Gold Detector

Gold Detector 2026 EA — XAUUSD M5 Momentum Scalper

An automated strategy trading XAUUSD (Gold) on the 5-minute timeframe with a fixed 1:2 risk-to-reward ratio on every position.

STRATEGY APPROACH

Entries require a rising ADX reading (confirming momentum is actually building, not fading off an earlier move), an M15 EMA trend bias, RSI positioned in the trend's favor, and a genuine directional candle body rather than a small drift bar. Two additional filters reject candles with an abnormally large body or a long rejection wick — these shapes are more often stop-hunt or liquidity-sweep spikes than real breakouts, and were added after tracing a real losing trade back to exactly this pattern.

RISK MANAGEMENT

- Stop-loss and take-profit are both scaled to current ATR (Average True Range) rather than fixed pips, so the risk envelope adapts to how volatile gold actually is at the time.

- A breakeven lock and ATR-based trailing stop protect a trade once it has moved meaningfully in its favor.

- A profit-lock ratchet tracks each trade's peak floating profit and locks in a portion of it, so a trade that runs up and then reverses doesn't give back the entire move.

- A daily loss guard halts new trades for the remainder of the day once losses reach a set threshold, resetting automatically the next day.

WHAT THIS IS (AND ISN'T)

This is a trend/momentum-following system. It performs best in genuinely trending conditions and gives back more ground in choppy, range-bound markets — an inherent tradeoff of this style of strategy, not unique to this EA. Backtesting across several different multi-month windows on gold has shown returns in the region of 4-14% per window, maximum drawdown roughly between 2-9%, and a profit factor generally between 1.1 and 1.4, depending on market conditions during that window. These figures come from historical backtesting. Past performance, whether backtested or live, does not guarantee future results.

PRACTICAL DETAILS

- Symbol: XAUUSD (Gold) only

- Timeframe: M5

- Minimum recommended balance: $500

- Built and refined over several months of iterative testing, with issues identified and fixed through direct diagnostic analysis of trade data rather than guesswork

Trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Please review this signal's statistics, equity curve, and drawdown history before subscribing, and only allocate capital you can afford to lose.