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Gold market
What moves the gold price? Six drivers, each with a public data seriesSix drivers of the gold price, each with its mechanism, a dated public data series and a caveat, plus what fast moves mean for a grid.Read article 
Gold on FOMC, NFP and CPI days: volatility, spread and what it means for an Expert AdvisorTick data 2025–2026: how far gold moves in 5, 15 and 60 minutes after NFP, CPI and the Fed, how wide the spread gets, and what it means for a grid EA.Read article 
XAUUSD lot size, contract and pip value at popular brokersContract size, minimum lot and the value of a $1 gold move per 0.01 lot at Exness, IC Markets, RoboForex and cent accounts, with formulas and sources.Read article 
XAUUSD spread and swap in MT5: why the spread jumps at rollover and what swap costsWhy the XAUUSD spread jumps at rollover and the Sunday open, what swap and triple swap cost a grid in MT5, and how sessions and server time fit in.Read article
MT5 setup
Automated trading is disabled in MT5: what it means and how to fix itAutomated trading disabled in MT5? Find which switch is off: the Algo Trading button, the EA's permission, Options, an investor login or the broker's server.Read article 
Does an EA keep trading when MT5 is closed or the PC is off?No: an MT5 EA runs only while its terminal is open and connected. See what stays on the broker's server, what stops, and three ways to keep it running.Read article 
Hedging vs netting in MT5: which account type does an EA need?Hedging keeps every order as its own position, netting merges them into one per symbol. Why a grid EA needs hedging, and three ways to check your MT5 account.Read article 
How to load a .set file in MT5 and save your own settingsAttach the EA, open the Inputs tab, click Load. Where MT5 keeps .set files, how they differ from templates and profiles, and what to check when values revert.Read article 
MT4 or MT5 for an Expert Advisor: which to pick for a grid EA on goldMT4 vs MT5 for expert advisors, not for manual traders: testing on real ticks, closing a basket, hedging vs netting, brokers, porting MQL4 to MQL5, cent accounts.Read article 
MT5 Expert Advisor error codes: what 4756, 10019, 10014, 10016, 10030 and 10013 meanMT5 error 4756 means the order was not sent; the 10xxx code beside it says why: 10019 not enough money, 10014 lot size, 10030 filling type, 10016 stops.Read article 
WebRequest not allowed in MT5: how to add a URL and fix error 4014MT5 blocks an EA's internet calls until its exact address is on the allowed list. Steps, format mistakes, and what error 4014 means in the tester and on a VPS.Read article
Grid & risk
Martingale grid on gold: how stop-out is calculated, order by orderHow a doubling grid on gold loses: a worked 11-order example, the stop-out distance for $1,000 and the rebound needed to break even. Check your own numbers.Read article 
Grid step by volatility (ATR): what can be predicted and what cannotATR grid step for a gold grid EA: volatility size is partly predictable, direction is not. Step 1.5–6 on $1,000: stop-out room, pullback to break-even, trade-offs.Read article 
Basket tonnage: why 10 orders at 0.02 are almost the same grid as 11 at 0.01Basket tonnage = total lots of a full grid basket. Tables for 7–12 orders and equal-tonnage shapes (11×0.01, 10×0.02, 9×0.03) on $1,000: room, last order, trade-offs.Read article 
Can a forex account go negative? Why stop-out is not a floorYes. Stop-out is a trigger, not a floor: a gap or slippage can close positions below it. A worked gold-grid case and three questions to ask your broker.Read article 
How much deposit does a gold grid survive, and how many orders does it really reach?How much deposit a gold grid survives and how many orders it reaches: statistics on XAUUSD ticks since January 2025, deposits $500 to $5,000 on 0.01 lot.Read article 
Entry filters and Smart Money in a grid EA: what they do and what they don'tWhat an entry filter does in a gold grid EA, veto versus confirm, how Smart Money (sweep, FVG, BOS) is defined, and why filters do not protect an open basket.Read article 
Gold grid EA: how a grid Expert Advisor works on XAUUSD and where it breaksHow a gold grid EA works, why its lots grow, what decides if it survives (deposit, orders, step), tick-study numbers and how to test one before buying.Read article 
Grid basket break-even with commission and swap: the formula and a worked gold exampleHow to calculate the break-even of a grid or martingale basket with spread, commission and swap: the formula, a worked gold example and how far each cost moves the exit.Read article 
Grid bot vs DCA bot: which is riskier?Grid bot vs DCA bot: how each builds exposure, where liquidation comes from, and a 10-order comparison. Equal orders grow in a line, scaled orders multiply.Read article 
Grid step, multiplier and order count: what each setting doesChange a martingale grid's step, multiplier or order count one at a time and see what moves: lots, depth, room to stop-out. Worked on a $1,000 cent account.Read article 
How much deposit does a grid bot need? The arithmetic of exposure and marginHow much deposit a grid bot needs: total volume is the first order × (m^N − 1) / (m − 1). A worked 10-order doubling ladder and a deposit vs fall table.Read article 
How to limit risk in a gold grid EA: the settings that matterWhich EA settings limit a gold grid's risk: balance per lot, order count, hours, news, spread, hard stops, lock. Worked arithmetic and what each one costs.Read article 
How to protect a martingale grid bot on gold: 7 protections and what each one really gives7 ways to protect a martingale grid bot on gold (XAUUSD): equity stop, order cap, ATR step, news filter, margin level, emergency close, stress test — what each costs.Read article 
Is grid trading safe? When a grid bot works and when it blows upIs grid trading safe? A grid earns inside a price range and has no loss cap in a trend. What sets the risk: order size, count, multiplier, step, leverage.Read article 
Margin call vs stop-out: what each level does and how margin level is calculatedMargin call warns, stop-out closes positions. See the MT5 margin level formula, a worked example, and why a high margin level does not show room for a grid.Read article 
Martingale 2.0: why a doubling grid exits after a pullback of about $2Martingale 2.0 is a doubling grid with limits. With a $2 step it closes the basket after a pullback of about $2, not $10. The price: lot size and deposit.Read article 
Martingale grid: what is the probability of a blow-up?What is the probability a martingale grid blows up? If each next level is reached with chance p, all N levels fill with chance p^(N−1); exposure is 2^N − 1.Read article 
Midas Grid emulator: how to test your grid settings on real gold ticksA free Midas Grid emulator that runs grid settings day by day through real gold ticks since January 2025. Compare two variants and read drawdown and minimum capital.Read article 
Stress test of a grid EA on real ticks: how to run your own settingsHow to stress test grid EA settings on real XAUUSD ticks: the worst gold hours of 2025–2026, what to read (blow-ups, drawdown, minimum capital) and when to stop.Read article 
What drawdown is acceptable for a gold grid EA? Why the % misleads and what to size insteadAcceptable drawdown for a gold grid EA: floating vs realized, equity drawdown vs stop-out, why backtest max DD % misleads, and how to size the deposit per 0.01 lot.Read article 
What is a cent account? What changes with lot 0.01, and what does notA cent account counts your balance in cents. See what a 0.01 lot means on gold, how margin and stop-out work, and how to check the MT5 specification.Read article 
Which martingale multiplier is safer: 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 or 2? The arithmetic side by sideMartingale multiplier 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 or 2 on gold: total lots, room to stop-out on $1,000, the pullback to break even and small-basket profit, calculated side by side.Read article 
Why grid EAs blow gold accounts — and how to calculate your reserveWhy a grid or martingale EA blows a gold account: lot doubling, a move with no pullback, stop-out. A worked $1,000 example and the reserve for 9 vs 11 orders.Read article
Choosing an EA
Gold trading bot for MT5: what it does, how it can lose, and how to test one before you payWhat a gold trading bot for MT5 is, how grid and single-trade bots lose, how to test any bot before you pay, and how Midas answers. No profit claims.Read article 
How to evaluate a gold trading robot: 10 questions to ask before you buyTen questions to ask before buying a gold EA, each with a clear and a vague answer, a one-page scorecard and the full-depth lot arithmetic. Updated 8 Oct 2026.Read article 
Free gold EA backtest on real ticks: what it means and how to run oneBacktest a gold EA for free on real ticks: what real ticks are, the MT5 Strategy Tester route, the Midas emulator route and how to read the result.Read article 
Gold EA (XAUUSD EA): what an Expert Advisor for gold must handle, and how to choose oneWhat a gold EA, XAU bot or XAUUSD robot is, five things any Expert Advisor must handle on gold (contract size, spread, news, account type, symbol), and how to choose.Read article 
How to test a gold EA before buying: 7 steps and a checklistA hands-on way to test any gold EA before you pay: full-depth lots, tick history, stress feeds, demo, and a checklist with monitoring, drawdown, broker and tail risk.Read article 
How to verify an EA's track record: investor password, monitoring and statementsWhich proof of an EA's results is hardest to fake: investor password, monitoring, signal services, statements or backtests? And what a grid hides in them.Read article 
Which prop firms allow Expert Advisors, grid and martingaleWhat FTMO, The5ers and FundedNext say about Expert Advisors, grid, martingale, hedging and news, quoted from their official pages, checked 26.10.2026.Read article 
Trading robot red flags: 12 claims in the ad that should make you pauseTwelve claims in trading robot ads that should slow you down: how each sounds, why it matters and how to check it, with a grid example and regulator sources.Read article 
Why a profitable backtest blows a real account — and how to test a grid EA honestlyWhy a grid EA profitable in a backtest loses a real gold account: tick-data holes, costs, look-ahead bias, cherry-picked periods, overfitting. How to test honestly.Read article
Glossary
Grid EA glossary: what basket, base lot, stop-out and 34 other terms meanPlain definitions of 37 terms a grid EA user meets in MT5: balance, margin, stop-out, base lot, basket, lock, .set file and more, with links to full guides.Read article 
Grid vs martingale vs averaging: what is the difference?Grid, averaging and martingale are not one thing. One grid, two lot rules, on a $1,000 cent account: how break-even and room to stop-out change.Read article 
Locking a position in forex: what a lock freezes and what it costsA lock is an opposite order of the same size on a hedging account. What it freezes, what it costs in spread, swap and margin, and how to leave it.Read article