Gold Miner VIII – Precision Breakout Trading on XAUUSD (M30)
🎯 Ideal For
- Traders seeking a disciplined, long-only strategy on XAUUSD with consistent performance metrics.
- Investors aiming for a low-exposure, high-efficiency trading solution with comprehensive backtesting data.
🔍 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: 2009-01-01 to 2025-01-01
- Spread: 20 ticks
- Commission: Included in spreads/slippage
- Slippage: 20 ticks
- Lot size: 1% of account, max 5 lots (no optimization tricks)
📈 Performance Metrics
- Total # trades: 744
- Average Trades/Month: 3.9
- Start capital ($): $10,000
- Accumulated Net Profit ($): $267,213
- Accumulated Net Profit (%): 2672%
- Average Annual Profit (%): 167.0%
- CAGR: 22.79%
- Market Exposure: 1.22%
- CAGR / Exposure (Efficiency): 1868%
- Max Drawdown: 14.89%
- Average Stop Loss (pips): -356
✨ Key Features
- Long-only strategy ensures compliance with US trading regulations.
- Breakout/swing approach captures significant market movements on XAUUSD.
- Operates on the M30 timeframe, balancing trade frequency and signal reliability.
- Incorporates fixed stop loss for robust risk management.
- Offers both fixed and dynamic lot sizing to suit various risk appetites.
- Excludes grid and martingale tactics, minimizing exposure to compounding risks.
- Proven performance with over 16 years of backtested data.
- Low market exposure enhances capital efficiency.
📊 Performance Summary
Over a 16-year backtest period, Gold Miner VIII executed 744 trades, averaging approximately 3.9 trades per month. Starting with a capital of $10,000, it achieved an accumulated net profit of $267,213, marking a 2672% return. The strategy maintained a low market exposure of 1.22%, resulting in a high efficiency ratio of 1868%. With a controlled maximum drawdown of 14.89%, it demonstrates a balanced approach to risk and reward.
⚙️ Requirements & Setup
- Broker offering XAUUSD CFDs
- Safe for US-based traders (no hedging)
- Compatible with standard, ECN, or raw spread accounts
- Not sensitive to spread or commission variations
- 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 intellectual property
🧠 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
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- Learn more about our development methodology and robustness testing process.