Index Lord EA — US30 Session Trading with 2.61 Profit Factor

Index Lord EA is an automated MetaTrader 4 expert advisor that trades US30 (Dow Jones) during a defined New York session window, entering on candle-size breakouts with a trailing stop exit.

A live account running since 2023 has returned 478% on a €5,000 deposit at 13.9% maximum drawdown; a 99%-quality backtest across 1,759 trades confirms a 2.61 profit factor and 89.08% win rate.

Key Benefits

• ✅ Verified Live Return: 478% on a real €5,000 account since 2023 — concentrated on one index, so correlation risk is zero but single-instrument exposure is total.
• ✅ Session Strategy: Trades only the 16:35–22:00 GMT window targeting US30 momentum — positions outside that window do not open, limiting overnight gap risk.
• ✅ Hard Stop Loss: Every trade carries a 3,000-point stop loss and 2,000-point take profit — no open-ended exposure, but the stop is wide enough that a single losing trade averages −$367.
• ✅ Trailing Exit: Profit is locked progressively via trailing stop (activates at 500 points, follows at 200) — winners compound naturally, though early trail activation can exit before full moves complete.

Index Lord EA Performance

Live trading statement verified on Myfxbook — two active accounts tracked by Gregory Hay.

The primary live account launched in 2023 on GlobalMarketsGroup at 1:100 leverage, starting at €5,000. It has returned 478% total (88.47% in 2023, 206.73% in 2024) with 92.4% winning trades and 13.9% maximum drawdown over 19 weeks of tracked activity.

A secondary live account (Index Lord IC) on ICMarkets SC MT5 launched in 2024 with €107.87 initial deposit, returning 54% YTD with 89.7% win rate and 22.9% maximum drawdown at 56% peak deposit load — the higher deposit load here reflects the smaller capital base relative to position sizing.

The 99%-quality MT4 backtest covers 1,025,901 bars with 67,874,348 ticks and 1,759 completed trades.

Performance Snapshot

The primary risk condition is an extended directional US30 trend that pushes price continuously beyond the 3,000-point stop before the trailing mechanism can protect profit — this is a structural characteristic of breakout strategies trading a high-volatility index, not a configurable flaw.

Weakness classification: Structural. The stop distance cannot be tightened without triggering far more frequent stop-outs in normal session noise; widening it increases per-trade loss exposure. Sizing the position to keep any single stop-out below 2% of account equity is the practical control.

The secondary account’s 22.9% drawdown at 56% deposit load confirms that undercapitalization amplifies drawdown significantly — the primary account at €5,000 held drawdown to 13.9%, making adequate deposit the single most controllable risk variable.

The primary live account predates 19 weeks of tracked data — recent execution conditions are confirmed; broker-specific spread and commission will shift these numbers on your account.

How Index Lord EA Works

Mechanism: Index Lord targets US30 momentum during the New York cash session (16:35–22:00 GMT), where institutional order flow consistently produces directional candle expansions. When a candle body reaches 5,000 points in size, the EA reads this as confirmed momentum and enters in the direction of that move — capturing continuation rather than predicting direction in advance.

Signal Trigger: A single candle must reach 5,000 points in body size during the active session window. The optional MA filter (Period 80, disabled by default) can be enabled to require price to be on the correct side of the moving average before entry — off by default in the verified configuration.

Position Close: Take profit is set at 2,000 points. Trailing stop activates once the trade is 500 points in profit, then follows price at 200 points with a 200-point step. A hard time-based close forces all orders shut at 22:55 GMT regardless of profit or loss status — no positions carried overnight.

Exposure Limits: Maximum 1 open order at any time (Max open orders = 1). Stop loss is fixed at 3,000 points per trade. Increase Factor is set to 1.0 — no lot multiplication between trades.

✅ Optimal conditions: US30 sessions with clear directional momentum after major US economic releases; sustained trending days where price moves 300+ points in one direction without reversal.

⚠️ Avoid when: US30 is in tight range-bound consolidation where candle bodies remain small (the 5,000-point trigger won’t fire); major news events causing instantaneous spike-and-reversal where the candle triggers entry but price immediately reverses before the trailing stop can activate.

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Recommended Settings

Who Should Use Index Lord EA

Purchase this EA if you:

• ✅ Run MT4 on a VPS with a broker offering raw-spread US30 execution and 1:100+ leverage
• ✅ Have €5,000+ available for this strategy — the secondary account’s 22.9% DD at smaller capital shows exactly what undercapitalization costs
• ✅ Are comfortable with a single-instrument strategy where all exposure is concentrated on US30 during New York hours
• ✅ Accept that individual losing trades can reach −$367 average loss and plan position sizing accordingly

Performance verified with: Real-money live accounts on GlobalMarketsGroup (1:100, EUR) and ICMarkets SC (MT5 platform, EUR), managed by Gregory Hay.

Product Download Package Includes

• ✅ Experts:
  • IndexLordMT4 v1.0_fix.ex4
• ✅ Setfiles:
  • SP1.set
  • NAS5.set
  • NAS1.set
  • DOW5.set
  • DOW1.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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