Guides
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Gold EA strategy families explained
Grid, breakout, trend-following, mean-reversion, channel and session strategies in plain words — what each one needs to work, and what breaks it.
StrategiesXAUUSD
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How to backtest a gold EA in MT5 properly
Real ticks versus modelled ticks, what History Quality tells you, how spread and commission are handled, and the two ways a run flatters a strategy.
MetaTrader 5Strategy TesterBacktesting
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How to read an MT5 backtest report
Net profit, drawdown, profit factor, recovery factor and trade count — what each one is measuring, and which values should stop you reading further.
Strategy TesterBacktesting
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How to install an Expert Advisor on MetaTrader 5
Where the .ex5 file goes, how to find the MT5 data folder, where presets live, and how to attach an Expert Advisor to an XAUUSD chart without guesswork.
MetaTrader 5Install
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What an account-locked build is
Why a XauStack Expert Advisor is compiled for your MT5 login instead of unlocked by a key, what offline means, and what happens if your account changes.
LicensingMetaTrader 5
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Why XAUUSD for an Expert Advisor
Gold's liquidity, its trading day, its volatility and its broker-set spread — the four properties that decide whether automating XAUUSD is sensible.
XAUUSDMarket