Gold Miner I – Precision Breakout Trading for XAUUSD
🎯 Ideal For
- Traders seeking a long-only, breakout/swing strategy tailored for the XAUUSD market.
- Investors aiming for consistent returns with low market exposure and controlled drawdowns.
🔍 Features
- Platform Compatibility: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5
- Instrument: XAUUSD CFD
- Timeframe: M30
- Strategy Style: Breakout/Swing
- Stop Loss: Yes
- Trading direction: Long only
- Money Management: Fixed or Dynamic lot size
- No Grid or Martingale
🧾Backtest Conditions
- Period: From 2009-01-01 to 2025-01-01
- Spread: 20 ticks
- Commission: Included in spreads/slippage
- Slippage: 20 ticks
- Lot size: 1% of account balance, max 5 lots (no optimization tricks)
📈 Performance Metrics
- Total # trades: 619
- Average Trades/Month: 3.2
- Start capital ($): $10,000
- Accumulated Net Profit ($): $478,931
- Accumulated Net Profit (%): 4789%
- Average Annual Profit (%): 299.3%
- CAGR: 27.36%
- Market Exposure: 1.37%
- CAGR / Exposure (Efficiency): 1997%
- Max Drawdown: 17.19%
- Average Stop Loss (pips): -255
✨ Key Features
- Specialized for XAUUSD trading with a focus on breakout and swing opportunities.
- Operates exclusively in long positions, aligning with bullish market trends.
- Implements strict risk management protocols, including stop-loss orders and controlled lot sizing.
- Compatible with both MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms, offering flexibility to traders.
- Designed without grid or martingale strategies to minimize risk exposure.
📊 Performance Summary
Over a 16-year backtesting period, Gold Miner I executed 619 trades, averaging 3.2 trades per month. Starting with a capital of $10,000, it achieved an accumulated net profit of $478,931, representing a 4789% return. The strategy maintained a low market exposure of 1.37% and a maximum drawdown of 17.19%, highlighting its efficiency and risk-conscious design.
⚙️ Requirements & Setup
- Broker offering XAUUSD CFDs
- Safe for US-based traders (no Hedging)
- Works with standard, ECN, or raw spread accounts
- Not sensitive to spread or commission
- Recommended Leverage: 1:100 (risk 1% per trade)
- Easy installation with step-by-step guide included
🔐 Licensing & Support
- License: Lifetime, with 3 different account activations per key
- Support: Email-based installation support included
- Refund Policy: No refunds
- Note: Strategy logic not disclosed to protect IP
🧠 Development Approach
All our algorithmic trading strategies are the result of over 20 years of trading experience, combined with advanced AI and machine learning development techniques. Every strategy undergoes:
- Thorough robustness testing to avoid curve fitting.
- Backtest verification on MT4, MT5, and proprietary platforms.
- Minimum 12 months of live forward testing before release.
🔗 Learn more
- Compare all our EAs for MetaTrader on the EA Ranking page where you can also download a demo version of each EA.
- Learn more about our development methodology and robustness testing process.