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zhuo wang  
Thank you to the author for sharing this EA. I have already purchased from the author's EA twice and am deeply attracted by the author's trading philosophy. I hope the author's work will continue to improve.
Cristian Salute  
I absolutely don't doubt your competence, your good faith, and your commitment, but I want to do a quick reality check with you on the "real" performance.I did a very quick backtest, starting from the beginning of December—it's two full weeks of trading. In these two weeks, with a capital of €1000, you end up with a loss of €-185. So in two weeks (besides having lost two weeks), you've lost something like 18.5% (which obviously will have to be recovered). If, hypothetically, the next two weeks, or even just one, continued with this losing trend, the account would start to suffer.What I'm saying is that if the formula pays off in the long run as you say, it's also true that especially at the beginning, if you have a "particularly unlucky" start, you only go into loss and the account might not be able to recover. Even XAU Master seems to have the same problem, but I'll comment on his page.In my opinion, you shouldn't apply a global filter on all future trades, but only until the capital has entered a profit range that helps the start of the long-term trend you say is profitable.Let me explain better: those profits at the beginning are necessary. Let's pretend I start with €1000—until I have at least €2000 (enough to cushion those fluctuations without suffering on the capital), the strategy should prioritize profits and not the long term. After that, it can proceed with its standard strategy.

Regarding my original comment on XAUUSD 5 minute V7.0, I now present the specific case of XAU Master, which seems even worse because here we have almost a 30% loss on a €1000 account right from the start, and that's not a good thing. It immediately puts you in a state of hardship and requires recovery; just a bit of bad luck is enough to put the account at risk. My advice remains valid as for XAUUSD 5 minute: until the account reaches a "safety" profit figure, profit must take priority over long-term strategy.

December backtes with €1000 capital (0.01 fixed lots, or the losts are also worst):



Branislav Bridzik  
zhuo wang #:
Thank you to the author for sharing this EA. I have already purchased from the author's EA twice and am deeply attracted by the author's trading philosophy. I hope the author's work will continue to improve.
Thank you for the nice words Zhuo. I will continue to improve.
Branislav Bridzik  
Cristian Salute #:

Regarding my original comment on XAUUSD 5 minute V7.0, I now present the specific case of XAU Master, which seems even worse because here we have almost a 30% loss on a €1000 account right from the start, and that's not a good thing. It immediately puts you in a state of hardship and requires recovery; just a bit of bad luck is enough to put the account at risk. My advice remains valid as for XAUUSD 5 minute: until the account reaches a "safety" profit figure, profit must take priority over long-term strategy.

December backtes with €1000 capital (0.01 fixed lots, or the losts are also worst):



Thank u for the comment Cristian, I answered also on XAUUSD 5 Minute comment and my answer here will be very similar. When using 1k account size and all systems enabled, fluctuations are expectable and since XAU Master has more systems than XAUSUD 5 Minute. During backtests it can be seen perfectly.

I always recommend testing thoroughly first to see the results in the past and use the results data for correct risk. If EA would make +30%, I would be saying the same thing - that if you use higher risk, then results will be affected strongly.

Of course this is just a short timespan and we will see and focus on the long-term results. 

Thank you again Cristian for your comment :)

If anyone has questions feel free to add a comment, alternatively send me a message.
Cristian Salute  
Branislav Bridzik #:
Thank u for the comment Cristian, I answered also on XAUUSD 5 Minute comment and my answer here will be very similar. When using 1k account size and all systems enabled, fluctuations are expectable and since XAU Master has more systems than XAUSUD 5 Minute. During backtests it can be seen perfectly.

I always recommend testing thoroughly first to see the results in the past and use the results data for correct risk. If EA would make +30%, I would be saying the same thing - that if you use higher risk, then results will be affected strongly.

Of course this is just a short timespan and we will see and focus on the long-term results. 

Thank you again Cristian for your comment :)

If anyone has questions feel free to add a comment, alternatively send me a message.
I respect you and consider you one of the best developers on the market. You've definitely spent time and effort on this EA, and if you've concluded that it pays off in the long run, I trust you. In fact, I'm sure of it.
But rightly so, we have to evaluate it over the long term.

Thanks 👍
noktrum  

I can totally relate to Cristian. Started with a 1k demo account on Friday. Since then 11 trades were closed, all of them in a loss (total of -27% balance drawdown). 4 more trades still open, also all in a loss at current state.

All my backtests (different starting dates (back to 2022), different starting balance, different risk values) all worked out very positive in the long run - also with large drawdowns in between times. So we will see if it still works out.

I'll keep my trust up with Branislav :)

Branislav Bridzik  
noktrum #:

I can totally relate to Cristian. Started with a 1k demo account on Friday. Since then 11 trades were closed, all of them in a loss (total of -27% balance drawdown). 4 more trades still open, also all in a loss at current state.

All my backtests (different starting dates (back to 2022), different starting balance, different risk values) all worked out very positive in the long run - also with large drawdowns in between times. So we will see if it still works out.

I'll keep my trust up with Branislav :)

Thank you Noktrum, really appreciate your support.
David Ruiz  

Hello,

I have been testing XAU Master EA extensively using long forward tests and strategy tester reports (no manual intervention). I want to share some serious issues I have observed that affect real profitability.

The main problem is not the entry logic. Entries are often correct and price frequently goes into profit.
The real weakness of the EA is trade management and exits.

Specifically:

• Trades are kept open for too long relative to the final profit achieved
• Many positions go clearly into floating profit but the EA does not secure it
• Profits are often given back while waiting for fixed conditions instead of reacting to market context
• The average profit per trade is very low compared to the exposure time
• One volatility spike can erase many winning trades

From the reports, it is clear that the EA leaves a lot of money on the table.
The problem is not fixed TP values set by the user — this behavior is visible in default, untouched tests.

In its current form, the EA would strongly benefit from:

• Early profit protection (BE / BE+)
• Smarter exit logic when momentum is lost
• Maximum trade duration limits (very important for XAUUSD scalping)
• Context-based exits instead of waiting passively
• Better handling of high volatility situations

Right now, the EA often holds trades too long and fails to capitalize on good entries.
This reduces efficiency, increases drawdown, and makes real trading more fragile than necessary.

I believe XAU Master has potential, but without improvements in exit management, its real-account performance will always be limited.

I hope this feedback helps improve the EA.

Best regards.

Branislav Bridzik  
David Ruiz #:

Hello,

I have been testing XAU Master EA extensively using long forward tests and strategy tester reports (no manual intervention). I want to share some serious issues I have observed that affect real profitability.

The main problem is not the entry logic. Entries are often correct and price frequently goes into profit.
The real weakness of the EA is trade management and exits.

Specifically:

• Trades are kept open for too long relative to the final profit achieved
• Many positions go clearly into floating profit but the EA does not secure it
• Profits are often given back while waiting for fixed conditions instead of reacting to market context
• The average profit per trade is very low compared to the exposure time
• One volatility spike can erase many winning trades

From the reports, it is clear that the EA leaves a lot of money on the table.
The problem is not fixed TP values set by the user — this behavior is visible in default, untouched tests.

In its current form, the EA would strongly benefit from:

• Early profit protection (BE / BE+)
• Smarter exit logic when momentum is lost
• Maximum trade duration limits (very important for XAUUSD scalping)
• Context-based exits instead of waiting passively
• Better handling of high volatility situations

Right now, the EA often holds trades too long and fails to capitalize on good entries.
This reduces efficiency, increases drawdown, and makes real trading more fragile than necessary.

I believe XAU Master has potential, but without improvements in exit management, its real-account performance will always be limited.

I hope this feedback helps improve the EA.

Best regards.

Hi David, 

I truly thank you for your comment and detailed observations. I will find a way to implement your suggestions and improve XAU Master. 

Last attempt did not go very well, as for implementation of various functions, because all showed worse results in the longrun:

- trailing SL
- trailing SL with trigger
- move SL to break even after X pips
- move SL to break even after X minutes
- partial profit close
- ATR based trailing
- Equity trailing SL (when floating profit drops X%, close all positions)
- trade expiration
- global profit target

This does not mean there is somethinig wrong. All this means is that I will need to take a different approach in order to tackle this and improve the EA. 


Short analysis:
Problem: EA leaves money on the table.
Solution: Lock-in profits.
Methods: Study the logic deeply and improve profit-taking/exits.
Potential issue when adjusting: Other trades and overall performance may be negatively affected.


Update timeline: I will try to make an update fast (as always), however due to having also other projects it will take some time.


Cristian Salute  
David Ruiz #:

Hello,

I have been testing XAU Master EA extensively using long forward tests and strategy tester reports (no manual intervention). I want to share some serious issues I have observed that affect real profitability.

The main problem is not the entry logic. Entries are often correct and price frequently goes into profit.
The real weakness of the EA is trade management and exits.

Specifically:

• Trades are kept open for too long relative to the final profit achieved
• Many positions go clearly into floating profit but the EA does not secure it
• Profits are often given back while waiting for fixed conditions instead of reacting to market context
• The average profit per trade is very low compared to the exposure time
• One volatility spike can erase many winning trades

From the reports, it is clear that the EA leaves a lot of money on the table.
The problem is not fixed TP values set by the user — this behavior is visible in default, untouched tests.

In its current form, the EA would strongly benefit from:

• Early profit protection (BE / BE+)
• Smarter exit logic when momentum is lost
• Maximum trade duration limits (very important for XAUUSD scalping)
• Context-based exits instead of waiting passively
• Better handling of high volatility situations

Right now, the EA often holds trades too long and fails to capitalize on good entries.
This reduces efficiency, increases drawdown, and makes real trading more fragile than necessary.

I believe XAU Master has potential, but without improvements in exit management, its real-account performance will always be limited.

I hope this feedback helps improve the EA.

Best regards.

I completely agree. XAUUSD 5 minute and XAU Master share the same core. They are two excellent EAs, they share the same core and the same major flaw.

Although they are capable of being profitable right away, they are unable to lock in profits and end up dragging them along as losses.

Now, even arguing that in the long run the formula pays off, it's counterintuitive that a system that can't lock in profits now will be able to do so later. In fact, this means that even when it becomes profitable, it could have been much more efficient and faster, because in the meantime it will have thrown a lot of profits away, which were right there ready to be collected, not science fiction. It seems the system is overly optimized for backtesting and not for real use. Backtests are always the rosiest solution. In fact, December, the first real month for this EA, is not going well at all, at least initially. We all hope it's just an unlucky start, but we know well that's not the case, because the profit was there, it was ready, but it wasn't taken, it was turned into a loss.

As David rightly says and as I have also maintained from the beginning, it's the money management that is not optimized.

Too many trades that could be closed in profit are closed at a loss as if bound by overly rigid and constraining logic. I mean, no one forbids closing a trade in profit and immediately opening another one if the logic is truly convinced of a certain movement—after all, what's the risk? A bit more spread?!

Furthermore, I tried the global profit function for the month of December, but I didn't notice any difference, still loss and only loss.


Branislav Bridzik  

Hello, 

Thank you for your detailed feedback. I completely understand your concerns about seeing floating profits disappear. These are valid observations that I've taken seriously.


Implementation in the new version:

- Improved floating profit management

- Profit locking feature

- BE logic implemented into specific systems


During updating I mainly focused on locking profits, however always came to the same conclusion: Locking profits benefits some trades, but if locked too early and too aggressively, the majority of trades suffers. We might lock in on a couple of trades, but those same trades could often have doubled. 

I achieved a point where profit locking was beneficial and did improve the performance to a degree (current updated version), but when trying to push it even more, other trades started to struggle and overall performance went slowly down.

For traders who don't like to see floating profits and instead like to have them closed, there is specific function called "profit locking." (same logic as on previous version). As soon as specific floating profit on the account is reached, it will close all positions immediately. You can see the results when using this function in screenshots. 

I want profits as well. I want to catch every single one of them, but I have to accept that trading is not about closing profit as soon as there is one. Below are real numbers supporting the fact that trying to close whenever we see profit does not necessarily deliver better results. If you prefer a more aggressive approach and locking those profits right away, feel free to do so - the functions are fully adjustable.

Below I am attaching screenshots of the current week performance and open P&L. Also attaching results of backtests when EA mainly focused on profit-locking. These are real results after implementing and optimizing functions like trailing SL with trigger, step and distance, volatility adjustment, position expiration and Break Even triggered after X pips and X minutes. 


Conclusion: 

To achieve best results on any EA, it is inevitable to give trades enough room to breathe. If not doing so, we are denying one of the base rules of trading: Cut losses soon and let winners run.

Current version offers improved performance as well as the ability to lock in profits for traders who prefer this trading approach.








Cristian Salute  
Branislav Bridzik #:

Hello, 

Thank you for your detailed feedback. I completely understand your concerns about seeing floating profits disappear. These are valid observations that I've taken seriously.


Implementation in the new version:

- Improved floating profit management

- Profit locking feature

- BE logic implemented into specific systems


During updating I mainly focused on locking profits, however always came to the same conclusion: Locking profits benefits some trades, but if locked too early and too aggressively, the majority of trades suffers. We might lock in on a couple of trades, but those same trades could often have doubled. 

I achieved a point where profit locking was beneficial and did improve the performance to a degree (current updated version), but when trying to push it even more, other trades started to struggle and overall performance went slowly down.

For traders who don't like to see floating profits and instead like to have them closed, there is specific function called "profit locking." (same logic as on previous version). As soon as specific floating profit on the account is reached, it will close all positions immediately. You can see the results when using this function in screenshots. 

I want profits as well. I want to catch every single one of them, but I have to accept that trading is not about closing profit as soon as there is one. Below are real numbers supporting the fact that trying to close whenever we see profit does not necessarily deliver better results. If you prefer a more aggressive approach and locking those profits right away, feel free to do so - the functions are fully adjustable.

Below I am attaching screenshots of the current week performance and open P&L. Also attaching results of backtests when EA mainly focused on profit-locking. These are real results after implementing and optimizing functions like trailing SL with trigger, step and distance, volatility adjustment, position expiration and Break Even triggered after X pips and X minutes. 


Conclusion: 

To achieve best results on any EA, it is inevitable to give trades enough room to breathe. If not doing so, we are denying one of the base rules of trading: Cut losses soon and let winners run.

Current version offers improved performance as well as the ability to lock in profits for traders who prefer this trading approach.








Thank you so much for this update, I can't wait to see it in action.
I completely agree with you, I also agree that we can't take every single profit, and that the account has fluctuations, but before, with an equity of €1500, you'd end up with an account of €800... it was really "too much" % profit sacrificed in many cases, turned into a loss (stop loss was hitted instead lock profit before). I imagine that with this update it will be much better.

I still agree with you and remain convinced that the EA's logic pays off, this aspect just needed a little improvement, that's all.

Thanks for your effort and the update! Really 🙏🏻

Will you implement something similar on XAUUSD 5 minute?
Branislav Bridzik  
Cristian Salute #:
Thank you so much for this update, I can't wait to see it in action.
I completely agree with you, I also agree that we can't take every single profit, and that the account has fluctuations, but before, with an equity of €1500, you'd end up with an account of €800... it was really "too much" % profit sacrificed in many cases, turned into a loss (stop loss was hitted instead lock profit before). I imagine that with this update it will be much better.

I still agree with you and remain convinced that the EA's logic pays off, this aspect just needed a little improvement, that's all.

Thanks for your effort and the update! Really 🙏🏻

Will you implement something similar on XAUUSD 5 minute?

For XAUUSD 5 Minute I am not planning to add this feature unfortunately - I am currently focusing my time and energy on improvement of my other EAs.

Please dont forget to enable profit locking function in inputs of XAU Master, to make sure the floating profit is closed, since this function is disabled by default.

The improvements in the specific systems have only minor impact on profit locking, therefore as already mentioned, for catching those floating profits, enable profit locking function in settings.

Lastly, feel free to adjust and optimize the parameters to your own trading style!

If you needed help with anything, write me anytime.

Meronan Camillus  
Hi. 

Ive bought this product. Please check your messages. Thank you. 
Branislav Bridzik  
Meronan Camillus #:
Hi. 

Ive bought this product. Please check your messages. Thank you. 
Hi, I sent you message
Cristian Salute  
Guys, it's urgent!

After the changes CME made on December 26th and December 30th to the leverage requirements for metal futures, including XAUUSD, have your backtests—both with standard and custom set files—also changed drastically?

Do some tests on periods where you remember the previous results and see if you notice any differences.

From what I've been able to see, any EA or set file on XAUUSD or metals is affected. Please urgently check every EA and set file that deals with metals!
Cristian Salute  
Is all explained here: https://www.mql5.com/en/blogs/post/766592

The market has undergone the largest true manipulation by CME in recent years on metals, to counter speculation and algorithmic trading. Backtests, EAs, and set files based on metals are not currently reliable until reviewed. This was the cause of the XAUUSD mega-crash on December 29th and the reason that broke EAs and backtests. Share this info to any developer and metals trader please!
Cristian Salute  
David Ruiz #:

First day? Maybe it's just an unlucky day. In the long term it should recover.

How long have you been testing it? Today is a bad day, luckily I'm in demo.

I keep hoping that in the long term it will really pay off like in the backtests, but the problem is surviving the beginning to get to the long term...

At this point I no longer know if it's a matter of luck, just starting on the right day, because I've tried various configurations to try to make it more solid especially at the beginning, I noticed that setting all SLs to 0 makes the EQUITY/DEPOSIT curve more stable, but less profitable and also the profit taking function doesn't give big advantages in this sense, because I saw that it's based on the single trade and not on a "basket profits" concept, in fact the $ or percentage value you enter refers to the single trade and not to the total of open trades, this I think means that if you have positive equity even just thanks to a few trades, the losing ones remain open while the profitable ones are closed, if I'm not mistaken.

Before to go on loss it was in good profit, like always, but then...
Emir Hakim Bin Suhaimi  
i just bought this ea and in 3 hours i already have 223usd profit from 100 usd account
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