Vortex Turbo EA MT4 — XAUUSD Gold Scalper with Controlled Martingale Grid

Vortex Turbo EA MT4 is an automated XAUUSD scalper that trades Gold on the H1 timeframe using a controlled martingale and averaging grid, with hard stop loss and take profit on every position.

A 10-year XAUUSD backtest at 98% modeling quality shows a 6.89 profit factor and 41.67% peak equity drawdown at high-risk settings; the live verified account has returned +198% since October 2025 at 5.20% maximum drawdown.

Vortex Turbo EA MT4 is developed by Stanislav Tomilov, listed on MQL5 with 10+ years of algorithmic trading experience and 16 published products.

• Official MQL5 listing — Vortex Turbo EA MT4

Key Benefits

• ✅ Verified Live Performance: +198% gain in 3.5 months on a real USD account — at 1:1000 leverage, meaning results compress significantly at lower leverage ratios.
• ✅ Hard Stop Loss on Every Trade: Each position carries a real hard SL and TP — the grid averages into moves, but no position is naked, which limits single-trade exposure without eliminating grid accumulation risk.
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• ✅ Risk Profile Presets: Selectable presets from conservative to PROP mode let you match aggression to account size — lower presets reduce drawdown depth, but also reduce return potential proportionally.
• ✅ News Filter Built In: MT4’s web request feature enables a live economic calendar filter that pauses trading before high-impact events — requires manual web request permission configuration in MT4 terminal settings.

Vortex Turbo EA Performance

Live verified account tracking began October 2, 2025 — view the full signal record at MQL5 Signal #2351471.

The primary XAUUSD backtest runs 2015–2025 at 98% modeling quality on a $2,000 starting deposit, producing a 6.89 profit factor and 72.68% win rate at high-risk settings. A separate GBPUSD backtest over the same period at 100% modeling quality shows a 4.23 profit factor and 91.83% win rate from £2,000 initial capital — both at high-risk settings not suitable for direct live replication.

The live account’s 5.20% drawdown at 1:1000 leverage is not the number that matters for your setup — the XAUUSD backtest at high-risk settings shows 41.67% peak equity drawdown over 10 years, which is the structural ceiling this strategy can reach when the averaging grid compounds against a sustained directional Gold move.

This is a structural weakness — the grid cannot be removed, only sized for. When multiple averaging positions accumulate during a sharp, extended XAUUSD trend, equity drawdown expands rapidly before the basket closes.

Switching to a conservative or PROP risk preset reduces position sizing per step, which limits how far the basket can compound before close — the 3.5-month live account running at lower aggression demonstrates 5.20% maximum drawdown as a practical mitigation outcome, though full drawdown cycle classification requires 90-day demo testing at your chosen preset and broker spread.

The 3.5-month live account confirms execution and real-money behavior — it does not yet cover a full Gold drawdown cycle, and your broker’s spread and leverage will shift these figures.

How Vortex Turbo EA Works

Mechanism: The EA scalps XAUUSD on H1, targeting momentum and volatility patterns in Gold price action. When initial conditions align, it opens a position; if price moves against it, an averaging grid layers in additional positions at defined intervals — recovering losses across the basket when Gold reverts, rather than closing each trade independently at a stop.

Signal Trigger: Entry logic uses momentum recognition and volatility filtering — the developer describes this as dual-core scalping logic with adaptive filtration. Exact executable entry parameters are not publicly documented beyond the official description.

Position Close: Every individual trade carries a hard stop loss and take profit. The basket closes collectively when cumulative profit reaches the target — Friday close controls were added in version 1.21 to prevent holding grid positions over the weekend.

Exposure Limits: Hard SL on each position prevents individual trades from running without a floor. Risk preset selection (conservative, moderate, aggressive, PROP) controls lot sizing per grid step — the critical lever for managing how deep the basket can compound.

✅ Optimal conditions: Range-bound or gradual-trend Gold sessions where price oscillates before reverting; normal spread conditions on ECN brokers; stable news calendar with filter active.
⚠️ Avoid when: Sustained, unidirectional XAUUSD trends following major macro events (Fed decisions, geopolitical shocks) where price moves without reversion — this is when the averaging grid accumulates maximum exposure. Also avoid broker environments with chronic spread spikes above normal Gold ranges.

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Recommended Settings

Who Should Use Vortex Turbo EA MT4

Purchase this EA if you:

• ✅ Run MT4 on a VPS with a minimum $1,000 account ($3,000 recommended for the low-risk preset)
• ✅ Trade XAUUSD exclusively and understand that averaging-grid mechanics can compound open equity drawdown to 40%+ at high-risk settings
• ✅ Have a broker offering ECN execution on Gold with consistently low spread — not a market-maker with chronic spread spikes during Gold volatility
• ✅ Accept that 3.5 months of live data validates execution and early performance, but does not yet confirm behavior across a full Gold drawdown cycle

Performance verified with: Real USD account, WELTRADE broker, 1:1000 leverage, MetaTrader 5 — demo-test at your broker’s leverage and spread before going live.

What’s Included

1. Experts:

✅ Vortex Turbo EA MT4 v1.1_fix.ex4

2. SetFiles:

✅ Vortex Turbo_Gold_BoostMode500.set
✅ Vortex Turbo_Gold_High1000.set
✅ Vortex Turbo_Gold_Nomal2000.set
✅ Vortex Turbo_Gold_Low3000.set
✅ Vortex Turbo_Gold_Conservation4000.set
✅ Vortex Turbo_Gold_PropFirm8000.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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