u/mat18902

Sharing a small forward-testing update from my FTMO challenge.

Current status:

• Balance/equity: $101,535.88
• Profit so far: +$1,535.88
• Max daily loss used: -$1,969.95
• Max loss used: -$4,183.70
• Minimum trading days passed
• Profit target still not reached

I’m not posting this as a “magic pass” claim. The main thing I’m testing is whether the EA can keep discipline, control drawdown, and avoid emotional/manual trading.

The calendar shows both winning and losing days, which I think is important to show. Gold is volatile and the system can have quiet or losing periods.

Still early forward data, so I’m not making big claims yet. Main focus remains risk control first, profit second.

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Hey everyone,

I’m an IT engineer and I recently built my own MT5 Expert Advisor for XAUUSD H1, mainly because I got tired of emotional manual trading and wanted something more rule-based for my own FTMO challenge.

It is designed around prop-firm style risk control, not account flipping.

Core logic:

- 9 independent breakout engines

- Pending orders only

- No martingale

- No grid

- No recovery lot escalation

- TP based around daily pivot levels

- Break-even and trailing stop logic

- Spread filter

- Friday close

- Hard daily/total drawdown circuit breaker

The part I focused on most is risk control. Conservative mode sets a hard TP at the next pivot level, while Aggressive mode allows more room for winners to run.

To be clear: I only started live testing it recently, so I’m not claiming long-term live proof yet. I’m using it on my own challenge and will keep collecting forward data.

It’s listed on MQL5 as Apex Gold Pro, but I’m mainly posting here to discuss the idea, get feedback, and answer questions from people who trade prop firm accounts or XAUUSD.

I’m looking for serious testers who are willing to test it properly and give honest feedback. No fake reviews, no paid reviews — I want real criticism because I’m still improving it.

Happy to answer questions publicly about the logic, limitations, testing, or risk settings.

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