Trading systems for MetaTrader 5, built to protect the account first
Expert Advisors for gold and FX, rebuilt from market mechanisms I can explain, tested on real broker ticks across several brokers, and published with their drawdowns and weak periods stated.
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Kingfisher
Kingfisher is an Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5 (MT5) that trades gold (XAUUSD) with a level-breakout strategy: it enters on the break of the nearest unbroken price level, with a stop loss on every...
Profit factor 2.20 · worst equity drawdown 10.6% · 1,490 trades · return x19.4 on 10,000
Backtest, real ticks, Fusion Markets, 2024-01-02 to 2026-09-26, Medium risk, version 1.15 defaults. The weakest of the live brokers tested, not the strongest.
Chart: the same rules on three live brokers at a fixed 0.01 lot (version 1.15), not the Medium-risk run whose figures are quoted here. It shows how closely the brokers agree.
Coming soon
Systems in final testing, listed so you can follow them. None is for sale yet. Each card shows its headline backtest from the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester on real broker ticks: the weakest of the live brokers it was tested on, not the strongest.
The CrewComing soon
Eleven session specialists, each owning one hour of the day, under one arbiter who decides which of them is allowed on the floor. Nobody freelances.
Profit factor 4.42 · worst equity drawdown 6.5% · 627 trades · return +75.7% on 10,000
Backtest, real ticks, Pepperstone, 2025-07-01 to 2026-09-07, version 2.83. The weakest of the live brokers tested, not the strongest.
Chart: closed-trade balance of this same run. Its label computes profit factor per closed trade and shows the closed-balance drawdown, so both can differ from the tester-report figures above.
RubberbandComing soon
He lets the pair stretch away from its own average and leans back against it. The further it pulls, the harder he leans, and he lets go the moment it snaps home.
Profit factor 2.95 · worst equity drawdown 2.37% · 103 trades · return +3.8% on 10,000
Backtest, real ticks, Fusion Markets, 2026-03-01 to 2026-09-01, version 1.40. The weakest of the live brokers tested, not the strongest.
Chart: closed-trade balance of this same run. Its label computes profit factor per closed trade and shows the closed-balance drawdown, so both can differ from the tester-report figures above.
DaybreakComing soon
Up before the market, Daybreak chalks yesterday's high and low on the wall and waits at the line. When price crosses it, he goes with the first burst and is out again in seconds - one level, one trade, and a quiet day if nothing breaks.
Profit factor 2.37 · worst equity drawdown 6.4% · 159 trades · return x1.62 on 10,000
Backtest, real ticks, Fusion Markets, 2024-01-02 to 2026-09-26, default settings, version 1.01. The weakest of the live brokers tested, not the strongest.
Chart: the default-settings runs whose figures are quoted here, on three live brokers; the lower panel is the dip below the running peak.
Captain Karat-SmashComing soon
He waits patiently for the walls of consolidation to close in, and then punches right through the resistance line to grab the gold.
Profit factor 1.88 · worst equity drawdown 8.7% · 2,119 trades · return x2.55 on 10,000
Backtest, real ticks, Fusion Markets, 2024-01-02 to 2026-09-26, default settings, version 1.11. The weakest of the live brokers tested, not the strongest.
Chart: the default-settings runs whose figures are quoted here, on three live brokers; the lower panel is the dip below the running peak.
LeapfrogComing soon
He squats on the rim of five ranges at once, waiting for one of them to crack. The moment it gives he hops clean over the wall and lets the trail carry him on to the next lily pad.
Profit factor 1.66 · worst equity drawdown 7.3% · 3,922 trades · return x3.02 on 10,000
Backtest, real ticks, Fusion Markets, 2024-01-02 to 2026-09-26, default settings, version 1.30. The weakest of the live brokers tested, not the strongest.
Chart: the default-settings runs whose figures are quoted here, on three live brokers; the lower panel is the dip below the running peak.
JabComing soon
He never swings for the knockout. He plants himself at the day's levels and flicks out a short punch the instant price touches one, gone with his few dollars before the market notices he was there.
Profit factor 1.57 · worst equity drawdown 7.2% · 467 trades · return x2.46 on 10,000
Backtest, real ticks, Fusion Markets, 2024-01-02 to 2026-09-26, default settings, version 1.51. The weakest of the live brokers tested, not the strongest.
Chart: the default-settings runs whose figures are quoted here, on three live brokers; the lower panel is the dip below the running peak.
NannyComing soon
She never places a trade in her life. She watches the whole account and quietly takes the car keys off whichever engine is about to do something stupid.
Optimising
Working systems that are being refined before release. Their results are published once they reach the standard of the systems above.
BoomerangOptimising
He throws the pair out and turns his back, because what leaves on one leg comes home on the other. He only counts the money when the whole thing lands together.
CoattailOptimising
He never picks the direction himself - he waits for the daily trend to pick it, then grabs the hem. He trails along behind and only lets go when it turns on him.
SlingshotOptimising
He watches gold drift away from the dollar and pulls the band tighter with every step it takes. When the tension finally gives, he fires in the direction of home.
SnapjawOptimising
He lies dead still at yesterday's untaken extreme, far from where the water is moving. When price finally wanders within reach he snaps once, and lets go seconds later.
SurferOptimising
He sits out on the water ignoring the chop, waiting for the big timeframes to line up behind one wave. Then he paddles once, stands up, and rides it until it closes out under him.
The HagglerOptimising
He refuses to pay retail, ever. He only buys what has just been marked down, and the deeper the discount the more of it he takes.
Ongoing research
Ideas still being researched. They are shown so you can see what is being worked on.
DecathleteOngoing research
One athlete, six currency events, the same technique in every one. He waits for a trend to take a breath, and a trained timing gate tells him when the breath is over.
Heavy JabOngoing research
The same fighter one weight class up. Bitcoin hits back harder, so he stands further off and throws with a heavier glove - his own footwork, built from scratch, not the gold version's rescaled.
Jab SavantOngoing research
A jab fighter who studies the film first. A trained model in his head sits out the punches that historically missed and lets him throw only the ones worth throwing.
How I build
- Every position has a stop loss from the moment it opens, where the strategy allows it. No martingale doubling.
- Every filter has to name the market mechanism it blocks and hold across several market regimes, including the difficult years.
- Every result is labelled: backtest with broker and period, or live signal with its id and dates.
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