Gold Scalping EA — XAUUSD M5 Scalper with Bidirectional Grid Recovery

Gold Scalping EA is an MT4 Expert Advisor that trades XAUUSD on the M5 timeframe, using MACD-guided entries and a position-averaging recovery mechanism to close baskets at a net profit target.

A $1,000 backtest account grew to $1,216.45; a $5,000 account reached $5,644.95 — both trading XAUUSD with 0.01–0.04 lot sizing at fixed take profit of 400 points.

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Key Benefits

• ✅ Bidirectional Scalping: Opens both long and short trades on the same session — captures moves in either direction, but both sides can be open simultaneously during choppy consolidation.
• ✅ Trend-Filtered Entry: MACD confluence and a TREND_STR threshold of 210 prevent entries against established momentum — reducing noise trades at the cost of fewer signals in ranging markets.
• ✅ Position Recovery: Averages into losing positions with incremental lot increases (0.01 → 0.02 → 0.03 → 0.04) to close the basket at profit — effective in mean-reverting conditions, dangerous in sustained trends.
• ✅ Spread Protection: MaxSpread 40 blocks execution when gold spread widens — preserves edge during low-liquidity sessions, but reduces trade frequency on wider-spread brokers.

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Gold Scalping EA Performance

Two backtests from Input 2 show verified equity growth: a $1,000 account finishing at $1,216.45 and a $5,000 account finishing at $5,644.95, both on XAUUSD with the settings documented in Input 2.

Trade history covers the period November 14–16, 2025 (M5, xauusd-f symbol), with 7 visible trades ranging from 0.10 lot size and individual profits of $100.00–$118.17 per closed position — all closing on the same day they opened.

The recovery mechanism — adding positions at 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 lots as price moves against the initial 0.01 entry — is visible in the January 2026 trade history, where three buy positions at 4,450–4,451 close together at 4,451.004. This basket-close approach works when price reverses within the EmergencyStopDist of 1,500 points. A sustained directional move beyond that threshold triggers the emergency stop, converting the averaged basket into a full loss. This is a structural weakness — it cannot be removed by settings, only sized for. Reducing AutoMM to its minimum and keeping FixedLots at 0.01 limits per-basket exposure; the documented outcome at those settings is the $1,000 account result shown above.

Available data covers two short backtest windows — win rate, peak drawdown percentage, and profit factor are not calculable from the screenshots provided; treat published equity figures as directional evidence, not audited performance.

How Gold Scalping EA Works

Mechanism: Exploits short-term mean reversion on XAUUSD M5 by entering in the direction of MACD signal confirmation when the trend strength reading exceeds the TREND_STR threshold (default 210). Gold’s intraday volatility creates frequent short reversals; the EA targets those with a fixed 400-point take profit and a 1,400-point stop loss per position.

Signal Trigger: MACD direction plus a proprietary trend-strength filter (TREND_STR 210) must align before any entry. Both long and short trades are enabled simultaneously; the No_Hedge parameter controls whether opposing positions can coexist.

Position Close: Primary close is at TakeProfit 400 points per individual position. When a recovery basket is open, the Profit parameter (160) governs the aggregate basket close threshold — the basket exits when combined floating profit reaches that level, regardless of individual position status.

Exposure Limits: EmergencyStopDist at 1,500 points acts as the hard circuit breaker — if price moves 1,500 points against the basket, all positions close regardless of profit state. AutoMM_Max 5.0 caps the automatic lot-scaling ceiling. MaxSpread 40 blocks new entries when gold spread exceeds 4.0 pips.

✅ Optimal conditions: Intraday XAUUSD sessions with defined directional movement followed by partial retracement — Asian and early London sessions where gold trends and then consolidates briefly.

⚠️ Avoid when: Gold is in a sustained multi-session directional trend (e.g., CPI-driven USD moves) where price does not retrace to the basket close level before EmergencyStopDist is hit; and during low-liquidity periods where spread regularly exceeds 40 points and trade frequency drops to near zero.

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Recommended Settings

Who Should Use Gold Scalping EA

• ✅ Running MT4 on a VPS with uninterrupted connectivity — M5 scalping misses entries on delayed execution or connection drops.
• ✅ Account funded at $1,000 minimum — the recovery mechanism requires margin headroom to open 3–4 incremental positions before EmergencyStopDist triggers.
• ✅ Trading with an ECN broker offering gold spread ≤4.0 pips during active sessions — MaxSpread 40 will block all entries on wider-spread brokers, effectively disabling the EA.
• ✅ Comfortable running a basket-averaging strategy where a single sustained move can close multiple positions at a combined loss — this is not a fixed stop-loss-per-trade system.

Performance verified with: MT4 demo backtest accounts, XAUUSD (xauusd-f symbol), $1,000 and $5,000 starting capital, FixedLots 0.01, AutoMM 1.0.

Product Download Package Includes:

✅ Experts: GoldScalping_fix.ex4
✅ Indicators: ZigZag.ex4
✅ SetFiles: GoldScalping.set

The download link will be sent to your email immediately after purchase, along with a video tutorial on how to install it.

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