AURUM 1
MetaTrader 5 · XAUUSD · 24/5

AI trades gold 24/5.
You never watch a chart.

AURUM-1 is an MT5 expert advisor that runs a rule-based decision model on gold around the clock — five days a week, one position at a time. It sizes the trade from volatility, manages the exit, and stops for the day when the numbers turn. No grid. No martingale. Nothing for you to watch.

Read the 9-minute brief

7 days free, no card. Cancel by detaching the EA — there is nothing to unsubscribe from.

Market
XAUUSD
Chart
M15
Max positions
1
Risk per trade
0.5–1.0%
AURUM-1 XAUUSD · M15 · server time 2,418.60
PositionFlat
SessionNew York
Spread11.4 pts
01 / The brief

Most gold EAs fail in the same three places.

None of the three are strategy problems. They are sizing and execution problems — which means you can look for them yourself before you fund an account.

01They average into a loser

A gold trade that goes 40 points against you is not an opportunity. It is an instruction. Grids and martingales treat it as both: they double the position until it becomes too large to close calmly and the account sits one weekend gap away from zero. Gold gaps. The confidence behind the signal does not change the arithmetic.

02The curve was fitted, not tested

Optimise a hundred parameters against one year of gold and you will always get a beautiful curve — and a system with no idea what to do when the volatility regime changes. A 2019–2020 test finds a strategy that loves 2020. Walk-forward, out-of-sample and slippage-adjusted is the only version of the past worth trusting.

03Friction is missing from the maths

Retail gold spread triples at rollover and widens on every release. A backtest that assumes a 2-point spread on a 12-point stop is not a backtest, it is a wish. Every fill behind this EA carries a spread, a commission and a slippage assumption — because the live account will charge you for all three.

What separates a system that survives from one that does not is rarely the entry. It is how much it risks when the entry is wrong.

02 / Installation

Attach it once. It runs the week without you.

There is no dashboard to learn and no subscription portal. The EA runs inside your own terminal, on your own account, under your own broker.

01

Install

Attach AURUM-1 to a single XAUUSD M15 chart on a hedging account, ECN or raw spread, 1:100 leverage or better. Paste the license key, load the default set file, allow algorithmic trading.

BUILD 4021+ · HEDGING · 2 GB VPS
02

Set the risk

Risk is a percentage, not a lot size. The stop distance comes from ATR, the lot comes from the stop and the account balance — so a nervous Friday and a quiet Tuesday put the same money on the line.

RISK 0.5–1.0% · STOP 1.5×ATR(14)
03

Let it run the week

The EA opens, manages and closes on its own. You do not sit in front of the terminal: the daily cap, the spread guard and the news blackout are enforced in code. When the cap is hit it goes flat until the next session and stays there.

DAILY CAP −2.0R · RESET 00:00 SERVER
Isometric illustration of a server and a terminal window showing a gold candlestick chart
The EA lives on your VPS, not on a vendor dashboard. Your account, your broker, your fills.
03 / Rule set

What actually decides a trade.

Four gates before an order is allowed, one position while it is open, two ways out. Everything below is a field in the set file, not a claim on a sales page.

Gate 1Session is open
Gate 2Volatility inside range
Gate 3H1 trend agrees
Gate 4Pullback, then trigger
ORDERone position · ATR stop · 2.4R target

The gates are checked in order and fail fast: a closed session means nothing else is evaluated. An order appears only when all four pass on the same M15 close — which is why some weeks produce no trades at all, and why the EA never forces one.

Every value is editable. If you widen risk to 2%, the daily cap scales with it — the R multiples stay the same, the account survives less.

Sizing, worked through

A $10,000 account at 0.5% risks $50. A 1.5×ATR stop of $5.00 on gold costs $50 per 0.10 lot, so the position is 0.10 lots. When volatility doubles, the lot halves. The stop sets the size — never the other way round.

Session
08:00–17:00 server
London open to New York close; skips the Asian range and the rollover hour
Volatility gate
ATR(14) × 0.8–2.6 of its 90-day mean
Stands aside in dead tape and in panic tape
Trend filter
H1 EMA(50) vs EMA(200)
Longs only above, shorts only below; no counter-trend fills
Entry trigger
M15 close back through the 20 EMA
Buys the pullback that resumes, not the breakout that stalls
Stop loss
1.5 × ATR(14)
Wide enough to absorb normal gold noise
Target
2.4 × ATR, trail from +1.0R
Fixed first target, then let the trail do the rest
Exposure
1 position, 0.5–1.0% risk
No stacking, no hedging, no second attempt
Spread guard
No entry above 22 points
Rollover and release spikes are skipped, not traded
News blackout
±15 min, USD and gold events
No fills on the release itself, no chasing after
Daily stop
−2.0R or −2% equity
Flat for the session; resets at server midnight
Weekly stop
−4.0R, then demo
A bad week ends the week, not the account
04 / Evidence

Six years, one curve, and the drawdown nobody screenshots.

Hypothetical backtest on XAUUSD M15 from 2019 to 2025, with spread, commission and slippage charged on every fill. Treat it as a shape, not a forecast.

XAUUSD · M15 2019 Q1 – 2025 Q4 real tick data, 99% 0.12 avg spread · $7/lot lower panel: drawdown
Cumulative return
+186.4%
Max drawdown
−17.1%
Profit factor
1.58
Closed trades
1,318
Win rate
47.6%
Average hold
7h 40m
Worst month
−6.4%
Days without a fill
9

Hypothetical results, modelled at 0.5% risk per trade on a 1:100 account. They are not live trading records, they do not include VPS or swap costs beyond the model, and they will not repeat. Most accounts that lose money on gold lose it faster than this curve suggests. Past performance is not a forecast.

05 / Risk

The interesting part is what it refuses to do.

Every EA sounds disciplined in a sales page. These six limits are enforced in the code and cannot be turned off from a checkbox.

Written into the code

  • One open position, ever. A new signal is ignored while a trade is live.
  • Daily stop at −2.0R. The EA goes flat and will not re-enter until server midnight.
  • Equity brake at −12% from peak. Trading pauses until you reset it by hand.
  • Spread ceiling of 22 points. Wide-tape hours are skipped rather than traded.
  • No fills around releases. Fifteen minutes either side of a high-impact event.
  • Flat into the gold weekend. Positions close before Friday's last session ends.

Deliberately absent

  • Martingale, grid, or any lot multiplier. Nothing in the code sizes up after a loss.
  • Averaging down or hedging both ways. A losing trade is closed at its stop.
  • Tick scalping that assumes zero latency. Signals are evaluated on M15 closes.
  • A hidden recovery mode. No undocumented behaviour after three losses.
  • Signals that need a private group to explain. The rules are the set file.
  • A performance guarantee. Nobody can promise you a return on gold, including us.

Running a funded account? Check the firm's daily-loss rule against your risk setting before you install anything — at 1% risk the −2.0R stop is a 2% day, and the spread you actually get decides whether it holds.

Discipline is not a mood you bring to the screen. It is a rule that fires without asking you.

AURUM-1 · XAUUSD · M15
06 / Trial

Seven days on your account. Then it is your call.

No card, no auto-charge, no sales call. The trial is the same build you would pay for — one account, full rule set, live or demo.

$0for the first 7 days
Full EA · full set file · one MT5 account
After day 7$89 / month
Or once$249 lifetime
Cancellationdetach the EA

What arrives in the email

  • License key bound to one MT5 account number.
  • Two .set files — default, and a 0.5% low-risk variant.
  • 12-minute install video for MetaTrader 5 on Windows and macOS.
  • Broker checklist — account type, leverage, and the six brokers the test data came from.
  • Support by email, answered within one business day, by the person who wrote it.

After day 7 the license stops opening trades. Nothing is charged unless you choose a plan, and updates continue while a license is active.

07 / Questions

The things people ask before they install it.

If yours is not here, the trial email has a real reply address on it.

Do I need a VPS?

Recommended, not required. The EA has to keep evaluating M15 closes while your terminal is open, and a home connection that drops for twenty minutes will miss the trail. Any 2 GB Windows VPS within 20 ms of your broker is enough — the install video lists five that work.

Which brokers and account types work?

Hedging accounts with ECN or raw-spread pricing, minimum 1:100 leverage on gold. Standard accounts with a fixed 40-point gold spread will technically run, but the spread guard will skip most entries and the results will not resemble the curve above.

Can I backtest it myself before paying?

Yes — that is the point of the trial. Download tick data at 99% quality, run the included .set file, and compare. Your numbers will differ from ours: broker feed, swap and execution quality all move the result, and a difference in either direction is normal.

How often does it trade?

Between two and five entries a week in a normal gold market, sometimes zero when the volatility gate stays shut. It is not a scalper, so a quiet week is the design working, not a broken license.

What drawdown should I plan for?

The curve above shows 17.1% peak-to-trough at 0.5% risk. Plan for 1.5 times that, because a backtest is always kinder than a live account. If a 25% drawdown on your balance is not survivable, halve the risk setting or do not run it.

Is this a martingale with a nicer name?

No lot ever increases after a loss. Position size is a function of ATR stop distance and your fixed risk percentage, which means the smallest trade often follows the biggest loss. You can verify that in the source journal on the trial account.

Do you offer refunds?

The seven days replace a refund policy: you get the full build before any money moves. Monthly licenses can be stopped at any time by not renewing; lifetime licenses are not refundable after the key is issued.

08 / Trial access

Decide with a statement, not with a sales page.

One week, one account, the entire rule set. Watch what it does on a Monday, then judge it on the Friday.

No card. Demo accounts accepted. One trial per trader.

Check the email address and confirm the risk note.

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