KeyGate

Launch price: 99 USD. The price rises by 100 USD after every 10 copies sold.

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A breakout EA for gold, the Nasdaq 100, USDJPY, EURUSD, the DAX and Bitcoin. It places stop orders at major daily and hourly highs and lows, with a broker stop loss and take profit on every trade. Fixed risk per trade, no martingale, no grid.

Backtest 2019-2026, the six markets on one account: +78 % per year on average, largest drawdown 23.6 %, every year positive (8 out of 8).
Real ticks, 10 000 USD, 1 % of the initial balance per trade on each market, no compounding.

KeyGate is part of the Gate series, a set of rule-based MetaTrader 5 experts, each built around one clearly explained mechanism.

Key levels. Trades of hours, not minutes.

The highs and lows that held for days are where stops and breakout orders gather. When the price finally runs through one of them, the move often goes further than a normal hour.

KeyGate keeps orders waiting at those key levels, as pending stop orders with their stop loss and take profit already set: the entry never depends on a reaction time. Once a trade runs in profit, the stop follows the price toward a distant target.

Backtest results (Strategy Tester, not live results)

Real ticks (Eightcap), 1 January 2019 to 31 October 2026 (DAX from 1 February 2024), 10 000 USD, 1 % of the initial balance per trade, default settings, spread and swap included. Drawdowns are a % of the 10 000 USD starting balance.

The six markets together on one account (one chart per market):

• +78 % per year on average (+60 909 USD in 7 years and 10 months)
• Largest drawdown: 23.6 % (2 363 USD)
• Every year positive:
  2019 +60 % · 2020 +65 % · 2021 +99 % · 2022 +118 %
  2023 +54 % · 2024 +84 % · 2025 +52 % · 2026 (to 31 October) +77 %

Market by market (one test each):

• Gold: +34.2 % per year, largest drawdown 16.4 %
  +26 802 USD · profit factor 1.82 · 1 741 trades
• Nasdaq 100: +15.2 % per year, largest drawdown 31.3 %
  +11 886 USD · profit factor 1.35 · 809 trades
• USDJPY: +14.5 % per year, largest drawdown 25.8 %
  +11 361 USD · profit factor 1.35 · 1 037 trades
• EURUSD: +8.1 % per year, largest drawdown 24.8 %
  +6 317 USD · profit factor 1.45 · 445 trades
• DAX: +5.6 % per year (since February 2024), largest drawdown 5.5 %
  +1 550 USD · profit factor 1.42 · 105 trades
• Bitcoin: +3.8 % per year, largest drawdown 4.1 %
  +2 993 USD · profit factor 1.78 · 180 trades

With compounding (1 % of the current balance per trade, 10 000 USD, same period; drawdown = % of the equity peak):

• Gold: 10 000 → 151 475 USD (+41.5 % per year compounded), largest drawdown 14.75 %
• Nasdaq 100: → 29 648 USD (+14.9 % per year), 27.64 %
• USDJPY: → 28 761 USD (+14.4 % per year), 23.05 %
• EURUSD: → 18 309 USD (+8.0 % per year), 22.04 %
• DAX: → 11 656 USD (+5.7 % per year), 5.35 %
• Bitcoin: → 13 454 USD (+3.9 % per year), 4.01 %

The tests start in 2019, when the broker's real-tick history begins. Simulated results have limits and do not reflect real execution, slippage or future market conditions.

Not a plain breakout: five strategies, one profile per market

• Five strategies on two families of levels:
  two on daily highs and lows (Daily Fractal Major and Minor),
  three on the large hourly swings (H1 Swing Tight, Wide and Runner).
  Each has its own entry distance, stop, target and trailing. You can switch each one on or off.
• One profile per market. Each market runs only the strategies that held on it in our real-tick tests, with distances scaled to its volatility. A strategy that was not validated on a market never trades there, even when it is switched on.
• News protection: around the US employment report (NFP), orders are cancelled and positions closed.

Key features

• Six markets: gold (XAUUSD, GOLD…), Nasdaq 100 (NAS100, USTEC, US100, NDX100…), USDJPY, EURUSD, DAX (GER40, DE40…) and Bitcoin (BTCUSD). KeyGate recognises the market from the symbol name, or you choose it in "Market".
• Broker stop loss and take profit on every position, set with the pending order.
• Fixed risk per trade: the lot is computed from the stop distance, so a stopped trade loses the amount you chose.
• No martingale, no grid, no lot increase after a loss.
• One magic number per strategy and an order comment you choose (by default "KeyGate" + the strategy name; switch the name off and every order carries exactly your text).
• Five sizing modes: % of the initial balance (default 1 %), % of the current balance (compounding), fixed amount, fixed lot, lot per balance amount.
• On-chart panel: status, sizing, pending orders, results per strategy.

Requirements and account size

• MetaTrader 5, hedging account (several strategies can hold positions on the same symbol).
• One H1 chart per market. Leverage 1:100 or more. Low spreads and commissions help. A VPS, so that MetaTrader 5 runs all the time.
• Recommended minimum: about 2 000 USD per market at 1 % per trade.
  On gold, H1 Swing Wide has a wide stop and needs about 10 000 USD at 1 %: below that, its orders are skipped and the four other strategies trade normally.

Smaller accounts (1 000 to 2 000 USD) on gold: possible, with a higher risk per trade

• Setting: "Minimum lot allowed up to N x the risk amount" = 100. The orders then use the broker's minimum lot (0.01) even when it risks more than 1 % of the account.
• Real risk per trade at 0.01 lot: about 15 to 20 USD at the stop on most strategies, but about 130 to 190 USD on H1 Swing Wide (13 to 19 % of a 1 000 USD account on one trade). You can switch H1 Swing Wide off.
• Backtest, gold alone (real ticks, August 2018 to September 2026, same trades as this version):
  1 000 USD: +69 % per year, largest drawdown 36 % of the account (356 USD), worst day −212 USD
  2 000 USD: +43 % per year, largest drawdown 18 % (356 USD)
• At that size, losing a third of the account is a real possibility.

Quick start

1. Open an H1 chart of each market you want (any suffix: XAUUSD, XAUUSD.r, NAS100, USDJPY.i…).
2. Attach KeyGate. Keep "Market" = "From the chart symbol" and "Lot sizing" = "% of initial balance per trade" at 1 %. Enable Algo Trading.
3. Check the journal (Experts tab): it shows the market recognised and the active strategies with their magic numbers.
4. Leave it running on a VPS. Days without a trade are normal: KeyGate waits for its levels.

Settings

• Market: From the chart symbol / Gold (XAUUSD) / Nasdaq 100 / USDJPY / EURUSD / Germany 40 (DAX) / Bitcoin (BTCUSD).
• Strategies: "enabled" and "magic number" for Daily Fractal Major, Daily Fractal Minor, H1 Swing Tight, H1 Swing Wide and H1 Swing Runner (202611051 to 202611055). Buy trades, Sell trades.
• Lot sizing: % of initial balance per trade / % of current balance per trade (compounding) / Fixed amount per trade / Fixed lot / Lot per balance amount.
• Risk per trade in % (1) · Fixed amount per trade (100) · Initial balance (0 = balance at start) · Fixed lot · Lot size and Balance amount for that lot size (0.01 per 1 000) · Max lots per order · Minimum lot allowed up to N x the risk amount (1.5).
• Order comment ("KeyGate") · Add the strategy name to the order comment (on).
• Display: Show the panel on the chart · Panel corner · Panel font size.

Good to know

• The +78 % per year needs all six markets, each risking 1 % per trade: the risks add up. One market alone gives that market's line above.
• Losing streaks are normal: the stop is close to the entry, so a level that breaks and comes back stops the trade. The result comes from the trades that run. In the backtests, 41 to 58 % of the trades closed in profit depending on the market.
• Weak periods exist: the Nasdaq lost 13 % in 2023 and 17 % in 2025, EURUSD 23 % in 2020, USDJPY was flat in 2019 and 2023. Gold gives the largest share of the result, over years when gold rose strongly.
• Different brokers, different levels: a few points of price difference can move a level, so trades and results vary from one broker to another.

Risk warning

Trading gold, indices, currencies and cryptocurrencies on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for every investor. Breakout trades can be stopped out several times in a row when the price breaks a level and comes back. You can lose part or all of your capital. Past performance, real or simulated, does not guarantee future results.