to keep you out of bad trades:

• Spread Filter — Skips trades when the spread exceeds your maximum (default 30 points). Critical for gold, where spreads can spike to 100+ points during news.

• One Trade At A Time — Optional single-position lock so the EA never stacks trades. Clean, simple, predictable.

• Trading Hours Filter — Restricts trading to your preferred session (default 00:00 to 23:00 broker time).

• Market Close Protection — Automatically stops trading near the daily close and Friday close, preventing you from opening a position that gets stuck over the weekend.

• Sunday Open Protection — Waits until liquidity returns on Sunday before taking trades, avoiding the chaotic first minutes of the weekly open.

• Minimum Balance Guard — The EA will not trade on accounts below the safety threshold and will warn you in the log.

• Margin Check — Before every trade, the EA verifies you have enough free margin. If the calculated lot won't fit, it automatically reduces to the minimum tradable lot. If even that won't fit, the trade is skipped.

• Minimum Stop Distance Enforcement — Every SL and TP is validated against the broker's SYMBOL_TRADE_STOPS_LEVEL and SYMBOL_TRADE_FREEZE_LEVEL before being sent.

Every filter can be turned on or off in the inputs. Every filter defaults to a safe, sensible value.

Position Sizing: Fixed or Risk-Based

Gold Cross Sniper EA supports two lot sizing modes:

1. Fixed Lot Mode — You set the exact lot size. The EA uses it. Simple.

2. Risk Percentage Mode — You set a percentage of your account balance to risk per trade. The EA calculates the lot size based on your stop loss distance and the symbol's tick value, then normalizes it to your broker's volume step.

The lot calculation is intelligent. It:

• Never returns zero or negative lots.

• Always rounds to the broker's minimum, maximum, and step.

• Checks margin before sending.

• Automatically reduces the size if free margin is tight.

• Falls back to minimum lot on accounts too small for the calculated size.

This means the EA works on accounts from $100 to $100,000+ without manual tuning.

The Professional On-Chart Dashboard

The moment you attach Gold Cross Sniper EA to a chart, a sleek dashboard panel appears in the corner of your screen. It updates every second and shows you everything that matters at a glance:

• Symbol — The instrument currently being traded

• Timeframe — Always M5 (the EA's designed timeframe)

• Trend Bias — Live reading of whether the trend is BULLISH, BEARISH, or NEUTRAL based on the EMA and price relationship

• Last Signal — WAIT, BUY BIAS, or SELL BIAS based on current market conditions

• RSI(14) — Live RSI value, color-coded green or red based on the 50 midline

• Spread — Current spread in points, color-coded green (tradeable) or orange (too wide)

• Open Trades — How many positions the EA currently holds

• Floating P/L — Live profit or loss on all open positions, in your account currency

• Status — ACTIVE (all filters passed) or STANDBY (a filter is blocking trades)

The dashboard is fully customizable: position (any of the four corners), X and Y offsets, and show/hide toggle. The design uses a professional dark theme with blue accents that matches the aesthetic of high-end trading tools.

You always know exactly what the EA is thinking and why.

Designed for XAUUSD, Works on Majors

Gold Cross Sniper EA ships tuned for XAUUSD on M5 — the optimal combination of volatility, liquidity, and signal frequency. The default parameters (SL 300, TP 600, Trail Start 200, Trail Step 100, Spread Max 30) are calibrated specifically for gold's behavior.

However, the EA is symbol-agnostic. With minor input adjustments, it works equally well on:

• EURUSD (M5) — reduce SL/TP and spread limit

• GBPUSD (M5) — tighten filters for volatility

• USDJPY (M5) — adjust for pip value differences

• Major indices (M5/M15) — increase SL/TP proportionally

One EA. Multiple markets.

Why Traders Choose Gold Cross Sniper EA

• Transparent Logic — No hidden algorithms. You can read exactly what the EA does in the source. Every entry, exit, and modification is logged to the Experts tab.

• No Grid, No Martingale — Every trade is protected by a fixed stop loss. Your maximum risk per trade is defined before the order is sent.

• Broker-Agnostic — Works on any MT5 broker. Handles 2-digit and 3-digit gold pricing, ECN and market maker execution, and all filling modes automatically.

• Small Account Friendly — Works from $100 balance upward with intelligent lot fallback.

• Professional Support — Direct developer support via MQL5 messaging. Questions answered within 24 hours.

• Free Updates — All future improvements are free for existing buyers.

• Tester Verified — Strategy logic is fully backtestable in the MT5 Strategy Tester with the same behavior as live trading.

Recommended Usage

• Symbol: XAUUSD (primary), EURUSD, GBPUSD

• Timeframe: M5

• Minimum Balance: $100 (recommended $500+ for risk-based sizing)

• Recommended Broker: Low-spread ECN with tight gold spreads (raw spread accounts preferred)

• VPS: Recommended for 24/5 operation

• Account Type: Any (netting or hedging)

What You Get When You Buy

• The Gold Cross Sniper EA .ex5 file (compiled, ready to run)

• Full source code .mq5 file (open, editable, yours to inspect)

• Default presets for XAUUSD, EURUSD, and GBPUSD

• A concise user guide covering installation, inputs, and best practices

• Direct access to developer support

• Free lifetime updates

Final Word

Gold Cross Sniper EA is not a black box. It is not a promise of overnight riches. It is a disciplined, transparent, professional scalping system built on a strategy that has worked for decades — executed with the precision, filtering, and risk control that separates amateurs from professionals.

It snipes the Golden Cross on gold. And it does it every time the setup is right.

Attach it. Set your risk. Let it work.

Gold Cross Sniper EA — Snipe the Golden Cross. Every Time.